Touching Qi

Cut through complexity. Map symptoms into patterns. Work deeper — without draining yourself.


 

Join us in Southern Nicaragua, October 11-18, 2025


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Course Description

Touching Qi | TQi is a 55-hour hybrid course with 15 hours online and 40 hours presented as an in person intensive course.  It is designed for acupuncturists, and bodyworkers ready to integrate meridian therapy and energy work into clinical practice.

Held at a beachfront retreat on the Pacific coast of Southern Nicaragua, this CE-eligible training builds on the online prerequisite, Qi Hacking, and explores the Governing Vessel (Du Mai)and Ren Mai as well as the 12 regular (Jing Luo) meridians through assessment, meridian palpation, Qi Gong, energetic touch, and treatment design.

You’ll learn how to access deep-rooted patterns in the body and activate healing through touch, breath, and movement. 

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This Is For You If…

  • You’re an  acupuncturist, or bodyworker craving more depth, intuition, and clarity in your treatments

  • You’ve studied meridians before but want to actually feel Qi—and use it with precision

  • You’re curious about the Governing Vessel (Du Mai) and Conception Vessel (Ren Mai) and how to treat chronic, ancestral, or deep-seated patterns manifested as pain.

  • You want CE hours that leave you feeling energized and inspired—not drained

  • You’re ready to step away from routine treatments and into something transformative, embodied, and clinically effective

  • You value science, spirit, and somatic wisdom—and you’re looking for a training that honors all three

 

What You’ll Learn Inside Touching Qi 

This course is where meridian theory comes alive in your hands. You’ll move beyond memorized point locations into real-time sensing, clinical confidence, and energetic integrity.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Locate and activate key acupoints along the Governing Vessel (Du Mai) with precision and sensitivity

  • Palpate and track Qi flow in meridians—feeling rather than guessing

  • Use Qi Gong and breathwork to regulate your own energy and amplify your therapeutic presence

  • Apply energy-based touch techniques rooted in Zen Shiatsu, East Asian Medicine, and intuitive sensing

  • Design treatments that balance clinical goals with the unique energetic needs of each client

  • Recognize when Qi is available to work with—and when to pause, support, or wait

  • Integrate movement, breath, and stillness into hands-on practice for lasting change

This is embodied, responsive, and deeply respectful work. It's not about doing more—it's about doing less, but with full awareness.



How Touching Qi Works

15 CE Hours of Core Training - Qi Hacking Online
 You’ll learn the full Touching Qi system in a simple, step-by-step format.

  • 6 Weeks of Live Online Classes with Lisa

  • Self-Cultivation Practice Library

  • Integration & Catch-Up Period with 3 Follow-Up Calls

  • 40 CE Hours of Live Training - Touching Qi Live
    You’ll learn the full Touching Qi system in a simple, step-by-step format.
  • Daily self cultivation exercises - Qi Gong, Meridian Stretches, Meditation
  • Daily Lessons, demonstration and practice time
  • Time for journaling and note taking
  • Extra daily self cultivation activities included

Lifetime Access to All Course Materials
 Revisit the content anytime as your practice evolves and deepens.

 

 

Plus Bonus Training

Online Training: The 10 Questions Assessment Techniques — Value $149
 ✔ A standalone training that deepens your skill in using the 10 Questions framework to simplify complex client presentations.

Muscle Testing Training — Value $59
 ✔ A supplemental module introducing simple muscle testing techniques to support your physical assessments.

Self-Cultivation Practice Library — Value $400
 ✔ Guided practices to build energetic integrity, strengthen your own Qi, and support practitioner longevity.

Register by August 15 and get these extra bonuses

Early Registration - Facial Qi - 4 hour live Facial Meridian Massage course - Value $400 
 ✔ Guided practices to build energetic integrity, strengthen your own Qi, and support practitioner longevity. 

Early Registration - Physical Assessment - abdominal (hara) and pulse- Value $999 
 ✔ Guided practices to build energetic integrity, strengthen your own Qi, and support practitioner longevity.

Early Bird Pricing - before August 15

$1699

Price after August 15

$2199

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About Me

Lisa Dowling, BA., R. Ac

At the age of seven, a serious accident set me on an unexpected path—one that shaped my lifelong journey into healing and Traditional Medicine. Living with chronic pain led me to search for effective, sustainable ways to restore my own health. That personal search, combined with a natural desire to help others, guided me into the study of psychology, pain science, East Asian Medicine, meridian therapy, and self-cultivation.

Over the past 20+ years, I’ve blended my clinical experience with extensive study in Traditional East Asian Medicine, shiatsu, manual therapy, osteopathic principles, and energy medicine. My training includes over 8,000 hours of study, a 500-hour internship in Japanese Medicine, and more than 20,000 hours of clinical practice.

In 2009, I stepped into teaching—first at local colleges, later developing my own training programs. While many know me for my work in cupping therapy, my true passion lies in teaching practitioners how to assess, treat, and care for their clients while protecting their own energy.

My mission is to equip practitioners with systems that simplify complexity, deepen results, and support long-term sustainability—for both client and practitioner alike.

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