A somatic training with Richard Wickes
Elemental Enquiry
Somatic Elemental Enquiry
SEE
A body awareness based exploration of the Classical Five Elements — learning to locate, recognise, and release held emotional experience through the felt sense.
What is SEE
The body as compass
Somatic Elemental Enquiry is a body awareness based exploration of the Classical Five Elements — Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water — applied as a somatic diagnostic and therapeutic framework.
Rather than working from theory downwards, SEE begins in direct somatic perception. Each element has a felt quality, a location in the body, and a specific relationship to emotional experience.
This is a method for practitioners who want a framework to connect to the elements and explore their relationships more deeply.
The Five Elements
A somatic map
Note: the Yin/Yang organ polarity assignments in SEE diverge from classical TCM — they are grounded in direct somatic perception and are explained on their own terms during the training.
Who is this for
Practitioners who work somatically
SEE is designed for those already working with the body — people who understand that experience lives in tissue, not only in thought.
Programme
Events & Training
All events run quarterly. White boxes = Asia/Europe stream (Saturday afternoons BKK). Black boxes = US stream (Sunday early mornings BKK / Saturday evenings New York).
Can't find a time that works? Write to [email protected] and a suitable session can be arranged.
Q1 · June 2026
Symposium · Asia/Europe · Sat 6 Jun
6 Jun 2026
3:00 PM–4:30 PM BKK · 9:00 AM London
Live demonstration of SEE. 1 hour in action, 30 minutes Q&A.
• Via Zoom · $40 $20
Symposium · US Stream · Sun 7 Jun
7 Jun 2026
6:00 AM–7:30 AM BKK · 7:00 PM Sat (New York)
Live demonstration of SEE. 1 hour in action, 30 minutes Q&A.
• Via Zoom · $40 $20
Mini Workshop · Asia/Europe · Sat 13 Jun
13 Jun 2026
3:00 PM–4:30 PM BKK · 9:00 AM London
Participatory guided enquiry — connect with the elements through your own body awareness. Feeling-based, not therapeutic.
• Via Zoom · $40 $20
Mini Workshop · US Stream · Sun 14 Jun
14 Jun 2026
6:00 AM–7:30 AM BKK · 7:00 PM Sat (New York)
Participatory guided enquiry — connect with the elements through your own body awareness. Feeling-based, not therapeutic.
• Via Zoom · $40 $20
Training Day · Asia/Europe · 20 & 27 Jun
20 + 27 Jun 2026
Part 1: 20 Jun · Part 2: 27 Jun · 2:30 PM–10:00 PM BKK · 8:30 AM–4:00 PM London
Two-part full training. The base protocol for exploring how the elements are flowing — with yourself and your clients.
• Part 1: Foundation & theory
• Part 2: Practice & integration
• Supervision included — 11 Jul
Enrol — Early Bird $240Training Day · US Stream · 21 & 28 Jun
21 + 28 Jun 2026
Part 1: 21 Jun · Part 2: 28 Jun · 6:00 AM–9:30 AM BKK · 7:00 PM–10:30 PM Sat (NY)
Two-part full training. The base protocol for exploring how the elements are flowing — with yourself and your clients.
• Part 1: Foundation & theory
• Part 2: Practice & integration
• Supervision included — 11 Jul
Enrol — Early Bird $240Investment
Enrolment
Both training day sessions and the group supervision are included in a single enrolment. Early bird pricing closes 21 May 2026.
Early Bird Rate
$240
Training day + supervision included.
Closes 21 May 2026
Enrol at Early Bird RateStandard Rate
$340
Training day + supervision included.
Available from 22 May 2026
Enrol at Standard RatePayments processed securely via Stripe. Questions? [email protected]
From Practitioners
What practitioners say
Emotional breakthrough
“No! No! NO!” I could finally say No. I was going through a divorce and although it was quite amicable, I found it a struggle to say no to him. After a 30-minute consultation with Richard, I found the inner struggle was simply gone. This was an energetic process and not a cognitive process. I love that I was involved with it step by step. Thank you.
— Anonymous
Psychotherapist
Practitioner support
I have known Richard Wickes since 2023, and as a therapist myself, I have personally experienced how his experience and understanding have helped me sustain my own practice. In several situations, Richard has helped me regulate my energy and restore my health when I needed it most. Over the past three years, he has been someone I consistently turn to whenever I need to regain stability and balance.
— Giancarlo Chen
DOM, Chinese Metaphysics Master
Energy work
I would put Richard Wickes’ energy work into a rarified category, as he demonstrates real results over and over again. Without touch he was able to diminish the pain in my leg — a snapped femur from a car crash — in seconds, like turning down the volume knob on a stereo. He’s also done some really interesting work with my personal issues like self-sabotage, avoidance, inhibition, and baseline anxiety. He can do his work at a distance — you’ll love it.
— Ben Sanchez
TaiJi Sifu
About the Teacher
Richard Wickes
李存得
Li CunDe
Named by Dr Lu JinChuan
Daoist Grandmaster & physician, Chengdu
Richard Wickes has worked in somatic practice for over three decades, integrating clinical massage, naturopathy, Hung Gar Kung Fu, Wu Style Taiji, fascial work, Craniosacral Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, and the Yuen Method into a coherent body of practice.
His Daoist energetic lineage was transmitted by Dr Lu JinChuan — Daoist Grandmaster and physician in Chengdu — who named Richard Li CunDe 李存得. This lineage forms the foundational framework from which Somatic Elemental Enquiry emerged.
Richard is the author of multiple books on energy, body perception, and consciousness, and has developed original methods including Emotional Grammar. He is based in Thailand and teaches internationally.
SEE is the distillation of that lineage and practice into a teachable somatic framework — grounded not in classical theory alone, but in what the body actually demonstrates.
Get in Touch
Questions before you enrol?
If you would like to ask about the training, discuss whether it is right for your practice, or request a conversation with Richard, please write.
[email protected]