Tobias Tang Ørnebjerg

His journey into this work began in his early twenties, during a period when he was questioning his place in the world and searching for a deeper sense of meaning. A journey to Peru became an unexpected turning point. There, an encounter with an Indigenous medicine woman and the following year his initiation into the Inca tradition with high priest Javier Benino, opened the door to traditional ways of understanding healing, nature and our relationship with the world around us.

That experience sparked a much longer journey. Over the following years, Tobias travelled extensively through South and Central America, Asia and the Middle East, exploring different healing traditions and spiritual practices. He eventually found his way to Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda and other ancient systems that offered both practical approaches to health and deeper ways of understanding human nature.

His studies took him to China and India, including postgraduate internships at Chinese Medicine universities in Chengdu and Beijing, as well as an internship at the Tibetan Medicine University in Dharamsala. Over the years he has continued to study acupuncture, Five Element medicine, Medical Qi Gong, Daoist traditions, Face Reading, Feng Shui, bodywork and other approaches to healing.

After years of exploring more esoteric traditions, Tobias became increasingly interested in how this knowledge could be brought into everyday life. He wanted to find a language that could bridge ancient Eastern wisdom with modern Western understanding — without losing the depth of the traditions themselves.

This became an important thread throughout his professional life.

Tobias went on to build a busy clinical practice in Copenhagen, where he has treated more than 20,000 clients. His approach brings together classical Chinese Medicine with Western anatomy, physiology and pathology, while remaining rooted in the Five Elements and the Daoist understanding of nature, health and the rhythms of life.

He has also developed a particular expertise in Chinese Face Reading and has studied directly under the #1 authority in the world, Face Reading teacher Lilian Pearl Bridges.

Since 2016, Tobias has travelled extensively with Marcela and their family between Europe and Asia, continuing to teach and offer acupuncture sessions, face readings and therapeutic body-work. Today, he is based in Bali.

As co-founder of Five Elements Wisdom Academy, Tobias brings together the many strands of his journey — Chinese Medicine, Five Element wisdom, Daoist philosophy, nature-based practices and decades of clinical experience.

What matters most to him is that knowledge does not remain knowledge. He believes ancient teachings become meaningful when they are lived, experienced and integrated into everyday life.

For Tobias, the Five Elements are ultimately a way of looking at life: a language for recognising the patterns and rhythms of nature within ourselves, our health and the world around us.