Elzbieta Heland (Poland)

Those 13 weeks of the Triple Crown Foundation course was a very inspiring time for me. Although I was busy with my daily life, but to spend time learning reading classical Chinese was a kind of relaxation. Working on those beautiful texts and try to learn calligraphy, I found as meditation.

I have some background with modern Chinese, but to read any classical text was just impossible for me. I’ve noticed how much I developed after this program not only with recognizing more Chinese characters, but especially a grammar structures of the sentences. Now, when I look randomly at any page of The Nei Jing surprisingly it looks much more familiar! I find a lot of sentences which I can now recognize the structure and how to understand it. I know that this is just a beginning of learning this beautiful language, so I’m so looking forward to continue on the following courses.

And now the most important part – an inspiring teacher! I'm so happy that I've met Sabine. It is so rare nowadays to meet someone so passionate, dedicate and honest with such a huge and deep knowledge! I’ve met a lot of teachers but not many of them attracted me that much. Profound knowledge, experience is very important but what is also important it is their heart, charisma and that special quality, which is difficult to define… which attracts students to them. And Sabine is definitely that special kind of teacher. She is not giving you a fish, she is giving you a fishing rod, lead you, kindly and patiently. I’m so grateful that I’ve decided to join her teachings.

(Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Teacher, Head of the Herbal Department in TOMO TCM College, co-founder and vice President of the Classical Chinese Association in Poland, a member of the Qi Lu 齊魯 China National School of Complex Diseases)