Sarina Stone

Sarina Stone is a qigong and meditation teacher based in Minneapolis who works in the Taoist tradition of Master Mantak Chia. She studied with him for about ten years and taught at Tao Garden, his retreat centre in northern Thailand, before building her own teaching practice in the United States. Alongside qigong she teaches Chi Nei Tsang, the Taoist abdominal massage, and has given intuitive readings and private guidance to long-term clients for many years.

Her teaching centres on the classic Taoist inner alchemy practices, such as the Inner Smile and the Microcosmic Orbit, which she presents as ways of noticing emotions, moving energy through the body and settling the mind. She ties these to a playful interest in thought, intention and manifestation, and runs online lessons, downloadable guided practices, certification courses and consultations, with some material in French and a set of songs and practices for children. She is also the author of the Tequila series, light-hearted books that bring Taoist ideas to dating, partnership and intimacy, and she has a few recordings on Insight Timer.