Do you wish you could avoid or diminish the harsher emotions of life — like pain, loneliness, sadness, and even outrage at injustice?
If so, you’re not alone. Yet, when we close ourselves off to life’s toughest feelings, we actually miss out on the golden nuggets that are waiting for us in the shadows.
Qigong expert Matthew Cohen created Sacred Energy Arts Qigong as a framework to help his students around the world embrace both light and darkness through a powerful combination of Qigong techniques (both ancient and progressive), breathwork, meditation, and martial arts.
As you bring yourself back into balance, you’ll expand your capacity to live a full life by welcoming in both personal and collective challenges.
Sacred Energy Arts Qigong empowers you to befriend your dragon — the inner gatekeeper of your full human and spiritual potential — so you can embrace and transmute heavy emotions, shining a light on your fears to move toward your inner wisdom as you tap into your natural well of energy.
Join us for a brand-new 7-week course as Matthew guides you through new Sacred Energy Arts wisdom and movement practices each week. You’ll increase your capacity to live peacefully and meaningfully amidst challenge and uncertainty… no longer letting worry, fear, anger, grief, and ego have the final say as you move toward embodied peace, harmony, and your innate power.
Matthew will amplify these teachings with poems, prayers, and other practices to help you cultivate and store vital life force.
As you’ll discover, Sacred Energy Arts Qigong equips you with ancient and leading-edge techniques you can use right away and refine over time — increasing your capacity to regulate your energy and face life’s joyful and difficult moments with ease and clarity.
Join Matthew to deeply explore Sacred Energy Arts Qigong’s three pillars — meditation, Qigong, and breathwork — to connect more deeply to your body and spirit, and your family, friends, and larger community. You’ll learn to easily recognize when you’re stuck, so you can use your new tools and techniques to reclaim your inner power, sovereignty, and a balanced perspective on the challenging aspects of life we all face.
Matthew will guide you to manage your energy so you can hold the full experience of life. You’ll learn to thrive within the wisdom, resilience, and harmony that exist in the interplay of light and darkness — and access your greater potential, authenticity, and gifts.
We all struggle at some point in life, and Matthew will share Sacred Energy Arts Qigong practices to expand your emotional fluency and radiant health for a more joyful, hopeful, connected, and creative way of life.
In this 7-week transformational course, Matthew will guide you through the fundamental skills and competencies you’ll need to embrace and move through your emotions to strengthen resilience and attain radiant health with Sacred Energy Arts Qigong.
You’ll connect with Matthew and experience his teachings through livestreaming video via any connected device. This connection is easy to use and will enhance the impact of Matthew’s transmissions. Can’t make it live? After each class, you can stream the video and audio recordings to enjoy anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
This course will feature LIVE teachings, interactive training sessions, experiential practices, and Q&A with Matthew. Each session will build harmoniously upon the previous ones, so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to master Sacred Energy Arts Qigong practices for personal growth and transformation.
Sacred Energy Arts Qigong combines breathwork, meditation, and movement to harness the body’s natural energy.
As the course begins, you’ll learn how befriending the dragon is a deep transformation process that requires intention and focus. By setting the tone and intention, we create a safe environment for growth and healing.
As Matthew will share, energy awareness provides a deeper understanding of the energetic system and its effect on physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. The power of the breath cultivates inner calm and activates natural healing abilities. These practices nourish and support our journey towards radiant health, transforming us from the inside out.
The Sacred Energy Arts Qigong provides a powerful toolkit for personal growth and transformation, allowing us to unleash our full potential and live a purposeful life.
In this session, you’ll discover:
Learning to welcome an unencumbered state can transform your life.
As Matthew will explain, by intentionally shifting from the secular to the sacred, you can access your true radiant nature and gain a fresh perspective. Spending time in this unencumbered state allows you to become more attuned to your inner self so you can be guided by your intuition.
The benefits of this space extend into your everyday life, grounding you and fostering greater peace and fulfillment. Relationships become more harmonious as you connect more deeply with yourself and others.
Intentionally moving into stillness unlocks the transformative power of this state. Through touching the void, you can tap into the power of this unencumbered state and enhance your wellbeing.
In this session, you’ll:
Tending to your practice helps you embrace the void and become more grounded in your truth.
As you consistently engage in your practice, it becomes your ally that supports you on your journey...
As Matthew will share, as you cultivate this alliance, you’ll experience a deeper connection to yourself and a greater sense of purpose. The void becomes less daunting, and you become more comfortable with the unknown.
Tending to your practice regularly encourages it to flourish and bloom and helps you develop resilience and cultivate inner strength.
In this session, you’ll explore:
Patterns of fear, anxiety, and grief can restrict your energy and limit your true expression…
Matthew will explain how, when you live from your truth, you’re free from these constrictions, able to move through the world with kindness and understanding.
Living from a place of truth allows you to connect more deeply with yourself and others as you see beyond your fears and connect with the heart of those around you. You’ll also become more resilient, able to bounce back from setbacks and challenges.
By breaking free from patterns of fear and anxiety, you open yourself up to new possibilities and experiences as you embrace life with greater passion and joy.
In this session, you’ll discover:
Discover the transformative power of self-healing Qigong practices, also known as Medical Qigong.
You’ll explore guided practices for dissolving blockages, cutting cords, and clearing channels — to help you seal your energy.
Through these practices, you’ll learn to identify areas where your energy is blocked and dissolve the obstacles holding you back. You’ll become more in tune with your body and more aware of your energetic state. As you work through these practices, you’ll cultivate greater resilience and radiance.
Self-healing Qigong is a powerful tool for cultivating a deeper connection to your body and energy — so you can overcome obstacles and move through life with greater ease and grace.
In this session, you’ll discover:
Learn to tune your body, mind, and spirit like a musician fine-tunes their instrument. In this practice, you’ll discover ways to tend to your body and tap into your needs each day.
By becoming more attuned to your body, you’ll identify areas where you need to focus your attention. You’ll learn techniques for addressing these needs and nourishing your whole being for optimal health and balance.
Tuning your body is a lovely way to start your day that evokes presence and joy. With daily practice, you’ll be able to fine-tune your instrument and experience greater harmony in your life.
In this session, you’ll discover:
As this course comes to a close, you’ll integrate new wisdom into your life and create lasting, positive change. You’ll learn how to develop habits that support your growth and keep your knowledge alive.
By practicing these gifts, you’ll gain valuable insight into yourself and the world around you. You’ll become more resilient and adaptable, able to navigate life’s challenges with simplicity and elegance.
By keeping these practices in circulation, you’ll be able to share your knowledge and inspire others on their own journeys of self-discovery.
It’s a great opportunity and honor to keep ancient knowledge alive. Carrying the Medicine is our chance to remember our teachers and mentors — those people who were kind enough to share some of their knowledge and experience with us, and for us to do the same for others.
In this final session, you’ll explore:
In addition to Matthew’s transformative 7-week online course, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Enjoy this 52-minute video conversation between Matthew and world-renowned Qigong master Robert Peng. They discuss the influence and impact Chinese culture has had on them, touching on acupuncture and visits to China to study with different masters. They also delve into the meaning of Kung Fu and the significance of slowing down and having a meditative state of mind. You’ll learn what they believe is the essence of living a radiant life, emphasizing self-care, kindness, sharing one’s energy, and practicing mindfulness.
Register by July 15 to claim this bonus before it expires.
This candid 51-minute conversation begins with a short meditative practice, followed by a discussion between Matthew and Faye Li Yip, a martial artist and Tai Chi and Qigong teacher, where they discuss the importance of developing intuition… practical ways to trust your inner guide and wisdom… and the deep restorative benefits of Qigong. They also explore the idea of dragons — how they can represent the highs and lows of life and why it’s important to work with them instead of portraying them as creatures to be killed. You’ll learn Matthew’s and Faye’s philosophies on teaching and how they’ve overcome challenges to share their knowledge.
Register by July 27 to claim this bonus before it expires.
In this hour-long video class, Matthew teaches you how to use Qigong and breathing practices as your allies — your dear friends that can offer clarity of mind and ease of spirit while invigorating your body. You’ll learn ways to focus your mind… build resilience and emotional harmony… and reduce stress and tension using breath, Qigong, and potent visualizations.
In this 53-minute video class, you’ll learn the Stalking Scout Meditation to hone your perception and intuition and to nourish and heal your body and spirit. Several yin and yang balancing practices from Dragon Qigong and martial arts as well as mudras will help you attain balance and emotional fluency.
— Deborah Geffner: “There Is an Immense Well of Kindness in Matthew”
— Blake Abramovitz: “Mathew Is a Brilliant Practitioner Who Pours Himself Into His Teaching”
Matthew is a master teacher who has a rare capacity to reach people exactly where they are, whether they are beginners or long-time practitioners. He brings a wealth of lived experience to his teaching that’s palpable and offers this wholeheartedly to his students, each and every time he teaches in a way that is clear, direct, and authentic. Matthew is without a doubt, the real deal.
— Celeste Young
When I began practicing yoga with Matthew eight years ago, as a dancer, I believed that I was fairly in-tune with my body. However, after my first two weeks of classes with Matthew, I felt like a completely different person. I’ve never before seen such a drastic shift — both physical and mental. The Sacred Energy Arts method has been revolutionary for me.
— Jesse Holcomb
For years I suffered from chronic back pain and couldn’t do even the simplest core exercises in other classes. Matthew helped me build a core strengthening practice that felt safe and helped me heal and build confidence. He is tireless and will give as much as his students can take. Working with such an extraordinary teacher is a privilege and a blessing.
— Evan Kopelson
I’m very happy to have had the chance to meet with Master Matthew Cohen and have a private session with him. As an athlete, I do high intensity exercise every day, which causes great fatigue and stiffness in my body — plus many injuries. It was so amazing how relaxed and renewed I felt after Matthew’s session. During the entire session, Matthew kept observing my body and my energetic state being able to adjust the practice specifically to me. His adjustments were exactly what my body needed as I felt myself slowly open. After the session, I felt better communication between me and my body — and hope I can remember and keep the feeling in the future.
— Liu Shiwen, Olympic gold medalist of table tennis, China
Sacred Energy Arts Qigong: Befriending the Dragon offers some of the most transformational online teachings available, within a thriving global community of learning and practice.
Join fellow students and practitioners to support and inspire each other as you integrate the teachings and practices Sifu Matthew Cohen will share in this powerful training.
You’ll join an international community on the leading edge of manifesting a world grounded in the principles of cooperation, harmony, and reverence for all of life.
Experience a unique opportunity to be mentored by and learn from founder of Sacred Energy Arts, Sifu Matthew Cohen — from the comfort of your own home. Each class session includes a livestreaming video option and will guide you to explore new Sacred Energy Arts Qigong practices each week. Course sessions are on Tuesdays at 9:00am Pacific.
After each class, the video will be available for you to stream in a high-quality format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can watch anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
After each class, the audio will be available for you to stream. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
You’ll also receive the entire class transcription after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
With live class attendance, there will be a 20-minute optional interactive practice session directly following each class. You’ll be placed in an intimate group with several other participants on the Zoom call to interact, share, and do additional practices to help you further integrate the weekly lessons. Practice sessions are available for live attendance only and are not recorded for playback. If you’re unable to attend the calls live, the Facebook online community group allows you to connect with each other and find alternative times to interact.
Between class sessions, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson.
Our exclusive Facebook online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process after each class. Here, you can continue the discussion about your course materials and interact with your fellow students to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
We feel honored that Sifu Matthew Cohen has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online training. This is a unique opportunity to interact directly with the founder of Sacred Energy Arts, whose powerful insights and pioneering work are helping us heal and awaken ourselves and our world.
If you’re serious about embracing and moving through your emotions to strengthen resilience and enjoy radiant health, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind training.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your own evolution, click the register button below to reserve your space now.
Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed! If you don’t absolutely LOVE Sacred Energy Arts Qigong: Befriending the Dragon — or don’t feel that it meets your needs — please submit your refund request form on or before August 22, 2023 and we’ll happily issue qualifying customers a refund.
Matthew’s teaching deepened and strengthened my practice on so many levels. The rare addition of Qigong has added a profound stillness to my life and is an inspiring, moving meditation. Most teachers I’ve known articulate their knowledge in a steady and cerebral way. Matthew takes it a graceful step further by connecting that knowledge through the emotional, physical, and spiritual, and allowing it to settle without force.
— Minnie Driver, actress
Matthew has an incredible ability to blend many of the internal arts such as yoga, Tai Chi, and Qigong, together in one seamless flow. If you’re looking for something grounding as well as lifting energetically, go and check it out, and keep an open mind.
— Stefan Storace, Garden of Yoga
Over the past five years, Matthew has become my good friend, my yoga teacher, my spiritual mentor, and my training partner. Whether I’m kicking him during our training sessions or stretching in a yoga pose in his class, I always feel present when I’m in Matthew’s company. I recommend Matthew to anyone who seeks to strengthen his or her physical and spiritual muscles.
— David Grunwald, CEO, American Sunrise Communities
Matthew Cohen is one of the most inspiring teachers on my yoga journey. I feel very lucky to have taken his training and have had the privilege to assist his teacher training many times since. He keeps inspiring me and delivering rich knowledge. Matthew’s teaching draws from multiple methods and wisdom. He is very creative and motivates and challenges the body’s potential. His teacher training offers a full range of teaching skills, and I consider his training to be one of the “must take” trainings if you want to become an excellent yoga teacher!
— Sean Ren, Yoga Yard China
Matthew is an incredible instructor of yoga, meditation, Qigong, Tai Chi, and martial arts. And, he is more than that. He is a genuine, fierce, and gentle spirit. Working and training with Matthew is a joy and a deep exploration of strength, personal power, resiliency, and grace. He offers a safe and courageous space that allows me to release obstacles in the way of ease in my practice and my life. Thank you, Matthew, for sharing your courage and presence, and offering your gifts, expertise, and Sacred Energy Arts — your unique blend of healing work — to the world. I am truly grateful.
— C. Pete Lee, yoga teacher
Sifu Matthew Cohen is the founder and creator of Sacred Energy Arts — a unique, integrated system of health and self-development drawing from the teachings of Qigong, martial arts, and yoga. Matthew developed this method after recognizing that Qigong, yoga, and the internal martial arts stand alone as great health systems. Together, the practices create a powerful and transformative experience. Matthew has been fully immersed in the study and application of martial, yogic, and healing arts for over 40 years, and he has taught in more than 15 countries.
Q: What’s a virtual course?
A: It’s a great way to engage live and pre-recorded teachings and each other from the comfort of your home! All you need is a computer, mobile device, or telephone. If there’s more than one person in your household taking the course, you’ll each need your own connection. We use Zoom video conferencing to make it just like an in-person event, where you can ask questions and deepen your exploration of the course themes.
There’s no additional charge for connecting to Zoom with your computer or mobile device. Please note that dialing Zoom from your telephone is a toll call; your telephone service provider will charge you according to your existing long-distance calling plan. International access numbers are available.
“I’ve never seen a course so well put together ever...”
I had never participated before in an online course. The packaging, presentation, inclusion, and Facebook postings created a wonderful, safe cocoon within which to participate. I’ve never seen a course so well put together ever — not in all the years of taking college classes — and I had my doubts about doing an online course. The wealth of organization and ease of learning materials and support made this fun as well.
— Claudia F., Medford, Massachusetts
Can I still benefit from the course if I miss the live classes?
A: Absolutely! You can stream the recordings and download the transcripts of all course sessions, so you never need to worry about missing live calls. You can also engage with the full community and leaders in our private online community group.
Q: Can you tell me about the private online community group?
A: We’ll have a private online community group for all course participants that will support you in making connections with others, sharing insights, engaging in discussions, and completing homework assignments that can supplement your transformational journey. You’ll have the ability to share your experiences, projects, and growth throughout the course.
Q: Are there scholarships available for this training?
A: Yes, we always make a certain percentage of spaces available for partial scholarships, for those who otherwise would not be able to enroll at the regular rate. If you’d like to apply for a scholarship, please review our guidelines, which include a link to our online application form.
Q: What’s your refund policy?
A: Your satisfaction with The Shift Network and this course is our highest priority! We offer a satisfaction guarantee so that you can sample the course risk-free. The deadline to receive a full refund is August 22, 2023. To request a refund, please click on this refund request form and submit your request. Qualifying refunds will be processed within five business days and an email confirming the refund will be sent. However, we’d love to have a chance to address and resolve your concerns first. If there’s something we can assist you with, please email us at [email protected] and we’ll be happy to help! (No refund requests accepted after the above date or with scholarship awards.)
Q: How can I reach Customer Support?
A: Please visit our Customer Support Center, where you should be able to find the answer to your question or the solution to your problem. And if you can’t, you can submit an online request form and we’ll get right back to you.
