In-Person · Vancouver · 18–24 May 2026 · 60hr YACEP Learn to read the body. Then teach others to do the same. A 7-day immersive teacher training that bridges 2,000 years of meridian science with the latest connective tissue research — so you can hold space for healing with both depth and precision. This is not just a training to deepen your own practice. It's a training to fundamentally change how you see, teach, and guide the bodies in front of you. 60hr Yoga Alliance YACEP Traditional Chinese Medicine Functional + Visceral Anatomy No prerequisites Secure your place Includes physical manual + Meridian study doll · $1,600 USD Who this is for You've learned a lot. Now learn how to bring it to others. Experienced yoga teachers You teach well — but you want the depth to explain WHY a pose works, how energy moves through the body, and how to read imbalance before it becomes injury. New teachers & 200hr graduates You've got the foundation. Now you want a framework that connects the physical, energetic, and emotional layers of the body into one coherent teaching approach. Wellness practitioners Massage therapists, bodyworkers, movement teachers — anyone who works with bodies and wants a map that bridges Eastern and Western understanding. Dedicated students No teaching experience required. If you're committed to understanding the body at this level — for yourself and eventually for others — you belong here. What changes By the end of this training, you will Teach from understanding, not imitation Stop cueing shapes. Start guiding students into what a pose is actually doing for their specific body. Read a room energetically Identify depletion vs. overactivity, sequence for specific meridians, and hold space for emotional release with confidence. Speak two languages Translate between Western anatomy and Eastern energy medicine — in the same class, with the same student. Individualise your teaching Use skeletal variation, the 7 archetypes, and myofascial groups to stop fitting students to poses — and start fitting poses to students. Address root causes Understand how emotions, organ function, and the five elements show up in the body — and weave that intelligence into every class you teach. Teach with presence Develop the ability to hold intentional silence, guide energetic shifts, and create a trauma-sensitive space where real healing can happen. The curriculum Three pillars. One integrated framework. Each component is designed not just to inform you — but to change how you teach. 1. Traditional Chinese Medicine The Five Elements, Qi circulation, TCM organ function, meridian pathways, and how suppressed emotions manifest as physical conditions. Learning to look at the whole person — not isolated symptoms. 2. Meridian Yin Yoga How to design meridian-based sequences, understand the energy curve and rebound, hold space for emotional shifts, and use language, silence, and elemental themes to guide a room with depth. Includes live teaching labs with peer feedback. 3. Functional + Visceral Anatomy Skeletal variation, fascia theory, tension vs. compression, hip anatomy, visceral placement — and where the meridians meet the physical body in the connective tissue and organs. The bridge between Western science and Eastern energy maps. What students say From learning to leading. "I've learned so much. The biggest lesson for me has been balance. I've spent so much of the last 7 years being a tad performative with my healing. I'm now doing more things in balance and listening to my body — honouring where I am now. Even with my clients, I'm able to approach conversations about healing differently, which has been well received." Renee Jo Wellness practitioner "My biggest takeaway is finding the WHY behind whatever movement or position you're being asked to do — so you can adapt the position to actually get that benefit, instead of trying to mimic the picture of someone else. It's helped me give myself and my students permission to play around and really feel into how a pose changes what I experience." Kristen Harne Yoga teacher "I've been slowly applying the techniques and things I've learned. I find my body asking for specific movements and the relief I receive in my mind and physical body has truly been significant. I am able to sleep better, longer, and without constant waking." Monica Perez Student "I feel I have taken your words of wisdom in and I am really giving myself permission to feel my practice and to allow myself to move as needed and give my body what it is asking for. Validating myself. This makes me so happy — not just in practice, but off my mat." Corrie Kempel Student Your teacher Mai Li At 23, Mai Li was given a diagnosis that felt like a death sentence. Her immune system had turned against her — and the medical system had no idea what to do with her. She was passed from department to department, each one treating a fragment while the whole person continued to fall apart. By the time she found yoga, her body and spirit were both close to empty. Yoga didn't fix her immediately. But it gave her something the hospitals couldn't: a practice where she could feel consciously, safely present in her own body. And beyond the physical — yoga philosophy gave her a reason to keep going. She doesn't say this lightly: she credits it with saving her life. "This is now my sixth year living as far as one step away from dialysis. I am in the healthiest physical, mental, and spiritual state of my life — and I am still learning, still healing, still here." Since certifying as a yoga teacher in India in 2017, Mai Li has devoted her work to understanding the full architecture of the human being — not just the muscles and bones, but the energy, the emotions, and the intelligence held in the connective tissue. In 2019, she found her mentor Jo Phee and began her deep immersion into the meridian system: a map that finally unified her Chinese heritage, her lived experience of illness, and her growing understanding of how the body actually heals. She is trained as a Doctor of Acupuncture, has studied upper limb dissection at Stanford, completed wellness coaching training at Harvard, and holds over a dozen certifications in fascia, anatomy, and functional bodywork. But her real credential is the one no institution can issue: she has navigated her own body back from the edge — and she has spent years learning the language to help others do the same. Her life's purpose is to stand between ancient wisdom and modern science, and translate — so that more people can find their way back to themselves. E-RYT 500 + YACEP — Yoga Alliance Dr. of Acupuncture — WFAS certified, HKUSpace Advanced Diploma Upper Limb Dissection — Stanford University, 2023 + 2026 Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness Coaching — Harvard University 1,000+ hours of yoga training 10+ certifications in fascia, anatomy & functional bodywork Investment What's included 7-day in-person immersion 18–24 May 2026 Daily hours 9:00–12:30 · 13:30–18:00 Location 422 Richards St, Vancouver Physical training manual Included Meridian study doll Included 60hr YACEP certificate Upon assignment completion Private WhatsApp community Pre-training + roommate matching Total investment $1,600 USD Final assignment: a 90-minute written sequence, due 31 May 2026. Your 60hr YACEP certificate is issued upon approval. Completion certificate issued on the final day. Limited seats · Vancouver · May 2026 Ready to teach from a different depth? Once the cohort is full, registration closes. Secure your place — $1,600 USD All registrations are final. This ensures full commitment and an intimate container for every participant.