A 7-Day Training to Deepen Your Practice, Expand Your Healing Toolkit & Reconnect with Your Inner Wisdom
Join us for an immersive training designed for practitioners, facilitators, and seekers of personal transformation. This training goes beyond just theory, and through movement, breathwork, energy healing, sacred wisdom and ceremony you’ll gain a deep, embodied understanding of the meridians and their role in Body Mind Spirit Wellness.
Who is This For?
Whether you're a practitioner seeking to refine your craft, a facilitator exploring new modalities, or an individual on a personal healing journey, this training offers a space for deep learning and embodied transformation. For those desiring a more holistic wellness lifestyle, deeper spiritual connection or to uplevel existing knowledge and practices into a greater harmonious whole.
What You’ll Experience:
Embodied Meridian Study – Learn Daoist medicine and meridian theories, map acupoints, and practice hands-on techniques to feel the channels within yourself and others.
Qigong & Energy Cultivation – Deepen your ability to sense and direct Qi through movement, breathwork, and meditation.
Voice Activation & Sound Healing – Explore vocal resonance and sound healing instruments as tools for healing, expression, and energetic alignment.
Ritual & Ceremony – Participate in a sacred Quan Yin ceremony, a transformative medicine ceremony (optional), and other group rituals designed to deepen connection and integration.
Somatic & Expressive Practices – Engage in dance, movement, and embodiment exercises to unite key principles in a tangible way.
Hot Springs Integration – Relax and rejuvenate in the healing waters of Jackson Wellsprings, supporting your body's ability to receive and integrate the teachings.
Training Details:
Location: Jackson Wellsprings, Ashland, Oregon
Dates: July 9-15, 2025
Investment: Sliding scale & payment plans available
What’s Included:
Full access to all workshops and healing sessions
Hands-on learning with expert facilitators
Nourishing meals and accommodations
Guided group practices and ceremonies
Access to hot springs for integration and renewal
Ready to Begin?
“My Shentara experience revealed the treasure within me, unlocking the wisdom in my body and crystalline system. This training continues to unfold blessings for me, and I plan to return for deeper growth. I highly recommend Shentara for anyone ready to embrace their body as a healer and path to optimal health and happiness.”
Awaken Your Innate Potential Through Embodied Meridian Study and Sacred Practices
Rooted in Daoist, Buddhist and Indigenous Medicine, this training blends ancient wisdom with practical techniques for integrating Body, Mind, and Spirit. Through a mix of movement, breathwork, sound, and ceremony, you will learn and embody transformative healing arts, including:
Daoist Medicine – Unlock the energetic foundations of holistic healing
Qigong – Cultivate vitality and flow through movement and breath
Sound & Voice Alchemy – Harness the powers of the voice and vibration for deep healing
Holistic Anatomy – Understand the body’s wisdom through integrative meridian theory
Ceremonial Arts – Experience and create healing rituals that restore balance
Set on sacred land, surrounded by natural hot springs and a supportive community, this training is an opportunity to connect, learn new skills, and empower our Paths of healing with practical techniques that you can integrate into your personal or professional practice.
“The Healing Arts of the Golden Dragon training deepened my understanding of how Qi flows or stagnates in my body. Sean’s teachings helped me connect with my own body and spiritual practice in a meaningful way. Anyone looking to deepen their spiritual journey will find immense value in the Shentara immersion.”
The Way of the Dragon is a Path of Mastery in Body, Mind & Spirit…
The Journey of the Golden Dragon invites us to unlock our Innate Potential, embracing the Unity of Body, Mind, and Spirit. Shentara means the Spirit of Tara, or Healing Compassion in Action, bringing together the Medicine and Wisdom of Daoist, Buddhist, and Indigenous traditions.
This training is an opportunity for profound transformation, where ancient teachings meet practical tools for bringing greater balance, vitality, and wellness into our lives. The curriculum offers both theoretical insights and hands-on experience, fostering a seamless integration of learning and doing.
Rooted in the virtues of Wisdom, Mastery, and Compassion, this Journey helps us cultivate our Sacred Temple of Being, engaging deeply in physical, energetic, mental, vocal, and spiritual practices.
What’s In Store
Click each item below to learn more about each module!
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Daoist Medicine offers timeless practices for cultivating and nourishing our inner reserves of Qi, Essence, and Spirit. This training focuses on tools and knowledge to enhance physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being.
As we embark on a Jjourney of Sself-Mmastery, it’s essential to work skillfully with energy, breath, intention, and body awareness. Each day, we’ll practice Qigong, breathwork, meditation, and metaphysics, helping us ground, center, and regulate our emotions while building vitality and clearing stagnant energy.
We’ll explore Daoist principles, including Yin-Yang, Inner Alchemy, and the Five Elements, to refine our awareness and promote health. By aligning with Nature’s rhythms, we embody this wisdom, cultivating inner peace and empowered purpose.
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Qigong is a dynamic, alchemical art that unites Body, Breath, and Spirit. It’s a bridge between the physical and energetic realms, allowing us to heal, balance, and build vitality.
Through intentional movement, stillness, and dynamic stretching, we’ll activate our meridian channels, expand our energetic fields, and awaken the body’s healing abilities. These practices help us cultivate our Dragon Body, enhancing strength, flexibility, joint health, and overall vitality while finding relaxation, focus, and a deeper sense of flow.
We’ll participate in two daily Daoist Medical Qigong sessions, drawing from lineages including White Tiger Qigong, Dong Han Eastern Scholars, Shaolin Buddhism, and Lotus Neigong. By the end of the training, you’ll have an embodied understanding of Qigong and be equipped with practical tools to integrate it into your daily life.
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This module blends ancient Daoist wisdom with modern scientific understanding, offering a deeper awareness of the body’s physical and energetic circuitry.
We’ll explore how Qi flows through the body, examining the interrelation of meridians, fascia, organs, and emotions. With applied channel theory, we’ll develop deeper connection to key acupuncture points and their healing functions as part of the living landscape of our body..
By mapping the points and channels on paper and ourselves as well as practicing meridian massage, acupressure, and Qigong, we’ll cultivate an embodied understanding of the energetic channels. This hands-on approach will empower you to apply this knowledge to your own wellness and healing practice with others.
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The Path of the Golden Dragon guides us toward Mastery of Sound: the dynamic force of intention that influences every level of our being. The voice is the most powerful instrument of healing, carrying vibration and intention directly from the Heart and Spirit.
Throughout this training, we’ll activate our voices through ceremonies and practices that expand their creative and healing powers. By exploring tones, mantras, light language, ancestral melody and free sound expression, we’ll harmonize our voices and unlock more of their transformative potential.
Drawing on Daoist and global shamanic traditions, we’ll work with vibrational instruments like singing bowls, chimes, bells, rattles and drums to realign disrupted frequencies in the body, move stagnant energy, and create profound shifts in consciousness.
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The Way of the Golden Dragon honors the Sacred in ourselves, the Earth, and All Beings. The Ceremonial Arts guide us to deeper wisdom, healing, and transformation. These practices empower us to unlock our inner potential and align us more harmoniously with the natural world.
The entire training unfolds as a ceremonial container of connection and learning. We will learn ways to align ourselves in ceremonial consciousness, gather and focus intention, set up spaces of healing and invoke allies for support and protection.
The first six days of the training will orient us to the Six Directions and their associated Archangels, helping us align our inner and outer worlds. Each direction represents a unique aspect of growth and transformation, setting the foundation for the journey ahead.
The training includes daily Daoist Tea Ceremonies to center us in stillness, as well as sacred rituals like smudging for energy cleansing, moxibustion (heat therapy used to activate energy flow), and feather medicine to move Qi and clear blockages. These practices are designed to restore balance and harmonize our being.
The week culminates in a Saturday Evening Ceremony featuring ceremonial cacao to open the heart, optional magic mushrooms for spiritual insight, and Daoist Meridian Therapy, combining acupuncture needles and moxibustion. The training concludes with a sacred spring immersion Mikvah Ceremony in the Goddess Temple of Ashland, receiving initiation into the healing blessings of Quan Yin, the Mother Goddess of Compassion.
“The Shentara training came at a pivotal time in my life. Practicing the unique blend of Qigong, vocal activation, and learning the meridians were key to really living life guided by decisions centered in love, kindness, intuition and health. Shentara was the first portal of what was a turning point in my life. It opened incredible pathways for abundant spiritual growth. I am forever grateful for Shentara and awe inspired by what I began to allow in my life after all that transpired that week.”
The Power of Connection in Community
Upon the Path of the Golden Dragon, we recognize that true transformation happens when we come together in community to share in our wisdom, support each other's growth, and create a collective space for healing. This training is designed not just to teach, but to unite us in our shared journey toward balance, vitality, and mastery.
Together, we’ll build a sacred container where every voice, experience, and moment weaves into our collective growth. The power of community profoundly amplifies the teachings, and when we come together in reverence for each other and the land, we create an energy of transformation that is greater than the sum of its parts.
The Experience Awaiting Us…
This edition of Shentara Level One Training will be held at the Jackson Wellsprings and Goddess Temple in Ashland, Oregon, from Monday, June 9th to Sunday, June 15th, 2025. We will come together to experience a transformative week of learning, connection, and growth in community. Here we connect with each other, the teachings, the land and waters in a place of deep honoring and respect.
Learn more about the Jackson Wellsprings and Goddess Temple
The Training includes
• Seven days of Coursework•
• Two Daily Qigong Classes•
• Camping Space (upgraded accommodations available) •
• Three Organic Meals a day •
• Private Hot Spring Soak with Sauna •
• Medicine Ceremony with Acupuncture and Sound Bath•
• Fire Ceremony and Song Circle •
• Contact Improvisation Class and Jam •
• Course Workbook•
• Integration Call •
• Free One Month Membership to Shentara Wellness (including weekly Qigong classes) •
Walk Away Embodying Wellness
True transformation happens through integration, the bridge between information and lasting change. Throughout the training, and after our week together, we’ll provide opportunities for reflection and integration, creating space for what we learn to become embodied as living wisdom. As the teachings and practices are rooted in Body, Breath, and Spirit, we align ourselves deeper with our Innate Potential, bringing these tools into our daily lives, relationships, and work.
Daily space will be created to reflect on how these practices and teachings deepen our connection to ourselves and each other. Following the training, we’ll host a Zoom integration call to continue our journey of remembrance and community.
You'll also receive a complimentary one-month membership to Shentara Wellness, which includes access to weekly Qigong classes, offering continued support and the foundation for an ongoing practice.
Expect to leave the Healing Arts of the Golden Dragon Training with a renewed sense of purpose, interconnectedness, and empowerment.
“The Shentara retreat bridged many healing modalities, and I received deep transformation. My vocal practice evolved, my body awareness expanded, and I connected with powerful ancient tools for healing. I’m proud to be a Shentara Initiate, devoted to Self, Source, and Service.”
Pricing
Shentara Wellness is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting spiritual growth, holistic health, and embodied wellbeing. We are honored and grateful to offer this training and deeply appreciate your Generosity of Spirit and Abundance of Giving in supporting our mission to share this transformative medicine with the world.
Early Bird Sliding Scale: $999 - $3333 before February 1st, 2025
Standard Sliding Scale: $1222 - $3333 after February 1st, 2025
Several upgraded accommodations are available for an additional cost.
** Payment Plans available to those with financial needs. Just ask. **
Thank you for being part of this Journey. The magic of this training lies in the perfect alignment of those who feel called to be there. Every participant adds their unique energy, creating a harmonious and complementary experience for all. We can’t wait to welcome you into the circle and witness the transformation that awaits.
Creating Greater Opportunities
Work-Trade Scholarships
Deadline for Scholarship Applications March 31st, 2025
There are three work-trade scholarships available at $444 to those who show a special interest in these studies, are financially limited and wish to be in greater service during the gathering. Please send a letter or video outlining your situation, desires and intentions for this retreat to ShentaraWellness@gmail.com
Meet Your Guides
Sean T Fox is a student and teacher of Life, devoted to personal and global health. Initiated by his Spiritual Council into Mastery of Shentara in 2019, he is the main practitioner of Shentara Shamanic Daoist Medicine and lead facilitator of the Healing Arts of the Golden Dragon Training.
Combining modern scientific understanding with the wisdom of ancient ways, Sean T acts as a bridge between these worlds. Holding a BA in Psychology and a Diploma of Acupuncture, he has spent nearly 20 years studying Daoist Medicine, Yoga, Qigong, Meditation, Energy Work, Sound Healing, Bodywork and the Ceremonial Arts.
As Founding Dragon of Shentara Wellness, Sean has been guided by amazing teachers and lineages including Wang JuYi’s Applied Channel Theory, White Tiger Qigong, Shaolin Temple and Lotus Neigong.
This all comes together with an open-hearted passion for helping people find greater health, happiness and harmony.
As a Qigong practitioner, Talia Kirsh has studied and teaches within the Dong Han Lineage and the Sanctum Academy, has extensive study in multiple lineages from Wudang Mountain, and is a certified Medical Qigong practitioner through Noble Movement Academy.
She is the owner and founder of Flow Energetics© and brings 5 years of practical and teaching experience in movement awareness, health and rehabilitation services, personal growth and curriculum building. Talia is certified in AQUATHERICS® Aquatic Bodywork, Nervous System Reset® and has Practitioner Certification in Watsu and Healing Dance.
She has contributed to multiple workshops, courses and retreats applying Taoist principles and Qigong as body based liberation practice and encouraging empowered community. She provides nourishing space to support others in their healing by focussing on the nervous system, structural integration, and applying medical qigong energy work to Aquatic sessions.
Antonia Songbird is an elemental priestess, folk herbalist, song carrier & womb healer. She is devoted to awakening the heart of humanity and restoring harmony with the earth through embodiment practices. She lives in the mountains outside of Ashland, OR where she offers healing ceremonies, circles and sessions.
As a student and initiate of Shentara since 2021, she has applied the wisdom to deepen her personal practice as well as expand her community offerings.
At this upcoming retreat, she will be offering a silent ceremonial tea practice each morning to support grounding into the body, connecting to center & awakening the senses. She has been practicing Gong Fu Cha for 4 years and is honored to provide this space within the container.
She will also be on the Shakti Angel Support Team, available to provide 1 on 1 support to anyone in need of further integration throughout the journey.
Kayla Rae is a vocalist, sound healer, and audiomancer with a deep, intuitive understanding of vibrational medicine. She received her music education at Montana State University, and currently sings with professional vocal ensembles across the country.
Her experience in seva and devotion as a Karma Yogi at Yasodhara Ashram, a Mellissa at the Goddess Temple of Ashland, and a student of Shentara informs her sacred relationship to music, ceremony, and the human body. Kayla’s unique sonic journeys hold a resonant field of restoration, creating space for deeper harmonization and attunement in every breath.