Medical Qigong & Daoist Counseling
Restore Balance.
Reclaim Clarity.
Classical Daoist practices for physical restoration, emotional regulation, and mental clarity. Available in person in Costa Mesa, CA and virtually worldwide.
Book a SessionThis Work May Be a Fit If...
Medical Qigong and Daoist Counseling are not for everyone. They require genuine engagement. These are the patterns this work addresses most directly.
You Are Running on Empty
The exhaustion goes beyond sleep. Productivity tools, supplements, and rest cycles have not resolved it. Chronic depletion has an energetic structure. This work addresses that structure directly.
You Lead at a High Level
Sustained high performance carries a systemic cost. Executives and founders carry organizational stress in the body over time. This work helps you restore what long-term output has consumed.
Grief or Trauma Lives in the Body
Unprocessed experience does not stay in the mind. It settles into the tissue, breath, and energy field. This work creates a pathway through what talk-based approaches cannot always reach.
You Are a Serious Practitioner
You have a meditation or movement practice. You want to go deeper than technique. Daoist Counseling and Medical Qigong offer a structured, lineage-based path for practitioners ready for that depth.
You Want Whole-Person Care
Not a symptom addressed. Not a diagnosis managed. You want care that treats the entire system, physical, energetic, emotional, and contemplative, as one coherent whole.
What Happens in a Session
Each session is its own complete encounter. The structure below applies to both initial visits and follow-ups, with variations in depth and method as the work progresses.
Assessment
The session opens with a review of your current state, physical symptoms, emotional patterns, sleep, energy levels, and life stressors. In the initial visit, this is a comprehensive intake. In follow-ups, it tracks progress and shifts since the last session.
Energetic Evaluation
Working through classical Medical Qigong diagnostics, the session identifies where qi is stagnant, deficient, or excessive. This evaluation informs everything that follows. It uses no instruments and requires no disrobing.
Treatment
Direct energetic work using classical Medical Qigong methods: emission, purgation, tonification, and regulation. In virtual sessions, this is conducted remotely with the same level of depth and precision as in-person work.
Home Prescription
You leave with a specific practice assigned for the period between sessions. This may include Qigong movements, breathwork, sound, meditation, or Daoist regulation practices. The home prescription is where much of the integration happens.
Course of Work
Lasting change requires repetition. A single session can produce significant shifts. A structured course of sessions produces durable change. Packages are designed to support a complete arc of work rather than isolated visits.
What Is Offered
Sessions are available in person in Costa Mesa, California, and virtually worldwide. Each session is tailored to the individual.
In-Person Medical Qigong
Hands-on energetic assessment and direct treatment in a focused clinical environment. Full use of classical Medical Qigong methods, including physical contact and in-field work.
Costa Mesa, CAVirtual Medical Qigong
Full sessions conducted via video. Distance does not diminish the depth of the work. Energetic assessment, direct treatment, and home prescription are all available remotely.
Available WorldwideDaoist Counseling
Pattern-based counseling grounded in Daoist philosophy and classical Chinese medicine. Addresses the mental and emotional roots of chronic imbalance, stagnation, and habitual reactivity.
In Person & VirtualTraining & Depth
This work is rooted in over 20 years of practice, formal academic study, lineage transmission, and direct training in China. The breadth of traditions is not eclecticism. It is a deliberate foundation for precise and effective clinical work.
Doctoral Training in Medical Qigong
Doctoral-level clinical training in Medical Qigong with a specialized emphasis in oncological support and chronic disease. This includes direct work with individuals undergoing or recovering from cancer treatment, supporting their conventional medical care, not replacing it. It also includes sustained conditions such as autoimmune patterns, chronic pain, and long-term energetic depletion.
Direct Training in China
Formal training in China under classical lineage teachers in Daoist energetic arts and Chinese medicine. This included both residential study and direct transmission from recognized masters, a level of training that is rare in Western Medical Qigong practice.
Breadth Across Traditions
Deep formal study across Daoism (Zheng Yi Sect), Buddhism, Christian mysticism, and Western ceremonial traditions. This breadth is not decorative. It produces a practitioner who can meet each client in the language of their own understanding while working from a coherent classical foundation.
Lineage and Transmission
Diego holds lineage as a Zheng Yi Daoist Sect Abbot and Priest, with transmission from recognized lineage holders. Lineage matters in this tradition because it ensures the integrity and depth of the methods being transmitted to the client.
Sessions & Packages
Packages are designed to support a complete course of work. Consistency is a core principle of the practice.
Initial Visit
90 Minutes
$450
- Intake and energetic assessment
- Full Medical Qigong treatment
- Home prescription and practice guidance
Follow-Up Session
60 Minutes
$375
- Progress assessment
- Continued Medical Qigong treatment
- Updated home practice prescription
Foundation Package
4 Sessions ยท Complete within 6 weeks
$1,400
- 1 Initial Visit (90 min)
- 3 Follow-Up Sessions (60 min each)
- Structured home practice progression
Saves $250 vs. individual sessions
Book This PackageDeep Work Package
6 Sessions ยท Complete within 9 weeks
$1,900
- 1 Initial Visit (90 min)
- 5 Follow-Up Sessions (60 min each)
- Structured home practice progression
Saves $425 vs. individual sessions
Book This PackageWhat Clients Say
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After three sessions I noticed a quality of quiet that I had not felt in years. Not relaxation exactly. More like the noise was gone. I kept waiting for it to return. It did not.
I came to Diego after a cancer diagnosis. I was not looking for a cure. I was looking for something to hold onto while I went through treatment. What I found was more than that.
I run a company. I have tried everything for burnout. Therapy, retreats, exercise protocols. Diego's work went somewhere different. Something structural shifted in a way I cannot fully explain but can clearly feel.
I have had a meditation practice for over fifteen years. This work took me to a level of depth I had been circling for a long time. It is not what I expected. It is better.
The grief had been sitting in my chest for two years. I thought I had processed it. One session showed me I had not. Four sessions and it was actually moving. I cannot recommend this highly enough.
Diego Sanmiquel
Doctor of Medical Qigong
Daoist Priest & Abbot
Diego Sanmiquel is a Doctor of Medical Qigong, Daoist Priest, and Tai Chi Sifu with over 20 years of practice in classical Daoist and Chinese energetic arts. His doctoral training carries a specialized emphasis in oncological support and chronic disease, and he trained directly in China under recognized lineage teachers.
He is a lineage holder and Abbot of the Zheng Yi Daoist Sect, and serves as Vice President and Board Member of the National Qigong Association (NQA). His academic background includes an MBA from Pepperdine University, giving him an unusual fluency across both classical tradition and modern organizational systems.
His work draws on Daoism, Buddhism, Christian mysticism, and Western contemplative traditions, not as an eclectic mix, but as a deep foundation for meeting each person exactly where they are. The goal is never to convert. It is to restore function and clarity.
Ready to Start?
Book an Initial Visit to begin. If you are unsure whether this work is right for you, reach out before booking. No pressure, no pitch.
Book a SessionMedical Qigong and Daoist Counseling are not licensed medical or mental health services and do not constitute diagnosis, treatment, or medical advice. These services are intended to support wellbeing and do not replace care from a licensed physician, mental health professional, or other qualified healthcare provider. Individuals with serious medical or psychiatric conditions should consult their healthcare provider before beginning any new wellness practice.
For oncological and chronic disease contexts, this work is offered as a complementary support practice alongside, not as a substitute for, conventional medical treatment.
