Eastern Healing Arts
Element Earth - Spleen, Stomach & Pancreas
From fire comes ash-earth—the time of harvest, reflection, and return to center. In this workshop series, we will focus on the earth element, which in Eastern teachings represents constancy, clarity, steadfastness, and stability.
The earth element is associated with the spleen, stomach, and pancreas—central forces for our digestion, resilience, and energy utilization. When these organs are balanced, we feel grounded, nourished, and internally calm. When they are weakened, symptoms such as fatigue, brooding, worry, cravings, or a weak immune system appear.
Immerse yourself in the world of Eastern healing and learn how to use meditation, Qi Gong, tea, wisdom, and inner Taoist alchemy to activate the energy centers of the earth element, release stagnant emotions such as worry, nervousness, and mistrust, and create space for inner stability.
5 Workshops
Workshop Details
What you will experience and strengthen by participating:
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• Deep grounding and reconnection to your center
• Strengthening the flow of Qi in the spleen, pancreas and stomach
• Emotional balance – out of your head and into trust
• Strengthening self-care, boundaries, and inner clarity
• Regulation of digestion and energy balance
• Consciously experiencing the transition from late summer to autumn
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Meditation - Arrival
We begin in silence.
With our eyes closed, we turn our attention inward.
The breath becomes the bridge to this moment.
Here, in the now, we connect with our bodies and the space.
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Qi Gong – 5 Animal Frolics - The Bear
With the movements of the animals, we return to our original life force.
Fluent, playful, powerful – each animal embodies a quality that strengthens body, mind, and organ energy.
In late summer, we specifically activate the animal that corresponds to the current element and organ.
Movement becomes medicine.
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Tea & Knowledge
We connect with the wisdom of tea and delve into the deeper meaning of the organ system from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Through mindfulness, we open the inner space for insight and transformation.
Together, we examine which emotional, energetic, and physical blockages can express themselves in each organ.
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Inner Taoist Alchemy
We direct our attention inward—to where energy is shaped, refined, and transformed.
With breath, mindfulness, and conscious guidance of the mind, we cultivate Qi in the organ realm.
We harmonize the element and emotions, strengthen energies, and connect with the alchemical forces of transformation.
The workshop is led by:
Laskarina Nikoli
