How deeply do you really want to understand what Qi is?

TCM practitioners speak about Qi daily. You diagnose it, treat with it, and explain it to patients. But do you ever ask yourself what that notion of “self-organization of life” actually rests on, scientifically and philosophically? This study day shows you something that most academics and clinicians have never connected: the DNA codon and the hexagram of the Yi Jing follow exactly the same ordering principles. That is not a spiritual metaphor. It is a logical consequence of what the Daoist tradition has always done: observe nature closely.

If anyone can explain this to you clearly, it is Yan Schroën. He is academically trained, clinically active, and capable of describing the structure of life without resorting to vague analogies. Where others settle for superficial parallels between East and West, Yan goes into depth. He brings a 3D model of the DNA structure and guides you step by step through molecular biology to then demonstrate how the arrangement of the 64 hexagrams of the Yi Jing coincides with it.

Key points of the course

Basic Genetics You will gain insight into the chemical structure of DNA, how amino acids arrange themselves, and how replication proceeds via mRNA. You do not need any prior knowledge for this. Yan uses a 3D model to make the spatial structure tangible. And that is what this is all about.

The Ordering of the Yi Jing The 64 hexagrams of the Yi Jing are not random symbols. Yan shows how their arrangement follows an internal logic that has baffled Western and Chinese biologists.

The Moment of Recognition The core of the day: the two ordering principles, genetic and hexagrammatic, are placed side by side. Not to wax lyrical about it, but as a structural analysis. What does this mean for our understanding of Qi? Yan connects this to the Santiago School’s definition of life: how life organizes itself.

Qi Redefined By the end of the day, you will have a scientific and philosophical foundation for a concept you have been using for years. Only at a deeper level than ever before.

Benefits for You as a Participant

Qi is not an Eastern concept. Qi is a principle. The principle by which life organizes itself. The Yi Jing describes it in hexagrams. DNA expresses it in codons. Both languages, originating on opposite sides of the world and separated by centuries, point to the same thing.

Today, you will learn how something you have come to know as Qi manifests itself in many ways. It simply depends on which system of knowledge you employ.

That insight will change how you can communicate about it. In your practice, in conversations with patients, and in the way you explain your profession to others.