Carsten Dohnke’s way of teaching comes from the mystical path of the Tao. He has the ability to bring people closer to their heart and to who they really are. Out of this connection, he provides tools for our daily life, happiness, health and inner growth.

He has more than 40 years of experience in Taoist practice, meditation, Qigong and martial arts. He studied for 4 years with Shaolin masters in China, has a university degree in Chinese studies and spent many years with world famous Qigong- and Tao- Masters such as Master Li Junfeng. Carsten is a senior Universal Tao instructor and has assisted and translated for Master Mantak Chia (Universal Tao) for more than 20 years.

Carsten is the founder of Tao Hamburg and has been teaching internationally for the last 3 decades.

To get a clearer and broader view, he also studied western science, anatomy, therapy work and philosophy.

Carsten is able to create a safe and inspiring energy field, where everybody can develop at their own pace. His teaching embodies growth on different level – physically, emotionally and spiritually. Horizontally changing our view towards ourselves, our problems, the outer world, and vertically towards heaven and earth and eventually infinity.

During the Tao and Qigong trainings Carsten will be assisted by his partner Dewi De Waele.
Dewi teaches Qigong in Germany and The Netherlands.
She has been supporting the courses, retreats and teacher trainings of Tao Hamburg in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands since 2015.
Dewi’s teachings come from a comfortable yin space allowing participants to feel calm and inspired during their journey to their inner core.

Inspired by her travels and (silent) retreats in Asia, combined with her foundations in movement and therapeutic approaches, she endeavours a compassionate presence that supports the group.