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Kate Townsend

Daoism & Internal Arts

Kate Townsend is an ordained Daoist priest in the Huashan lineage of Quanzhen Daoism, with a second ordination in the Qingjing lineage, Clarity and Stillness. She is co-founder, co-director and president of the Daoist Foundation, where she teaches Daoist cultivation and contemplative practice, and is developing a Kūndào programme centred on women's paths within Daoism. She also practises Chinese medicine.

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Kate Townsend

Kate Townsend is an ordained Daoist priest in the Huashan lineage of Quanzhen Daoism, with a second ordination in the Qingjing lineage, Clarity and Stillness. She is co-founder, co-director and president of the Daoist Foundation, where she teaches Daoist cultivation and contemplative practice, and is developing a Kūndào programme centred on women's paths within Daoism. She also practises Chinese medicine.

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Daoism & Internal Arts

Embodied Daoist practice: internal alchemy, nei gong, qigong and meditation, cultivating energy, breath and stillness through the body.

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