"We do not need to 'search,' 'find,' or 'activate,' our spiritual life, we need to relax and enjoy our spiritual life - our true nature as it is." - Liu Ming

Camille Xochitl Goss has been a student of yoga and the healing and wellness arts since 1997, with trainings in chi nei tsang, various Western and Asian massage modalities, nutrition, Reiki and other energy healing modalities, shamanic and magical practices, Biodynamic Cranial Touch, and meditation. Her practice is
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informed by all of these experiences, as well as her continuting studies in Daoist and Classical Chinese philosophy, meditation and nutrition with Liu Ming, Director of Da Yuan Circle in Oakland, California; Tibetan medicine with Dr. Nida Chenadsang; and herbal medicine.
 
Camille’s training in Chi Nei Tsang and Applied Chi Kung includes training through Advanced Practitioner level with Gilles Marin, Founder and Director of the Chi Nei Tsang Institute in Berkeley, California; training in and afterwards assisting a year-long mentorship program with Chi Nei Tsang and Healing Tao instructor Tiffiny Fyans; as well as taking classes and receiving treatments from Chi Nei Tsang Instructor Erene LeJeune.
 
Camille believes that health naturally arises when we conduct ourselves (activity, rest, and nourishment)  in accordance with the cyclical energies of Nature and that denial of these rhythms is essentially a denial of ourselves -  and, therefore, a cause of dis-ease. Her intention is to encourage clients' self-awareness and responsiveness to these cycles, so that health is their experience, rather than something to achieve as the mind fights what is present.
 
Camille's chi nei tsang/applied qigong treatments are powerful catalysts for change in consciousness and in the physical body. Her gentle yin style and subtle, but deeply penetrating touch facilitates profound unwinding and relaxation through the emotional and physical bodies, creating space for the possibility of embodying what is essential and true.
 
In 2001, Camille received her first VortexHealing® session at a distance from her good friend (and fantastic energy practitioner, check out ambujamhealing.com and tell her Camille sent you) Ambujam Rose.  Although the healing itself was palpable, Camille remained very skeptical of its supposed roots and effects. She took her first class in 2002, still very much a skeptic, but the difference in her being after each class compelled her to continue its study and practice through the present. In 2008, she received training in Biodynamic Cranial Touch with Deidre Sommers and in 2009 trained in medical qigong and Four Pillars (Chinese astrological charting) with Grandmaster Fu Wei Zhong.
 
Camille currently practices Chi Nei Tsang/Applied Chi Kung, Energy Healing, and Colon Hydrotherapy through her own practice, Alchemy Healing Arts, in the Potrero Hill/Dogpatch area of San Francisco. She continues to practice Mysore style astanga yoga at Mission Ashtanga with Chad Herst and Devorah Sacks.
 
 
What's with the name?
I get asked often about my middle name. No, I did not choose it - it was given to me by my parents. My mother is Mexican and my father was a mix of Italian, German and Cherokee."Xochitl" is a Nahuatl (indigenous Mexican language) word meaning "flower." Flowers as not only symbols of beauty, poetry and song, but of Truth with capital T.  The true pronunciation is "SHO-cheetl" - the last two letters are a single consonant. In modern Mexican it is commonly pronounced "SO-cheel," modifying the "sh" sound to a simple "S" and the "TL" consonant to a simple "L" sound. Xochitl was really my first name until I got into school and teachers 1) couldn't pronounce it and 2) decided to go by what was written on my birth certificate. 
 
 
Made it this far? Here's more about me:
 
I have practiced Mysore style astanga yoga and some form of spiritual and/or physical healing practice since 1997, and I have come to believe that there is no greater “healer” than awareness and simply allowing what is, and no greater teacher than relationship. And there is tremendous value in physical practice for learning to be present. In my experience, there are many people who are energetically clear and can meditate for hours and hours and do all sorts of amazing things, but who struggle with their humanity and as a being in a body, or don’t know how to apply their spiritual beliefs to what we may call the “mundane.” My interest since noticing this has been true embodiment.
 
I think that when I first started on this path I was attempting to escape my own humanity  - clearing this and healing that, doing too much so that I wouldn’t have to feel so much, etc. I now believe that what we call “spiritual growth” is actually the movement toward becoming more fully human – a spirit, an aspect of
God/heart/energy/The Nameless/The Tao, fully inhabiting a body.  The legendary supernatural powers of Taoist chi kung masters aren't superhuman at all, but normal human abilities that all of us as human beings have the potential to cultivate.
 
I believe people are essentially already "healed" and awake.  One's true essence is healthy, whole, present, and loving - we just forget in various ways how to embody our essence, and the result of this is pain and suffering in a multitude of forms.
 
There is actually nothing miraculous about healing from anything, whether it's cancer or a minor scrape. Healing is normal. Your body holds the information with which to heal. Pain does not mean you are broken. Having pain means your body is healthy and is reacting to something it doesn't like. Your only job is to listen to what it's telling you. This may include changing the habits that keep you in a state of
dis-ease. Healing means changing, and changing takes courage.
 
So there's no such thing as a "healer" outside of oneSelf, really. Our body has the intelligence and energy to bring us back to health. Those we call healers are simply people who can give us a little boost to our own healing process. I believe the purpose of the "healer" is to create a safe and relaxing space of neutral, holding the vision of the client as whole, and encouraging awareness in order to welcome the Self in its entirety - warts and all.  In this place of presence and neutrality, the client's physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies can relax, allowing the body's inherent healing abilities to arise and creating space for a stronger flow of life force energy.  What people call healing is really just remembering and allowing.
 
I have studied many types of healing, wellness/nutrition, and meditation practices and protocols. Nothing has had as much of an impact on me and the unfolding of my life as Chi Nei Tsang, Qigong (chi kung), and energy healing.
 
 
 
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