Ancient Peace - An Experiential Journey

Paul Barratt-Hassett is not a guru or healer by title, but someone who walked the hard road of illness and found his way back to health through the Tao. Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia at twenty, his search for understanding led him inward—toward love, awareness, and disciplined self-cultivation. What he shares comes not from theory, but from direct experience.

At the heart of this work is a simple but demanding truth: healing arises through love. Not sentimental love, but a deep, honest engagement with oneself that requires effort, responsibility, and change. This is not a quick fix or a pill-based solution—it is a path for those willing to grow.

This workshop explores the Taoist understanding of Ancient Peace—an internal state rooted in clarity of mind, settled emotions, balance, and non-resistance. Unlike modern ideas of peace that focus on external conditions, ancient peace is self-initiated, self-maintained, and profoundly transformative.

Using the Five Element framework of Traditional Chinese Medicine alongside his personal journey with the Tao, Paul offers an interactive and grounded exploration of inner harmony. This is an invitation to reconnect with the vital presence that has always been within you—love—and begin the journey of becoming well again.