Tao of Healthy, Happy, Living
One-Day Workshop
NEW YORK CITY
SATURDAY, November 8th, 2025
9:30 am - 5:00pm
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About this Workshop -
Discover the wisdom of the Tao -“the Way” - a timeless guide used for centuries by masters of Oriental medicine and now supported by modern nutrition and scientific research. This uplifting and experiential workshop will introduce you to powerful practices that support health, balance, and vitality. The Taoist approach reminds us that how we eat, move, and care for ourselves deeply shapes our emotions, mental clarity, and overall well-being.
Through a mix of teachings, demonstrations, and practical tools, you’ll explore how to restore harmony and happiness, boost energy, and cultivate longevity .
Workshop Highlights
· Breathing & Movement (Tai Qi & Qi Kung Demonstration)
· Healing Recipes for Longevity and Daily Vitality
· Medicinal Mushrooms for Longevity
· Classical Herbal Medicine for the Modern Clinic
· The Taoist 5-Element Healing Diet
· Nutrients that Promote Longevity (Sulforaphane, Berberine, Resveratrol, Quercetin)
· Herbs & Exercises for Stress Reduction (The Six-Healing Sounds)
· The Principles and Practices of Detoxification
You’ll learn how a wholesome diet reduces inflammation, how internal exercises circulate energy and support flexibility, and how herbs and nutrients can enhance resilience against aging and modern-day stressors.This uplifting and experiential workshop will introduce you to powerful practices that support health, balance, and vitality.
In this engaging and informative in-person workshop, we’ll delve into ancient strategies for healthy living. You’ll explore methods to enhance well-being through herbal medicine, balanced nutrition, supplements, communal practices, and internal exercises designed to reduce stress and promote vitality.
What you will bring into your Life -
Tai Chi & QiGong
Improve balance, flexibility, energy flow, and reduce stress.
Healing Foods
Support immunity, reduce inflammation, promotes cellular repair.
Herbal Medicines
Provide natural symptom relief and restore body balance.
Meditation
Calms the mind, reduces stress, and enhances emotional resilience.
5 Element Diet
Aligns nutrition with seasonal and organ health for harmony.
Supplements
Fill nutritional gaps, boost vitality, and support longevity.
Lifetime Videos, PDFs, & PowerPoints
(For both Live and Online Attendees)
About your Team of Teachers-
Professor Drew DiVittorio, Richard Anton Diaz, and Joy Perison—together bringing over 70 years of experience in the Healing Arts. With warmth, wisdom, and practical insight, they will help you discover natural approaches to weight balance, detoxification, healthy aging, stress relief, happiness, and more.
Drew DiVittorio
Professional speaker and nutritional consultant in the Traditional Chinese Healing Arts for over 30 years. He is the founder and primary instructor of the New York Institute of Herbal Medicine & Nutrition, a one-year professional training program in classical Chinese herbology. He has been a featured guest on radio and television as an expert in Herbal Medicine.
Joy Pierson
Joy is a nutritional consultant, educator, and"health foodie". Her quest is to change people's awareness of health and well-being, as well as its effect on the planet and future generations, by introducing them to delicious, nutritious farm fresh plant-based food. Joy is a co-founders,with her husband Bart, of 3 internationally acclaimed Candle restaurants in NYC and has authored 3 Candle cookbooks.
Richard A. Diaz
A former world Champion Ballroom dancer, Richard is founder of the Infinite Life Academy, ManEvolve Group,and co-founder of the Traditional Chinese Healing Arts Academy, He is a certified teacher in the Universal Tao system founded by Master Mantak Chia and specializing in the Healing Love trainings. He is also a Health Coach and Practitioner certified with the Trinity School of Natural Health.