Harness your body’s potential and inner strength through Qigong and the five elements to achieve balance in mind, body, and spirit for a life of vitality, clarity, and empowered living.
Move beyond foundational Qigong and Sacred Energy Arts skills and concepts with Sifu Matthew Cohen to unlock new levels of vitality and radiance to enrich every aspect of your life.
You’re invited to join SIfu Matthew Cohen for an enriching 12-module journey to deeply explore the profound power of the five elements — earth, fire, water, wood, and metal — and apply them to your Qigong practice to foster greater harmony and balance in your life.
You’ll gain a rare and comprehensive understanding of how to work with the five elements using the “five element Neijia” method, which helps you integrate mind, body, and spirit in each posture. Matthew shares that this is a rare teaching, and that he is the only one teaching it in the U.S. or Canada.
Each week, you’ll work with the elements, but rather than isolating them individually, you’ll learn to work with them in relation to each other, creating a holistic elemental practice you can adjust based on how you feel each day and the season of life you’re in.
You’ll learn Qigong practices that enhance the wood element within, such as Reaching Up to the Moon and Stars and Child Prays to Buddha, which not only build physical strength and flexibility but can reduce fear and enhance your emotional healing and compassion...
... helping you embrace life’s challenges as you transform stress and anger into opportunities for growth and emotional balance.
You’ll engage in fire-based heart-opening exercises like Turn Around and Look for the Moon and Dragon Stretches Paws, which foster emotional fluency and promote kindness, guiding you towards enlightenment and a deeper understanding of your inner self.
You’ll immerse yourself in stabilizing earth energy with movements such as Moving Heaven and Earth, Sisyphus Carries Mountain, and Crouching Tiger Coiled Dragon, designed to improve digestive health and strengthen your root, your undisturbed connection to the earth…
... providing you with a solid foundation for your personal growth and emotional balance.
You’ll discover how to embody the fluidity, adaptability, and resilience of water through Qigong techniques like the Large Orbit and Child Prays to Buddha. This practice connects all of your body’s meridians, enhancing energy flow and dissolving emotional and physical blockages. By embracing the qualities of water, you’ll learn to release fear, cultivate compassion, and develop the courage to navigate life’s challenges with grace and flexibility.
You’ll explore the earth and metal elements through specific movements like Moving Heaven and Earth and Great Hawk Spreads Wings, which not only energize your practice but also help you manage emotions such as worry and grief.
Building upon what you’ve learned in your previous work with Matthew, you’ll discover how to refine each movement and each element and adapt them to exactly what you need for balance in the moment.
You’ll also have more individualized time with Matthew. Throughout the course, he’ll spotlight two to three students each week and provide them with personalized coaching and guidance in a spotlight session. Whether you’re picked for the spotlight session or not, you’ll learn a lot from watching Matthew work with other students.
By the end of this course, you’ll have a comprehensive understanding of the five elements and know how to choose exercises that best suit your needs. You’ll also learn how to integrate Qigong principles into your daily life, which can help you experience deeper peace, resilience, and vitality both on and off the mat.
During this health-enhancing course, you’ll:
- Deepen your understanding of Wuji (the most important and essential standing practice), accessing boundless potential and presence beyond physical limitations
- Gain insight into the unique approach of the “five element Neijia” method, integrating mind, body, and spirit for holistic wellbeing and vitality
- Learn specialized techniques for stirring rivers and oceans within your body, harnessing the power of the wood element to move energy effectively
- Set clear intentions for your Qigong journey, aligning your practice with your personal and spiritual goals for transformative growth
- Explore the emotional and energetic qualities of each element, learning to embrace and harmonize their qualities within yourself
- Discover how to use your mind and breath as diagnostic and treatment tools, enhancing your Qigong practice for optimal results
- Learn targeted practices for strengthening your root and improving digestive health, providing a stable foundation for emotional balance and personal growth
- Cultivate resilience and adaptability, turning life’s challenges into opportunities for growth and renewal — and then share your knowledge to inspire others on their journey
- And much more...
This advanced course is designed to help you deepen your practice of Qigong, refine your understanding of the five elements, and empower you to integrate these teachings into your daily life for enhanced whole-body wellbeing.
By the end of the course, you’ll apply the wisdom you’ve acquired throughout your journey into something practical that you can apply every day, creating daily habits out of the principles you’ve learned...
... ensuring that you continue to thrive, and preparing you mentally, physically, and spiritually for whatever the day may bring.
What You’ll Discover in These 12 Modules
In this 12-module transformational intensive, Matthew will guide you through the fundamental skills and competencies you’ll need to successfully become adept at leveraging Qigong principles, enabling you to embrace life with renewed vitality, clarity, and empowerment.
Join the Livestream — or Stream Later to Watch at Your Convenience
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.
Course Sessions Tuesdays at 1:00pm Pacific
This course will feature LIVE teachings, interactive 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 unlock your body's potential, harmonize energy flow, and cultivate resilience.
Module 1: Learn the Foundations of Energy Cultivation to Expand Your Presence & Potential (June 11)
In this opening module, you’ll explore the concept of Wuji, which means no limits or the void, to help you achieve a state of boundless presence. You’ll discover the mechanics of energy movement using the wood element to stir your internal rivers (meridians) and oceans (dantian).
You’ll also learn a particular style of working with the five elements, the “five element Neijia” method. You’ll discover how integrating your mind in each posture can transform your Qigong practice, helping you step through a gateway to unparalleled spiritual and physical health.
In this session, you’ll:
- Deepen your understanding and practice of Wuji, transcending physical limitations to access boundless potential and presence
- Learn techniques for stirring rivers (meridians) and oceans (dantian) within your body, harnessing the power of the wood element to move energy
- Set clear intentions for your Qigong journey, aligning your practice with your personal and spiritual goals
- Gain insight into the unique approach of the “five element Neijia” method, discovering how to integrate mind, body, and spirit in each posture for holistic wellbeing and vitality
Module 2: Harness Elemental Forces to Balance Energy & Enhance Resilience (June 18)
You’ll more deeply explore the five elements — wood, fire, earth, metal, and water — and how you can work with them in your Qigong practice. You’ll discover how these elements are intertwined with nature, the seasons, and your internal states, shaping your health and emotions.
You’ll learn to identify and balance these energies, applying ancient insights to modern challenges. You’ll practice Embrace the Moon, a Qigong technique that focuses on opening and gathering yang energy to strengthen the heart and enhance emotional resilience.
Through practical exercises and thoughtful reflection, you’ll discover how the elements influence your vitality and emotional wellbeing. By the end of this module, you’ll be equipped to harness these powerful forces in your everyday life, promoting harmony and personal growth.
In this session, you’ll:
- Gain insight into the cycle of the five elements, understanding how they work together within Qigong practice to promote harmony and balance
- Explore the emotional and energetic correspondences of each element, learning how to embrace and harmonize their qualities within yourself
- Discover the significance of the fire element in opening the heart and cultivating joy, strengthening your emotional resilience and vitality
- Learn how stress can be a catalyst for growth and resilience, akin to the wood element’s ability to withstand pressure and thrive
- Cultivate conscious awareness of stress and its effects on the body, empowering you to respond with resilience and grace, tempering the steel of your spirit
Module 3: Harness Your Mind & Breath to Turn Everyday Challenges Into Opportunities for Growth (June 25)
Discover the relationship between your mind and breath, gaining an understanding of how you can use them as powerful allies. This module introduces advanced techniques and tools you can use for diagnosis and treatment, enhancing your Qigong practice.
You’ll explore the earth and metal elements through specific movements like Moving Heaven and Earth and Great Hawk Spreads Wings, which not only energize your practice but also help you manage emotions such as worry and grief. You’ll discover how to adjust your perception and life force, turning everyday challenges into opportunities for growth and transformation.
In this session, you’ll:
- Discover how to harness your mind and breath as diagnostic and treatment tools
- Adjust your perception and life force to supercharge your practice
- Work with the earth element through Moving Heaven and Earth to boost digestion and metabolism while shedding worries
- Transform grief into inspiration with the metal element exercise, Great Hawk Spreads Wings
- Learn how you can reframe challenges in real time
Module 4: Strengthen Your Resilience With the Wood Element (July 2)
Discover the resilience and power of the wood element to help you navigate life’s challenges and foster growth and renewal. Like trees that require wind to become strong, we also need life’s challenges to cultivate resilience and adaptability.
You’ll engage in Qigong practices such as Reaching Up to the Moon and Stars and Child Prays to Buddha, which not only build physical strength and flexibility but can also enhance emotional healing and compassion — helping you embrace life’s storms. You’ll see how you can turn stress and anger into opportunities for growth and emotional balance, which you can use for both healing and martial arts.
In this session, you’ll:
- Deepen your connection with the wood element, understanding how challenges enhance growth and vitality
- Develop resilience and flexibility, embodying the strength and adaptability of young trees
- Transform anger into healing and compassion through Qigong practices
- Prepare for advanced healing and martial arts applications by harnessing your inner strength
- Embrace life’s challenges, using the xeno-hermetic effect — referring to the biological phenomenon where organisms absorb and utilize foreign DNA from their environment to change in their own genetic makeup or make adaptive changes — to turn stress into empowerment
Module 5: Ignite Your Passion & Vitality With the Fire Element (July 9)
Cultivate the vibrant energy of the fire element as you learn to harness its qualities of warmth, illumination, and joy to ignite passion and vitality in your life. You’ll explore the dual nature of fire — its ability to nurture and its potential to destroy.
In this module, you’ll engage in heart-opening practices like Turn Around and Look for the Moon and Dragon Stretches Paws, which can not only enhance your cardiovascular health but also foster emotional fluency and aligned actions. You’ll gain insights into how fire represents radiance and perception, guiding you toward enlightenment and a deeper understanding of your inner self.
In this session, you’ll:
- Explore the dynamic balance of the fire element, learning to manage its warmth and intensity
- Engage in heart-opening practices that enhance emotional fluency and promote kindness
- Gain clarity and insight through the enlightening aspects of fire, enhancing your perception and truth
- Experience the biomechanical and energetic intelligence of the Qigong system, optimizing flexibility, strength, and overall mobility
- Navigate the complete range of motion for holistic wellbeing, as each posture supports and balances the next
Module 6: Ground & Stabilize Yourself With the Earth Element (July 16)
Immerse yourself in the stabilizing energy of the earth element to ground and build a strong foundation within yourself. This module explores targeted practices to strengthen your root, such as Sisyphus Carries Mountain and Crouching Tiger Coiled Dragon, enhancing your connection to the earth and boosting your physical stability.
Through these movements and earth-honoring rituals, you’ll improve your digestion and metabolism, supporting your body’s ability to nourish itself and process information. You’ll also learn techniques that deepen your emotional fluency and provide a centered, stable base from which to move and grow.
In this session, you’ll:
- Deepen your understanding of the earth element, recognizing its critical role in providing stability and grounding
- Strengthen your legs and root to support aligned action and enhance your presence in the world
- Cultivate a profound connection to the earth, feeling more rooted and stable in your daily activities
- Improve your digestive health and metabolism
- Engage in Qi-grounding exercises and rituals that honor the earth, enhancing your emotional balance and providing a solid foundation for personal growth
Module 7: Cultivate Clarity & the Ability to Let Go With the Metal Element (July 23)
Refine your inner landscape and let go of the stuff that doesn’t matter with the metal element. This element, associated with the lungs and the breath, symbolizes our connection to spiritual realms.
You’ll engage in practices like Small Orbit, designed to enhance your ability to release outdated patterns and focus on what truly matters. You’ll cultivate clarity and discernment, enabling you to cut through life’s distractions as effectively as a sharp ax.
You’ll experience how the metal element balances the creative and destructive sides of life, guiding you through cycles of creation and destruction for true inner growth.
In this session, you’ll:
- Cultivate clarity and discernment, learning to navigate life’s complexities with greater ease
- Release pent-up emotions, enhancing emotional balance and resilience
- Sharpen your focus, boosting productivity and efficiency in daily tasks
- Deepen your connection with the breath, understanding its role as a bridge to the spiritual
- Embrace the dual nature of the metal element, using it for personal transformation and renewal
Module 8: Embrace the Wisdom of Water to Flow Through Life With Greater Grace & Resilience (August 13)
You’ll learn to embody the fluidity, adaptability, and resilience of water, exploring how water’s properties can teach us to flow through life’s challenges with grace and flexibility.
You’ll engage in practices like Large Orbit, which connects all the body’s meridians, to enhance your energy flow and dissolve emotional and physical blockages. By embracing the qualities of water, you’ll learn to release fear, cultivate compassion, and develop the courage to better navigate life’s currents.
In this session, you’ll:
- Embrace water’s fluid nature to navigate life’s challenges with ease and adaptability
- Dissolve emotional blockages and foster inner peace through specific water-aligned techniques
- Cultivate compassion and understanding as you learn to flow with life’s currents
- Develop resilience and courage to face adversity using water as your guide
- Deepen your mind-body connection
Module 9: Explore the Intersection of the Elements to Expand Your Creative Potential & Inner Peace (August 20)
You’ll learn how to integrate the five elements through movement and meditation. This session focuses on the alignment of your body, mind, and intention, using seated meditation and visualization techniques to enhance your energy flow and inner peace.
You’ll learn how to strategically pair movements with specific mental images, like envisioning a lake and a mountain, to cultivate stillness and reduce mental clutter.
You’ll explore the intersections of the elements, discovering how to tailor your energy practices to your specific needs in the moment and unlock new dimensions of creativity and personal exploration, helping you harness the combined power of the five elements.
In this session, you’ll:
- Learn seated meditation and how to use mudras to enhance your energy flow
- Use visualization techniques to deepen your inner stillness and minimize distractions
- Discover how to intelligently pair movements with intentions, optimizing the synergy of the five elements
- Foster a spirit of curiosity and experimentation, opening paths to new insights and possibilities
- Cultivate a deep sense of inner quiet and receptivity, unearthing wisdom through mindfulness
Module 10: Manifest Positive Change in Your Life With the Power of Visualization (August 27)
Throughout the ages, warriors, healers, and shamans have used visualization to strengthen their mental resilience and refine their focus. You’ll explore meditation as a vehicle to manifest positive changes in your life.
You’ll engage in seated meditation and visualization exercises, where you’ll envision completing physical practices entirely through the power of your mind, revealing hidden strengths and addressing blind spots. You’ll also learn effective self-healing tapping methods that utilize acupressure points, enhancing your overall wellbeing and balance.
In this session, you’ll:
- Develop mental strength and clarity, enhancing your mind-body connection through visualization
- Learn tapping techniques for stimulating acupressure points, promoting holistic health and vitality
- Harness the creative power of your imagination to shape outcomes and transform your reality
- Refine your mental focus and concentration
- Empower yourself with the knowledge that your mind can significantly influence your physical and emotional health
Module 11: Synthesize & Alchemize Your Learnings Into a Personalized Practice for Empowered Living (September 3)
Tailor and refine your Qigong practice to fit your unique needs and energy. This session encourages you to listen to your intuition as you integrate and personalize every aspect of the practice explored throughout the course. Explore the nuances of gaze, breath, and intention, enhancing your understanding and mastery.
As you continue your practice, you’ll experience personal transformation and inner alchemy, enabling a deeper connection with yourself and empowering you to navigate your life’s path more effectively. This module is designed to solidify your practice as a personalized tool for growth, transformation, and empowered living.
In this session, you’ll:
- Trust your intuition to tailor the practice to your unique energetic and life requirements
- Experience the entire Qigong practice integrated with all techniques and principles learned
- Adjust and refine your practice with a focus on nuances such as gaze, breath, and intention
- Carry forward the insights and skills you’ve gained in the course, applying them to live a more aligned and purposeful life
Module 12: Carry the Ancient Wisdom to Thrive & Inspire Others (September 10)
This final module serves as a bridge, transforming the wisdom you’ve acquired throughout this course into something practical you can apply every day. You are now empowered to create daily habits out of the principles you’ve learned, ensuring that you continue to thrive.
By incorporating these practices into your morning routine, likened to tuning a guitar before a performance, you’ll prepare yourself mentally, physically, and spiritually for the day ahead.
This module emphasizes the importance of sharing and teaching what you’ve learned, continuing the age-old tradition of passing down knowledge.
In this session, you’ll:
- Integrate the wisdom of the five elements into daily rituals, creating a resilient foundation for personal growth
- Deepen your self-awareness and understanding, enhancing your ability to navigate life with simplicity and elegance
- Further develop resilience and adaptability, learning to handle life’s challenges with grace
- Share your knowledge and inspire others, contributing to a community of learning and growth
- Honor the lineage of teachers and mentors by keeping their teachings alive and relevant in contemporary life
- Learn ways to engage with the practice, and ways to abbreviate it as well as to cherry pick individual exercises for addressing specific needs
The Mastering Your Energy With 5 Elements Qigong Bonus Offering
In addition to Matthew’s transformative 12-module online course, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Qigong
Video Dialogue With Sifu Matthew Cohen and Peng Roden Her, LAc
According to Peng Roden Her, Qi is the essence of Qigong. Qigong exercises are meant to explore where and how the Qi flows. As a spiritual practice, studying and understanding your Self is critical to achieving oneness; health and healing are side effects of that. Explore the benefits of having someone mentor you in this work who has experience with helping students continue to successfully function in their daily lives.
What Graduates of Matthew’s Courses Are Saying...
“Sifu Matthew Cohen’s teaching is authentic, esoteric, original, and fun.”
Sifu Matthew Cohen’s teaching is authentic, esoteric, original, and fun. I am clearing and opening channels like never before, leading to some really interesting energetic interactions. I am going to happily and gratefully learn all that he teaches.
— Cathy, Portugal
“[Matthew Cohen] delivers clear, concise direction while filling the course with levity and spirituality.”
Matthew Cohen is a gifted instructor. He delivers clear, concise direction while filling the course with levity and spirituality. He embodies what he teaches.
— Donald, Syracuse, New York
“I know that my students will also benefit from my deeper insights, newfound knowledge, and different perspectives that I have gained from doing this course.”
I loved diving deep into the three different pillars, and rather than looking at them as a whole, actually tuned in to each archetype. Connecting with the healer and warrior was a joy. What I discovered with the visionary is that I’m not as connected, although I’m good at ideas. This was a surprise to me but with the course materials I am continuing to work on all pillars and use the practices in my everyday personal practice. On a professional note, as a Tai Chi teacher this helps me keep learning and I know that my students will also benefit from my deeper insights, newfound knowledge, and different perspectives that I have gained from doing this course.
— Angela, Liverpool, United Kingdom
“With this course I could deepen my Qigong practice, enjoying the journey and embodiment of the three archetypes.”
With this course I could deepen my Qigong practice, enjoying the journey and embodiment of the three archetypes. Big thank you to Matthew Cohen for sharing his wisdom with us.
— Valeria
“[The course] spoke to me on all three archetypical levels and has helped me feel more deeply on a soul level.”
I feel this course has encouraged me to get back to daily Qigong practice. It spoke to me on all three archetypical levels and has helped me feel more deeply on a soul level.
— Susan, Winnipeg, Canada
Join the Global Community
Mastering Your Energy With 5 Elements Qigong 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 program.
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.
Here’s What You’ll Receive
Twelve 90-Minute Class Sessions With Sifu Matthew Cohen
Experience a unique opportunity to be mentored by and learn from Sifu Matthew Cohen, founder of Sacred Energy Arts — from the comfort of your own home. Each class session includes a livestreaming video option and will guide you to cultivate boundless presence, balance elemental energies, and overcome life’s hurdles with resilience and inner peace, guiding you toward a life of vitality, clarity, and empowered living. Course sessions are on Tuesdays at 1:00pm Pacific.
Twelve Video Recordings of Class Sessions
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.
Twelve Video Recordings of Class Sessions
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.
Twelve Audio Recordings of Class Sessions
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.
Twelve Transcripts of Class Sessions
You’ll also receive the entire class transcript after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the insights and practices you found most impactful.
Three 30-Minute Interactive Group Practice Sessions
With live class attendance, there will be three opportunities for 30-minute optional interactive practice sessions directly following modules 5, 6, and 7. 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 lessons. Practice sessions are not recorded for playback; if you’re unable to attend those live sessions, the Facebook online community group allows you to connect with each other and find alternative times to interact.
Interactive Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
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.
Online Community
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.
The Mastering Your Energy With 5 Elements Qigong Bonus Offering
- 3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Qigong
Video Dialogue With Matthew Cohen and Peng Roden Her, L.Ac
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join the Online Course, Mastering Your Energy With 5 Elements Qigong
We feel honored that Sifu Matthew Cohen has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive LIVE online course. 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 unlocking your body’s potential, balancing elemental energies, and facing life’s challenges with resilience and inner peace, empowering you to live a life filled with vitality, clarity, and strength, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind program.
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!
Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed! If you don’t absolutely LOVE Mastering Your Energy With 5 Elements Qigong — or don’t feel that it meets your needs — please submit your refund request form on or before June 25, 2024 and we’ll happily issue qualifying customers a refund.
More Praise for Sifu Matthew Cohen...
“Matthew’s teaching deepened and strengthened my practice on so many levels.”
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.”
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
“I recommend Matthew to anyone who seeks to strengthen his or her physical and spiritual muscles.”
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 of American Sunrise Communities
“Matthew Cohen is one of the most inspiring teachers on my yoga journey.”
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
“Working and training with Matthew is a joy and a deep exploration of strength, personal power, resiliency, and grace.”
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
About Sifu Matthew Cohen
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 has taught in more than 15 countries.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What’s a virtual course?
A: It’s a great way to engage with live and pre-recorded teachings and each other from the comfort of your home! All you need is any connected device. 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.
Q: 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 on Facebook 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 June 25, 2024. 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 support@theshiftnetwork.com 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.
