Testimonials
I consider meeting and learning from Tamara Ja to be one of the great fortunes/fates of my life. I have been a student and now teacher of Chinese philosophy for three decades, mostly in academic settings.
Prior to meeting Tamara, I looked for and failed to find a teacher with the expertise and experience to truly unite the mutual dimensions of ideas, practices, and tradition. In Tamara, I found this and joyfully much more.
Tamara articulates the teachings with great conceptual precision and masterful, lyrical delivery in ways that open them up to each student’s unique path of cultivation. Tamara’s teachings are detailed and rare, and she transmits them with no dogma—only the wisdom of someone who demonstrably embodies what she shares.
A wonderful community of fellow wanderers along the way gather in Tamara’s seminars and are an inspiring reminder of the goodness still in this world. Beyond the knowledge, practical applications, and sometimes astonishing insights within seminar, over time many layers of learning and positive change continue to unfurl and develop in all areas of my life.
In combination with individual TCM sessions with Tamara, my health, well-being, and life's work have been transformed. I am deeply grateful for these immeasurables.
~ Meilin Chinn
I have been studying with Tamara since 2019, and I can honestly say I feel blessed to have found her.
Everything Tamara offers is held with deep thought, care, and intention. You can feel the integrity in her work; the reverence, the reciprocity, the wisdom behind every word. Nothing is surface. Nothing is given lightly.
Her knowledge and skill go far beyond what is typically taught. There is a depth that can't be rushed or fully grasped in one sitting; it reveals itself slowly, layer by layer, as one is ready. Each time I return, something opens in a new way.
What Tamara shares is not something you just learn, it finds its way into you. Over time, it settles into your being, and you begin to live it. It is powerful and profound.
This is the kind of path that stays with you… something you carry forward, quietly shaping the way you see, feel, and move though this life. It is a journey of lifetimes.
My deep gratitude for you Tamara and for your teachings.
~ Josefina Vindel
I have attended Tamara’s seminars since 2017.
These gatherings awaken a resonant dimension of interconnectivity within me—linking the microcosm of my daily rhythms to the macrocosmic movements of large-scale energetic cycles.
Her teachings cut through years of conditioning to reveal a cosmology that embraces each part of the natural cycle, allowing me to attune to that balance within myself. Grounded in this view, the world comes alive; I take better care of myself and I feel more capable of serving in the ways I am uniquely suited.
The perspective I’ve gained has been life-changing, and I am profoundly grateful for these teachings.
~ Erica K.
I feel incredibly fortunate to have found Tamara’s seminars at a moment in my life when I was approaching burnout and searching for a different way of moving through the world.
What distinguishes Tamara is not just her astounding command of the material, but her ability to guide students toward actually living what they learn.
The insights from her seminars don’t remain abstract or confined to the classroom. They surface, often unexpectedly, in the rituals and rigamarole of daily life.
The boundless depth of her lessons take time to integrate, and as that process continues, I’m consistently struck by just how much they have reshaped how I live.
~ Gabriel Larsen Santos
Learning from Tamara over the years has been a great fortune.
The materials are clear, thorough and always shared with the highest integrity.
These teachings are priceless and the insights gained extend far beyond the class content itself.
~ Jennifer R., L.Ac.
I attended a few of Liu Ming’s new years lectures, and I want to say you are an excellent student, Tamara.
I could follow the format with Intro, world topics and then 12 animals. I especially liked that you brought in medicinal concepts and suggestions.
Thank you again for carrying the tradition.
~ A
Thank you for keeping Liu Ming's new years tradition going Tamara!
Very grateful, and thank you for this wonderful talk today!
~ A.G.
Thank you Tamara for all your gifts.
I’ve so missed Ming’s New Year’s talks, and am happy to see you are offering them.
I will DEFINITELY attend every year, just as I did with Ming.
~ P. D.
Tamara continues to impress with her vast knowledge in the branches of Chinese wisdom and knowledge.
She is quite capable in relating the almost unacknowledged branch of Chinese astrology to the other arts of medicine, martial arts, philosophy, etc.
I look forward to future seminars and personal sessions with Tamara.
~ Phillip K., L.Ac.
This course, the material, Tamara Ja as the teacher, all excellent.
I have been orbiting the Tong Shu Calendar for years, knowing enough to pay attention to it, but knowing too little to understand the sequences and patterns within it. This course was very helpful for me in putting all the disparate pieces I had picked up into a more coherent whole, while also adding so much more, and dispelling some wrongheaded ideas too.
So I am very glad that I took this course, as now I can more fully engage with the Tong Shu, the Yijing, and honestly, Chinese medicine as a whole.
This course starts with (and never leaves) the fundamentals, setting a solid base of Yin and Yang, Five Elements, before then expanding and building on those through the various cycles of 12 Animals, 28 Lunar Mansions, 24 Qi Nodes, etc.
And Tamara, who practices what she is teaching, is a brilliant communicator and it was amazing to learn so much from her in a few weekends of attendance. I highly recommend this course.
~ D.W., L.Ac.
My personal and professional growth is always nourished by these classes.
I highly recommend them to anyone interested in the Mantic Arts or wishes to become better aligned with the rhythms of nature.
~ Jennifer Root, L.Ac.
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