Encounter Dao, Find Your Way
Liberate Your Authenticity
Enjoy Life to the Full
Taoist Internal Alchemy
Internal Martial Arts
Taoist Culture
Our
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EVOLVING FROM CHINA ARTS COLLEGE
& TASC to TAOIST-LIFESTYLE.COM
TASC (Taoist Alchemical Studies Centre)
Founded 1990 - TASC (Taoist Alchemical Studies Centre) is the place where ancient Chinese Taoist science and practices seamlessly integrate with contemporary research and targeted applications. The TASC staff is highly professional and extensively trained in both Western and Taoist sciences. We approach our work with deep respect for Chinese and Taoist traditions and oppose diluting their essence with uninformed Western interpretations. Therefore, we emphasize the Chinese context and teach our students to think from a Chinese and Taoist perspective. Prof. Dr. Vercammen has developed various methods for this purpose and has delivered highly engaging lectures and practical sessions at China Arts College. In China, Vercammen is even known as "more Chinese than the Chinese."
CAC: China Arts College
Founded 1990 - China Arts College (Taoiststudies.org) offers everything a discerning student and aspiring Taoist needs. Here you learn freedom in thought and action by breaking through imposed limitations. You'll feel the difference that Taoist training and philosophy of life bring to your life, as you work to form firm, stable roots that will help you get through even the toughest of times. You can learn to resolve your inner conflicts because they bring you into conflict with others and with your life circumstances. An old Taoist saying goes, "Your fate depends on yourself, not on heaven." So, it's best to take your life into your own hands before it escapes you completely. Based on Taoist practices, you can learn to roam the world of your body and enjoy "being on your way"!
Taoiststudies.Org
Evolved from China Arts College & TASC in 2025, Taoiststudies.org, previously known as China Arts College, is a Belgian organization that is politically and financially independent. Our mission is to provide and disseminate education, scientific research, and general information about Taoist and Chinese culture. As a non-profit, our funding is derived from participant fees for activities organized by our affiliated organizations and from the sale of our publications. In essence, your contributions are reinvested into delivering high-quality education, research, and publications. TaoistStudies.org collaborates with partners to enhance your experience in Taoist and Chinese culture, martial arts, fine arts, and calligraphy by giving workshops and classes with these long-term partners and (former) students in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Taoist-Lifestyle.Com
Established in 2023, Taoist-Lifestyle.com seeks to engage a broader global audience as it develops.
Mission: "Our goal is to provide an innovative, engaging, and accessible learning experience in Taoist Internal Alchemy, Chinese Martial Arts, and health practices that is accessible worldwide. We are committed to delivering affordable, high-quality classes grounded in Chinese Taoist teachings, ensuring that Taoist Internal Alchemy and true Chinese culture are open to everyone."
Vision: "We believe that Taoist Internal Alchemy, Chinese Martial Arts, and health practices should be accessible to every student worldwide. Our aim is to awaken the internal alchemist within you and prepare the next generation of Taoist Internal Alchemists to reshape perceptions of Internal Alchemy (Neidan) and Internal Martial Arts."
They are merging their expertise in Chinese Medicine (TCM & ACM), Taoist Alchemy, Martial Arts, Strength & Mobility training, Chinese Culture & Philosophy, and Modern Research & IT to offer something truly unique at Taoist-Lifestyle.com!
Welcome to the Taoist-Lifestyle Program!
Our programs are supported by two pillars:
☞ Theory
● Explore Classical Chinese philosophy
● Learn about Taoist health science
● Understand the Taoist perspective on the body
● Immerse yourself in Taoist culture
● Grasp the theories behind Taoist practices
☞ Practices
● Experience Taoist health practices (Qigong)
● Discover how Taoist meditation promotes relaxation
● Engage in internal martial arts
● Embrace the Taoist way of living
● Delve into Taoist internal alchemy (Neidan practices)
Our teachings draw from three essential sources:
☞ Taoist Internal Alchemy
☞ Internal Martial Arts
☞ Taoist Culture & Chinese Philosophy
We offer a variety of short programs, seminars, courses, and lectures, along with personalized ongoing programs tailored just for you!For significant transformation, we recommend a commitment of several years, where you progress through three stages:
☞ Stage 1: fundamental theory & practices
☞ Stage 2: intermediate theory & practices
☞ Stage 3: advanced guided personal study
You can opt for monthly or yearly subscriptions based on your personal preferences. There are three full programs available;
☞ Neijaquan or internal martial arts (subdivided in taijiquan, baguazhang, and shidaxing/xinyiliuhequan)
☞ Neidan or Taoist internal alchemy from the Southern tradition
☞ Taoist lifestyle and life science
All programs include well researched practices and sound philosophical foundations: classical philosophy of change (Yijing, yinyang, trigrams and hexagrams, etc) and Taoist science of life.We’re thrilled to share our knowledge with you in a self-paced online format!
We offer additional short programs:
● Taijiquan (Tai Chi/T'ai-chi) Program
● Baguazhang Program
● Yuanqigong Program
● Xinyiliuhequan/Shidaxing Program
● Special Chinese Strength & Mobility Program
Each program includes useful study handouts and downloadable videos, allowing you to practice and study anytime, anywhere, even if you don't have access to the internet. You'll find suitable programs for everyone from beginners to advanced practitioners. Whether you're involved in Chinese medicine, martial arts, health practices or have an interest in Taoist internal alchemy, we have something for you.
Since China was confronted in positive and negative ways with the West several centuries ago, Western oriented knowledge and practices have been influencing the Chinese counterparts. Especially since the beginning of the 20th century and the Chinese Revolution, Western science, politics, and so-called modernity were seen as necessary developments and ancient Chinese science and practices were gradually replaced or adapted to fit in with Western points of view and ways of doing things. We can see this clearly in Chinese Medicine, Martial Arts, and many other aspects of Chinese culture and society.
At Taoist-Lifestyle.Com we use modern scientific approaches but we also promote the ancient (Taoist) traditions and sources in our programs. We go back to the ancient knowledge and have an extensive library of ancient texts and books. All the study materials we hand out are a result of extensive years of research, fieldwork and training with grandmasters and translating directly from ancient texts in our library. The old ways and traditions are perfectly applicable in the modern life, if you have enough understanding of the Chinese philosophy, traditions, principles and culture. Even learning classical Chinese language is a possibility!
We like to keep it simple and unified instead of divided and complicated.
What we do at Taoist-Lifestyle.Com is mainly based on the knowledge developed by the Taoist Alchemy Tradition of the Yinyang School of the GoldenCinnabar, a 1,000-year-old alchemical tradition from the Jiangnan region of Southeast China. This tradition was developed in China by Zhang Boduan (984 – 1082), during the Song Dynasty. Our knowledge comes from Taoist alchemy masters of this tradition and from our own practicalexperience and scientific research. Our predecessors instructed us to promote Taoist disciplines,such as Taoist inspired Internal Martial Arts and Fine Arts. Taoist-Lifestyle.Com possesses an extensive Chinese library with thousands of works. Relevant Western books are also in our collection.
Prof. dr. Dan K.J. Vercammen is a direct disciple of Dr. Fu Qinglong 傅青龍.
Jindanfa.Com
Gijsbert Ruitenburg works according to the method (法, fa) of the Golden Cinnabar (金丹, jindan). Hence the 'difficult' name of this practice. This method of working is the common thread running through the various forms of the practice. It offers people a clear path along which they can return step by step to a life of quality, in which being healthy, peace, stability, harmony and the meaning of life prevail. The method can also be used preventively to monitor the optimal condition of your body. We have a lot of experience in how to tackle diseases, and how to keep yourself healthy. The approach is based on the Taoist Alchemical Southern Tradition of the Golden Cinnabar (Jindan Nanzong), which was developed in the Song Dynasty by Zhang Boduan (984 - 1082). This is an alchemical tradition with mostly Taoist roots and Confucian and Buddhist influences; The Taoist art of living is our area of expertise.
