Meridian Care Center

10/04/2025

This is one of the activities that you will experience when you join Touching Qi

09/23/2025

There is still time to join...

What are you joining? A beautifully curated 5 Elements Experience in on the pacific coast of Nicaragua.

We are going to spend one week/ten days (two options) in an immersive 5 Elements experience. Each day will take you more into embodying the 5 Elements while you also learn have to move and manage your own meridian system, and connect with your clients.

The experiences will take you through intention setting and discernment in the metal element, protecting nature, a sea turtle experience in the earth element, heart resonance with horses in the fire element, watsu - water meridian balancing for the water element, sweating it out with a sweat lodge for your PC/SJ, and ending with sound therapy, and salsa dancing over a bonfire for the wood/fire element.

There are optional (paid) experiences such as a half day in the local village of San Juan Del Sur. a full day discover Nicaragua tour visiting the Laguna Apoyo - a mineral pool inside a volcanic crater, the Colonial city of Granada, The traditional market in Masaya, and the Masaya Volcano.

Simultaneously giving yourself a deep reset with the sound of the ocean, you will be taking in brand new course material that will show you how to treat deeply and energetically without depleting yourself.

As healers we must not only protect our energy but we need to strengthen it. In this course you will both give and receive lots of treatment, so you feel what the treatment is like as well as the benefit that can be felt.

If this sounds like something that you would like to experience, reply below and I will send you the details... It is getting close, but if there is interest there will be another opportunity in April to join the course.

https://www.meridiancarecenter.com/touching_qi_live

09/01/2025

Healing starts with us.
As practitioners, we give so much of ourselves—but true sustainability comes when we care for our own energy first.

In Touching Qi, I teach simple yet powerful ways to:
✨ Strengthen your energy center
✨ Protect yourself from fatigue and burnout
✨ Apply meridian therapy techniques that are light, effective, and deeply restorative

When you manage your energy, your treatments flow better, last longer, and feel less draining.

🌀 Learn more + watch the free webinar: https://www.meridiancarecenter.com/page/653814

08/31/2025

Burnout doesn’t have to be part of the job.

As practitioners, we all face the same challenges: giving so much of ourselves, sometimes even taking on our clients’ energy, until we’re left drained.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
In Touching Qi, you’ll learn how to:
✨ Manage your energy through self-cultivation
✨ Use light, effective meridian therapy techniques
✨ Treat your clients more deeply—without burning yourself out
Discover how to work with clarity, intention, and less effort—so you leave each session feeling grounded, not depleted.

Learn more + watch the free webinar: https://www.meridiancarecenter.com/page/653814

This October you will have the opportunity to join TQi, Touching Qi on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua at the beautiful and serene Costa Dulce Resort.

08/28/2025

After decades in East Asian Medicine and hands-on therapy, I noticed two big challenges practitioners face:

Our treatments don’t always “stick.”
Clients feel better in the moment but the results fade faster than we’d like.

We burn ourselves out.
Without strong self-cultivation, our energy and focus get depleted over time.

Qi Hacking is my answer to both.
It’s a system that combines energy awareness, meridian work, and practical self-cultivation — so you can:

Strengthen your own Qi while you work

Improve treatment retention and client outcomes

Feel more energized at the end of the day instead of drained

Join my free webinar, if you would like to learn more about how to develop your Qi and apply it to your practice.
In the webinar, I’ll share exactly how this works and how you can start applying it right away in your own practice.

https://www.meridiancarecenter.com/touching_qi_waitlist

08/27/2025

The Du Mai & Ren Mai: Accessing the Extraordinary Vessels—Through Your Hands

The Du Mai is said to form with the first spark of life—governing the spine, the nervous system, and all phases of life. The Ren Mai, its Yin counterpart, nourishes our core and supports balance through every transition.

Most acupuncturists access these extraordinary vessels via opening and confluent points… which is a powerful way to link them to the meridians.

But what if you could feel them? Work with them directly—through intentional, sensitive touch, and liberate some of the congestion directly so the body can access it now?

This October 11–18, I’m teaching a powerful, intensive CEU course on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua—where we’ll explore the art of Touching Qi | TQi.

✨ We’ll combine daily Qi Gong and self-cultivation with hands-on meridian therapy.
✨ You’ll learn to palpate and treat all 12 regular meridians + the Du Mai and Ren Mai, with your own cultivated Qi.
✨ You’ll learn to treat deeply—without draining yourself.

There’s an in-depth webinar where I share more about the training, the location, and how this work can change your practice from the inside out.

📽️ Watch here: https://www.meridiancarecenter.com/page/653814
If you’re craving more subtlety, clarity, and embodiment in your work—this is for you.

08/21/2025

We’re all intuitive.
It’s built into our DNA.

But… accessing it isn’t always easy.
Belief systems, training that teaches us to override what we feel, life experiences, or simply a busy mind—all can cloud the messages coming through.

What if you could cut through that noise?

What if you could layer your intuition over a proven system of assessment and treatment—one that’s been used for thousands of years—and integrate current research models to give you a complete picture of your client’s health?

That’s exactly what we do in my new two-part training:

👉Qi Hacking — focuses on you: cultivating your own energy, sharpening your awareness, and refining your assessment skills.
👉 Touching Qi — takes those skills into practice, applying them hands-on with meridian therapy, palpation, and intentional treatment.

When we strengthen ourselves first, we gain the clarity, sensitivity, and power to assess and treat our clients at a deeper level—before we even begin the “technique” part of the session.

✨ Curious? Learn more here: https://www.meridiancarecenter.com/page/653814

08/18/2025

Whether you're a massage therapist, shiatsu practitioner, osteopath, or acupuncturist, there's one thing we all face:
➡️ The energy we give to our clients
➡️ And the energy we take on from them
These two dynamics can really limit us.

Even when the work is rewarding, the output can be exhausting—sometimes leaving us with very little left for our own life.

😒We find it hard to switch off.
😒We cancel plans.
😒We can’t fully enjoy time with our kids, our partners, or even ourselves.

And strangely, the clients we want to help the most—those with deep, complex issues—are often the ones that leave us the most depleted.

This is the shadow side of healing work.

But it doesn’t have to be the norm.

In Touching Qi, we talk about how to work energetically without draining yourself, how to clear rather than carry, and how to come back to your own center—daily.
Join our Fall 2025 cohort in Nicaragua this October

Learn More: https://www.meridiancarecenter.com/page/653814

08/18/2025

Why cultivating your Qi matters just as much as accessing theirs

In my recent posts, I’ve talked about what makes acupoint work effective—how to reach the client’s Qi through precision, intention, meridian flow, and proper stimulation.

And while all of those pieces are essential, there’s something else that’s just as important—maybe even more so:

You can’t consistently access and treat someone else’s Qi… if you’re not connected to your own.

Let me explain...

✋ The Hands Know (But They Also Absorb)
In our training, many of us were taught to wash our hands between clients—not just for hygiene, but energetically.
A good practice, right?

But what if that moment became more than routine?
What if, at the end of each session, you intentionally and mindfully cleared what your system picked up—wiping away any residual Qi and offering it back to the Earth for transformation?

That… is Qi Gong.

That… is meridian work.

That… is the beginning of true practitioner self-cultivation.

🌱 You Are the Conduit
Qi flows.

That’s its nature.

And when you work with someone who’s holding trauma, stagnation, pain, or depletion… where do you think that energy wants to go?

If you’re not energetically rooted, centered, and in relationship with your own Qi, it often moves to the most open or unprotected place in the room.

You.

That’s not a flaw.

It’s just how energy works—unless you train yourself to work differently.

🔥 That’s Why I Created Touching Qi | TQi
This course isn’t just about locating points and pushing Qi around.

It’s about helping skilled, intuitive practitioners (like you) treat deeper, without burning out.

I built this method with a clear intention:
To give bodyworkers, massage therapists, and acupuncturists the tools to work with light, effective techniques that support the client—without draining the practitioner.

The curriculum weaves in:

Qi Gong for practitioner self-cultivation

Meridian-based presence training

A structure for accessing and treating energy without entanglement

And an ongoing relationship with your own body and Qi—not just theirs

Because let’s be honest:

You’re already a good practitioner.
You already know how to treat pain, support healing, and create change.
But you’re here because you're looking for more.

⚡ More Energy. More Presence. More Life Outside the Treatment Room.
Most likely, you’re not just here to do better work with your clients—you want to live more fully in your own skin.
To finish the day energized, not wiped.
To give in your work without leaking in your life.

I have good news:
I wrote this course for you.

Get on the waitlist now, and you will be first to be notified when the course goes live...

https://www.meridiancarecenter.com/touching_qi_waitlist

in love and light,
Lisa

ouching Qi, is a 30-hour course designed for massage therapists and bodywork professionals, covering acupoints and meridian energy work with a blen...

08/17/2025

Still defaulting to massage… even though you’re trained in acupuncture?

Your client says they want a massage.

But you know they’d benefit far more from some targeted acupuncture—or at the very least, a meridian-based treatment.

So you compromise.

You sneak in a few points. Maybe finish with cupping or gua sha.
And it works… kind of.
But it still feels like a massage. It doesn’t quite flow. And honestly?
It’s not that satisfying—for either of you.
You studied acupuncture because you wanted to go deeper.
You wanted tools that were more effective and less draining.
Acupuncture changed the game for you—but your sessions haven’t caught up.
What if… instead of defaulting to massage, you could open the meridians, mobilize energy, and treat deeper without needles?
🌀 Imagine starting with gentle, intentional meridian stretches.
🌀 Palpating the channels and selecting the most responsive point or vessel.
🌀 Using your own cultivated Qi to treat through touch—before ever picking up a needle.
Not only would your results improve—you’d feel better too.
This is the foundation of Touching Qi.
A new approach to meridian therapy that helps your bodywork feel more intuitive, more effective, and more rewarding.
And yes—you can do it without needles.
Join me this fall in Nicaragua for a CEU retreat that will change the way you treat—forever.
📅 October 11–18 | Touching Qi: Meridian Therapy & Self-Cultivation for Bodyworkers
🎥 Watch the intro webinar:
https://www.meridiancarecenter.com/page/653814

08/15/2025

In East Asian Medicine, the abdomen—known as the hara—is the energetic and physical center of the body.
🙏It’s where our vitality is stored.
🙏It’s where our nervous system finds safety.
🙏 It’s the home of the organs which need blood supply and circulation to function optimally.

Assessing and treating the hara is one of the most effective ways to:
✨ Settle the nervous system – bringing a sense of deep calm
✨ Draw blood and energy back to the center – restoring homeostasis after stress or shock
✨ Relax the internal organs – allowing digestion and circulation to function optimally
✨ Support reproductive health – enhancing fertility, cycle regulation, and hormonal balance

We explore abdominal (hara) assessment and treatment as part of a whole-system approach to meridian therapy in the Abdomen course which you can attend live October 9-10. This bonus training will build you assessment and treatment skills even further in preparation for Touching Qi on October 11-18.

You’ll learn how to combine gentle palpation with intentional energy work to unlock stored tension, restore flow, and give your clients results that last.

Watch the free webinar: https://www.meridiancarecenter.com/page/653814

Reach out if you have any questions...

08/08/2025

The Du Mai & Ren Mai: Accessing the Extraordinary Vessels—Through Your Hands
The Du Mai is said to form with the first spark of life—governing the spine, the nervous system, and all phases of life. The Ren Mai, its Yin counterpart, nourishes our core and supports balance through every transition.
Most acupuncturists access these extraordinary vessels via opening points…
But what if you could feel them? Work with them directly—through intentional, sensitive touch?
This October 11–18, I’m teaching a powerful, retreat-style CEU course on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua—where we’ll explore the art of Touching Qi | TQi.
✨ We’ll combine daily Qi Gong and self-cultivation with hands-on meridian therapy.
✨ You’ll learn to palpate and treat all 12 regular meridians + the Du Mai and Ren Mai, with your own cultivated Qi.
✨ You’ll learn to treat deeply—without draining yourself.
There’s an in-depth webinar where I share more about the training, the retreat, and how this work can change your practice from the inside out.
📽️ Watch here: https://www.meridiancarecenter.com/page/653814
If you’re craving more subtlety, clarity, and embodiment in your work—this is for you.