Apricot Grove Canada

01/31/2026

Harmonizing with Nature: Wu Yu Liu Qi Patterns - A Seminar

Register: https://apricotgrovecanada.com/contact

The Five Movements and Six Qi (WuYun LiuQi) system is a comprehensive model that lays out the complex interactions of the cosmic patterns and the weather cycles on Earth. The system establishes subtle qualities that shift from season to season, year after year, and illustrates typical ways that these qualities manifest in nature and human beings.

Each year, we offer a day-long seminar during which we cover the key qualities that govern the year, the intricate relationships between the various cosmic and weather patterns, and how these affect our patients. We travel season by season through the year and explore how these subtle patterns shift and bring about new expressions in nature and our individual experiences.

This course offers a rich and deep learning that can be revisited throughout the year to continue to solidify our relationship to the natural rhythms that envelop and pe*****te our being. Students will be provided with a handout containing the translations directly from the Neijing, organized for ease of use and clarity.

Date: February 15th - Just in time for the Chinese New Year!

Time: 10am-4:30pm

01/13/2026

If you're wanting to deepen your practice of needling and develop skills that will serve you for a lifetime of practice, come join us next month for our needling workshop: In Resonance with the Needle next month.

Head to apricotgrovecanada.com/seminars for more information and to register!

01/04/2026

Join us this month to deepen your understanding of pulse diagnosis!

On January 18th, we're running a hands-on pulse diagnosis intensive where we'll practice and learn the Neijing model of seasonal pulse diagnosis.

Head to https://apricotgrovecanada.com/seminars for more information

11/23/2025

New Year learning opportunities are now up on our website!

We're excited to be launching a few new courses and some tried and true ones are running again.

Head to https://apricotgrovecanada.com/seminars for information or to register!

10/09/2025

November Learning Opportunities at Apricot Grove Canada:

1) Settling Into Stillness: An Introduction to Daoist Heavy Hands

We're thrilled to be offering a Deep Dive qigong course this winter! If you've wanted to learn a profoundly transformative and continually rich practice, join us in November to learn the introduction and first layers of the Daoist Heavy Hands practice - An alchemical experience of transforming the body and mind through still standing practices.

Learn more at https://apricotgrovecanada.com/qigong-courses

2) Neijing Chapters Series: LingShu 8: Rooted in the Mind - The Neijing Model of Psychiatry

Chinese medical psychiatry is a rich and relatively untapped field of knowledge and practice. Join us for a one day introductory seminar where we'll cover the foundations as they are laid out in Ling Shu Chapter 8. If you've wanted to learn a deeper way of understanding the mind and emotions, or are wanting to delve into the classics, we'd love to have you!

Learn more at https://apricotgrovecanada.com/seminars

09/25/2025

Join us on Fridays for affordable Community-style Treatments!

Starting on October 3rd, we're offering $50 treatments all afternoon in our new multi-bed style clinic model. The treatments are 30-60 minutes using all the tools that Chinese medicine has to offer depending on your needs.

We're thrilled to be able to offer cost-friendly treatments to our Victoria community!

Book now at https://apricotgrovecanada.janeapp.com/ #/community-acupuncture-tcm

09/12/2025

Come learn Hands-on Neijing Inspired techniques for assessing and treating the Lower Taiyang (Bladder) channel with us next weekend!

If you've been wanting delve more deeply into the acupuncture channels as a living, breathing system in your practice, we want to help you learn. Spend the day practicing inspection, palpation, and restoration of one of the broadest and most clinically relevant channels of the human body!

For more information, head to https://apricotgrovecanada.com/seminars

09/10/2025

Join us this October for our latest comprehensive Qigong and meditation course!
Clarifying the Breath: Breathing Practices to Balance the Body and Settle the Mind.

In this course, we'll explore ancient breathing practices from Qigong, Neigong, and Buddhist meditation backed by modern science to balance the body, settle the mind, and bring us to an overall more balanced state of being.

With over a decade of experience in Chinese martial arts and qigong, and a doctorate in Chinese medicine, DJ is an ideal guide through this journey to bring harmony to your body and mind.

For more information, and to register, head to https://apricotgrovecanada.com/qigong-courses

08/23/2025

This week is the last week to register for our fantastic September Qigong course!

If you've ever wanted to learn about your acupuncture channels, delve deeper into your relationship with your body, or explore intuitive movement practices from the Chinese tradition, this is an excellent opportunity!

Just three weeks left to register for September's Qigong course - Dancing with the Rivers.

If you want to delve deeper into your experience of your body, open your acupuncture channels, and develop a practice that helps you keep yourself open, calm, and feeling free, come join us next month!

Head to https://apricotgrovecanada.com/qigong-courses for more information and to register.

08/06/2025

Just three weeks left to register for September's Qigong course - Dancing with the Rivers.

If you want to delve deeper into your experience of your body, open your acupuncture channels, and develop a practice that helps you keep yourself open, calm, and feeling free, come join us next month!

Head to https://apricotgrovecanada.com/qigong-courses for more information and to register.

07/30/2025

Fall Seminar registration is now available!

We are excited to offer a delightful spread of enticing seminars this fall. From hands-on clinical skills with our Running the Watersheds Series to in-depth classical text reading with our Neijing Chapters Series, we are happy to continue bringing the profound knowledge of the Huangdi Neijing to the local Victoria TCM community.

For more information and to register, follow the link below!
https://apricotgrovecanada.com/seminars

07/21/2025

We're thrilled to be introducing in-person Qigong training courses this fall at Apricot Grove Canada!

Combing breathing practices and mindful movement/stillness are foundational for the maintenance of ideal health. Whether you're a practitioner looking to increase your skills and knowledge, or a patient interested in improving/maintaining your health, you'll find something well suited to you.

Our classes are small, leaving plenty of room for individualized teaching and hands-on correction, making sure you learn the practices in the way that works best for you. Each student will have the opportunity to leave with the confidence to continue their practice at home after the course is finished.

Our first three courses:
- September: Dancing with the Rivers: Opening the Acupuncture Channels
- October: Clarifying the Breath: Breathing Practices to Balance the Body and Settle the Mind
- November-December: Settling Into Stillness: An Introduction to Daoist Heavy Hands

For more information and to register, head to https://apricotgrovecanada.com/qigong-courses

Derek Steel R.TCM.P, R.Ac Practicing NeiJing Acupuncture and Classical Herbal Medicine. Providing services to the Westshore out of Natural Balance Health Clinic