Are you interested in becoming a Healing Tao Instructor?
Welcome to the wonderful path of sharing the Tao, the Natural Way to health and spiritual wholeness!!
Healing Tao USA is eager to train more Instructors in the Taoist movement, healing, and meditation arts. We feel this is one of the most worthwhile things a person can do with their life — empower others to become more healthy and live in greater peace, harmony and balance. Michael Winn was one of the first Senior Instructors in the Healing Tao.
There are many “methods” available in the modern Tao marketplace. But there are very few complete “systems” that guide your growth for an entire lifetime.
Healing Tao USA offers a direct and natural path to fulfilling both your worldly and your spiritual destiny. It focuses on what is practical and most effective. No dogma, no gurus, no hierarchy of priests, no “master” title allowed in the Healing Tao USA system. A wide variety of trainings that let you focus on what suits your nature best. Movement or meditation, healing or self-defense – it’s your choice, after you cover the basics.
Healing Tao USA is a 501c3 tax exempt organization. Taoism is both a religion, practical Way of life, and a spiritual philosophy. Certification as instructor does carry religious ordination privileges if you choose to perform weddings, birth blessings, funeral services, avoid vaccinations, seek conscientious objector status, etc.
Winn founded the Healing Tao Instructor’s Association (HTIA) serving North and South America in 1991 at the request of Mantak Chia. Healing Tao USA (HTUSA) is the HTIA’s most active member – over 250 instructors certified.
Both the HTUSA and the HTIA are a 501c3, non profit, instructor-owned, legally independent of Mantak Chia and the Universal Healing Tao (UHT). UHT historically s a spinoff (or “child”) of the HTIA, which developed the original Tao instructor certification standards. .The UHT mostly serves Europe and Asia, and was formed about 15 years after the HTIA was incorporated.
Both the HTIA and HTUSA accept hour-credits from courses taught by UHT instructors. Overseas students may also join directly the HTIA or HTUSA to get their many benefits, low-cost overseas dues ($25/yr) and more democratic, instructor self-governed organization structure.
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ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTOR:
The “fast track” training program is to first become an Associate Instructor. That certifies you to teach the Qigong Fundamentals: Inner Smile, Six Healing Sounds, Microcosmic Orbit, and core qigong.
You receive a Healing Tao USA Certificate that is co-issued with the Healing Tao Instructor’s Association (HTIA). You will be eligible to join the HTiA (USA residents $45./year, foreigners 25./year.
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BENEFITS:
Associate Certification carries these same benefits as Full Instructor Certification:
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$75. discount on each Healing Tao USA summer retreat you take.
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40% discount on wholesale purchase (5 of any item) of Michael Winn products
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Add a meaningful second career with income – while working on your own health & spiritual evolution!
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advertising and referral system support for promoting your website and classes
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Respect of belonging to the oldest Taoist organization and lineage in the West.
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feeling of belonging to a really fun, enlightened spiritual community, energetically backing you wherever you go on the planet (or the inner planes!)
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Trademark protection for all your “Healing Tao” courses (must pay HTIA dues to have this).
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Your students get “credit hours” towards certification within Healing Tao system – which helps boost enrollment.
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REQUIREMENTS:
HTIA Associate Instructor Training
Total Training 150 hours
A. Associate Instructor Prerequisites
1. 110 Hours minimum
• from classes, workshops (8 hours/day), retreats (40 hours/5 days), private sessions.
• hours may be live, online, or home study audio-video.
• with certified HTIA instructor: Associate, Full, or Senior.
• up to 32 hours accepted by Tao teachers (non-HTIA) with approval by Senior
Instructor-mentor
2. 40 Hours: LIVE training with Senior Instructor in Qigong Fundamentals/ Tao Basics.
• one 5-day retreat, 3 weekend workshops, or private hours.
• repeats earlier training. Focus: How to Teach Core Practices
• interview with Senior Instructor to verify skills and goals of applicant ($75. fee)
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110 hours must include 48 hours study in core practices:
1. Tao Basics/Qigong Fundamentals 1-4:
(min. 32 hours: 2 live or digital weekend workshops, or home study audio-video)
Practices may vary by teacher, but generally include:
Inner Smile,
Microcosmic Orbit,
Six Healing Sounds,
Chi Self Massage,
Iron Shirt 1 rooting (Tree, Turtle etc),
Bone and Tendon Qigong,
Qigong Warm ups (Shaking, etc),
Five Animals Play,
Ocean Breathing,
Open Qi Flow in Orbit Qigong,
Deep Earth Pulsing Qigong,
Three Tao Breathing methods.
2. Fusion of 5 Elements #1: Emotional Alchemy
(min. 16 hours: 2-day workshop or home study course)
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Courses accepted for remaining 62 Hours (of 110 hours):
Max 16 hours each, in any combination of courses:
1. Primordial Tai Chi/Qigong
2. Fusion of 5 Elements 2&3: Macro-Orbit
3. Iron Shirt (Bone Marrow Neigong) 2&3
4. Tao Yin
5. 13-Movements Tai Chi-Qigong
6. Chi Nei Tsang 1
7. Deep Healing Qigong
9. Taoist Dream Practice
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Max 32 hours in these courses:
10. Healing Love/Tao Sexology
11. Lesser Kan & Li (Inner Sexual Alchemy)
Note: These two courses may be 40-hour week-long retreats,
but only credit 32 hours, to diversify your training hours.
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Other General Requirements
(prior to Certification)
• Personal Practice
Minimum 6 months+ of personal daily Tao Basic practices.
One year is recommended.
We recognize some applicants have years of training in other systems.
Skill level of applicant will be evaluated by Senior Instructor during interview.
• Training Resume
As you accumulate hours, please keep a record (preferably digital list) of classes taken.
Each entry should include:a) name of the class,
b) date & location where class was taken,
c) instructor who taught the class,
d) hours of training for each class. Count 8 hours per workshop day.
• Letter of Intention
1. Write short letter of intention.
Explain WHY you want to become an instructor (max one page).
2. Email letter to Certification Committee Chairman, currently Michael Winn:
mdwinn999@gmail.com.
3. Send a cc: to HTIA instructor you have chosen as your mentor (after they accept you).
• Certification Interview
(after 40 hours LIVE training with Senior)
1. If Senior Instructor feels you are NOT ready to be certified,
you will be given guidance as to what you need to improve.
2. Typical wait time for re-testing is 3-6 months, but depends on Senior instructor.
You must pay the Senior Instructor (in advance) $75. for re-testing fee.
3. If Senior Instructor approves your application, please pay them $25. for printing and mailing your Certificate.
HTIA certificates may be issued by an authorized school that trained you.
The certificate will have the logo of both the HTIA and the school that trained your
40 live hours.
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Other Steps to Joining HTIA
• Honor HTIA Ethics Standards
The HTIA bylaws lists the ethical behavior standards of the HTIA.
It has guidelines for how instructors interact professionally with students,
both in teaching and personal conduct.
To avoid any kind of physical, verbal, or sexual abuse in student
interactions.
All HTIA members are liable to enforce it as part of our bylaws.
Failure to read it is not a defense against an instructor violation of it.
Complaints against instructors will be reviewed by an Ethics Committee.
Ethical Standards defined in bylaws, Article IV:
https://healing-tao.org/page-18053
• Pay HTIA Annual Dues
To finalize your HTIA membership, go online to www.healing-tao.org to sign up.
Fill out your profile, pay your dues, then email webmaster (currently
Geoffrey Bernard:
geoffrey.healingtao@protonmail.com
Your HTIA annual dues:
$45 for USA, $25 for all other countries.
This will keep your listing on the website visible.
• Continuing Education Requirement
All Associate Instructors are expected to continue developing themselves!
We encourage all Associate Instructors to upgrade their classification to “full” Instructor with an additional 3 weeks of training. (see next Certification section)
Associate Instructors are required to take continuing education
of at least 16 hours every two years.
This is only one weekend workshop – live, online, or home study audio-video.
If continuing education requirements are not met, your website listing may be changed to inactive.
Please email your certifying instructor of your continuing study
FULL INSTRUCTOR:
For full description of Certification Requirements in each kind of qigong or meditation level, set by the Healing Tao Instructor’s Association of the Americas (HTIA) please see: Healing Tao Instructor Certification Requirements
