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By Lama Tantrapa
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As an internationally renowned master of Qi Dao, also known as Tibetan Shamanic Qigong, Lama Tantrapa offers his unique perspectives on the art of energy awareness. As the host of this enlightening talk show, he interviews prominent experts in the fields of Oriental Medicine, Energy Healing, Meditation and Internal Martial Arts. Join us every Monday at 6:00 pm PST (9:00 pm EST) for a friendly and mindful exchange of ideas and "secrets of the trade."
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DR. EFFIE CHOW - May 22,2012 | Dr. Effie Chow | 21 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DISTANT HEALER - May 15,2012 | Distance Healer, or DH for short, is the founder of the wildly popular Free Distance Healing Project. Arguably one of the most popular and successful distant energy healing services in the world, FDHP distant healing events have attracted nearly half a million attendees over the past 2 years. Hundreds of amazing healings have been reported. He currently offer distant healing freely & anonymously. No-one has ever been turned away for inability to pay. Distant Healer began his path as a mystic & healer at the age of 15on Christmas morning in 1973 with an instantaneous healing from a case of poison oak so severe that one eye sealed completely shut. At the age of 19, he purportedly had a profound, spontaneous experience that rivals those enlightenment experiences written of saints, mystics, gurus. Not claiming to be a saint by any means, James does maintain there has always been an energy channeled by source through his touch, which not only facilitates physical healing, but often triggers experiences of liberation, ecstasy, and awakening, not unlike Shaktipat. Admitting that his self-realization did not provide him all the wisdom, James has sought out for over four decades attunements, initiations, empowerments, baptisms, activations, clearings, and ordinations from dozens from world acclaimed healers, masters, and spiritual teachers of over 400 healing systems. In turn, he freely shares those additional frequencies of value with all who seek help. Thus, his work reflects eclectic elements such as Qigong, Reiki, charismatic faith, soul, sound, shamanic, alchemical, vibrational, and other multi-dimensional healing systems. He is not attached to any particular dogma, except that love is the underlying master vibration from which all others emanate. For more information about the Distant Healing Project, visit facebook.com/FreeDistanceHealingProject | 14 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LEE HOLDEN - May 01,2012 | Lee Holden has studied and taught with globally respected wellness experts Mantak Chia and Deepak Chopra, facilitating seminars, writing books, and teaching in the US, Europe, and Asia. A licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in the state of California, Holden received a BA in psychology from UC Berkeley and a Masters Degree in Chinese Medicine from Five Branches Institute in Santa Cruz, California. He has traveled throughout Asia studying QiGong, meditation, and Chinese medicine. Based in Northern California, Lee Holden offers classes in meditation, tai chi, QiGong, and yoga, and he also teaches at the Five Branches Institute of Chinese Medicine, a leading U.S. institute for the study of Chinese Medicine. He is the founder of Pacific Healing Arts, which provides consultation to individuals and corporations for promotion of health and well-being. Lee’s expertise and down-to-earth teaching style have made him a popular speaker and workshop facilitator. He is also a stress management consultant to top Silicon Valley corporations like Apple, 3Com and Cisco, and has been the on-set wellness consultant for several Hollywood film productions. | 30 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. NADIA LINDA HOLE - Apr 17,2012 | Nadia Linda Hole, MD, is a long-time Qigong practitioner, teacher and pioneer with degrees from Princeton, Duke, and Oneness Universities. She was a contributing author of chapters on Pain Management, Neurology, Cardiology, and Qigong for medical textbooks. She also served as a consulting editor for the landmark textbook on Chinese Medical Qigong. Dr. Hole is regarded as a Qigong and Sufi master teacher by fellow masters; however, she makes no such claims. Besides swimming with dolphins, dancing, healing in the way of love and the practical science of "miracles," one of her passions is bringing a more heart-centered, integrative, energy-based approach to the practice of medicine. | 16 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. JUSTIN NGUI - Apr 10,2012 | Dr. Justin Ngui has been training in the Chinese Qigong, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Kung fu to strengthen his mind, body, and spirit as a part of his life culture since he was a small child. His goal is to spread the knowledge of the ancient arts of Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine to our generation and the next. In order to do this, he promotes the integration of both the eastern and the western philosophies in a way that is modern and demystified. For 10 years, Justin has worked extensively in Information Technology, as a technical developer, technical architect, and consultant before deciding to pursue Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine full time. He treats patients at his clinic with Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Medical Qigong on a regular basis. He also teaches Qigong and Kung fu. He continues exploring other arts such as painting, dance, and music. He not only believes, but also shows through his lifestyle that, with Qigong, anything can be possible. He also regularly conducts consultations and life coaching in conjunction with his holistic practice. At his Traditional Chinese Medicine clinic, he has been able to provide successful therapy to many individuals from all over Canada, and around the world. Some of his humanitarian efforts include travelling to Haiti to provide therapy to those in need, and help with the relief effort.? He has also provided workshops and private therapies to many Canadian corporations. Some of these include the York Region District School Board and the North American Association of Asian Professionals. In the past several years, Justin has organized many sold out events that demonstrate the power and magnitude of Qigong and Chinese Martial Arts. He is now the president of the Executive Council responsible for the first ever World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto, Canada. | 9 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BILL DOUGLAS - Apr 03,2012 | Bill Douglas is the co-founder (together with Angela Wong) of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day. Over a decade ago, they invested their life savings in a vision of bringing together the global Tai Chi and Qigong family, so that we might together spread these Energy Arts to the entire planet at the time, when our stressed-out, modern world needs them most. Bill is the Tai Chi Expert for Dr. Andrew Weils DrWeil.com, and was one of a handful of national Tai Chi experts to help formulate a National Council on the Aging national efficacy guide for aging professionals to begin Tai Chi programs for local aging populations. Bill has presented for the National Parkinsons Foundation, the American Heart Association, and for some of the worlds largest corporations and health institutions. He is the 2009 Inductee to the Internal Arts Hall of Fame, the Media Excellence on Qigong Award from the World Congress on Qigong, and the Leadership Award from the National Tai Chi Association. Please visit the official website of the World Tai Chi & Qigong Day www.worldtaichiday.org for more information about this worldwide celebration of the Energy Arts. He is the author of the best selling tai chi book, The Complete Idiots Guide to Tai Chi & Qigong (Penguin/Alpha Books, New York), which is published worldwide in several languages. Bill also produced the DVD, Anthology of Tai Chi & Qigong: The Prescription for the Future, which was called "an excellent introduction to this ancient art," by Booklist Magazine. He is also the author of a highly acclaimed mind-body spiritual thriller, 2012 The Awakening, which was chosen Best Fiction of 2010 by Spiritual Enlightenment Magazine. Last year, Bills published another novel, an environmental-spiritual thriller entitled A Conspiracy of Spirits. | 2 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CHARLES MUIR - Mar 27,2012 | Charles Muir, a Tantra Master, with 32 years of teaching experience to over 25,000 students resulted in Source School of Tantra Yogas unique educational system. In 1980, he originated the Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving® format, Sacred Spot Massage, and many other experiential exercises, which have become the cornerstones in the curriculum of most Tantra educators. His revolutionary work has been quoted in over 100 authors published books. Charles Muir is credited as an originator of the modern Tantra movement in the United States—and he continues to be one of the movement’s most distinguished, respected, and sought-after teachers. To learn more about Charles Muirs events visit www.sourcetantra.com/Calendar. To download a $25 CD on Tantric Principles and Practices for Free go to: www.sourcetantra.com/Free. | 26 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LAMA TANTRAPA & JUSTIN MEEHAN - Mar 20,2012 | Justin Meehan, or Sifu Justin, as he is known to his students and peers, has studied the marital arts for 50 years and Tai Chi Chuan specifically for over 45 years. He began his study in New York at the age of 14. Originally studying Japanese Karate, he later studied Korean Tang Soo Do, in 1967 earning his Black Belt. In 1967 he began studying Chinese martial arts, and in particular, Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan). His Chinese Martial Arts studies include Shaolin, Northern & Southern Praying Mantis, Hung Gar, and Wing Tsun. He was the first person to teach the Chinese Internal Arts in St. Louis in 1970. He was selected to present Chen Style and Tai Chi Free Fighting workshops at the Annual Tai Chi Festival at the Tai Chi Form of Master Jou Tseng Hua. In 1985, he was selected for a feature presentation in the Whose Who of Martial Arts and chosen to serve on the Selection Board for the Midwest area. In 1981, Justin Meehan traveled to China to visit the Shaolin Temple and to study the original Chen style of Tai Chi. He has also traveled to Bahia, Brazil (1980 and 1995) to study the African-American martial art Capoeira. He was featured in the award winning cable TV documentary, "CMAA Martial Arts Spectacular" demonstrating Tai Chi alongside such martial arts legends as Danny Innosanto and Bill Wallace. Sifu Justin sponsors workshops and master classes under the Chinese Internal Arts Center, a non-profit corporation. His formal teacher (ShirFu) is Master Zhang Xue Xin of San Francisco, senior US disciple of GrandMaster Feng Zhiqiang. He is Master Zhangs Senior U.S. Disciple. Contact Sifu Justin at WWW.STLTAIJI.COM | 19 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. TOM ROGERS - Mar 13,2012 | Being connected with nature has always been an intrinsic part of Tom Rogers life. He spent seven summers during his twenties as a climbing instructor, mountain guide, and Outward Bound instructor in the Oregon Cascades, Washington Cascades, Tetons, and Wind River Range in Wyoming. Climbing his first big wall in Yosemite at age 21, and spending five days climbing El Capitan in 1975. Given his love of the outdoors, discovering Taoism on his first Qigong study trip to China was nothing short of an epiphany. Dr. Rogers has been studying eastern healing arts for over 25 years. He studied Shotokan karate until a hip condition forced him to stop. He started practicing yoga to alleviate chronic back pain due to a rock climbing injury and has practiced Tai Chi and Qigong for over fifteen years. He has trained in Taoist Medical Bagua Xundao Qigong in China with lineage holder Master Wan Su Jian as well as Wuji Hundun Qigong with lineage holder Master Duan Zhi Liang. He learned several forms of Tai Chi, including Chen style from lineage holder Tony Wong. Nowadays, he enjoys practicing many forms of Qigong and Tai Chi. Dr. Rogers is a certified Tai Chi and Qigong Instructor with the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. He serves as the President and CEO of the non-profit Qigong Institute of Los Altos, California whose charter is Qigong research and education. The Qigong Institute website hosts podcasts, videos, the online Qigong and Energy Medicine Database with over 5000 entries, current information on Qigong research and events, the Scientific Basis of Qigong and Energy Medicine, a world-wide Qigong and Tai Chi Teacher Directory, and more. His research interests include the nature of consciousness, the scientific basis of Qigong and Energy Medicine, and integration of Western science and medical practice with Eastern healing modalities. Please visit www.qigonginstitute.org for more information. | 12 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. PEDRAM SHOJAI - Mar 06,2012 | Dr. Pedram Shojai is the director of the Taoist Path School of Alchemy. He has trained with a number of masters throughout the years and focuses his practice on health and healing. His program call “Energy Economics” teaches students to liberate their vital energy through lifestyle practices and an essential understanding of how energy flows in life. From there, he teaches Qigong and mediation techniques to help liberate energy flow and spiritual awakening. Dr. Shojai has spent the last 2 years making a series of documentary movies- the first of which is titled “Vitality” and is set to release this May. He is the author of the acclaimed book “Rise and Shine - Awaken your Energy Body with Taoist Alchemy and Qigong”. | 5 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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KENNETH COHEN - Feb 28,2012 | Ken Cohen (Gao Han) is the Executive Director and founder of the Qigong Research & Practice Center in Colorado. He is a world renowned health educator, China scholar, and Qigong Master with more than forty years experience. A former collaborator with Alan Watts, he is the author of the internationally acclaimed book The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing (Ballantine), best-selling self-healing audio and video courses (Sounds True), and more than 200 journal articles. In 2003 Ken Cohen won the leading international award in energy medicine, the Alyce and Elmer Green Award for Innovation and Lifetime Achievement. His work has been translated into Chinese and numerous European languages. Professor Cohen received his Teaching Certificate from the William C.C. Chen School of Tai Chi Chuan in 1974 and completed graduate studies in Taoism and Chinese language at Queens College, the New School for Social Research, and the University of California at Berkeley. Ken Cohen studied with some of the most highly respected masters and Grandmasters in the world, including William C.C. Chen (Yang Style Taiji Quan), B.P. Chan (Chen Style Taiji Quan, Bagua Zhang, Xing Yi Quan, Qigong), Madame Gao Fu (Chen Style Taiji Quan and Primordial Qigong), Share K. Lew (Taoist External Qi Healing), Sunyata (Vedanta in the lineage of Ramana Maharshi), Swami Venkatesananda (Sivananda Yoga), and others. Professor Cohen was the principle apprentice to Dr. K. S. Wong, acupuncturist and Taoist Abbot from Chinas sacred mountains. To advance his study of both Taoism and Comparative Religion, Professor Cohen attended the New Seminary and was ordained as an interfaith minister (M.S.C.) with a graduate degree in pastoral counseling (M.S.Th.). He also holds an M.A. in Holistic Psychology and other academic honors. Currently, professor Cohen is a recognized leader in the dialogue between the ancient wisdom and modern science. | 27 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SARINA STONE & MORDANT MAHON - Feb 21,2012 | Sarina Stone was born from two lines of Mediterranean gypsies in 1965. A modern gypsy, Sarina travels internationally 80% of the year teaching Grandmaster Mantak Chias Taoist methods of natural health including Cancer prevention, digestive care, and secrets of longevity. She is currently a multi-certified Universal Healing Tao medical Chi Kung instructor, acclaimed speaker, and writer who has inspired many with her humor, passion for life, and integrity. R. Mordant Mahon is a Universal Healing Tao Instructor who teaches Taoist-based Chi Kung to those who would learn practical application for self-healing and Quantum Manifestation. A true Renaissance Man, Mordant is an eclectic dabbler in a wide variety of subjects—from religion and theater to psychology and comedy writing. | 20 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. FRANK YURASEK - Feb 14,2012 | Dr. Frank Yurasek has been practicing Oriental Medicine, including Acupuncture, Herbology, Tui Na and Medical Qigong, for over 25 years. He has been teaching practitioners and patients all around the United States for the last 15 years, and until recently was the publisher of the Oriental Medicine Journal at www.omjournal.com. s first teacher was Dr. Yin Lun Han, from Shen Yang, China, who helped train the "Barefoot Doctors" when Chinas healthcare system that collapsed after the Civil War. Dr. Yurasek promotes this pro-active model of healthcare on his blogs: barefootmedicine.blogspot.com and children1st.blogspot.com. Following his apprentisehip with Dr. Han, Frank Yurasek studied at the Midwest College of Oriental Medine, where he was awarded his MSOM. He then completed his PhD at Guangzhao University of TCM in China, and went on to study Kampo Herbal Medicine with Dr. Wantanabee in Tokyo, Japan, where he was nominated as a the first American member of The Japanese Oriental Medicine Society. Dr. Yurasek continues his private practice and teaches Medical Qi Gong and Tui Na I and II at National University of Health Sciences, where he is Chair, Clinical Supervisor, and Assistant Professor. | 13 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. GABY CORA - Feb 07,2012 | Dr. Gaby Cora works with people and organizations that want to be healthy while they become wealthy and strive to discover, experience and enjoy The Power of Wellbeing. A renaissance woman, she is a wellness doctor and coach, best-selling author, keynote speaker, medical doctor with a masters in business administration, board-certified psychiatrist, spouse and mother of two young adults. Dr. Cora is author of The Power of Wellbeing Series: Leading under Pressure, Managing Work in Life, and Quantum Wellbeing; and of the provocative Alpha Series, starting with Alpha Female Leader. She has been interviewed by CNN, FOX, NBC, Lifetime television, the New York Times, Forbes, and Business Week. Dr. Cora is president of the Executive Health & Wealth Institute, managing partner of the Florida Neuroscience Center and chapter chair for the Women Presidents’ Organization. | 6 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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SHARON SMITH - Jan 31,2012 | Sharon Smith has been practicing Qigong, Tai Chi, & other Taoist spiritual and healing arts for 33 years & teaching them for 28. Her influential teachers include Masters Mantak Chia (she was in his original class of western students in 1981), Li Jun Feng, Ming Chan, and T.K. Shih. Other important teachers include Jeanette Chi, Gilles Marin, Don Ahn, Carol Anthony,and Livia Kohn as well as many other Tao masters. In 2011, she attended the Wudang Martial Arts Internal Kung Fu Academy in China. Sharon is certified by Master Mantak Chias Universal Tao system as a Senior Instructor and Chi Nei Tsang Practitioner. She is also certified by the International Sheng Zhen Society to teach Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong, the work of Master Li Jun Feng. In addition, Sharon has practiced Iyengar yoga for over 30 years. She has traveled many times to China, Thailand, India, the Philppines, and New Zealand to further her studies. Sharon was a seminar leader at Chinas "Women in Daoism" conference in 2011 and a presenter at the 2009 International Tai Chi Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a recipient of numerous foundation grants for her work with senior citizens and in community mental health programs. Sharon was a spokesperson for Qigong on the nationally syndicated PBS television show, "Asian America" and was the Chinese Astrology columnist for the Asian Food and Lifestyle Journal from 2005-2007. | 30 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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REBECCA KALI - Dec 20,2011 | Rebecca Kali is an internationally recognized Qigong instructor and energy healer from Northern Minnesota. Her personal experience of healing from injuries received in a car accident, chronic pain and fibromyalgia, have an important message for anyone interested in self-healing. That experience led to her becoming a champion and spokesperson for the health maintenance and healing benefits of Qigong. Qigong for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue program she created has helped hundreds of people to live a life free of pain. Her motto is: "No one should be in pain." Her dedication to making Qigong available to everyone, led Kali to accept a position on the National Qigong Association (NQA) board of Directors in 1998. As a board member, Administrative Director and Executive Director of the NQA, she helped Qigong and the NQA gain a national presence. In 2003, she went on to become founding director of Qigong Alliance International, a nonprofit organization and global Qigong community with members from 49 countries. Her website is www.QiCentral.org Rebecca Kali is also founder of Dao of Well Being™ which offers classes, workshops, and retreats with a focus on Qigong, stress reduction, and connection with nature. This is the 6th year for the popular Qigong Women in the Wilderness Retreat she leads with Cis Hager. Rebecca also teaches Medical Qigong, Chinese Soaring Crane, Eight Brocades and many other styles of Qigong, Meditation, and Daoist Inner Alchemy. She has traveled to China twelve times to study Qigong and Daoist healing arts. Together with Mark Johnson, she leads tours to the ancient sacred settings where Daoism has been cultivated for thousands of years. They are the journey of self-discovery and inner transformation for the trip members. Visit www.QigongChinaTrip.com for more information about these trips. | 19 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LAMA TANTRAPA & TYLER BLANK - Dec 13,2011 | Lama Somananda Tantrapa is the holder of the lineage of Qi Dao - Tibetan Shamanic Qigong - that has been fostered in his clan for 27 generations. He has over 30 years of experience in Qi Dao and other internal martial arts. He was primarily trained by his Grandfather who was the last Grandmaster of Qi Dao. Before immigrating to America, Lama Tantrapa actively participated in peace marches and conferences in the former Soviet Union supporting the peace work of his spiritual mentor and friend Junsei Terasawa who aspired to build a Peace Pagoda in the center of Moscow, Russia. His initiatives dedicated to peace work and spiritual freedom exposed him to persecution in his homeland, that is why he received religious asylum in the United States in 1997. Lama Tantrapa is the author of several books on Qi Dao, multimedia educational materials, meditation CDs, DVDs, as well as Qi Dao Home Study Courses. Being an avid speaker and presenter, he appeared on many radio and TV programs in the US, Guam and abroad. His idea of unity of different Qigong styles under the same roof manifested in his Radio talk show The Secrets of Qigong Masters and Mastery Journal ezine that is available for free at www.mastery-journal.com. For more information about Lama Tantrapa and his teachings, please visit WWW.QIGONGCOACHING.COM. | 12 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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JOHN DU CANE - Dec 06,2011 | John Du Cane began his Qigong and Taiji studies in 1975 and over the last 35 years has trained with numerous renowned teachers of both Qigong and Taiji. John is the author of five Qigong DVDs, three on the famous Five Animal frolics Qigong, one on the Yang Tai Chi familys Qigong system and one for general health and well being entitled Qigong Recharge. As the owner of Dragon Door Publications, John has published a number of highly-regarded books and DVDs on Qigong and Taiji and helped deliver two major medical Qigong certification programs in the US for Chinese Qigong masters. John has personally taught hundreds of students Qigong over a twenty year period. | 5 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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EKHART TOLLE & KIM ENG - Nov 29,2011 | As the life partner and associate of Eckhart Tolle, the author of the best-selling books The Power of Now and A New Earth, Kim Eng travels with him extensively taking his teachings around the world. Born in Vancouver, Canada, Kims spiritual search began in the early 1980s. She met Eckhart in 1998, and soon after went through a transformational spiritual experience while attending one of his retreats. After seven years of intense spiritual training, she began counseling and showing others how to discover their own inner teacher and healer. As Eckhart Tolle’s teaching partner, Kim has helped translate his ideas into a structured practice. Being a counselor and spiritual teacher, she has developed her own teaching modality, which is aimed at the transformation of consciousness through the integration of spirit, mind and body. Her “Presence Through Movement” workshops focus on the integration of mind, body, and spirit. | 28 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. ZHI GANG SHA - Nov 22,2011 | Dr. Sha is an inspired teacher, spiritual leader and servant of humanity and the Divine. Combining five-thousand-year-old wisdom of the East and breakthrough sacred and secret soul wisdom, knowledge and practices, he teaches the power of soul, or soul over matter, worldwide. Dr. Sha is the founder of the Institute of Soul Healing and Enlightenment. He received his MD in Western medicine in China, and is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in China and Canada. A master of Tai Chi, Qigong, Feng Shui and the I Ching, Dr. Sha was named Qi Gong Master of the Year at the Fifth World Congress on Qi Gong in 2002. Recipient of the 2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Hall of Fame Award for his humanitarian efforts, he is also featured in the film Soul Masters and is the New York Times bestselling author of several books on matters of the soul. His latest book, The Power of Soul, debuted at #1 on the New York Times list in January 2009. | 21 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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KARL ARDO - Nov 15,2011 | Karl Ardo is a certified teacher of Five Element Medical Qigong and Meditation as well as a Zero Balancing practitioner. He has been studying several types of Chinese disciplines, including Medical Qigong, Tai Chi and Meditation, since 1974. Since 1995, he has been teaching beginning to advanced levels of Qigong and Meditation in Columbia, Maryland. As a member of the National Qigong Association and Advisory Board of the Zero Balancing Association, Karl serves as a guide presenting alternative approaches to health maintenance. In addition, he teaches advanced Qigong Healing of others (hands off healing technique) and provides private individual session in Qigong and Zero Balancing. Karl has a light and compassionate manner of instructing, which allows each participant to easily learn and retain the information. | 14 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DANNY DREYER - Oct 25,2011 | Danny Dreyer, is the creator of ChiRunning® and ChiWalking®, revolutionary forms of movement that blend the inner focuses of Tai Chi with running and walking. He is a coach, an internationally renowned speaker, and an accomplished ultra marathon runner (distances longer than a marathon). He has 35 years of experience ultramarathon racing and coaching thousands of people in intelligent movement. Dreyer has been interviewed on CNN, NBC News and his techniques have been written about in hundreds of magazines and newspapers around the world. He has written two books: ChiRunning and ChiWalking, which have been translated into 6 languages. Danny has lived a lifestyle steeped in holistic living, meditation, and personal wellness for over 30 years. Healthy eating, physical exercise and rejuvenating activities are mainstays in his life and the foundation of what he teaches. He empowers his students to live pro-active lives. Whether coaching a runner or a corporate executive, he teaches techniques that tap into ones inner strength and power. He and the family dog, Mei Ling, run together every morning on the trails surrounding Asheville, where he lives with his wife Katherine, co-founder and author, and their daughter, Journey. For more information about his work visit www.chiliving.com. | 24 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. LAWRENCE GALANTE - Oct 18,2011 | Dr. Lawrence Galante is perhaps best known for his book Tai Chi, the Supreme Ultimate and as a senior student of the great Tai Chi teacher master Cheng Man-Ching. He is also known in the Healing Arts as one of the founders, directors, and teachers of the Atlantic Academy of Classical Homeopathy, which offered classes and certification in Homeopathy, as well as lectures by internationally renowned Homeopaths. Dr. Galante has taught, studied and practiced Martial and Healing Arts for over 40 years and has a deep understanding of how these disciplines complement each other. As a result, he frequently uses more than one discipline depending on the needs of the client. Currently, he offers Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Homeopathy, Hypnosis, and Reiki classes, workshops, and consultations in New York City as well as at conferences throughout the United States. | 17 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MARK METZ - Oct 11,2011 | Mark Metz is the co-founder and publisher of Conscious Dancer magazine. His background includes several years as an integral member of the performance art group Survival Research Laboratories in the 80s. He founded the clothing and music store Ameba in San Franciscos Haight-Ashbury in 1989, where he began writing about dance culture and consciousness during the Rave years of the 90s. A self-described cultural engineer, he is currently working on a book project about contributor culture. | 10 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LILOU MACE - Oct 04,2011 | Lilou Macé is an entrepreneur, inspirational author, and web sensation (10-million video views on her Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/liloumace). Her first venture was starting her own internet marketing company. Since then, she has gone on to write books, start her own publishing company, travel the globe interviewing New York Times bestselling authors, and meet some really inspiring people along the way. Lilou is also the co-founder of an online community called "Co-Creating Our Reality: 100-Day Reality Challenge." As of 2011, the community has 7000+ members in 140 countries worldwide. Initially inspired by Oprah, Lilou began producing her own inspirational TV show in November of 2006. Originally called My Juicy Life, and later titled Live a Juicy Life, the show follows Lilou as she interviews the authors of motivational, spiritual, and self-help books; a practice she still continues on her website www.JuicyLivingTour.com. As of September 2011, Lilou has over 10 million viewers on YouTube, has conducted 700+ interviews, and is one of the fastest-growing Web TV hosts globally. Her videos are translated into many languages for viewers around the globe. Her vision is to develop and expand Web TV programs in all the main languages and countries around the world. Lilous mission is to create and host an international communication network to "inspire, motivate, and empower millions of people to pursue their dreams" and to "help spread joy, freedom, and personal awakening." | 3 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. DAVID FEINSTEIN - Sep 27,2011 | David Feinstein, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist, has served on the faculties of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Antioch College. He has been a pioneering thinker and teacher in the areas of energy psychology and energy medicine. His books have been translated into 15 languages and have earned eight national awards, including six Golds at the U.S. Book News, Nautilus, and Indies competitions. David Feinstein, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, the director of the Innersource Conscious Living Programs, Executive Director or the non-profit Energy Medicine Institute in Ashland, Oregon. Dr. Feinstein co-authored six books, including The Mythic Path, Rituals for Living and Dying, Energy Medicine, and Promise of Energy Psychology. His program Energy Psychology Interactive, was a recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology. He has contributed over 50 professional papers to psychology literature, known for high-quality self-help books in the area of personal development. Dr. Feinstein has done pioneering work in areas of personal mythology and Energy Psychology, Although controversial, within the mental health field these techniques may seem strange and the claims of a growing number of practitioners seem too good to be true. The evidence is mounting showing that these techniques are powerful tools for both self-help and clinical treatment. | 26 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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STEPHEN RUSSELL - Sep 20,2011 | Stephen Russell, a.k.a. The Barefoot Doctor, specializes in making people feel good from the inside out, to feel centered in the midst of the throes of daily life and to feel the innate joy of simply being alive. He does this by teaching the Taoist philosophy and techniques hes been practicing for four decades, via online training courses, weekly online satsangs,14 books, seminars, talks, "conscious clubbing" nights, positive message music, and stand-up metaphysical comedy shows. He trained with RD Laing in psychotherapy, is a doctor of oriental medicine and is (so they say) a master of Taoist meditation and Internal Martial Arts. | 19 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. NORMAN SHEALY - Sep 13,2011 | Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. is President of Holos Institutes of Health, a non-profit organization devoted to research, education and clinical services in Holistic Health (see www.holosuniversity.org). A neurosurgeon, trained at Massachusetts General Hospital, after medical school at Duke University, he has taught at Harvard, Western Reserve, U. of Wisconsin, U. of Minnesota, and Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. He is the founder of Holos University Graduate Seminary and now serves as its Professor Emeritus of Energy Medicine. In 1971 he founded the first comprehensive, holistic clinic for management of pain and stress management. The Shealy Institute became the most successful and most cost-effective pain clinic in the U.S, with 85% success in over 30,000 patients. The Shealy protocols for management of depression, migraine, fibromyalgia and back pain are increasingly being integrated into hospitals and individual practices. In 1973, recognizing the need to incorporate spirituality into medical practice, he created Holos University Graduate Seminary, offering masters and doctoral programs in Spiritual Healing and Energy Medicine. In 1978, Dr. Shealy was instrumental in creating The American Holistic Medical Association, which emphasizes the spiritual component of healing. Dr. Shealy has studied the physiological effects of over a dozen talented healers. He has demonstrated in over 116 patients that competent healers can change the brain map from a distance. His current research emphasizes rejuvenation of DNA telomeres, which are critical for health and longevity. Dr. Shealy holds 11 patents for innovative discoveries, has published over 300 articles and 25 books. In 2008 his book Pony Wisdom for the Soul as well as Medical Renaissance - The Secret Code, a movie on the benefits of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, were released. His website is www.normshealy.com. | 12 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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JIANYE JIANG - Sep 06,2011 | Jianye Jiang was born in 1950 and has studied Wushu from the age of 5, learning from well-known masters such as Yu Mingwei, Yu Hai, and many others. He received his BA and Masters degrees from Qufu University and Shanghai Physical Education Institute. A national and international judge in China and the United States, he is also a master calligrapher and winner of national and international awards. Sales of his calligraphy have garnered more than $10,000, all donated to the Shangdong Disabled Association. He has also acted in movies produced in China, Australia, and Japan. | 5 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ERLE MONTAIGUE - Aug 23,2011 | Earlier this year, a world-renouned Qigong master from Australia Erle Montaigue passed away. The international community of Internal Martial Arts suffered a significant loss of the most prolific author on such subjects as Dim Mak and martial applications of Tai Chi. To honor Erle, we are featuring him as the Master of the Month in the next issue of Mastery Journal and replaying the interview with him I took last year. Erle Montaigue began his "internal" journey back in 1967 when he met and trained with a Chinese teacher at an electronics school that Erle was attending. The Chinese teacher would teach a strange slow moving art that was virtually unheard of in Australia back then. The teacher told Erle that he would become "superman," which of course turned out to be not so true but at least it kept him learning. The system turned out to be Taijiquan, which Erle believed was the quintessential Qigong method of movement and breath. Erles search from those early days took him all over the world in search of teachers of this illusive "superman" art. Strangely, it was back in Australia where Erle met his main teacher Chang Yiu-chun, who turned out to be one of only 3 special students of Yang Shou-hou. Chang taught Erle, after much badgering, what is now known as The Old Yang Style of Yang Lu-chan. Erle Montaigue preferred not to be called lofty names such as Sifu or Master as he believed that we are all equal and ones "students" must also be ones friends. With over 380 DVD titles covering every possible aspect of the Internal Arts of Taijiquan, Baguazhang, Qigong, Dim-Mak, and Wudang Arts, Erle taught thousands of students throughout his remarkable life. | 22 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. JERRY ALAN JOHNSON - Aug 09,2011 | Professor Johnson began his initial training in energetic medicine in 1972. In 1974, he started his formal clinical studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine (T.C.M.) in Monterey, California, where he focused his studies on acupuncture, herbology, Medical Qigong therapy, traumatology, and Chinese massage. After receiving certification in acupuncture and herbology from an 1978-81 internship, Professor Johnson operated clinics in Colorado Springs, Colorado (1981-84), working as a consultant and associate in acupuncture and Medical Qigong therapy to Western medical doctors, naturopaths, and chiropractors. In 1993, Professor Johnson furthered his clinical studies at the China Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center and at the Acupuncture Institute of China, Academy of T.C.M. He was the first foreigner from the Acupuncture Institute of China invited to treat patients in the Medical Qigong Clinic at the Xi Yuan Hospital of T.C.M. (featured in Bill Moyers special "Healing and the Mind"). There he interned as a Doctor of Medical Qigong Therapy, specializing in the treatment of cysts, tumors, and kidney dysfunctions. In 1993, Professor Johnson also interned as a Doctor of Anmo Therapy at the Orthopedic Traumatology Clinic of the Hu Guo Si Hospital of T.C.M. (in Beijing, China) specializing in Chinese bone-setting, traumatology, and tissue manipulation. His training in somatic regulation also includes Neuromuscular Therapy, Psychophysical Integrational Therapy, Advanced Visceral Manipulation, and Advanced Cranio-Sacral Therapy. In 1995, Professor Johnson obtained his Masters Degree in Medical Qigong Therapy from the Medical Qigong College at the Hai Dian University in Beijing, China. He then received his clinical license as a "Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine" specializing in Medical Qigong and Anmo therapy. | 8 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CHERYL LINN & DONALD RUBBO - Aug 02,2011 | Donald Rubbo grew up in New York City, New York. In 1969, at the age of 12, Donald started studying karate, and then switched to the Chinese form, learning Shao Lin Chuan from "Nelson" at Five Tigers Martial Arts on Chambers Street. At 16, Donald became legal guardian for his younger brothers and at 18 he moved with them to San Francisco. Donald started attending Grandmaster Kuo Lien Yings martial arts studio across from Portsmouth Square Park in Chinatown, continuing with Shao Lin Chuan training. Cheryl Lynne grew up in Marin County and San Francisco. In 1973, she followed her younger brother Paul to Grandmaster Kuos studio and began studying Shao Lin Chuan. She quickly developed a reputation for grace, precision, flexibility and speed. As serious Kuo students, Donald and Cheryl Lynne practiced outdoors in the park in front of the studio, arriving every morning at 5:00 am, rain or shine. Grandmaster Kuo demanded that his students practice every day, and would not allow them to learn another movement if they were late or missed too many days. Both Donald and Cheryl Lynne, who met at Grandmaster Kuos studio in 1975, excelled at the demanding art of Shao Lin and they went on to master Tai Chi Chuan and several other internal arts forms from China. The discipline they developed from daily practice at Kuos has shaped and defined them, and provided a strong foundation for them to teach the martial and healing arts. Their teachers include Kuo Lien Ying, Bing Gong, Angela (Shen) Wu, George Kuo Ming Xu, Bruce Kumar Frantzis, Dr. Xie Pei Qi, Master Yang Yuan Jing and Master Zhu Hui. | 1 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. SUZANNE FRIEDMAN - Jul 26,2011 | Dr. Suzanne Friedman, is a licensed acupuncturist, nationally certified herbalist, and a doctor of Medical Qigong Therapy. She received her doctorate degree (D.M.Q.) in Medical Qigong Oncology from the Beijing Western District Medical Qigong Science and TCM Research Institute in Beijing, China. Dr. Friedman has masters degrees in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Medical Qigong Therapy. She completed a post-graduate medical qigong program in Beijing, China under Dr. Xu Hongtao at the Xiyuan hospital, and is one of the few Americans certified by Dr. Xu to teach his form of Medical Migong (called Guigen Qigong). Dr. Friedman is the first non-Chinese to be inducted into her teacher Grandmaster Bing Fan YeYoungs lineage as a YeYoung Qigong and Neidan (Inner Alchemy) master. Dr. Friedman is an acupuncturist for the San Francisco Ballet. She practices Shen/Hammer Chinese pulse diagnosis and Dr. Richard Tans Balance Method for the treatment of pain. Dr. Friedman is a trained Cancer Guide, having received a scholarship to participate in the Center for Mind-Body Medicines comprehensive Cancer Guide course in integrative oncology. Dr. Friedman is the Chair of the Medical Qigong Science Department and Dean of the Medical Qigong Clinic at the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, California. | 25 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. SANDRA ROSE MICHAEL - Jul 15,2011 | Having taught holistic health for over 3 decades, internationally renowned Hon. Dr. Sandra Rose Michael is sole Inventor of the patented true bio-scalar EEProcess™ (see www.eesystem.com) covered globally on CNN and Discovery Channel and also awarded Qi Technology of the Year 2008. Most recently featured on the cover of the Beverly Hills Times, she is on the PBS Advisory Board for Alternative Medicine, the Global Advisory Board for Medical Safety Solutions, and is the appointed Vice-Chancellor and Senior Director of Energy Medicine for the Global Foundation for Integrative Medicines as well as the appointed Deputy Minister of Health for the Republic of New Lemuria, a new nation in the Pacific islands committed to green building and green living. A researcher in Applied Integrative Bio-Physics, Dr. Michael has received numerous scientific awards including from the Prime Ministry of Turkey, the World Summit on Integral Medicine, World Congress for Integrative Medicines, World Qigong Congress, and Ministries of Health in Ecuador, Panama, and the Ukraine. She is faculty for the internationally accredited Institute of Energy Wellness Studies in Canada and also Integramed Academy and does keynote lectures at Mt. Sinai, University of Panama and other medical schools, Royal Society of Medicine, The Harvard Club, anti-aging, health and medical conferences, and Health Ministries globally. Her patented design unifies scalar energy, bio-photonic fusion, pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF), hydro-bifurcation (similar to a hydrogen fuel cell), dense intentional fields, and direct interface with the DNA. Inside this quantum physics phenomenon, you can feel and experience a hyper-healthy, electro-polution free, energetic environment for profoundly accelerated and optimized regeneration, rejuvenation and body-mind-spirit health worldwide. | 15 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH VIOLET LI - Jul 12,2011 | Violet Li, MBA is an award-winning journalist, certified Tai Chi instructor, and certified Heart Zone Trainer. She has studied Tai Chi and Qigong with many masters and grandmasters, including Jesse Tsao, Chen Huixian, Chen Zhenglei, Yang Zhenduo, Wu Wenhan, Ma Hailong, and Sun Yongtian. She has taught Tai Chi, Qigong and cardio fitness programs to different demographic groups. Her passion for these disciplines motivated her to write articles on the related events, people, theories, techniques, practices, and health benefits. Violet writes for the National Examiner site as well as St. Louis Examiner site and is the author of over 200 articles on Tai Chi, Qigong, Longevity, and Fitness for with hundreds of thousands of readership from more than 25 countries. | 11 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DR. JIAN-DONG ZHANG - Jul 05,2011 | Born into a noble medical family, Dr. Jian-Dong Zhang has continued his family traditions and earned two medial degrees from China’s medical universities, one in the Traditional Chinese Medicine and the other in Western Medicine. In addition to these two medical degrees, Dr. Zhang has also had the unique opportunity to study the branch of ancient Chinese medicine known as Qigong under the renowned master, Dr. Liu Zi-Hua. These extensive trainings combined with his magic skills have made Dr. Zhang a world-renowned master in Qigong therapy. Dr. Zhang moved to the US for the purpose of cultural exchange and has transitioned from practicing medicine to performing magic shows on the international stages. His performances in "changing face" have been enthusiastically received by the thousands of viewers from all walks of life, including the world elite at the Bohemian Club. | 4 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH KATHLEEN MACKAY - Jun 28,2011 | Kathleen is a long-time practitioner of the energy arts, beginning with yoga at the age of five (taught by her mother..) and progressing in her teens to exploring Zen Buddhist meditation. At the age of 20, she began to study at a Korean Zen Temple in Toronto Ontario. Around that time, she also began her study of Yang style Tai Chi and Wudan Qigong. Her training in energy extended into energy medicine, studying Reiki, vibrational healing, Tui Na (Chinese Accupressure Massage), classical massage therapy, and psychic development. Her own growth and healing path lead her to a decade-long study of cutting-edge nutrition, recognizing that food is an essential part of the high level functioning of human energy systems. Kathleen has hosted her own television show about the Raw Vegan & Superfood diet and lifestyle. She is an ordained minister, a former hospice chaplain, an internationally respeced spiritual teacher and healer... and she takes none of the above too seriously:-) To learn more about Kathleens work and to order her meditation CDs, please visit www.kathleenmackay.com as well as www.purerawspirit.com. As a complimentary bonus that she offers to the listeners of our show interested in learning how to heal cancer, Kathleen is producing a series of videos that you can access for free HERE. | 27 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH KIMBERLY IVY - Jun 21,2011 | Kimberly Ivy is the founder of Embrace The Moon Taijiquan & Qigong in Seattle, WA, a thriving school of practitioners of all ages, skill & fitness levels. Embrace The Moon has been a focus in the Seattle community for 15 years successfully integrating both Western & Eastern methods of learning within an optimistic & supportive environment. The school offers study in the entire spectrum of Tai Chi & Qigong: health, martial skill, meditation, and overall self-development as well as Instructor Training. Embrace The Moon is also active in Corporate Wellness programs offering consulting, program develoment & teacher placement for a variety of modern needs. Kimberly has been training in the martial and internal martial arts for 32 years. She is certified in several different Qigong forms by notable teachers Don Leathers, Professor Chen, Hui Xian & Sifu Gaspar Garcia for the Hands of the 18 Luohan. Kimberly is a 20th Generation disciple of Chen Grandmaster Chen, Xiao Wang and is ranked 5th Duan by the International Wu Shu Association. She is also certified in Hatha yoga, holds black belt rankings in Judo and Aikido and was a National Bronze Medal Winner at the 1997 “A Taste of China" in Yang Taijiquan forms. Kim has developed several programs for those with special health concerns including Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease in association with Swedish Medical Center, The Center for Comprehensive Care, the Aveda Corporation and the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Bastyr University among others, and she maintains associations with hospitals, clinics, and individual health care professionals in the Seattle area. She also collaborated with Group Health on a National Institute of Health grant studying Taijiquan, massage, meditation, and back pain, writing and implementing the first protocol studying Taijiquan within this framework. | 20 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH GARY GIAMBOI - Jun 14,2011 | Gary Giamboi founded The Institute of Asian Arts in 1994 in order to continue the tradition of discovering, nurturing and passing on the wisdom of the ancients. He began his Eastern journey in 1969 and has had the unbelievable good fortune to have become a disciple and personal student of four World Class Masters He has achieved the Rank of Master Level Instructor in Qigong, Taijiquan, Ninpo, Jujutsu, Asayama Ichiden Ryu, Kenjutsu and Yoga in world recognized organizations. He is also certified as a Personal Trainer, as a Pilates instructor, in Ohashiatsu, in Thai Yoga and has several other lower rank Black Belts in various martial arts. He specializes in finding the common thread of Truth in All of these Arts, because at the end of the day “Things Can Only Work One Way.” Even though they use different systems of Internal Energy, Yoga works in China and Acupuncture works in India. Each contains a piece of The Truth or The Way Things Are. It is up to each of us to find as much of That Truth, That Way and live by it as closely as possible. Gary has taught and demonstrated Martial Arts, Qigong, Yoga and Fitness Training in the USA, Japan, China, Canada, UK, Belgium, Germany, and Ireland. He has several articles published a total of over 64 times on various web sites and blogs, produced 2 DVDs on Qigong, 1 on Taijiquan, 2 on Yoga, 1 on Balance and a Point by Point Relaxation CD. He also has two books nearing publication and several new DVDs coming soon. His web sites are www.Genbukan.biz and the new www.Secrets-of-Yoga-Qigong.com | 13 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH JEFF PRIMAK - Jun 07,2011 | Jeff Primak is the founder of the Supreme Science Qigong Center in South Florida and owner of qigong.com website. His school is known for organizing the most massive Qigong events in this country teaching a combination of several techniques organized under the umbrella name Supreme Science Qigong. Although I have have not met Jeff in person yet and did this interview by phone, I have a feeling that there are quite a few similarities between his approach to Qigong and mine. Jeff’s first teacher was a Siberian Shaman that spoke fluent English, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and Sanskrit. When Jeff was 20 years old and first learned about Qi and spirituality, she was the one who taught him how to be lucid in dreams (aware of being in a dream while dreaming). She used to meditate for 6 hours straight and frequently described voyages to realms of bliss and light. Her Shamanic training allowed her to master her mind through meditation. After 3 years of studying both on & off campus, Jeff received a degree in Eastern Philosophy. He dedicated a whole decade of his life almost exclusively on the subject of Qigong. In the fall of 1999 he started Supreme Science as a seminar company and soon began flying in different Qigong Practitioners from China and other countries to Florida for the purpose of offering Qigong Healing workshops to the general public. He seems to attribute his success to being in the right place at the right time, which he considers to be the secret of life. Jeff has taught his live seminars to 10,000 people in less than 3 years. 625 Level-1 Qigong Instructors are certified in Supreme Science Qigong and 165 are involved in facilitating his popular seminar series. In 2008 he called his seminar Qi Revolution and hosted the first Qigong seminar with 1800 people in Orlando, Florida. Now his goal is to fill a stadium with 30,000 participants. | 6 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH LEE HOLDEN - May 31,2011 | Lee Holden has studied and taught with globally respected wellness experts Mantak Chia and Deepak Chopra, facilitating seminars, writing books, and teaching in the US, Europe, and Asia. A licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in the state of California, Holden received a BA in psychology from UC Berkeley and a Masters Degree in Chinese Medicine from Five Branches Institute in Santa Cruz, California. He has traveled throughout Asia studying QiGong, meditation, and Chinese medicine. Based in Northern California, Lee Holden offers classes in meditation, tai chi, QiGong, and yoga, and he also teaches at the Five Branches Institute of Chinese Medicine, a leading U.S. institute for the study of Chinese Medicine. He is the founder of Pacific Healing Arts, which provides consultation to individuals and corporations for promotion of health and well-being. Lee’s expertise and down-to-earth teaching style have made him a popular speaker and workshop facilitator. He is also a stress management consultant to top Silicon Valley corporations like Apple, 3Com and Cisco, and has been the on-set wellness consultant for several Hollywood film productions. | 30 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH MANTAK CHIA - May 24,2011 | Mantak Chia is the creator of the Universal Healing Tao System and is the director of the Universal Healing Tao Center and Tao Garden Health Resort and Training Center in the beautiful northern countryside of Thailand. Since childhood he has been studying the Taoist approach to life. His mastery of this ancient knowledge, enhanced by his study of other disciplines, has resulted in the development of the Universal Healing Tao System, which is now being taught throughout the world. Mantak Chia was born in Thailand to Chinese parents in 1944. When he was six years old, Buddhist monks taught him how to sit and “still the mind.” While still a grammar school student, he learned traditional Thai boxing. He was then taught Tai Chi Chuan by Master Lu, who soon introduced him to Aikido, Yoga and broader levels of Tai Chi. Years later, when he was a student in Hong Kong excelling in track and field events, a senior classmate named Cheng Sue-Sue introduced him to his first esoteric teacher and Taoist Master, Master Yi Eng (I Yun). At this point, Master Chia began his studies of the Taoist way of life in earnest. He learned how to circulate energy through the Microcosmic Orbit and, through the practice of Fusion of the Five Elements, how to open the other Six Special Channels. As he studied Inner Alchemy further, he learned the Enlightenment of the Kan and Li, Sealing of the Five Senses, Congress of Heaven and Earth and Reunion of Heaven and Man. It was Master Yi Eng who authorized Mantak Chia to teach and heal. | 23 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. ALEX FENG - May 17,2011 | Alex Feng is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, practicing traditional Chinese medicine in both California and New York. In the past, he served as the Chairman of the National Commission for Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Alex Feng was trained by his father, Dr. Wei Ren Feng, a well-known scholar and spiritual leader. At age eight, Alex Feng’s father placed him under the tutelage of a private Kung Fu instructor, Master Wong Jian An. At age twelve, he entered the Academy of Judo in Tainan, Taiwan. His numerous teachers include Master Guo Lian Ying, Professor Ray Law, Suchida Sensei, Tenkai Sensei, Wakabayashi Sensei, Myita Sensei, Kubo Sensei, Professor Wang Pei Kun, Keiko Fukuda Sensei, Wally Jay, and Gurumayi. Incorporating the principles of all his teachers, Dr. Feng has taken the path of cross-cultural martial arts and healing to serve humanity. Alex Feng received a black belt at age nineteen in Judo and Jujitsu and now holds a second-degree black belt in Jujitsu and a fourth-degree in Judo. He started teaching internal and external systems of Kung Fu, Judo and Kodenkan Jujitsu in 1966. In 1967, he was the AJJF national heavyweight champion in Judo. Wu Tao Kuan Martial Arts Institute opened in 1973 in Berkeley, where Dr. Feng continued to blend the uniqueness of Chinese and Japanese styles of martial arts and healing arts into the Wu Chien Pai system. In 2001, he opened Zhi Dao Guan - The Taoist Center, the first major center devoted to the Taoist Arts in the Bay Area. In addition to Wu Tao Kuan martial arts classes, he offers calligraphy and meditation classes. Dr. Feng’s students compete nationally and internationally. His Kung fu students were California state champions three consecutive years. He has produced one National Junior Judo Champion. Two of his current TaiJi students are repeat medalists at international TaiJiQuan competitions. | 16 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH MINGTONG GU - May 10,2011 | Mingtong Gu is an internationally recognized teacher and healer who received his training from many Grandmasters in China and at the worlds largest Qigong hospital. This "medicine-less" hospital, Zhineng Qigong Center, has treated over 200,000 patients with over 185 different illnesses and has a 95% success rate. While receiving an MA in Math and Fine Arts in the US, Mingtong Gu has began to study Tai Chi, Yoga and Buddhist Meditation. As the founder of the International Chi Healing Center and Wisdom Healing Foundation, Mingtong Gu has taught Qigong healing to thousands in the USA, China and Europe. His teaching emphasizes activating the power of inner self-healing and facilitates the release of chronic illness, improving health and well-being. Wisdom Healing™ Qigong synthesizes many forms of traditional Qigong, Eastern and Western medicine and is a concentrated and powerful system of healing on all levels of being. Mingtong Gu has trained and helped thousands of students through the Wisdom Healing Qigong™ program. Mingtong Gu has created a 10 day intensive healing retreat applicable for advanced stages of illness modeled after a similar program in the “medicine-less” Qigong hospital in China. His personal healing journey, along with his joyful loving nature, depth, and healing gifts have inspired many in the health care and spiritual community. Mingtong Gu’s teaching emphasizes activating the power of inner self-healing which facilitates the release of chronic illness, while improving health and well-being. This healing process integrates many forms of traditional Qigong with Eastern and Western medicine facilitating awakening and transformation. It is a concentrated and powerful system engaging all levels of physical, mental and emotional healing. | 9 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH GREG HAYES - May 03,2011 | Greg Hayes has been studying Martial Arts since 1971. He is known for his teachings that are individualized and free of the limitations of different languages, religion, or culture. “Shared Lived Experience” is his main means of communication, training and development. From 1980 to 1987, he studied under Grandmaster Wong Jack Man of San Francisco, Jing Mo (the first person to complete all of the Northern Shaolin studies since World War II), using Lohan, Northern Shaolin, Hsing I (Xing Yi) San Ti Qigong and Nei Gung. Sifu Wong’s direct lineage can be traced to the Ching soldiers burning of Honan Shaolin Temple 1732 AD., when monk Chi Yuan escaped and went to Shantung province. Greg’s Qigong is based on meditative martial Northern Shaolin Buddhist methods, Internal Iron Shirt and Internal Iron Palm in the Wide Circle of Kung Fu taught by Joseph Greenstein (The Might Atom of Ripleys and Guinness Book of World Records). From 1972 to 1976, he trained with the renowned healer Mildred Jackson N.D, author of the Handbook of Alternatives to Chemical Medicines, in herbs, diet, and aura readings. He also attended Berkeley Aikido, where he learned Ki exercises, empty hand, sword, and staff. His studies included Hapkido with Master Minh, Shotokan, Goju hard style Qigong, and Aido Samurai Sword under Master Takahashi. Greg also studied Yang style Tai Chi and Ba Gua at the Chinese Cultural Center. After that, he furthered his studies by learning Hsing Yi, Ba Gua Qigong and Circle Walks under Master S.T. Ying of Berkeley. Greg Hayes has taught Shaolin, Tai Chi and Qigong since 1995. He is the author of the soon-to-be-published book Axe Hand, Hsing-i & Internal Strength Workout. | 2 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT SONNON - Apr 26,2011 | As a child, Scott Sonnon was burdened by physical and learning disabilities. In order to overcome those disabilities, he sought out mentors in alternative health education, forming the earliest incarnation of his personal empowerment university, who helped him re-frame his negative circumstances into positive opportunities, and transform his liabilities into talents. Through his process of self-discovery, he inadvertently pioneered the field of “Mobility” to prevent accelerated aging of joints and to give others – even those with similarly challenging genetics - access to the mastery that sport scientists call “flow.” His trek across the world learning alternative methods of health improvement led him to become a USA National Sambo Team Coach and Champion earning him the former USSRs highest athletic distinction: "Master of Sport." His personal success led him to become subject matter expert for members of the Ultimate Fighting Championship®, the National Hockey League®, National Football League® and Major League Baseball®. Despite mental obstacles, he currently serves on Graduate Faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University and has earned his membership into Mensa® - the International High IQ Society. Now known around the world as The Flow Coach™, he has become an inspiration to thousands of people by his incredible story of triumph and his passionate dedication to helping others. As a world-acclaimed public speaker and author, has taken his world-class fighting skills off the mat to the fight against the core issues behind childhood obesity and the accelerated aging leading to arthritis. Scott serves as fitness adviser to organizations such as the International Youth Conditioning Association, the National Active Aging Council, the Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival, the National Strength Conditioning Association, the National Law Enforcement and Security Institute. | 25 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DAMARIS JARBOUX - Apr 19,2011 | Damaris Jarboux is one of the original founders of the National Qigong Association (NQA) in 1996. She holds their highest certifications, a Level 4 Teacher and Advanced Clinical Practitioner. An RN for 40+ years, she has trained in Medical Qigong, Healing Touch and Energy Medicine for over 30 years including a prolonged Asian trip and 4 extensive trainings in China. She has studied esoteric Christianity and The Divine Feminine through Anthroposophy and cosmic dance for 25 years. For 20 years, Damaris was co-director of The Body-Energy Center in Boulder, Colorado, where she had a full-time private practice and teaching program in Qigong Healing. She has taught Qigong, Healing Touch and her own Energy-Body Healing locally and internationally for many years to adults, parents of young children and teens in high school settings. She has been developing many programs for clinical treatment, family and self-care over the last two decades. She currently directs The Center Place in Boulder where she continues a full private practice and a 4-year & post-grad training program in Qigong Healing. She also leads semi-annual retreats (at a hot springs) for women into the understanding, experience and appreciation of The Divine Feminine, empowering women with the simple & powerful tools of Qigong practice and treatment to engage more fully in their lives, help their families and communities, and meet the challenges of life on Earth at this time. | 18 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH THOMAS CRUM - Apr 12,2011 | Thomas Crum is an expert and presenter in the fields of conflict resolution, peak performance, and stress management. He is known for the Thomas Crum Approach that helps people become more centered under conflict, more resourceful when facing challenges, and more effective under stress. For over 30 years, he has been a teacher of Aikido and incorporates the principles and movements from Tai Chi and Qigong. | 11 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH BILL DOUGLAS - Apr 05,2011 | Over a decade ago, Bill Douglas and his wife Angela Wong invested their life savings in a vision of bringing together the global Tai Chi and Qigong family. Together with millions of other Tai Chi and Qigong enthusiasts, they aspire to spread these Energy Arts all over the entire planet at time when they are most needed by our stressed-out modern world. Bill is the Tai Chi Expert for Dr. Andrew Weils DrWeil.com, and was one of a handful of national Tai Chi experts to help formulate a National Council on the Aging national efficacy guide for aging professionals to begin Tai Chi programs for local aging populations. Bill has presented for the National Parkinsons Foundation, the American Heart Association, and for some of the worlds largest corporations and health institutions. He is the 2009 Inductee to the Internal Arts Hall of Fame, the Extraordinary Service in the Field of Qigong Award recipient from the National Qigong Association; the Media Excellence on Qigong Award from the World Congress on Qigong; and the Leadership Award from the National Tai Chi Association. Please visit the official website of the World Tai Chi & Qigong Day www.worldtaichiday.org for more information about this worldwide celebration of the Energy Arts. Bill Douglas has recently authored a spiritual thriller novel, 2012 THE AWAKENING, due out in June of this year. It is available for pre-order at www.2012TheAwakening-TheNovel.com. | 4 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH LI JUNFENG - Mar 29,2011 | Master Li Junfeng was born, raised, and educated in China. After earning a degree from the Beijing University of Physical Education, he eventually became the head coach for the Chinese National Martial Arts Team. He held this position for 15 years, leading the team to unprecedented glory and winning hundreds of gold medals for his team and country. He also became a major movie actor and was the leading man in 4 Kung Fu movies. Master Li is very famous in China and swarmed for autographs wherever he goes. In 1992 he was introduced to Sheng Zhen Qigong. Soon after, he gave up fame & fortune to travel the world teaching this lovely and powerful form. He has taught seminars in over 30 different countries, including the US, Canada, Israel, Norway, Austria, Belgium, France, Portugal, New Zealand, the Philippines and, of course, China. Sheng Zhen means “Unconditional Love.” Its message is simply, “Love Everyone. Love Everything…and Unconditional Love is the best and strongest medicine.” Master Li now lives in Austin, Texas and is a professor at the Academy of Oriental Medicine in Austin (AOMA). He is currently Councilor of the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong and advisor to the Qigong Science Research Association of China. | 28 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH KEN COHEN - Mar 22,2011 | Ken Cohen (Gao Han) is the Executive Director and founder of the Qigong Research & Practice Center in Colorado. He is a Qigong Master with more than forty years experience. A former collaborator with Alan Watts, he is the author of The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing, self-healing courses and more than 200 journal articles. In 2003 Ken Cohen won an international award in energy medicine. His work has been translated into Chinese and several European languages. Professor Cohen received his Teaching Certificate from the William C.C. Chen School of Tai Chi Chuan in 1974. He studied with some of the most highly respected masters and Grandmasters in the world, including William C.C. Chen, B.P. Chan, Madame Gao Fu, Share K. Lew, Sunyata, Swami Venkatesananda, and Dr. K. S. Wong, acupuncturist and Taoist Abbot. Currently, professor Cohen is a recognized leader in the dialogue between the ancient wisdom and modern science. | 21 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH JON WESTON - Mar 15,2011 | Jon Weston is the true "international man of mystery," who contributed to the massive success of master Mantak Chia and his organization. In addition to W. U. Wei, Jon Weston wrote under the pen name Wei Tzu and co-authored Living in the Tao, the twelve Taoist poetry books of over 1,200 poems Emerald River expressing the feeling, essence and stillness of the Tao. He also co-created with Mantak Chia the Universal Tao formula cards, “Chi Cards” (6 sets of over 240 formulas) under the pen name The Professor - Master of Nothingness. Jon Weston became a student of the Tao when he started studying under Master Mantak Chia in the early 1980's. In the late 1980's, he became a Senior Instructor of the Universal Healing Tao (specializing in one-on-one training). In the early 1990s he moved to Tao Garden, Thailand, and assisted Mantak Chia in building Tao Garden Taoist Training Center. For the next six years Jon travelled to over 30 countries teaching with Mantak Chia and serving as Marketing and Construction Coordinator for the Tao Garden. Upon completion of Tao Garden in December 2000 he became Project Manager for the all Universal Tao Publications and products coordinating the publication of 35 titles. Having purchased a mountain property with four waterfalls in Southern Oregon in late 1990s, he started building a Taoist Mountain Sanctuary for personal cultivation, higher level practices and ascension. | 14 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS LEWIS - Mar 08,2011 | Dennis Lewis, a longtime student of the Gurdjieff Work, Advaita, and Taoism, teaches the transformative power of presence through breathing, Qigong, meditation, and self-inquiry. Dennis is co-editor with Jacob Needleman of two books: Sacred Tradition & Present Need and On the Way to Self Knowledge. A recognized authority on natural, authentic breathing, Dennis is the author of the acclaimed books The Tao of Natural Breathing and Free Your Breath, Free Your Life, the three-CD audio program Natural Breathing, and the just released book Breathe Into Being: Awakening To Who You Really Are. Dennis Lewis studied with several Taoist and Qigong teachers, including Dr. Wang Shan Long, Mantak Chia, and Bruce Kumar Frantzis. His main teacher in the Gurdjieff Work was Lord John Pentland, the man Gurdjieff chose to lead the Work in America. He also studied for three years with Jean Klein, a remarkable master of Advaita Vedanta. | 7 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. EFFIE CHOW - Mar 01,2011 | Recipient of the "Visionary of the Year 1997," "The Humanitarian of the Year 1999" and "The Visionary of the Decade 2000" Awards, Dr. Effie Chow has for over 40 years been working to integrate Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine. Toward this goal, she founded the East West Academy of Healing Arts in 1973 in San Francisco. In 1988 an arm of that organization was established within the Academy to promote research and clinical work in medical Qigong. In 2003 she was appointed by the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago to their National Task Force on The 21st Century Initiative on Life and Health. In 2004 she was invited to join the 15 member international Advisory Board of the CAM Health Expo, and in 2005 - the 20 member Advisory Board of the National Library of Medicine - Asian American Health Website Users Group. In 2006, Dr. Chow became an Associate of AHA! Ventures Int'l. In 2007, the Editorial Board of the Boardroom Inc., Bottom Line Women's Health Publications, and Editorial Board of the prestigious new "super peer-reviewed publication, "The Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes". In October of the same year, American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine honored her as one of the "Pioneers and Leaders of Oriental Medicine in the USA". As an internationally renowned expert in Qigong and Taoist arts with over 30 years of experience in teaching subtle energy methods internationally, she is one of the most recognized leaders in the field of Qigong in America today. | 28 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH GARY CLYMAN - Feb 22,2011 | Gary Clyman began his Tai Chi career in 1974 in Chicago. He studied Temple Style Tai Chi Ch'uan as taught by Master Waysun Liao. Gary took his studies very seriously from the beginning. In 1977, his Tai Chi practice developed into a full time job, requiring between 6-10 hours per day of personal practice. Temple Style Tai Chi Ch'uan as passed from master to disciple is a real Tai Chi system. It includes all aspects of the highly revered and famous art. It includes forms, standing and sitting meditations, martial art applications and fighting, two person sensitivity training and high performance endurance training. Rarely will you find a Tai Chi system like this. A number of other masters have come to study with Gary Clyman on an ongoing basis. As he explains, "Chi Kung was originally taught as "the icing on the cake" to augment his Tai Chi training." His techniques, Tidal Wave(tm) Chi Kung, Mind Light(tm) Nei Kung and most of Temple Style Tai Chi Ch'uan, are available on video and in special workshops to those interested in learning these powerful, internal techniques to quickly and permanently change their lives for the better. | 21 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. YANG JWING-MING - Feb 15,2011 | Dr. Yang has been involved in Chinese Kung Fu since 1961. He has taught for more than 40 years: 7 years in Taiwan, 5 years at Purdue University, 2 years in Houston, and 26 years in Boston. He has taught seminars all around the world, sharing his knowledge of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. As a child, Dr. Yang learned much patience and endurance, growing up in Taiwan during the post World War II era. He came from a family of 9 children, and his family often went without food for days. Despite such hardships, Dr. Yang became one of the few students in his high school to attend college. He earned his B.S. in Physics from Tamkang University and his M.S. in Physics from National Taiwan University. In 1974, he moved to America to pursue a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, which he earned in 1978. Dr. Yang began training martial arts at the age of 15 under his White Crane master, Grandmaster Gseng, Gin-Gsao. After suffering a chronic ulcer for some time, Dr. Yang also began to study Tai Chi under Grandmaster Kao, Tao. From practicing Tai Chi and Qigong, Dr. Yang was able to make a full recovery from his ulcer. During his time at Tamkang College, Dr. Yang began to also train Long Fist under Grandmaster Li, Mao-Ching. Seeing the misconceptions of traditional Chinese arts and culture in America, Dr. Yang gave up his engineering career to dedicate his life to preserving the arts and educating the people about Chinese culture. Since 1982, he has systematically driven and developed an international martial arts organization of 55 schools in 18 different countries. Today, there are thousands of students worldwide in Yang's Martial Arts Association (YMAA). Dr. Yang has also written over 30 books. He founded YMAA Publications Center in 1984 to publish his extensive knowledge of martial arts and Eastern culture. YMAA Publications has since become a pioneer and leading standard in the martial arts community worldwide. | 15 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. MAO SHING NI - Feb 08,2011 | Dr. Mao Shing Ni, best known as Dr. Mao, is a bestselling author, doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, and teacher of Path of Constructive Life—practical applications of ancient Taoist wisdom. Trained by his father Hua-Ching Ni in all the Taoist arts and sciences including meditation, harmony Tai Chi, cosmic tour Ba Gua, eight treasures Qigong, Dao Yin, I-Ching, Feng Shui, cosmology and healing, Dr. Mao became fully empowered as the head of the Integral Way Lineage in 2000. He conveys the message of healthy body, mind, spirit, morality and finance through his teachings and writings. Log on to www.CollegeOfTao.org to find out about retreats and workshops. Dr. Mao practices acupuncture, nutrition and Chinese medicine with his brother and their associates at the Tao of Wellness in Santa Monica—an award-winning Wellness Medicine group that they founded over 25 years ago. In addition, he is the co-founder and Chancellor of Yo San University Los Angeles. His latest books, “Secrets of Longevity—Dr. Mao’s 8-Week Program” and “Tai Chi for a Healthy Body, Mind and Spirit” are an easy-to-follow plan for achieving health, vitality and longevity. To check out this and his other books and subscribe to a free newsletter please visit www.taoofwellness.com. | 7 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH MARK JOHNSON - Feb 01,2011 | Surviving an ultralight airplane crash, Mark Johnson appears on our show to share his remarkable story of survival and amazingly rapid healing for a man in his early sixties. There is only a handful of Westerners with Mark Johnson's training in so many Chinese disciplines. In addition to Tai Chi instruction, Mark specializes in Qigong (which is self healing through movement), Feng Shui (which is the study of the energies of an area), the I Ching (which is China's ancient classic on how things change) and Chinese calligraphy. Mark has integrated these disciplines in creative ways for over 40 years. He started his Chinese studies in 1970 when he joined the I Ching scholar, Khigh Dhiegh at the Taoist Sanctuary in Los Angeles. During his 4 year stay at the Sanctuary, he studied the I Ching, Taoism, Yang style Tai Chi Chuan and the Chinese language. In 1974 Mark relocated to Taiwan to study acupuncture. While in residence there, he studied with several highly respected Taoist Masters. After a year in Taiwan, Mark moved to Malibu, CA where he continued his Taoist training for 8 more years. During that time, he learned 3 Taoist styles of Qigong Tai Chi and the 8 Treasures. He also studied advanced I Ching, Feng Shui, Calligraphy and enhanced his natural healing abilities. In 1982, Mark taught Tai Chi to Francis Ford Coppola and the cast and crew of the movie "The Outsiders". While with them, his Qigong healing abilities were recognized so he was asked to return to do healing for the cast and crew of "Rumble Fish". Mark's students included Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage, Patrick Swayze, Mickey Rourke, Ralph Macchio and many others. Since 1983, Mark has founded Integral Tao Centers in New Mexico, New York, and California where he now resides. He has produced three videos/DVDs: Tai Chi for Healing,Tai Chi for Women and Tai Chi for Seniors which is the highest selling Tai Chi video in the country (well over a half a million copies sold and counting). | 31 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH SAM MASICH - Jan 25,2011 | Sam Masich is one of the most accomplished mid-generation practitioners of Chinese internal martial arts in the world today. Having trained and taught for a quarter century, Masich has studied with several of the great masters of his era from both North America and China including Liang Shouyu, Dr. Yang Jwing Ming, Jou Tsung Hwa, Yang Zhenduo and Chen Xiaowang. He has taught around the world and is the subject of two internationally airing documentaries. Sam has made some 20 films on Tai Chi and Neijia related subjects. Sam is one of the most recorded internal martial artists of all time. He has been filmed in countless demonstrations, competitions and classes and was the first instructor to publish a video instructional manual on the subject of Push Hands. Through Little Productions, he has produced over 20 instructional films on subjects such as Taijiquan, Push Hands, Qigong and Xingyiquan and has several major instructional video works in development. Sam has served as a martial arts action consultant, trainer and choreographer on various TV programs and stage productions, and is himself the subject of two documentaries on Taijiquan and the internal arts. He is currently working on a feature length documentary entitled 'Tai Chi People'. Masich has distinguished himself in competition as a quadruple and septuple gold medallist in national competitions and was a member of the Canadian National Chinese Martial Arts Team competing in China at The World Wushu Invitationals in 1985. In 1994, although formally retired from competition, he was awarded seven gold medals for performances in the Shanghai Oberon Cup, an event involving athletes from more than twenty countries. Since 1989 Masich has refereed and judged in national tournaments and has held a steady position as Chief Referee for Push Hands in the U.S. All Taijiquan Championships. | 24 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH CHUNYI LIN - Jan 18,2011 | Chunyi Lin is the creator and founder of Spring Forest Qigong. His fluency in numerous Chinese dialects provided him the rare opportunity to study with many of the most respected Qigong Masters in his native China. He has been teaching Qigong and using Qigong techniques to help others for more than twenty-five years. He is also highly skilled in Tai Chi, Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. Since coming to the United States in 1995, he has helped more than 100,000 people learn about the powerful, healing benefits of Spring Forest Qigong. He now devotes all of his time to the teaching of Spring Forest Qigong and helping others. His dream is “a healer in every family and a world without pain.” In 2004 Master Lin created an educational partnership with Normandale Community College of Bloomington, MN to provide courses in Spring Forest Qigong health and healing techniques. He is the director of the Spring Forest Center for Health, Wellness & Empowerment in Minneapolis, MN. As many as 200 people, from across the United States and many foreign countries, come to his center for healing assistance every week. He teaches four levels of Spring Forest Qigong and has created a series of home study materials for students, including videos, guided audio meditations and reference manuals. He is a frequent keynote speaker at national health conferences. He is co-author of the bestselling book, Born A Healer, and coauthor with Dr. Nisha Manek from the Mayo Clinic of a chapter on Qigong in the recently released 2nd Edition of the Textbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He is also a member of the Transformational Leadership Council founded by Jack Canfield. | 17 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. JERRY ALAN JOHNSON - Jan 11,2011 | Professor Johnson began his initial training in energetic medicine in 1972. In 1974, he started his formal clinical studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine (T.C.M.) in Monterey, California, where he focused his studies on acupuncture, herbology, Medical Qigong therapy, traumatology, and Chinese massage. After receiving certification in acupuncture and herbology from an 1978-81 internship, Professor Johnson operated clinics in Colorado Springs, Colorado (1981-84), working as a consultant and associate in acupuncture and Medical Qigong therapy to Western medical doctors, naturopaths, and chiropractors. In 1993, Professor Johnson furthered his clinical studies at the China Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center and at the Acupuncture Institute of China, Academy of T.C.M. He was the first foreigner from the Acupuncture Institute of China invited to treat patients in the Medical Qigong Clinic at the Xi Yuan Hospital of T.C.M. (featured in Bill Moyer's special "Healing and the Mind"). There he interned as a Doctor of Medical Qigong Therapy, specializing in the treatment of cysts, tumors, and kidney dysfunctions. In 1993, Professor Johnson also interned as a Doctor of Anmo Therapy at the Orthopedic Traumatology Clinic of the Hu Guo Si Hospital of T.C.M. (in Beijing, China) specializing in Chinese bone-setting, traumatology, and tissue manipulation. His training in somatic regulation also includes Neuromuscular Therapy, Psychophysical Integrational Therapy, Advanced Visceral Manipulation, and Advanced Cranio-Sacral Therapy. In 1995, Professor Johnson obtained his Masters Degree in Medical Qigong Therapy from the Medical Qigong College at the Hai Dian University in Beijing, China. He then received his clinical license as a "Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine" specializing in Medical Qigong and Anmo therapy. | 10 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH LAMA TANTRAPA - Jan 04,2011 | Lama Somananda Tantrapa is the holder of the lineage of Qi Dao - Tibetan Shamanic Qigong - that has been fostered in his clan for 27 generations. He has over 30 years of experience in Qi Dao and other internal martial arts. He was primarily trained by his Grandfather who was the last Grandmaster of Qi Dao. Before immigrating to America, Lama Tantrapa actively participated in peace marches and conferences in the former Soviet Union supporting the peace work of his spiritual mentor and friend Junsei Terasawa who aspired to build a Peace Pagoda in the center of Moscow, Russia. His initiatives dedicated to peace work and spiritual freedom exposed him to persecution in his homeland, that is why he received religious asylum in the United States in 1997. Lama Tantrapa is the author of several books on Qi Dao, multimedia educational materials, meditation CDs, DVDs, as well as Qi Dao Home Study Courses. Being an avid speaker and presenter, he appeared on many radio and TV programs in the US, Guam and abroad. For many years, he served on the Board of Directors of the National Qigong Association. His idea of unity of different Qigong styles under the same roof manifested in his Radio talk show The Secrets of Qigong Masters and Mastery Journal ezine that is available for free at www.mastery-journal.com. For more information about Lama Tantrapa and his teachings, please visit www.qidao.org. | 3 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH MARK JOYNER - Dec 28,2010 | Mark Joyner is a #1 best-selling author of over a dozen books translated in over 20 languages. He is widely recognized as one of the early pioneers of e-commerce, responsible for inventing, pioneering, and popularizing many of the technologies we take for granted today (including remotely-hosted ad tracking, electronic books, Integration Marketing, and more...) One of his books (MindControlMarketing.com) shot to #1 within 36 hours of its release. One of his websites became the 37th most visited website on the planet within 6 weeks of its release. His pioneering ebook (Search Engine Tactics) was downloaded over 1,000,000 times years before e-books were common. He turned a fledgling one-man operation into a multi-million-dollar International Corporation with customers in every internet-connected country on the planet in two years time. Mark Joyner earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology through independent study while simultaneously serving in the U.S. Army in the Military Intelligence Corp (he speaks Korean fluently graduating at the top of his class at the Defense Language Institute). He was a cold-war veteran of military intelligence and a former U.S. Army Officer. He held a Top Secret SCI clearance (the highest clearance level in the US) for several years. The U.S. Army, the Republic of Korea Army, the Korean Consulate General, and the President of the United States awarded him for his military service. Mark has recently moved back to the States (San Francisco Bay Area) from New Zealand, where he studied Qigong with John Munro. | 27 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE FRANTZIS - Dec 21,2010 | Bruce Frantzis is the first known Westerner to hold authentic lineages in Qigong, Bagua, Tai Chi, Hsing-i and Taoist meditation. He trained for over a decade in China and also has extensive experience in Zen, Tibetan Buddhism, Kundalini Yoga, energy healing therapies, as well as the Fire and Water traditions of Taoism. Since 1961, Bruce Frantzis has followed the 3,000-year-old Taoist tradition of warrior-healer-priest by studying, practicing, teaching and writing about energy arts including: Qigong, energetic healing therapies, Taoist meditation, and Martial Arts. The heart of his tradition is the cultivation of Qi, the internal energy that connects the mind, body and spirit to the underlying consciousness of the universe (Tao). Bruce Frantzis developed a practical, comprehensive system of Energy Arts Programs, enabling people of all ages and fitness levels to increase their life-force energy and attain vibrant health. Some of his instructors have founded their own schools. His books, CDs, DVDs, instruction manuals and free articles offered through his monthly newsletter help to teach Westerners China's Energy Arts and support his commitment to disseminate the practical Taoist tradition. Although a spiritual tradition, most students practice Taoist energy arts secularly for stress reduction, healing illness, and maintaining health and well-being. | 20 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTOPHER ANDERL - Dec 14,2010 | Christopher Anderl’s approach to teaching Tai Chi and Qigong is unique in many ways. He combines a great deal of formal academic training with practical experience in body, mind, and spirit healing and integration techniques. Chris attended Whitman College, Stanford University, and the California Institute of Integral Studies while completing degrees in Psychology and Asian-Comparative Philosophy and Literature. He has done extensive research in cross-cultural perspectives on Healing, Nature, and Ecology. He teaches from the perspective that we humans are Nature attempting to know itself, and that Tai Chi and Qigong are some of the most effective means of doing so. To describe his evolutionary and revolutionary approach to natural health, growth, and awareness, Chris coined the term Embodied Ecology. It stands for centered awareness and integration of the many frequencies of energy we call Body, Mind, and Spirit, and their harmonious interplay with our surroundings. It refers to the wisdom beyond thinking and worrying about our health and the state of the world, and into a grounded presence of our being. From this place of centeredness, we are better able to take effective action, or no action, as the case may be. Chris likes to quote the ancient sages, who said that in order to know the world, one must first know oneself; therefore, before attempting to govern the world, we need to demonstrate our ability to govern our own bodies, minds, and spirits first. The disharmony in the world today are the result of humans wielding powers beyond their abilities. He encourages us to "begin with ourselves in bringing harmony to ourselves and the world." To learn more about Chris Anderl's Tai Chi teachings presented in his recently produced high-definition instructional DVD filmed atop Mount Tamalpais in California, please go to www.TaiChiNature.us/Landing.php | 13 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS LEWIS - Dec 07,2010 | Dennis Lewis, a longtime student of the Gurdjieff Work, Advaita, and Taoism, teaches the transformative power of presence through breathing, Qigong, meditation, and self-inquiry. Dennis is co-editor with Jacob Needleman of two books: Sacred Tradition & Present Need and On the Way to Self Knowledge. A recognized authority on natural, authentic breathing, Dennis is the author of the acclaimed books The Tao of Natural Breathing and Free Your Breath, Free Your Life, the three-CD audio program Natural Breathing, and the just released book Breathe Into Being: Awakening To Who You Really Are. Dennis Lewis studied with several Taoist and Qigong teachers, including Dr. Wang Shan Long, Mantak Chia, and Bruce Kumar Frantzis. His main teacher in the Gurdjieff Work was Lord John Pentland, the man Gurdjieff chose to lead the Work in America. He also studied for three years with Jean Klein, a remarkable master of Advaita Vedanta. | 6 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. ROGER JAHNKE - Nov 23,2010 | Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD, has studied, practiced and taught Qigong and Tai Chi since 1967 and practiced clinical Chinese medicine since 1977. He is the director of research and training at the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC) and co-founder of the National Qigong Association. The IIQTC is committed to training 1000s of Teachers who will inform and inspire 1,000,000s of people throughout the world to heal themselves for free and prove that the most profound medicine is produced within the human system. Dr. Jahnke has trained over 300 Qigong and Tai Chi Teachers, many are teaching and practicing medical Qigong and therapeutic Tai Chi in clinical settings and and community health enhancement programs. His widely respected book, The Healing Promise of Qi, is at essence a medical Qigong text as it is directly focused on “making medicine” (the healer within) - the Elixir of Longevity and Immortality. His first book, The Healer Within, is based on a contemporary medical Qigong method (medical Qigong accessible to average citizens) and is used in wellness programs and integrative medical clinics world wide. In addition, Dr. Jahnke, is the editor of the recently published English translation of the official text on Medical Qigong from Chinese medical universities. He and research colleagues, recently published a break through article in the American Journal of Health Promotion (AJHP) on the “evidence base” for Qigong and Tai Chi and their application to many diseases. http://IIQTC.org, http://taichieasy.org, and http://FeeltheQi.com | 22 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH ANTHONY GUILBERT - Nov 16,2010 | An emerging mind-body innovator, Anthony Guilbert is as master educator, writer, Qigong & Taiji teacher, and integral entrepreneur. Prone to the belief that specialization is for insects, Guilbert may best be described as a modern "renaissance man." Guilbert holds a Masters in English Literature from Hofstra University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Long Island University. Over the last 15 years, he has made his living as an educator, teaching writing and working primarily with “at–risk” and nontraditional college students. In 2004, just six years into his teaching career, he was included in Who’s Who Among American College Professors. Guilbert’s interest in mind-body arts is diverse. His training in martial & spiritual arts began when he was just 12 years old, and include advanced studies in Soto & Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Kodokan Judo, and Shin-shin Touitsu Aikido. With a strong background in the 'gentler' Japanese martial arts, his interest in Taiji and Qigong began in 1991 after a nearly debilitating car accident. By 2000, Guilbert had put aside his martial path and began to pursue energy arts as a practice and area of scholarship. In recent years, he has studied many notable teachers including Master Yun Xiang Tseng, James MacRitchie, and Dr. Roger Jahnke. He is a certified teacher of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi with the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi in Santa Barbara, CA and credentialed by the state of Colorado to teach holistic movement arts in the community college system. Guilbert is best known in Qigong & Tai Chi circles as the publisher of “Into Mountains, Over Streams: an International Journal of Qigong & Taiji Culture, online.” | 15 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH ARJUNA ARDAGH - Nov 09,2010 | Arjuna Ardagh is the author of seven books, including the 2005 national bestseller The Translucent Revolution, and the book Leap Before You Look. He has trained more than 800 facilitators of awakening since 1995, and has been working with people, both individually and in organizations since 1983. Ardagh has been a speaker at conferences all over the world, including the International Conference on Business and Consciousness, the annual conference of the Omega Institute. He has coached leaders of many international companies in the art of Awakening Leadership, and has appeared on TV, on the radio and in print media in twelve countries. He is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council. | 8 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH GORDON FAULKNER - Nov 02,2010 | Gordon is the Principal Instructor of the Chanquanshu School of Daoist Arts, a school that teaches Yang Sheng (nourishing the vital principle) practices that cover martial, medical and meditational arts. He is also the President for Scotland & Wales in the European Daoyin Yang Sheng Gong Federation, Specialist Advisor to the UK Qigong Teachers Association and at the moment he teaches primarily in Scotland, Wales, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and a member of the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding. And, for the last three years, he has been working with the Maggie's Cancer Care Centres where he has been using Qigong from his book, especially the stress prevention exercises, to great effect. His sessions there have become one of the most popular activities and have consistently shown their effectiveness. Gordon Faulkner is an Armed Forces Veteran with 22 years’ service in the Royal Air Force and was a founder member and General Secretary of the Royal Air Force Martial Arts Federation until retirement from military service in 1993. | 2 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH SHOSHANNA KATZMAN - Oct 26,2010 | Shoshanna Katzman has been Director of the Red Bank Acupuncture and Wellness Center in Tinton Falls, New Jersey since 1988. As a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, Tai Chi/Qigong professional, massage therapist, and energy medicine specialist, Shoshanna has been involved in the field of Oriental medicine for over 30 years. She holds national licenses in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine through the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncturists (NCCAOM) with a Master in Science in the field. She also holds a masters degree in Sports Medicine. Shoshanna is the former chairperson of the New Jersey State Acupuncture Examining Board and is now a board member. She is on the board of advisors of Body + Soul Magazine owned by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Shoshanna has been featured in numerous magazine and newspaper articles and has appeared on radio and local, regional, and national television. Shoshanna is author of Qigong for Staying Young: A Simple 20 Minute Workout to Cultivate Your Vital Energy (Avery Penguin Group 2003) along with a companion DVD. She is also co-author of Feeling Light—The Holistic Solution to Permanent Weight Loss and Wellness (Avon Books 1997) Katzman is the co-founder and producer of eight annual Women's Wellness conferences which has drawn thousands of people and hosted speakers Richard Simmons, Coretta Scott King, Christine Northrup, and Caroline Myss. She was an inspirational speaker in the series and continues to lecture at a host of public forums including Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores. | 25 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. YANG JWING-MING - Oct 19,2010 | Dr. Yang has been involved in Chinese Kung Fu since 1961. He has taught for more than 40 years: 7 years in Taiwan, 5 years at Purdue University, 2 years in Houston, and 26 years in Boston. He has taught seminars all around the world, sharing his knowledge of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. As a child, Dr. Yang learned much patience and endurance, growing up in Taiwan during the post World War II era. He came from a family of 9 children, and his family often went without food for days. Despite such hardships, Dr. Yang became one of the few students in his high school to attend college. He earned his B.S. in Physics from Tamkang University and his M.S. in Physics from National Taiwan University. In 1974, he moved to America to pursue a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, which he earned in 1978. Dr. Yang began training martial arts at the age of 15 under his White Crane master, Grandmaster Gseng, Gin-Gsao. After suffering a chronic ulcer for some time, Dr. Yang also began to study Tai Chi under Grandmaster Kao, Tao. From practicing Tai Chi and Qigong, Dr. Yang was able to make a full recovery from his ulcer. During his time at Tamkang College, Dr. Yang began to also train Long Fist under Grandmaster Li, Mao-Ching. Seeing the misconceptions of traditional Chinese arts and culture in America, Dr. Yang gave up his engineering career to dedicate his life to preserving the arts and educating the people about Chinese culture. Since 1982, he has systematically driven and developed an international martial arts organization of 55 schools in 18 different countries. Today, there are thousands of students worldwide in Yang's Martial Arts Association (YMAA). Dr. Yang has also written over 30 books and founded YMAA Publications Center to publish his extensive knowledge of martial arts and Eastern culture. | 18 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH SAM MASICH - Oct 12,2010 | Sam Masich is one of the most accomplished mid-generation practitioners of Chinese internal martial arts in the world today. Having trained and taught for a quarter century, Masich has studied with several of the great masters of his era from both North America and China including Liang Shouyu, Dr. Yang Jwing Ming, Jou Tsung Hwa, Yang Zhenduo and Chen Xiaowang. He has taught around the world and is the subject of two internationally airing documentaries. Sam has made some 20 films on Tai Chi and Neijia related subjects. Sam is one of the most recorded internal martial artists of all time. He has been filmed in countless demonstrations, competitions and classes and was the first instructor to publish a video instructional manual on the subject of Push Hands. Through Little Productions, he has produced over 20 instructional films on subjects such as Taijiquan, Push Hands, Qigong and Xingyiquan and has several major instructional video works in development. Sam has served as a martial arts action consultant, trainer and choreographer on various TV programs and stage productions, and is himself the subject of two documentaries on Taijiquan and the internal arts. He is currently working on a feature length documentary entitled 'Tai Chi People'. Sam has distinguished himself in competition as a quadruple and septuple gold medallist in national competitions and was a member of the Canadian National Chinese Martial Arts Team competing in China at The World Wushu Invitationals in 1985. In 1994, although formally retired from competition, he was awarded seven gold medals for performances in the Shanghai Oberon Cup, an event involving athletes from more than twenty countries. Since 1989 Sam has refereed and judged in national tournaments and has held a steady position as Chief Referee for Push Hands in the U.S. All Taijiquan Championships. | 11 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MILTON - Oct 05,2010 | John Milton is a pioneering spiritual teacher, meditation master, Qigong and Tai Chi teacher, Vision Quest leader and Shaman. He is a former professor of environmental studies and Woodrow Wilson Center scholar at the Smithsonian. He also helped birth the environmental movement in the early 1960's. He was one of the first ecologists ever on staff at the White House as a member of the President's Council of Economic advisors. John's Vision Quests and Shamanic studies began in the 1940's. His training in Buddhist and Taoist meditations began in the late 1950's. Since the 1950's, thousands of people have sought his powerful yet gentle Qigong, T'ai Chi and meditation instruction, Sacred Passage™ programs and Vision Quest guidance. For over 30 years, John has also taught Tai Chi and Qigong through his Way of Nature Fellowship and Golden Flower school. Drawing upon his meditation and Qiqong practices, John developed a unique Awareness Training process based on his essentialization of twelve core Principles of Natural Liberation. Buddhist, Dzogchen, Taoist, Tantric, Vedantic and Shamanic traditions are magically integrated, merging powerful practices for uniting inner and outer nature. He also created a unique system of sacred movement called "GaiaFlow," based on the creative incorporation of core principles from Taoism and Qigong, Shamanism and traditional peoples’ ways of movement and energy cultivation, Tibetan Dzogchen, Buddhist and Hindu Tantras. John is also the founder of Sacred Passage™ and The Way of Nature Fellowship. In the early 1970's John also established Threshold, a foundation devoted to spiritual liberation in Great Nature. Threshold and Sacred Passage™ programs inspire Earth Stewardship by cultivating natural wisdom and an open, loving heart in the wild. John is the author of many books and articles on inner development and ecology and embodiment of a unique blend of scientific grounding and spiritual awareness. | 4 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DALE NAPIER - Sep 28,2010 | Dale Napier, author of Tai Chi In Your Life, is a Chuan Zen, or lineage transmitter, of Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan, an early version of Yang family taijiquan that predates Yang Cheng-fu. He has been practicing martial arts since 1965, and Tai Chi Chuan since 1977. Although he chose to focus his martial arts study on Tai Chi Chuan years ago, before that he trained in ninjutsu, karate, judo, Northern Shaolin kung fu and Tae Kwon Do. A former taijiquan teacher at the University of Houston Downtown, he now teaches at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. In addition to his martial arts study, Napier is a longtime writer and database administrator. He has a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and went on to graduate studies at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. His articles on taijiquan and qigong have appeared since 2007 in Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine and The Journal of Asian Martial Arts, including personal interviews with the grandmasters of the five major styles of taijiquan - Yang, Chen, Wu, Wu/Hao, and Sun. He has more articles and a new book in the works. | 27 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL WINN - Sep 14,2010 | Michael Winn is an internationally renowned expert in Qigong and Taoist arts. He has over 30 years of experience in teaching subtle energy methods internationally, from Kundalini Yoga in 70's to tai chi, qigong, and inner alchemy meditation today. He spent many years studying with the top spiritual teachers of his generation. Mr. Winn served two terms as the President of the National Qigong Association. He has also served as the Chairman of Healing Tao Instructors Association of the Americas for 9 years. He was one of the original Senior Instructors that launched the Healing Tao, also known as Universal Tao, which globally has certified over 1000 instructors and brought the Tao teachings to hundreds of thousands of people. He has led a dozen of China Dream Trips helping develop a relationship between the Western and Chinese Taoists in their sacred mountains and temples and pioneered taking the Western Taoists into caves on Huashan (Flower Mountain) in China to meditate. Mr. Winn is the Founder and Director of Healing Tao University summer retreat program (now located at the Heavenly Mountain in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains) - the largest Taoist arts program in the west. In the 80’s, he helped master Mantak Chia establish his fame by writing and/or editing his first seven books. One of the best known is their collaboration entitled Taoist Secrets of Love: Cultivating Male Sexual Energy. He authored ten Taoism home study DVD-CD courses and many other Qigong articles & book chapters. | 13 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH JAMES DONNELLY - Sep 03,2010 | James Donnelly began studying Tai Chi in 1999, at the legendary 103-acre Tai Chi Farm, school of the late Tai Chi Master Jou, Tsung Hwa. After marrying his teacher, a senior student of Jou’s, he began teaching in 2001. That same year he was instrumental in the donation of a memorial to Master Jou, in Warwick Town Park, in Warwick NY. There it remains the only public monument to a Tai Chi master anywhere in the U.S. In 2002, he founded the American Society of Internal Arts, also known as A.S.I.A., an educational organization whose mission is to promote the internal arts through workshops, seminars and events. In 2003, James revived the annual Zhang San Feng Festival, which had been on hiatus since the passing of Jou, Tsung Hwa. James has been published in several newspapers and magazines including Tai Chi magazine, Inside Kung Fu and TCM World newspaper, among others. In 2007, he was inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame for his contributions to the internal arts. In 2009, he was inducted into the Action Martial Arts Hall of Fame as event promoter of the year. In addition to training in the Jou Tsung Hwa methodology, James also studied with select instructors including Doctor Gary Torres, chief disciple of Grandmaster Peter Kwok, and Dr. John Painter, chief disciple of the Li family lineage of kungfu, and Shifu William C. Phillips, senior student the legendary Cheng Man Ching. Today, James continues his work with the annual Zhang San Feng Festival, and teaches in private lessons in New Jersey. You can learn more about the Festival at www.taichifest.com. | 2 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH JIM MACRITCHIE - Aug 24,2010 | James MacRitchie, Lic.Ac., Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM), has practised Classical Acupuncture since 1977, and Chi Kung since 1983. He combines these in “Chi Kung Acupuncture” now. Originally from Liverpool, England, Mr. MacRitchie trained in China and has presented and taught his work internationally. He has practiced in Boulder, Colorado since 1981, where he was Co-Director of The Evolving Institute (1982-88) and The Body-Energy Center (1989-2007). In 1983 Mr. MacRitchie became the Founding President of the Acupuncture Association of Colorado. In 1996, he spearheaded the formation of the National Qigong Association and served as its President. He authored three published books on the Energy Arts: "Chi Kung - Cultivating Personal Energy" (1993), "The Chi Kung Way - Alive With Energy" (1997), and "Chi Kung - Energy for Life" (2002). His most recent ebook is available for download free of charge at globalqiproject.com. | 23 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH RAVEN COHAN - Aug 17,2010 | Raven initially learned self-healing techniques from Mantak Chia, a Taoist master from Thailand. As a dancer, she developed interest in healing herself not just physically, but also emotionally, spiritually, mentally and energetically from a young age. Certified as Universal/Healing Tao Instructor since 1983, Raven offers daily classes in Hollywood Beach, Florida, as well as on cruise ships several times a year. She has also taught corporate classes and workshops at different organizations for a number of years. Raven recorded a music CD called "Jazz-Up Chi" to inspire you, the listener, to learn self-healing using the Ancient Chinese methods backed up by Quantum Physics. She hopes that listening to her songs will inspire you to do your own research and heal yourself by tapping into the flow of universal energy. | 16 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH JOHN ALTON - Aug 10,2010 | John Alton has over 35 years experience in East Asian martial, including two black belts in Korean and Okinawan karate, and 25 years experience with Chinese martial arts and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In 1987, he moved to Beijing, where he taught English at Beijing University and became the private student of the University’s martial arts coach, who was also one of the leading Qigong masters there. After a two-year apprenticeship, he returned to the U.S. where he began teaching Chinese martial arts and Qigong. During that time, he published two books: Living Qigong and Unified Fitness. Unified Fitness introduced a Western reinterpretation of Qigong called “Reflective Exercise (RE).” A 2004 study conducted by the UVA School of Medicine showed that RE reduced the rates of respiratory infection by 70% in swimmers who practiced regularly. The results of the study were reported to the Assistant Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Army War College. In 2005 the UVA Cancer Center began testing the effects of RE on cancer patients undergoing conventional cancer therapy. In 2006, RE became available on DVD, available through the Web site www.unifiedfitness.com. John has recently completed his third book Pulse: Reflective Exercise and the Mind-body Reformation. The book focuses on a subset of simplified Qigong practices that were developed in China’s martial arts and sports institutes, to produce in the practitioner a pulsing sensation that can be directed by breath and muscular manipulation to travel up and down a pathway from lower abdomen to head. Recent and ongoing research at the University of Virginia suggests that sensing the pulse constitutes an ability to control the immunity cardio- and autonomic nervous systems. | 9 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH LAMA TANTRAPA - Aug 03,2010 | Lama Somananda Tantrapa is the 27th lineage holder of Qi Dao, also known as Tibetan Shamanic Qigong. He has been practicing Meditation, Qigong, Dream Yoga and Internal Martial Arts for over thirty years, primarily trained by his Grandfather who was the paragon of the Russian Martial Arts and Qi Dao Grand Master. His background is complex enough to include serving in the Soviet Army’s Special Forces, being kidnapped in the Ukraine and surviving several near-death experiences. Lama Tantrapa was ordained as a Buddhist monk in three different orders and initiated into Subud spiritual brotherhood. In addition to being a Tibetan lama, he studied with a number of Kung-fu and Qigong masters, great teachers of Yoga and Martial Arts, as well as Native American, Hawaiian and Siberian Shamans. He is also trained in Cultural Anthropology, Meta-coaching, Hypnosis and NLP. When living for two years on a small tropical island in the Pacific, seven thousand miles away from the majority of his students and clients, he pioneered a novel method of providing Qigong sessions called Qi Dao Coaching. In the last decade, he has provided wellness, peak performance and life coaching to thousands of people of all ages and from various walks of life. He is also a bestselling author of several Qi Dao books, executive producer of the film Qi Dao – Tibetan Shamanic Qigong, creator of CD albums Qi Dao Initiation and The Art of Being in the Flow, publisher of the Basic Qi Dao Home Study Course and other multimedia learning materials. He is currently working on creating an Internet TV program dedicated to Qigong called The Flow Show. And, of course, he is the executive producer and host of an Internet Radio talk show “The Secrets of Qigong Masters.” | 2 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH BILL HARRIS - Jul 27,2010 | Bill Harris is a long-time student of contemporary psychology, quantum physics, chaos theory and the effects of a wide range of neurotechnologies on human change, evolution and healing. He is known for his ability to explain difficult subjects in a way that makes them easy to understand. Bill is frequently invited to speak at scientific and transformational forums and conferences across the U.S., and over the years has taught a wide range of workshops and seminars. In the past he has conducted his own private therapy practice utilizing cognitive psychology and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Bill is the creator of The Holosync Solution™ program and The Life Principles Integration Process™. He is the President and Director of Centerpointe Research Institute, which he started in 1989 with borrowed recording equipment set up on his kitchen table. Since then, hundreds of thousands of people in over 172 countries on six continents have used Centerpointe programs to improve their lives. The Holosync Solution program utilizes Centerpointe's proprietary Holosync sound technology, embedded beneath soothing music and environmental sounds, to induce deep meditative states, causing the brain to reorganize at higher levels of functioning. The Life Principles Integration Process is designed to help people discover how they unconsciously create their internal states and external results, and show them how to take control of these internal processes to create what they want in life. | 26 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH GENPO ROSHI - Jul 20,2010 | Zen Master D. Genpo Merzel is a revolutionary in the tradition of the old Zen Masters who so embodied Buddhist teaching that they were able to revitalize and transform it for their own day and age. As the Buddha Dharma moved from India to China to Japan and other Asian cultures, it found unique expression in each culture that made its fundamental teachings resonate for a new time and place. Genpo Roshi is working to transmit the essence of the Buddha’s teachings in a way that is readily accessible to Westerners and relevant to our everyday life. The core of Genpo Roshi’s teaching is the unshakable and contagious certainty that every one of us, regardless of our socioeconomic, cultural or religious background, can instantly awaken to our true nature, like the great masters of old — like the historical Buddha himself, whose essential teaching was nothing less than this. This experience helps us shed anxiety and fear and learn to live more purposeful, compassionate and joyful lives. Roshi combines Zen tradition with the insights of such visionary western figures as Carl Jung, Fritz Perls, and Hal Stone, enabling virtually anyone to realize their true nature, a realization they can further deepen through meditation. | 19 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH CYNTHIA ROTHROCK - Jul 15,2010 | Cynthia Rothrock is one of the most popular and respected Martial Arts movie stars. In the 80’s, she was one of the premiere weapons and kata performers in the world and became an undefeated five-times world champion in forms. She has five black belts in different Martial Arts stiles including Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, and several styles of kung fu. After appearing in a Kentucky Fried Chicken advertisement, Cynthia ventured into action movies. Her first full-length motion picture was "Yes Madam," alongside Michelle Yeoh. The film was a huge success, breaking all records in Hong Kong at that time. Her consequent films include "The Hostage" (1997), "The Dukes of Hazard: Reunion" (1997), "American Tigers" (1997), "Redemption" (2001), "Outside the Law" (2002), "Bala Perdida" (2003), and "Xtreme Fighter" (2004). Cynthia also co-owns a martial arts studio in California, which is part of the United Studios of Self-defense chain. On the personal note, she has a daughter named Skye, 11, who is an aspiring actress and martial artist, too. | 14 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH MARK JOHNSON - Jul 06,2010 | There is only a handful of Westerners with Mark Johnson's training in so many Chinese disciplines. In addition to Tai Chi instruction, Mark specializes in Qigong (which is self healing through movement), Feng Shui (which is the study of the energies of an area), the I Ching (which is China's ancient classic on how things change) and Chinese calligraphy. Mark has integrated these disciplines in creative ways for over 40 years. He started his Chinese studies in 1970 when he joined the I Ching scholar, Khigh Dhiegh at the Taoist Sanctuary in Los Angeles. During his 4 year stay at the Sanctuary, he studied the I Ching, Taoism, Yang style Tai Chi Chuan and the Chinese language. In 1974 Mark relocated to Taiwan to study acupuncture. While in residence there, he studied with several highly respected Taoist Masters. After a year in Taiwan, Mark moved to Malibu, CA where he continued his Taoist training for 8 more years. During that time, he learned 3 Taoist styles of Qigong Tai Chi and the 8 Treasures. He also studied advanced I Ching, Feng Shui, Calligraphy and enhanced his natural healing abilities. In 1982, Mark taught Tai Chi to Francis Ford Coppola and the cast and crew of the movie "The Outsiders". While with them, his Qigong healing abilities were recognized so he was asked to return to do healing for the cast and crew of "Rumble Fish". Mark's students included Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage, Patrick Swayze, Mickey Rourke, Ralph Macchio and many others. Since 1983, Mark has founded Integral Tao Centers in New Mexico, New York, and California where he now resides. He is a certified Tai Chi tournament judge and has officiated nearly 50 tournaments in the past 12 years. He has produced three videos/DVDs: Tai Chi for Healing,Tai Chi for Women and Tai Chi for Seniors which is the highest selling Tai Chi video in the country (over a half a million copies sold and counting). | 5 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. GUNTHER WEIL - Jun 29,2010 | Gunther Weil is an organizational consultant, psychologist, and educator who is also a 40 year veteran student and teacher of Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong. As the founder and Principal of Value Mentors, LLC, he provides guidance and support to executives and their organizations in the areas of leadership, innovation, team-building, strategic planning and executive wellness. He has served numerous institutions in the United States and Western and Eastern Europe in both the public and private sectors for many decades. Gunther was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in Europe and received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1965. Following his graduate studies he was invited to teach at Brandeis University by Dr. Abraham Maslow, the farther of Humanistic Psychology. In the business sector, he served for 10 years as the CEO of Intermedia Recording Corporation and senior vice president of Intermedia Systems Corporation; a publicly held media production and consulting firm. His credits include the hit recording, Jet Airliner, by his music publishing company, No Thought Music, which received both gold and platinum status for sales exceeding two million. Gunther was the founding Chairman of the US National Qigong Association (NQA). He has studied with a number of leading teachers and direct lineage holders in the spiritual traditions of Gurdjieff, Taoism, Buddhism, and Advaita Vedanta, as well as Yang & Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan, Baguazhang and Qigong. He worked closely with Mantak Chia in the early 1980’s in introducing the Healing Tao system into the West. In 2001, he received the personal approval of Eckhart Tolle, author of the best sellers, “The Power of Now” and “A New Earth”, to teach and facilitate the Practice of Presence. His program: “Qigong As a Portal to Presence”, is an integration of spiritual work and internal energy practices, introducing students to a direct and immediate embodiment of Presence/Awareness through the portal of Qigong. | 28 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. GAY HENDRICKS - Jun 22,2010 | Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., has served for more than 35 years as one of the major contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay is the co-author of many bestsellers, including Conscious Loving and Five Wishes. He is the author of 33 books, including The Corporate Mystic, Conscious Living and The Big Leap. Dr. Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor of Counseling Psychology at University Colorado, he and Kathlyn founded The Hendricks Institute, which is based in Ojai, California and offers seminars worldwide. In recent years he has also been active in creating new forms of conscious entertainment. In 2003, along with movie producer Stephen Simon, Dr. Hendricks founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle, which distributes inspirational movies to subscribers in 70+ countries around the world, www.spiritualcinemacircle.com. He has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others. | 21 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH MINGTONG GU - Jun 15,2010 | Mingtong Gu is an internationally recognized teacher and healer who received his training from many Grandmasters in China and at the world's largest Qigong hospital. This "medicine-less" hospital, Zhineng Qigong Center, has treated over 200,000 patients with over 185 different illnesses and has a 95% success rate. While receiving an MA in Math and Fine Arts in the US, Mingtong Gu has began to study Tai Chi, Yoga and Buddhist Meditation. As the founder of the International Chi Healing Center and Wisdom Healing Foundation, Mingtong Gu has taught Qigong healing to thousands in the USA, China and Europe. His teaching emphasizes activating the power of inner self-healing and facilitates the release of chronic illness, improving health and well-being. Wisdom Healing™ Qigong synthesizes many forms of traditional Qigong, Eastern and Western medicine and is a concentrated and powerful system of healing on all levels of being. Mingtong Gu has trained and helped thousands of students through the Wisdom Healing Qigong™ program. His teaching and healing energy have attracted hundreds to his weekend workshops and weekly classes, including programs at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Mingtong Gu has created a 10 day intensive healing retreat applicable for advanced stages of illness modeled after a similar program in the “medicine-less” Qigong hospital in China. His personal healing journey, along with his joyful loving nature, depth, and healing gifts have inspired many in the health care and spiritual community. Master Gu’s teaching emphasizes activating the power of inner self-healing which facilitates the release of chronic illness, while improving health and well-being. Deep awakening and transformation typically arise in this process of healing. Wisdom Healing™ Qigong integrates many forms of traditional Qigong with Eastern and Western medicine. It is a concentrated and powerful system engaging all levels of physical, mental and emotional healing. | 14 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH ERLE MONTAIGUE - Jun 11,2010 | I am excited to introduce to you a rare master from Down Under - Australian Erle Montaigue, who began his "internal" journey back in 1967 when he met and trained with a Chinese teacher at an electronics school that Erle was attending. The Chinese teacher would teach a strange slow moving art that was virtually unheard of in Australia back then. The teacher told Erle that he would become "superman". Which of course turned out to be not so true but at least it kept him learning. The system turned out to be Taijiquan which Erle believes is the quintessential Qigong method of movement and breath. Erle's search from those early days took him all over the world in search of teachers of this illusive "superman" art. Strangely, it was back in Australia where, Erle met his main teacher Chang Yiu-chun who turned out to be one of only 3 special students of one of Yang Shou-hou. Chang taught Erle, after much badgering, what is now known as The Old Yang Style of Yang Lu-ch'an. Erle Montaigue prefers not to be called lofty names such as Sifu or Master as he believes that we are all equal and one's "students" must also be one's friends. With around 381 DVD titles covering every possible aspect of the Internal Arts of Taijiquan, Baguazhang, Qigong, Dim-Mak and Wudang Arts, Erle at 61 still travels the world teaching what he knows because it is his life. | 10 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH MANTAK CHIA - Jun 01,2010 | Mantak Chia was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 1944. Recognized very early as having great potential for spiritual development, he was initiated into meditation practices by Buddhist monks at the age of 6. While studying in Hong Kong, he learned Tai Chi Chuan, Aikido and Kundalini Yoga from a variety of teachers. His pursuit of Taoist teachings lead him to meet the White Cloud Hermit, a Taoist Master originally from Central China, living at that time in the mountains not far from Hong Kong. Master Yi Eng was to become Master Mantak Chia's principle teacher. Over a period of five years, Master Yi transmitted to Master Mantak Chia the most sacred and closely held Taoist practices, formulas and methods of internal alchemy, culminating in the Reunion of Heaven and Man. Realizing that as transmitted to him, these Immortal practices could not easily be absorbed by western students, Master Mantak Chia undertook to integrate them with his studies in western physical anatomy. Through this process he created a unique view of the internal aspects of these practices. With the Universal Healing Tao system, he has created for the first time, a way for any individual to quickly get to the essence of subtle practices whose real purpose has been shrouded in secrecy for millenia. The author of dozens of books, booklets, videos and CDs describing the theory and methods of these practices, Master Mantak Chia has taught hundreds of thousands of eager students the principles of Taoist internal practice over the past 40 years. He has certified hundreds of Instructors and Practitioners to help in the transmission of these teachings. | 31 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. PHILIP YANG - May 25,2010 | Dr. Philip Yang began his studies of Zen Buddhism in the temples of Ling Shan, Whitehorse, Fahua, and many other sacred places in China. He studied with more than a dozen of famous masters in Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, and other parts of China. Under the guidance of masters Yuan Zhao and Ling Nan Zi, he was supposedly trained for supernatural abilities, including clairvoyance, remote diagnosis, and remote healing. Dr. Yang originally graduated in Guangxi University in China. After that, he went to the International Life Science Technology Institute in Szechuan province for three years. After his graduation, he went to a famous Buddhist master Yuan Zhao in Mount Guanyin in Shanxi province, where he received education in Buddhism. He went on to study under a Taoist teacher master Ling Nan Zi in Szechuan and Dr. Weizhen Chang in Beijing. Dr. Philip Yang claims to successfully apply these abilities in his clinical practice, creating miraculous healing effects, including difficult diseases. By combining Qigong with Acupuncture, he created his unique methods of diagnosis and therapy. With these methods, he achieved much success in healing difficult diseases, most of which are miracles for modern medicine. For example, he removed a uterus cyst of 20 cm diameter in just thirty minutes. He cured many strange diseases such as unidentified headaches, undefined chest pains, migrating pains throughout the body, cardiac diseases, brain tumors, etc. He has treated over one hundred sorts of different illnesses. Dr. Yang created a set of advanced patterns for Qigong exercise named Yuan Gong, which is notable for its conciseness, ease of practice, safety, high effectiveness and fast results. He serves as the lifetime honorable chairman of Luoyang Qigong Association, Director of Luoyang Qigong Scientific Research Union and Advanced Adviser of Yu Lin Qigong Scientific Research Institute in Guangxi province. | 24 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. STANLEY NGUI - May 18,2010 | Dr. Stanley Ngui was born into a family of Chinese Philosophy, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Martial Arts. He studied intensively with his father, who brought this enriched culture from Canton, China. Stanley Ngui trained with various Masters and is a qualified Master in Chi Kung. He is a member of the North American Martial Arts Hall of Fame. His qualifications include: Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, Master of Chi Kung, Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Doctor of Acupuncture, Doctor of Natural Medicine, Doctor of Humanitarian Medicine. This year Dr. Ngui attended the World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco and was given the honor of receiving the award for Qigong Master of the Year. His website address is www.modernhealer.ca. | 17 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH AL DACASCOS - May 11,2010 | Since the founding of his unique fighting art, Wun Hop Kuen Do in 1969, Al Dacascos has become one of the most noted martial artists of our era. An eighth degree Black Belt, Dacascos has won over 200 Championships and appeared on just as many martial arts magazine covers over the years. In 1977 he was indoctrinated into the Black Belt Hall of Fame as Instructor of the Year and again in 1992 by Inside Kung fu Magazine. Two of the worlds most prestigious martial arts magazines. Al Dacascos was the first practitioner of Kung fu to compete in the American martial arts tournament circuit. As a visionary, he has manifested the dream of creating a network of schools and five generations of black belts to reflect his style. | 10 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH J MICHAEL WOOD - May 04,2010 | J Michael Wood has been practicing alternative health modalities for over 40 years. Since 1999, he has trained in Breathwork with the Hendricks Institute and Michael Grant White, author of Optimal Natural Breathing. He was certified as a Professional Breath and Movement Coach with the Hendricks and serves as a Core Faculty Member of the school. In addition, he received the Masters degree in Medical Qigong from the International Institute of Medical Qigong, and learned advanced Medical Qigong for Cancer Therapy from Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson. J Michael has studied in China with the monks of the Celestial Masters Daoist Sect, and trained in Medical Qigong with Master Duan Shi Liang, as well as Master Robert Peng, a Shaolin-trained healer. J Michael has been accepted by the AOBTA as a Certified Practitioner in Medical Qigong, a Level 4 Qigong Teacher, and Advanced Clinical Practitioner with the National Qigong Association, in which he served as the Chairman of the Board. He also taught Medical Qigong as a post-graduate course at Logan College of Chiropractic. He is in private practice of Medical Qigong, and provides adjunctive therapy in Breathwork at the Centre for Integrated Health. He is also the Director of the Middle Tennessee Branch of the International Institute of Medical Qigong. | 3 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. TOM ROGERS - Apr 30,2010 | Being connected with nature has always been an intrinsic part of Dr. Rogers life. He spent seven summers during his twenties as a climbing instructor, mountain guide, and Outward Bound instructor in the Oregon Cascades, Washington Cascades, Tetons, and Wind River Range in Wyoming. Climbing his first big wall in Yosemite at age 21, and spending five days climbing El Capitan in 1975. Given his love of the outdoors, discovering Taoism on his first Qigong study trip to China was nothing short of an epiphany. Tom has been studying eastern healing arts for over 25 years. He studied Shotokan karate until a hip condition forced him to stop. He started practicing yoga to alleviate chronic back pain due to a rock climbing injury and has practiced Tai Chi and Qigong for over fifteen years. He has trained in Taoist Medical Bagua Xundao Qigong in China with lineage holder Master Wan Su Jian as well as Wuji Hundun Qigong with lineage holder Master Duan Zhi Liang. He learned several forms of Tai Chi, including Chen style from lineage holder Tony Wong. He is a Member of the National Qiqong Association and enjoys practicing many forms of Qigong and Tai Chi. Tom is also a certified Tai Chi and Qigong Instructor with the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. He is President and CEO of the non-profit Qigong Institute of Los Altos, California whose charter is Qigong research and education. The Qigong Institute website hosts podcasts, videos, the online Qigong and Energy Medicine Database with over 5000 entries, current information on Qigong research and events, the Scientific Basis of Qigong and Energy Medicine, a world-wide Qigong and Tai Chi Teacher Directory, and more. His research interests include the nature of consciousness, the scientific basis of Qigong and Energy Medicine, and integration of Western science and medical practice with Eastern healing modalities. Please visit www.qigonginstitute.org for more information. | 29 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DAVID-DORIAN ROSS - Apr 20,2010 | David-Dorian Ross is an American T’ai Chi Champion, whose competitive performances have won him seven US gold medals, two World bronze medals and a World silver medal — the highest awards ever given to a non-Asian for T’ai Chi performance. He’s known affectionately as “Dr. T’ai Chi,” and he is passionate about sharing the beauty and magic of T’ai Chi. David-Dorian is the executive producer of “24 Hours of World Peace,” the first ever live round-the-clock coverage of World Tai Chi Qigong Day. He is the founder of Tai Chi Connect (www.taichiconnect.com) the first social networking site for T'ai Chi enthusiasts. He was the co-host of the 13-part public television series, “T’ai Chi in Paradise,” and the host of the award-winning videos T’ai Chi (The Short Form) and Flow Motion. He is the author and featured instructor in the Chi for Beginners series, produced by Living Arts Video. In 2005, his DVD, Tai Chi Beginners Practice, won the Aegis Award for Best video in the Training/Education category. In 2006, he was again awarded the Aegis Award for Tai Chi Beginners Practice Kit, and also for Tai Chi Daily Practice. He also won two Telly Awards, for Tai Chi Daily Practice, and the Tai Chi Swivel Disk Workout. He is the author of the books The Tai Chi Companion; Power, Freedom and Flow; and Exercising the Soul and he is currently at work on a new manuscript called Full Circle. | 19 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH BILL DOUGLAS - Apr 13,2010 | Over a decade ago, Bill Douglas and his wife Angela Wong invested their life savings in a vision of bringing together the global Tai Chi and Qigong family. Together with millions of other Tai Chi and Qigong enthusiasts, they aspire to spread these Energy Arts all over the entire planet at time when they are most needed by our stressed-out modern world. Bill is the Tai Chi Expert for Dr. Andrew Weil's DrWeil.com, and was one of a handful of national Tai Chi experts to help formulate a National Council on the Aging national efficacy guide for aging professionals to begin Tai Chi programs for local aging populations. Bill has presented for the National Parkinson's Foundation, the American Heart Association, and for some of the world's largest corporations and health institutions. He is the 2009 Inductee to the Internal Arts Hall of Fame, the Extraordinary Service in the Field of Qigong Award recipient from the National Qigong Association; the Media Excellence on Qigong Award from the World Congress on Qigong; and the Leadership Award from the National Tai Chi Association. Please visit the official website of the World Tai Chi & Qigong Day www.worldtaichiday.org for more information about this worldwide celebration of the Energy Arts. Bill Douglas has recently authored a spiritual thriller novel, 2012 THE AWAKENING, due out in June of this year. It is available for pre-order at www.2012TheAwakening-TheNovel.com. | 12 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. LARRY DOSSEY - Apr 06,2010 | Dr. Larry Dossey is a former physician of internal medicine and former Chief of Staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital. He received his M. D. degree from Southwestern Medical School (Dallas), and trained in internal medicine at Parkland and the VA hospitals in Dallas. Dossey has lectured at medical schools and hospitals throughout the United States and abroad. In 1988 he delivered the annual Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, India, the only physician ever invited to do so. He is the author of eleven books dealing with consciousness, spirituality, and healing, including the New York Times bestseller HEALING WORDS: THE POWER OF PRAYER AND THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, and most recently THE POWER OF PREMONITIONS: HOW KNOWING THE FUTURE CAN SHAPE OUR LIVES. Dr. Dossey is the former co-chairman of the Panel on Mind/Body Interventions, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health. He is the executive editor of the peer-reviewed journal EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing. Dr. Dossey lectures around the world. He lives in Santa Fe with his wife Barbara, a nurse-consultant and the author of several award-winning books. | 5 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. JUDITH ORLOFF - Mar 23,2010 | In an effort to transform the face of psychiatry, Dr. Orloff synthesized the pearls of traditional medicine with cutting edge knowledge of intuition, energy and spirituality to promote physical and emotional healing. An Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and international lecturer, she blends traditional and complementary medicine to help patients awaken intuition, achieve emotional freedom, and total wellness. Her insights create a new convergence of healing paths for our stressed out world. Dr. Orloff's work has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, in Oprah Magazine and USA Today. To inquire about her books and workshops, please visit www.drjudithorloff.com In her new book Second Sight, this moving personal story Dr. Orloff recounts her "journey to become whole" by first accepting and then embracing her intuitive abilities. She tells of her childhood fear of her intuition, of her physician-parents' efforts to ignore and even deny them, and of her slow awakening to the understanding that her intuition is truly a gift. She tells of her struggle to incorporate her abilities into her medical practice and traditional medicine and of the many successes she's experienced ever since. | 22 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH PETER ANDRAES - Mar 16,2010 | Peter Andraes is a master golf teacher, founding member of the P.G.A. of Asia, the author of The Secret of the Inner-Swing & Golf Qi-Gong, and the 2008 ‘World Qigong Sports Master of the Year’. Since age 9, he has exploring fusing golf, yoga, meditation, with the healing & martial arts: a form of Golf Qigong. Golf Qigong - an energetic skill any golfer can acquire - is a quantum leap ahead and the next step in golf. By taking the energetic disciplines of yoga, healing, meditation and martial arts, then applying them to golf, Peter has created a nexus of internal energy practices - Golf Qi-Gong - to help golfers build an internal foundation to experience the ‘golfer’s high’ and the joy of playing in the Zone. He teaches Golf Qi-Gong in Asia to help golfers improve their health and fitness; to hit the ball farther and straighter by swinging easier; achieve peak performance; and to enjoy greater happiness, harmony and longevity. Because the Taoist yoga, meditation, healing and martial arts are so deeply rooted in Asia, and because internal energy practices are so widespread throughout the region, learning to play & experience life in the Zone is easy. | 15 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. EFFIE CHOW - Mar 09,2010 | Recipient of the "Visionary of the Year 1997" "The Humanitarian of the Year 1999" and "The Visionary of the Decade 2000" Awards, Dr. Effie Chow has for over 40 years been working to integrate Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine. Toward this goal, she founded the East West Academy of Healing Arts in 1973 in San Francisco. In 1988 an arm of that organization was established within the Academy to promote research and clinical work in medical Qigong. In 2003 she was appointed by the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago to their National Task Force on The 21st Century Initiative on Life and Health. In 2004 she was invited to join the 15 member international Advisory Board of the CAM Health Expo, and in 2005 - the 20 member Advisory Board of the National Library of Medicine - Asian American Health Website Users Group. In 2006, Dr. Chow became an Associate of AHA! Ventures Int'l. In 2007, the Editorial Board of the Boardroom Inc., Bottom Line Women's Health Publications, and Editorial Board of the prestigious new "super peer-reviewed publication, "The Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes". In October of the same year, American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine honored her as one of the "Pioneers and Leaders of Oriental Medicine in the USA". | 8 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. FRANK YURASEK - Mar 02,2010 | Dr. Frank Yurasek has been practicing Oriental Medicine, including Acupuncture, Herbology, Tui Na and Medical Qigong, for over 25 years. He has been teaching practitioners and patients all around the United States for the last 15 years, and until recently was the publisher of the Oriental Medicine Journal at www.omjournal.com. s first teacher was Dr. Yin Lun Han, from Shen Yang, China, who helped train the "Barefoot Doctors" when Chinas healthcare system that collapsed after the Civil War. Dr. Yurasek promotes this pro-active model of healthcare on his blogs: barefootmedicine.blogspot.com and children1st.blogspot.com. Following his apprentisehip with Dr. Han, Frank Yurasek studied at the Midwest College of Oriental Medine, where he was awarded his MSOM. He then completed his PhD at Guangzhao University of TCM in China, and went on to study Kampo Herbal Medicine with Dr. Wantanabee in Tokyo, Japan, where he was nominated as a the first American member of The Japanese Oriental Medicine Society. Dr. Yurasek continues his private practice and teaches Medical Qi Gong and Tui Na I and II at National University of Health Sciences, where he is Chair, Clinical Supervisor, and Assistant Professor. | 1 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. ROGER JAHNKE - Feb 28,2010 | Dr. Roger Jahnke began his practice of Tai Chi and Qigong in 1967. He has been to China 8 times to research Qi cultivation and vitality enhancement in hospitals, universities, temples and sacred mountain sites. He has lectured internationally and is the author of two best selling books of Tai Chi, Qigong and self-healing, The Healer within (Harper-Collins, 1997) and The Healing Promise of Qi (McGraw-Hill, 2002). Dr. Jahnke commenced his activity in the field of health promotion, disease management, corporate wellness, benefits assessment and productivity enhancement in 1978 when he developed a series of retreats targeted at elders and executives. In 1980 Dr. Jahnke moved his clinical Chinese medicine and wellness consultation practices to Santa Barbara, CA. In 1983 he co-founded Health Action, which is a clinic as well as a training, consulting and strategic planning organization. Its purpose is to assist hospitals, agencies, communities, corporations, schools and other organizations to focus on health improvement and community empowerment. A primary program which was developed and refined over 25 years is the Health Action Wellness Coaching program using the Circle of Life Coaching System. In 2000 Dr. Jahnke founded the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi which has trained 300 mind-body practice teachers and over 500 Tai Chi Practice Leaders. Several years later, he established Healer Within Foundation to bring the benefits of mind-body practice and wellness coaching to populations that are otherwise unable to afford the benefits. Qigong is a storehouse of ancient wisdom for contemporary times — from healing to health to longevity to immortality!! You can see more of Dr. Jahnke’s work at these sites: www.instituteofintegralqigongandtaichi.org, www.taichieasy.org, and FeeltheQi.com | 27 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. GABY CORA - Feb 09,2010 | Dr. Gaby Cora works with people and organizations that want to be healthy while they become wealthy and strive to discover, experience and enjoy The Power of Wellbeing. A renaissance woman, she is a wellness doctor and coach, best-selling author, keynote speaker, medical doctor with a masters in business administration, board-certified psychiatrist, spouse and mother of two young adults. She is author of The Power of Wellbeing Series: Leading under Pressure, Managing Work in Life, and Quantum Wellbeing; and of the provocative Alpha Series, starting with Alpha Female Leader. She has been interviewed by CNN, FOX, NBC, Lifetime television, the New York Times, Forbes, and Business Week. Dr. Cora is president of the Executive Health & Wealth Institute, managing partner of the Florida Neuroscience Center and chapter chair for the Women Presidents’ Organization. | 8 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH JEFF SMOLEY - Feb 02,2010 | Jeff Smoley has been studying martial arts since 1960 and Qigong since 1976. He is ranked as a black belt in two Jujutsu styles and has studied Chen Taijiquan and Yin Bagua Zhang. He is a lineage holder and master of Zhou Family Qigong since 2008 and a co-founder of YuLi (Jade Power) Qigong with his brother-in-law, Zhou Yifei. Jeff worked several odd jobs after returning from Army in 1971. In 1976, he started working for medical services company and then began working in computer field in 1981. After being laid off in 2006, when his job as support engineer was outsourced, he started studying massage and became a Licensed Massage Therapist. Now he teaches Qigong and Martial Arts, as well as practices Medical Qigong, Tuina (Chinese Medical massage) and Reflexology in Hollywood, Florida. | 1 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH JOHN DU CANE - Jan 26,2010 | John Du Cane began his Qigong and Taiji studies in 1975 and over the last 35 years has trained with numerous renowned teachers of both Qigong and Taiji. John is the author of five Qigong DVDs, three on the famous Five Animal frolics Qigong, one on the Yang Tai Chi familys Qigong system and one for general health and well being entitled Qigong Recharge. As the owner of Dragon Door Publications, John has published a number of highly-regarded books and DVDs on Qigong and Taiji and helped deliver two major medical Qigong certification programs in the US for Chinese Qigong masters. John has personally taught hundreds of students Qigong over a twenty year period. | 25 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DOMO GESHE RINPOCHE - Jan 19,2010 | Domo Geshe Rinpoche is a reincarnate lama of the Geluk tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. She has accomplished extensive training and retreats in the traditional manner. She has been teaching in the United States for a number of years, held numerous retreats and given other spiritual training from the Geluk and Tantric lineages. According to the information on her website, the current incarnation of Domo Geshe Rinpoche arrived through rare and powerful Tantric methods in order to transmit the authentic Dharma to students in the Western cultural context. This incarnation of Domo Geshe Rinpoche is considered unusual in that she presented herself an adult female, and a Westerner, too. Domo Geshe Rinpoche brings the Tantric teachings into sharp focus with a rich array of techniques. She selects her eaching methods according to the needs of the students providing all serious practitioners opportunities according to their abilities and needs. This extends to the monastery she runs, which houses both male and female monastics in separate quarters. The teachings are disseminated to ordained male and female practitioners equally, and individual guidance is provided to each on an ongoing basis. | 18 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH REBECCA KALI - Jan 12,2010 | Rebecca Kali is an internationally recognized Qigong instructor and energy healer from Northern Minnesota. Her personal experience of healing from injuries received in a car accident, chronic pain and fibromyalgia, have an important message for anyone interested in self-healing. That experience led to her becoming a champion and spokesperson for the health maintenance and healing benefits of Qigong. Qigong for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue program she created has helped hundreds of people to live a life free of pain. Her motto is: "No one should be in pain." Her dedication to making Qigong available to everyone, led Kali to accept a position on the National Qigong Association (NQA) board of Directors in 1998. As a board member, Administrative Director and Executive Director of the NQA, she helped Qigong and the NQA gain a national presence. In 2003, she went on to become founding director of Qigong Alliance International, a nonprofit organization and global Qigong community with members from 49 countries. Her website is www.QiCentral.org Rebecca Kali is also founder of Dao of Well Being™ which offers classes, workshops, and retreats with a focus on Qigong, stress reduction, and connection with nature. This is the 6th year for the popular Qigong Women in the Wilderness Retreat she leads with Cis Hager. Rebecca also teaches Medical Qigong, Chinese Soaring Crane, Eight Brocades and many other styles of Qigong, Meditation, and Daoist Inner Alchemy. She has traveled to China twelve times to study Qigong and Daoist healing arts. Together with Mark Johnson, she leads tours to the ancient sacred settings where Daoism has been cultivated for thousands of years. They are the journey of self-discovery and inner transformation for the trip members. Visit www.QigongChinaTrip.com for more information about these trips. | 11 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH LAMA TANTRAPA - Jan 05,2010 | Lama Somananda Tantrapa is the 27th lineage holder of Qi Dao, also known as Tibetan Shamanic Qigong. He has been practicing Meditation, Qigong, Dream Yoga and Internal Martial Arts for over thirty years, primarily trained by his Grandfather who was the paragon of the Russian Martial Arts and Qi Dao Grand Master. His background is complex enough to include serving in the Soviet Army’s Special Forces, being kidnapped in the Ukraine and surviving several near-death experiences. Lama Tantrapa was ordained as a Buddhist monk in three different orders and initiated into Subud spiritual brotherhood. In addition to being a Tibetan lama, he studied with a number of Kung-fu and Qigong masters, great teachers of Yoga and Martial Arts, as well as Native American, Hawaiian and Siberian Shamans. He is also trained in Cultural Anthropology, Meta-coaching, Hypnosis and NLP. When living for two years on a small tropical island in the Pacific, seven thousand miles away from the majority of his students and clients, he pioneered a novel method of providing Qigong sessions called Qi Dao Coaching. In the last decade, he has provided wellness, peak performance and life coaching to thousands of people of all ages and from various walks of life. He is also a bestselling author of several Qi Dao books, executive producer of the film Qi Dao – Tibetan Shamanic Qigong, creator of CD albums Qi Dao Initiation and The Art of Being in the Flow, publisher of the Basic Qi Dao Home Study Course and other multimedia learning materials. For many years, Lama Tantrapa served on the Board of Directors the National Qigong Association, USA. And, of course, he is now the executive producer and host of an Internet Radio talk show “The Secrets of Qigong Masters.” | 4 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. ZHI GANG SHA - Jan 02,2010 | Dr. Sha is an inspired teacher, spiritual leader and servant of humanity and the Divine. Combining five-thousand-year-old wisdom of the East and breakthrough sacred and secret soul wisdom, knowledge and practices, he teaches the power of soul, or soul over matter, worldwide. Dr. Sha is the founder of the Institute of Soul Healing and Enlightenment. He received his MD in Western medicine in China, and is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine in China and Canada. A master of Tai Chi, Qigong, Feng Shui and the I Ching, Dr. Sha was named Qi Gong Master of the Year at the Fifth World Congress on Qi Gong in 2002. Recipient of the 2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Hall of Fame Award for his humanitarian efforts, he is also featured in the film Soul Masters and is the New York Times bestselling author of several books on matters of the soul. His latest book, The Power of Soul, debuted at #1 on the New York Times list in January 2009. | 1 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH AL SIMON - Dec 22,2009 | Al Simon describes himself as "an ordinary guy who became a Tai Chi and Qigong Master." Al learned his first Qigong exercises in 1975 (back when it was called "Chinese yoga"), and began Tai Chi in 1984. Al has been inducted into the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame three times, including as a Master and as a Founder, for his contributions to Tai Chi, Qigong, and Chi Development. Al is the creator of the ChiFusion program available at www.cloudhands.com. He also co-authored of the book 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Health. His articles on Tai Chi have appeared in such magazines as The Empty Vessel, Qi Journal, Wholistic Alternatives, and Natural Health Newsletter. | 21 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DANNY DREYER - Dec 15,2009 | Danny Dreyer, is the creator of ChiRunning® and ChiWalking®, revolutionary forms of movement that blend the inner focuses of Tai Chi with running and walking. He is a coach, an internationally renowned speaker, and an accomplished ultra marathon runner (distances longer than a marathon). He has 35 years of experience ultramarathon racing and coaching thousands of people in intelligent movement. Dreyer has been interviewed on CNN, NBC News and his techniques have been written about in hundreds of magazines and newspapers around the world. He has written two books: ChiRunning and ChiWalking, which have been translated into 6 languages. Danny has lived a lifestyle steeped in holistic living, meditation, and personal wellness for over 30 years. Healthy eating, physical exercise and rejuvenating activities are mainstays in his life and the foundation of what he teaches. He empowers his students to live pro-active lives. Whether coaching a runner or a corporate executive, he teaches techniques that tap into ones inner strength and power. He and the family dog, Mei Ling, run together every morning on the trails surrounding Asheville, where he lives with his wife Katherine, co-founder and author, and their daughter, Journey. For more information about his work visit www.chiliving.com. | 14 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH Dr. DAVID FEINSTEIN - Dec 08,2009 | David Feinstein, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist, has served on the faculties of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Antioch College. He has been a pioneering thinker and teacher in the areas of energy psychology and energy medicine. His books have been translated into 15 languages and have earned eight national awards, including six Golds at the U.S. Book News, Nautilus, and Indies competitions. David Feinstein, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, the director of the Innersource Conscious Living Programs, Executive Director or the non-profit Energy Medicine Institute in Ashland, Oregon. Dr. Feinstein co-authored six books, including The Mythic Path, Rituals for Living and Dying, Energy Medicine, and Promise of Energy Psychology. His program Energy Psychology Interactive, was a recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology. He has contributed over 50 professional papers to psychology literature, known for high-quality self-help books in the area of personal development. Dr. Feinstein has done pioneering work in areas of personal mythology and Energy Psychology, Although controversial, within the mental health field these techniques may seem strange and the claims of a growing number of practitioners seem too good to be true. The evidence is mounting showing that these techniques are powerful tools for both self-help and clinical treatment. | 7 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH JON WESTON - Dec 01,2009 | Jon Weston is the true "international man of mystery," who contributed to the massive success of master Mantak Chia and his organization. In addition to W. U. Wei, Jon Weston wrote under the pen name Wei Tzu and co-authored Living in the Tao, the twelve Taoist poetry books of over 1,200 poems Emerald River expressing the feeling, essence and stillness of the Tao. He also co-created with Mantak Chia the Universal Tao formula cards, “Chi Cards” (6 sets of over 240 formulas) under the pen name The Professor - Master of Nothingness. Please listen to our show from 6:00 to 7:00 pm PST (9:00 to 10:00 pm EST) at www.blogtalkradio.com/qigongmasters. You are welcome to contribute to the dialog with this mysterious man by calling Detoxing from the training in Catholicism he received in his youth, Jon Weston became a student of the Tao when he started studying under Master Mantak Chia in the early 1980's. In the late 1980's, he became a Senior Instructor of the Universal Healing Tao (specializing in one-on-one training). In the early 1990s he moved to Tao Garden, Thailand, and assisted Mantak Chia in building Tao Garden Taoist Training Center. For the next six years Jon travelled to over 30 countries teaching with Mantak Chia and serving as Marketing and Construction Coordinator for the Tao Garden. Upon completion of Tao Garden in December 2000 he became Project Manager for the all Universal Tao Publications and products coordinating the publication of 35 titles. Having purchased a mountain property with four waterfalls in Southern Oregon in late 1990s, he started building a Taoist Mountain Sanctuary for personal cultivation, higher level practices and ascension. | 30 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. JERRY ALAN JOHNSON - Nov 24,2009 | Professor Johnson began his initial training in energetic medicine in 1972. In 1974, he started his formal clinical studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine (T.C.M.) in Monterey, California, where he focused his studies on acupuncture, herbology, Medical Qigong therapy, traumatology, and Chinese massage. After receiving certification in acupuncture and herbology from an 1978-81 internship, Professor Johnson operated clinics in Colorado Springs, Colorado (1981-84), working as a consultant and associate in acupuncture and Medical Qigong therapy to Western medical doctors, naturopaths, and chiropractors. In 1993, Professor Johnson furthered his clinical studies at the China Beijing International Acupuncture Training Center and at the Acupuncture Institute of China, Academy of T.C.M. He was the first foreigner from the Acupuncture Institute of China invited to treat patients in the Medical Qigong Clinic at the Xi Yuan Hospital of T.C.M. (featured in Bill Moyers special "Healing and the Mind"). There he interned as a Doctor of Medical Qigong Therapy, specializing in the treatment of cysts, tumors, and kidney dysfunctions. In 1993, Professor Johnson also interned as a Doctor of Anmo Therapy at the Orthopedic Traumatology Clinic of the Hu Guo Si Hospital of T.C.M. (in Beijing, China) specializing in Chinese bone-setting, traumatology, and tissue manipulation. His training in somatic regulation also includes Neuromuscular Therapy, Psychophysical Integrational Therapy, Advanced Visceral Manipulation, and Advanced Cranio-Sacral Therapy. In 1995, Professor Johnson obtained his Masters Degree in Medical Qigong Therapy from the Medical Qigong College at the Hai Dian University in Beijing, China. He then received his clinical license as a "Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine" specializing in Medical Qigong and Anmo therapy. | 23 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. ROGER JAHNKE - Nov 17,2009 | Dr. Roger Jahnke began his practice of Tai Chi and Qigong in 1967. He has been to China 8 times to research Qi cultivation and vitality enhancement in hospitals, universities, temples and sacred mountain sites. He has lectured internationally and is the author of two best selling books of Tai Chi, Qigong and self-healing, The Healer within (Harper-Collins, 1997) and The Healing Promise of Qi (McGraw-Hill, 2002). Dr. Jahnke commenced his activity in the field of health promotion, disease management, corporate wellness, benefits assessment and productivity enhancement in 1978 when he developed a series of retreats targeted at elders and executives. In 1980 Dr. Jahnke moved his clinical Chinese medicine and wellness consultation practices to Santa Barbara, CA. In 1983 he co-founded Health Action, which is a clinic as well as a training, consulting and strategic planning organization. Its purpose is to assist hospitals, agencies, communities, corporations, schools and other organizations to focus on health improvement and community empowerment. A primary program which was developed and refined over 25 years is the Health Action Wellness Coaching program using the Circle of Life Coaching System. In 2000 Dr. Jahnke founded the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi which has trained 300 mind-body practice teachers and over 500 Tai Chi Practice Leaders. Several years later, he established Healer Within Foundation to bring the benefits of mind-body practice and wellness coaching to populations that are otherwise unable to afford the benefits. Qigong is a storehouse of ancient wisdom for contemporary times — from healing to health to longevity to immortality!! You can see more of Dr. Jahnke’s work at these sites: www.instituteofintegralqigongandtaichi.org, www.taichieasy.org, and FeeltheQi.com | 16 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH SHARON SMITH - Nov 10,2009 | Sharon Smith has been practicing Qigong, Tai Chi, & other Taoist spiritual and healing arts for 31 years & teaching them for 26. Her influential teachers include Masters Mantak Chia (she was in his original class of western students in 1981), Li Jun Feng, Ming Chan, and T.K. Shih. She also studied with Jeanette Chi, Gilles Marin, Don Ahn, as well as many other Tao masters. Sharon is certified by Master Mantak Chia’s Universal Tao system as a Senior Instructor and Chi Nei Tsang Practitioner. She is also certified by the International Sheng Zhen Society to teach Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong, the work of Master Li Jun Feng. In addition, Sharon has practiced Iyengar yoga for over 25 years. She has traveled many times to China, Thailand, India, the Philppines, and New Zealand to further her studies. Sharon currently teaches seminars internationally as well as regularly at the New York Open Center. She has taught at Master Mantak Chia’s Tao Garden in Thailand, Omega Institute, Healing Tao University, New York University, New York State Department of Parks & Recreation, etc. Sharon also was a presenter at the 2009 International Tai Chi Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee. | 9 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH Dr. NORMAN SHEALY - Nov 03,2009 | Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. is President of Holos Institutes of Health, a non-profit organization devoted to research, education and clinical services in Holistic Health (see www.holosuniversity.org). A neurosurgeon, trained at Massachusetts General Hospital, after medical school at Duke University, he has taught at Harvard, Western Reserve, U. of Wisconsin, U. of Minnesota, and Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. He was the Founding President of Holos University Graduate Seminary and now serves as Professor Emeritus of Energy Medicine. In 1971 he founded the first comprehensive, holistic clinic for management of pain and stress management. The Shealy Institute became the most successful and most cost-effective pain clinic in the U.S, with 85% success in over 30,000 patients. The Shealy protocols for management of depression, migraine, fibromyalgia and back pain are increasingly being integrated into hospitals and individual practices. In 1973, recognizing the need to incorporate spirituality into medical practice, he created Holos University Graduate Seminary, offering masters and doctoral programs in Spiritual Healing and Energy Medicine. In 1978, Dr. Shealy was instrumental in creating The American Holistic Medical Association, which emphasizes the spiritual component of healing. Dr. Shealy has studied the physiological effects of over a dozen talented healers. He has demonstrated in over 116 patients that competent healers can change the brain map from a distance. His current research emphasizes rejuvenation of DNA telomeres, which are critical for health and longevity. Dr. Shealy holds 11 patents for innovative discoveries, has published over 300 articles and 25 books. In 2008 his book PONY WISDOM FOR THE SOUL and MEDICAL RENAISSANCE--THE SECRET CODE - a movie on the benefits of Complementary and Integrative Medicine - were released. His website is www.normshealy.com. | 2 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH KARL ARDO - Oct 27,2009 | Karl Ardo is a certified teacher of Five Element Medical Qigong and Meditation as well as a Zero Balancing practitioner. He has been studying several types of Chinese disciplines, including Medical Qigong, Tai Chi and Meditation, since 1974. Since 1995, he has been teaching beginning to advanced levels of Qigong and Meditation in Columbia, Maryland. As a member of the National Qigong Association and Advisory Board of the Zero Balancing Association, Karl serves as a guide presenting alternative approaches to health maintenance. In addition, he teaches advanced Qigong Healing of others (hands off healing technique) and provides private individual session in Qigong and Zero Balancing. He has a light and compassionate manner of instructing, which allows each participant to easily learn and retain the information. | 26 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH CARYN DIEL - Oct 20,2009 | Caryn Boyd Diel, the founder of White Cloud Institute, has a full time healing practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She incorporates a lifetime of study in the areas of counseling, bodywork and hands on healing. Her training has taken her around the world. Caryn has a Masters degree in Education and Counseling from the University of California. She graduated from the Barbara Brennan School of Healing in New York, studied Medical Qigong at the Xi Yuan Hospital in Bejing, China and at the International Institute of Medical Qigong with Sifu J.A. Johnson. She is a Full Instructor with the Universal Healing Tao and has studied with Master Mantak Chia in Thailand. | 19 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH GARY GIAMBOI - Oct 13,2009 | Gary Giamboi founded The Institute of Asian Arts in 1994 in order to continue the tradition of discovering, nurturing and passing on the wisdom of the ancients. He began his Eastern journey in 1969 and has had the unbelievable good fortune to have become a disciple and personal student of four World Class Masters He has achieved the Rank of Master Level Instructor in Qigong, Taijiquan, Ninpo, Jujutsu, Asayama Ichiden Ryu, Kenjutsu and Yoga in world recognized organizations. He is also certified as a Personal Trainer, as a Pilates instructor, in Ohashiatsu, in Thai Yoga and has several other lower rank Black Belts in various martial arts. He specializes in finding the common thread of Truth in All of these Arts, because at the end of the day “Things Can Only Work One Way.” Even though they use different systems of Internal Energy, Yoga works in China and Acupuncture works in India. Each contains a piece of The Truth or The Way Things Are. It is up to each of us to find as much of That Truth, That Way and live by it as closely as possible. Gary has taught and demonstrated Martial Arts, Qigong, Yoga and Fitness Training in the USA, Japan, China, Canada, UK, Belgium, Germany, and Ireland. He has several articles published a total of over 64 times on various web sites and blogs, produced 2 DVDs on Qigong, 1 on Taijiquan, 2 on Yoga, 1 on Balance and a Point by Point Relaxation CD. He also has two books nearing publication and several new DVDs coming soon. His web sites are www.Genbukan.biz and the new www.Secrets-of-Yoga-Qigong.com | 12 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH LI JUNFENG - Oct 06,2009 | Master Li Junfeng was born, raised, and educated in China. After earning a degree from the Beijing University of Physical Education, he eventually became the head coach for the Chinese National Martial Arts Team. He held this position for 15 years, leading the team to unprecedented glory and winning hundreds of gold medals for his team and country. He also became a major movie actor and was the leading man in 4 Kung Fu movies. Master Li is very famous in China and swarmed for autographs wherever he goes. In 1992 he was introduced to Sheng Zhen Qigong. Soon after, he gave up fame & fortune to travel the world teaching this lovely and powerful form. He has taught seminars in over 30 different countries, including the US, Canada, Israel, Norway, Austria, Belgium, France, Portugal, New Zealand, the Philippines and, of course, China. Sheng Zhen means “Unconditional Love.” Its message is simply, “Love Everyone. Love Everything…and Unconditional Love is the best and strongest medicine.” Master Li now lives in Austin, Texas and is a professor at the Academy of Oriental Medicine in Austin (AOMA). He is currently Councilor of the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong and advisor to the Qigong Science Research Association of China. | 5 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH CHUNYI LIN - Sep 29,2009 | Chunyi Lin is the creator and founder of Spring Forest Qigong. His fluency in numerous Chinese dialects provided him the rare opportunity to study with many of the most respected Qigong Masters in his native China. He has been teaching Qigong and using Qigong techniques to help others for more than twenty-five years. He is also highly skilled in Tai Chi, Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. Since coming to the United States in 1995, he has helped more than 100,000 people learn about the powerful, healing benefits of Spring Forest Qigong. He now devotes all of his time to the teaching of Spring Forest Qigong and helping others. His dream is “a healer in every family and a world without pain.” In 2004 Master Lin created an educational partnership with Normandale Community College of Bloomington, MN to provide courses in Spring Forest Qigong health and healing techniques. He is the director of the Spring Forest Center for Health, Wellness & Empowerment in Minneapolis, MN. As many as 200 people, from across the United States and many foreign countries, come to his center for healing assistance every week. He teaches four levels of Spring Forest Qigong and has created a series of home study materials for students, including videos, guided audio meditations and reference manuals. He is a frequent keynote speaker at national health conferences. He is co-author of the bestselling book, Born A Healer, and coauthor with Dr. Nisha Manek from the Mayo Clinic of a chapter on Qigong in the recently released 2nd Edition of the Textbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He is also a member of the Transformational Leadership Council founded by Jack Canfield. | 28 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH SARINA STONE & MORDANT MAHON - Sep 22,2009 | Sarina Stone was born from two lines of Mediterranean gypsies in 1965. A modern gypsy, Miss Stone travels internationally 80% of the year teaching Grandmaster Mantak Chias Taoist methods of natural health including Cancer prevention, digestive care, and secrets of longevity. She is currently a multi-certified Universal Healing Tao medical Chi Kung instructor, acclaimed speaker, and writer who has inspired many with her humor, passion for life, and integrity. R. Mordant Mahon is a Universal Healing Tao Instructor who teaches Taoist-based Chi Kung to those who would learn practical application for self-healing and Quantum Manifestation. A true Renaissance Man, Mordant is an eclectic dabbler in a wide variety of subjects—from religion and theater to psychology and comedy writing. | 21 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH LISA O'SHEA - Sep 15,2009 | Lisa O’Shea is the originator of the Rising Lotus Medical Qi Gong. This healing form incorporates fluid spinal movements with visualization and breathing to clear out blockages and improve wellness. Lisa grew up with a very western attitude about science and medicine, since her parents and grandparents were physicians. She was drawn to the fields of science and math, which led her to graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering in 1986. After getting certified in Reiki and Hypnotherapy in 1988, she decided to branch out and get a teaching degree. While going through the teachers certification program at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY, in order to reduce stress, she began taking a local Taiji Qi Gong class. To her surprise, after six months of practice, her asthma completely disappeared. Despite having experienced Reiki and Hypnosis first-hand, she could not integrate them into her busy lifestyle, as her western medical mindset had kept her from considering other alternative therapies for asthma. Going to a weekly Taiji class made all the difference. Lisa began to study Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine in earnest after that. In 1995 she became a Certified Qigong Therapist through the Chinese Healing Arts Center with Master Shih. By the time she finished her teacher training, she was already teaching a few Taiji and Qigong classes. She began her studies with Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming in Boston in 1997 and later became the first person to received full Instructor Certification in Qigong through his school. She also studied with Master Hong Liu in Los Angeles and got certified in Shiba Luohan Gong with Dr. Jay Dunbar at his Magic Tortoise Taijiquan School in Chapel Hill, NC. Since 1998, Lisa has been offering a variety of classes in Qigong, Taiji, Qi Healing, Meditation and Nutrition, as well as certification in Qigong Therapy through her Qi Gong Institute of Rochester. | 14 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH PEGGY MCCOLL - Sep 08,2009 | A New York Times best-selling author and an internationally recognized expert in the area of goal achievement, Peggy McColl has been inspiring individuals, professional athletes, and organizations to realize their goals and reach their maximum potential for the past 25 years. She is the president and founder of Dynamic Destinies, Inc., an organization that trains authors, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and employees in some of the most compelling and strategic goal-setting technologies of our times. Peggy is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Your Destiny Switch, 21 Distinctions of Wealth, Be a Dog with a Bone, The Creator of Your Destiny, and The 8 Proven Secrets to SMART Success. Her purpose in life is to "make a positive contribution to the lives of millions of others" and she accomplishes this via her books, audio programs, mentoring programs, teleclasses, speaking engagements and by helping authors spread their valuable messages throughout the world. She is also known as an Internet Marketing Expert and specializes in helping Authors and Experts build their brand, expand their business, experience revenue growth and create "best seller" status credibility. Her work has been endorsed by many, including: Bob Proctor, Debbie Ford, Marianne Williamson, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Neale Donald Walsch, Gregg Braden, and many others. For more information about Peggy and her work, visit: www.destinies.com. | 7 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH MINGTONG GU - Sep 01,2009 | Mingtong Gu is an internationally recognized teacher and healer who received his training from many Grandmasters in China and at the world's largest Qigong hospital. This "medicine-less" hospital, Zhineng Qigong Center, has treated over 200,000 patients with over 185 different illnesses and has a 95% success rate. While receiving an MA in Math and Fine Arts in the US, Mingtong Gu has began to study Tai Chi, Yoga and Buddhist Meditation. As the founder of the International Chi Healing Center and Wisdom Healing Foundation, Mingtong Gu has taught Qigong healing to thousands in the USA, China and Europe. His teaching emphasizes activating the power of inner self-healing and facilitates the release of chronic illness, improving health and well-being. Wisdom Healing™ Qigong synthesizes many forms of traditional Qigong, Eastern and Western medicine and is a concentrated and powerful system of healing on all levels of being. Mingtong Gu has trained and helped thousands of students through the Wisdom Healing Qigong™ program. His teaching and healing energy have attracted hundreds to his weekend workshops and weekly classes, including programs at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Mingtong Gu has created a 10 day intensive healing retreat applicable for advanced stages of illness modeled after a similar program in the “medicine-less” Qigong hospital in China. His personal healing journey, along with his joyful loving nature, depth, and healing gifts have inspired many in the health care and spiritual community. Master Gu’s teaching emphasizes activating the power of inner self-healing which facilitates the release of chronic illness, while improving health and well-being. Deep awakening and transformation typically arise in this process of healing. Wisdom Healing™ Qigong integrates many forms of traditional Qigong with Eastern and Western medicine. It is a concentrated and powerful system engaging all levels of physical, mental and emotional healing. | 31 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH TEJA BELL - Aug 25,2009 | Teja Bell began his journey studying martial arts in 1965. Beginning with Judo and Kung Fu, his teacher was Tatsumo Makami. At younger age, he competed in tournaments and did full contact fighting. He received a black belt ranking in Tae Kwon Do Karate with In Mok Kim. Shortly thereafter, he started learning Yoga and Meditation with Sarah Plummer. In 1969 he branched off to explore Theosophy and Zen Meditation just to get into studying Aikido with Jeff Fox Sensei in 1971. He continued his Aikido studies with Robert Nadeau Shihan and Frank Doran Shihan at City Aikido in San Francisco. Yang Style Tai Chi and Qigong followed, taught by Li Leita, who was a lineage Master in the “Yang Style.” During this time he notes that Teja created a series of advanced training programs for students preparing for black belt level examinations as well as creating and teaching children’s Aikido program[s] at the old Tam Dojo-- what is now Aikido of Tamalpais. He also trained with the well-known Aikidoists Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Wendy Palmer Sensei and George Leonard Sensei. In 1984 he traveled to Japan where he studied with the late Saito Sensei and lived at the Iwama Dojo. Upon returning to the States, Teja studied with Bruce Kumar Frantizis in “Chinese Internal Martial Arts” as well as Qigong. He learned the three systems of Chinese internal martial arts: Wu Style (long form and short form), Xing-Yi and BaGua. He also studied with Sifu Paul Dillon, learning the esoteric martial art and meditation system Liu He Ba Fa. Teja Bell now has 5th degree black belt in Aikido, awarded to him by Nadeau Sensei and teaches a Low Impact form of Aikido that he calls "Reduced Impact Aikido.” He offers on-going classes in Aikido, Meditation and Qigong and is a teacher of Dr. Richard Paul’s “Critical Thinking.” He is a regular teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and is the Martial Arts Instructor and Qigong Instructor at Hollow Bones | 24 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH JIANYE JIANG - Aug 18,2009 | Shifu Jiang Jianye was born in 1950 and has studied Wushu from the age of 5, learning from well-known masters such as Yu Mingwei, Yu Hai and many others. He received his BA and Master's degree from Qufu University and Shanghai Physical Education Institute. A national and international judge in China and the United States, he is also a master calligrapher and winner of national and international awards. Sales of his calligraphy have garnered more than $10,000, all donated to the Shangdong Disabled Association. He has also acted in movies produced in China, Australia and Japan. | 17 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT SONNON - Aug 11,2009 | As a child, Scott Sonnon was burdened by physical and learning disabilities. In order to overcome those disabilities, he sought out mentors in alternative health education, forming the earliest incarnation of his personal empowerment university, who helped him re-frame his negative circumstances into positive opportunities, and transform his liabilities into talents. Through his process of self-discovery, he inadvertently pioneered the field of “Mobility” to prevent accelerated aging of joints and to give others – even those with similarly challenging genetics - access to the mastery that sport scientists call “flow.” His trek across the world learning alternative methods of health improvement led him to become a USA National Sambo Team Coach and Champion earning him the former USSRs highest athletic distinction: "Master of Sport." His personal success led him to become subject matter expert for members of the Ultimate Fighting Championship®, the National Hockey League®, National Football League® and Major League Baseball®. Despite mental obstacles, he currently serves on Graduate Faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University and has earned his membership into Mensa® - the International High IQ Society. Now known around the world as The Flow Coach™, he has become an inspiration to thousands of people by his incredible story of triumph and his passionate dedication to helping others. As a world-acclaimed public speaker and author, has taken his world-class fighting skills off the mat to the fight against the core issues behind childhood obesity and the accelerated aging leading to arthritis. Scott serves as fitness adviser to organizations such as the International Youth Conditioning Association, the National Active Aging Council, the Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival, the National Strength Conditioning Association, the National Law Enforcement and Security Institute. | 10 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH MANTAK CHIA - Aug 04,2009 | Mantak Chia was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 1944 Recognized very early as having great potential for spiritual development, he was initiated into meditation practices by Buddhist monks at the age of 6. While studying in Hong Kong, he learned Tai Chi Chuan, Aikido and Kundalini Yoga from a variety of teachers. His pursuit of Taoist teachings lead him to meet the White Cloud Hermit, a Taoist Master originally from Central China, living at that time in the mountains not far from Hong Kong. Master Yi Eng was to become Master Mantak Chia's principle teacher. Over a period of five years, Master Yi transmitted to Master Mantak Chia the most sacred and closely held Taoist practices, formulas and methods of internal alchemy, culminating in the Reunion of Heaven and Man. Realizing that as transmitted to him, these Immortal practices could not easily be absorbed by western students, Master Mantak Chia undertook to integrate them with his studies in western physical anatomy. Through this process he created a unique view of the internal aspects of these practices. With the Universal Healing Tao system, he has created for the first time, a way for any individual to quickly get to the essence of subtle practices whose real purpose has been shrouded in secrecy for millenia. The author of dozens of books, booklets, videos and CDs describing the theory and methods of these practices, Master Mantak Chia has taught hundreds of thousands of eager students the principles of Taoist internal practice over the past 40 years. He has certified hundreds of Instructors and Practitioners to help in the transmission of these teachings. | 3 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. YANG JWING-MING - Jul 28,2009 | Dr. Yang has been involved in Chinese Kung Fu since 1961. He has taught for more than 40 years: 7 years in Taiwan, 5 years at Purdue University, 2 years in Houston, and 26 years in Boston. He has taught seminars all around the world, sharing his knowledge of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. As a child, Yang Jwing-Ming learned much patience and endurance, growing up in Taiwan during the post World War II era. He came from a family of 9 children, and his family often went without food for days. Despite such hardships, he became one of the few students in his high school to attend college. He earned his B.S. in Physics from Tamkang University and his M.S. in Physics from National Taiwan University. In 1974, he moved to America to pursue a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University, which he earned in 1978. Dr. Yang began training martial arts at the age of 15 under his White Crane master, Grandmaster Gseng, Gin-Gsao. After suffering a chronic ulcer for some time, Dr. Yang also began to study Tai Chi under Grandmaster Kao, Tao. From practicing Tai Chi and Qigong, Dr. Yang was able to make a full recovery from his ulcer. During his time at Tamkang College, Dr. Yang began to also train Long Fist under Grandmaster Li, Mao-Ching. Dr. Yang gave up his engineering career to dedicate his life to preserving the arts and educating the people about Chinese culture. Since 1982, he has systematically driven and developed an international martial arts organization of 55 schools in 18 different countries. Today, there are thousands of students worldwide in Yang's Martial Arts Association (YMAA). Dr. Yang has also written over 30 books. He founded YMAA Publications Center in 1984 to publish his extensive knowledge of martial arts and Eastern culture. YMAA Publications has since become a pioneer and leading standard in the martial arts community worldwide. It has published over 80 videos and 60 books. | 27 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH KIM IVY - Jul 21,2009 | Kimberly Ivy is the founder of Embrace The Moon Taijiquan & Qigong in Seattle, WA, a thriving school of practitioners of all ages, skill & fitness levels. Embrace The Moon has been a focus in the Seattle community for 15 years successfully integrating both Western & Eastern methods of learning within an optimistic & supportive environment. The school offers study in the entire spectrum of Tai Chi & Qigong: health, martial skill, meditation, and overall self-development as well as Instructor Training. Embrace The Moon is also active in Corporate Wellness programs offering consulting, program develoment & teacher placement for a variety of modern needs. Kimberly has been training in the martial and internal martial arts for 32 years. She is certified in several different Qigong forms by notable teachers Don Leathers, Professor Chen, Hui Xian & Sifu Gaspar Garcia for the Hands of the 18 Luohan. Kimberly is a 20th Generation disciple of Chen Grandmaster Chen, Xiao Wang and is ranked 5th Duan by the International Wu Shu Association. She is also certified in Hatha yoga, holds black belt rankings in Judo and Aikido and was a National Bronze Medal Winner at the 1997 “A Taste of China" in Yang Taijiquan forms. Kim has developed several programs for those with special health concerns including Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease in association with Swedish Medical Center, The Center for Comprehensive Care, the Aveda Corporation and the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Bastyr University among others, and she maintains associations with hospitals, clinics, and individual health care professionals in the Seattle area. She also collaborated with Group Health on a National Institute of Health grant studying Taijiquan, massage, meditation, and back pain, writing and implementing the first protocol studying Taijiquan within this framework. | 20 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH THE TAO BROTHERS - Jul 14,2009 | The Tao Brothers are Accem Scott and Michael Clark, a bi-racial teaching team with more than 30 years of combined experience in movement, meditation techniques and methods of complimentary medicine. They chose the name “Tao Brothers,” because it reflects their mission: achieving brotherhood and sisterhood by teaching people methods of mind-body harmony. Michael Clark is a certified Tai Chi and Qigong teacher whose passion is helping others lead healthier and more balanced lives. Michael studied with Chris Luth and Roger Jahnke. He also traveled four times to China to learn Qigong in hospitals, monasteries and sacred mountains. In 2003, he founded Heaven & Earth Tai Chi in Asheville, NC and now lives in Mexico, returning to the States for periodic workshops. Accem Scott is a Naturopath, Homeopath, Acupuncturist, Reiki Master, and Martial Arts Teacher. His background includes study in Asian, Indian, African, and Western healing modalities. He specializes in Qigong, Bagua and homeopathy. Accem received his Bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from Michigan State University. He later began a medical program. Disillusioned with the medical school, he went to China to study martial arts. As his travels continued, he pieced together global healing practices from around the world to form his way of life that he now wants to share with others. Accem is the author of The American Barefoot Doctor's Manual and co-producer of the cable television program “Conscious Movement.” The Tao Brothers produced a DVD “The Best of Conscious Movement,” consisting of the best segments from their mind-body-spirit television show. In the summer of 2008, they took Qigong to the people on a tour called Conscious Movement Across America in an effort to bring health, wellness and fellowship to all Americans across racial, economic and religious boundaries. | 13 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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INTERVIEW WITH DONALD RUBBO - Jul 07,2009 | Donald Rubbo grew up in New York City, New York. In 1969, at the age of 12, Donald started studying karate, and then switched to the Chinese form, learning Shao Lin Chuan from "Nelson" at Five Tigers Martial Arts on Chambers Street. At 16, Donald became legal guardian for his younger brothers and at 18 he moved with them to San Francisco. Donald started attending Grandmaster Kuo Lien Yings martial arts studio across from Portsmouth Square Park in Chinatown, continuing with Shao Lin Chuan training. Cheryl Lynne grew up in Marin County and San Francisco. In 1973, she followed her younger brother Paul to Grandmaster Kuos studio and began studying Shao Lin Chuan. She quickly developed a reputation for grace, precision, flexibility and speed. As serious Kuo students, Donald and Cheryl Lynne practiced outdoors in the park in front of the studio, arriving every morning at 5:00 am, rain or shine. Grandmaster Kuo demanded that his students practice every day, and would not allow them to learn another movement if they were late or missed too many days. Both Donald and Cheryl Lynne, who met at Grandmaster Kuos studio in 1975, excelled at the demanding art of Shao Lin and they went on to master Tai Chi Chuan and several other internal arts forms from China. The discipline they developed from daily practice at Kuos has shaped and defined them, and provided a strong foundation for them to teach the martial and healing arts. Their teachers include Kuo Lien Ying, Bing Gong, Angela (Shen) Wu, George Kuo Ming Xu, Bruce Kumar Frantzis, Dr. Xie Pei Qi, Master Yang Yuan Jing and Master Zhu Hui. | 6 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Dr. Bernard Seif - Jun 30,2009 | Doctor Bernard Seif, SMC, EdD, DNM is a Christian monk with private monastic vows in the Roman Catholic and Salesian traditions. Brother Bernard is a Clinical Psychologist, Board Certified in Behavioral Medicine. He is also a Doctor of Natural Medicine (Board Certified) specializing in Chinese Medicine with sub-specialties in Medical Qigong and Chinese medicinal herbs. Doctor Seif is a National Qigong Association Certified Level IV Qigong Teacher, an NQA Certified Advanced Clinical Therapist, a Lifetime Professional NQA member, a member of the NQA certification committee, former Ethics Chair, has served on the NQA Board of Directors, and is a member of the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong (Beijing). He has authored numerous professional papers as well as a series of monastic mystery books. After earning his doctorate in Counseling at Lehigh University in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Brother Bernard completed his post-doctoral clinical experience and examinations and was licensed as a Psychologist in both Maryland (presently inactive) and Pennsylvania. After five years of post-doctoral Behavioral Medicine experience, he was also Board Certified in Behavioral Medicine. Doctor Seif later entered the 4,200 hour Bridge Program for licensed health professionals of the state-authorized Arkansas College of Natural Health, Waldron, Arkansas and received his DNM degree. Doctor Seif is Registered as a Naturopath in the District of Columbia and his natural medicine hospital rotations were at the Army Hospital, Navy Hospital, and Xi Yuan Hospital, all in Beijing China. | 29 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Bruce Kumar Frantzis - Jun 23,2009 | Bruce Frantzis studied with O-Sensei Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido, between 1967 and 1969 at the Aikido Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. It was his first in-depth, extended experience with a top-level master of internal martial arts, who was able to manipulate Qi powerfully and subtly. When Bruce was in Tokyo, another old man appeared while he was practicing his martians arts. When they started sparring it was obvious that he was a high-level master. Ten years later, when Bruce was living in Taiwan, he was told that the man had been sent with specific instructions to begin teaching Bruce Qigong Tui-na. By then Bruce had become an accomplished Qigong doctor who had worked on thousands of patients in a Chinese hospital with problems ranging from broken bones to nerve and organ damage. Years later he also worked with cancer patients. When Bruce was 32 years old he had a car accident, which resulted in massive injury to his spine. Although he wondered whether or not he'd be able to do martial arts, he healed himself using Qigong, Taiji and Taoist meditation techniques. In 1982 Bruce was given a letter of introduction to his most eminent teacher, the Taoist Lineage Master, Liu Hung Chieh, who accepted Bruce as his student. Master Liu completed Bruce's training in the martial and healing methods of Bagua, Taiji, Qigong therapy and Tui-na. Not only did he train Bruce's in the Water method of Taoist meditation, but even passed down his lineage to Bruce, which is directly linked to that of Lao Tse, the author of Dao De Jing. | 22 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Dr. Suzanne Friedman - Jun 16,2009 | Dr. Suzanne Friedman, is a licensed acupuncturist, nationally certified herbalist, and a doctor of Medical Qigong Therapy. She received her doctorate degree (D.M.Q.) in Medical Qigong Oncology from the Beijing Western District Medical Qigong Science and TCM Research Institute in Beijing, China. Dr. Friedman has masters degrees in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Medical Qigong Therapy. She completed a post-graduate medical qigong program in Beijing, China under Dr. Xu Hongtao at the Xiyuan hospital, and is one of the few Americans certified by Dr. Xu to teach his form of Medical Migong (called Guigen Qigong). Dr. Friedman is the first non-Chinese to be inducted into her teacher Grandmaster Bing Fan YeYoungs lineage as a YeYoung Qigong and Neidan (Inner Alchemy) master. Dr. Friedman is an acupuncturist for the San Francisco Ballet. She practices Shen/Hammer Chinese pulse diagnosis and Dr. Richard Tans Balance Method for the treatment of pain. Dr. Friedman is a trained Cancer Guide, having received a scholarship to participate in the Center for Mind-Body Medicines comprehensive Cancer Guide course in integrative oncology. Dr. Friedman is the Chair of the Medical Qigong Science Department and Dean of the Medical Qigong Clinic at the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, California. | 15 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Dennis Lewis - Jun 09,2009 | Dennis Lewis, a longtime student of the Gurdjieff Work, Advaita, and Taoism, teaches the transformative power of presence through breathing, Qigong, meditation, and self-inquiry. Dennis is co-editor with Jacob Needleman of two books: Sacred Tradition & Present Need and On the Way to Self Knowledge. A recognized authority on natural, authentic breathing, Dennis is the author of the acclaimed books The Tao of Natural Breathing and Free Your Breath, Free Your Life, the three-CD audio program Natural Breathing, and the just released book Breathe Into Being: Awakening To Who You Really Are. Dennis Lewis studied with several Taoist and Qigong teachers, including Dr. Wang Shan Long, Mantak Chia, and Bruce Kumar Frantzis. His main teacher in the Gurdjieff Work was Lord John Pentland, the man Gurdjieff chose to lead the Work in America. He also studied for three years with Jean Klein, a remarkable master of Advaita Vedanta. | 8 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Damaris Jarboux - Jun 02,2009 | Damaris Jarboux is one of the original founders of the National Qigong Association (NQA) in 1996. She holds their highest certifications, a Level 4 Teacher and Advanced Clinical Practitioner. An RN for 40+ years, she has trained in Medical Qigong, Healing Touch and Energy Medicine for over 30 years including a prolonged Asian trip and 4 extensive trainings in China. She has studied esoteric Christianity and The Divine Feminine through Anthroposophy and cosmic dance for 25 years. For 20 years, Damaris was co-director of The Body-Energy Center in Boulder, Colorado, where she had a full-time private practice and teaching program in Qigong Healing. She has taught Qigong, Healing Touch and her own Energy-Body Healing locally and internationally for many years to adults, parents of young children and teens in high school settings. She has been developing many programs for clinical treatment, family and self-care over the last two decades. She currently directs The Center Place in Boulder where she continues a full private practice and a 4-year & post-grad training program in Qigong Healing. She also leads semi-annual retreats (at a hot springs) for women into the understanding, experience and appreciation of The Divine Feminine, empowering women with the simple & powerful tools of Qigong practice and treatment to engage more fully in their lives, help their families and communities, and meet the challenges of life on Earth at this time. | 1 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Sam Masich - May 19,2009 | Sam Masich is one of the most accomplished mid-generation practitioners of Chinese internal martial arts in the world today. Having trained and taught for a quarter century, Masich has studied with several of the great masters of his era from both North America and China including Liang Shouyu, Dr. Yang Jwing Ming, Jou Tsung Hwa, Yang Zhenduo and Chen Xiaowang. He has taught around the world and is the subject of two internationally airing documentaries. Sam has made some 20 films on Tai Chi and Neijia related subjects. Sam is one of the most recorded internal martial artists of all time. He has been filmed in countless demonstrations, competitions and classes and was the first instructor to publish a video instructional manual on the subject of Push Hands. Through Little Productions, he has produced over 20 instructional films on subjects such as Taijiquan, Push Hands, Qigong and Xingyiquan and has several major instructional video works in development. Sam has served as a martial arts action consultant, trainer and choreographer on various TV programs and stage productions, and is himself the subject of two documentaries on Taijiquan and the internal arts. He is currently working on a feature length documentary entitled 'Tai Chi People'. Masich has distinguished himself in competition as a quadruple and septuple gold medallist in national competitions and was a member of the Canadian National Chinese Martial Arts Team competing in China at The World Wushu Invitationals in 1985. In 1994, although formally retired from competition, he was awarded seven gold medals for performances in the Shanghai Oberon Cup, an event involving athletes from more than twenty countries. Since 1989 Masich has refereed and judged in national tournaments and has held a steady position as Chief Referee for Push Hands in the U.S. All Taijiquan Championships. | 18 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Lee Holden - May 12,2009 | Lee Holden has studied and taught with globally respected wellness experts Mantak Chia and Deepak Chopra, facilitating seminars, writing books, and teaching in the US, Europe, and Asia. A licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in the state of California, Holden received a BA in psychology from UC Berkeley and a Masters Degree in Chinese Medicine from Five Branches Institute in Santa Cruz, California. He has traveled throughout Asia studying QiGong, meditation, and Chinese medicine. Based in Northern California, Holden offers classes in meditation, tai chi, QiGong, and yoga, and he also teaches at the Five Branches Institute of Chinese Medicine, a leading U.S. institute for the study of Chinese Medicine. He is the founder of Pacific Healing Arts, which provides consultation to individuals and corporations for promotion of health and well-being. Lee’s expertise and down-to-earth teaching style have made him a popular speaker and workshop facilitator. He is also a stress management consultant to top Silicon Valley corporations like Apple, 3Com and Cisco, and has been the on-set wellness consultant for several Hollywood film productions. | 11 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Dr. Effie Chow - May 05,2009 | Recipient of the "Visionary of the Year 1997" "The Humanitarian of the Year 1999" and "The Visionary of the Decade 2000" Awards, Dr. Effie Chow has for over 40 years been working to integrate Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine. Toward this goal, she founded the East West Academy of Healing Arts in 1973 in San Francisco. In 1988 an arm of that organization was established within the Academy to promote research and clinical work in medical Qigong. In 2003 she was appointed by the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago to their National Task Force on The 21st Century Initiative on Life and Health. In 2004 she was invited to join the 15 member international Advisory Board of the CAM Health Expo, and in 2005 - the 20 member Advisory Board of the National Library of Medicine - Asian American Health Website Users Group. In 2006, Dr. Chow became an Associate of AHA! Ventures Int'l. In 2007, the Editorial Board of the Boardroom Inc., Bottom Line Women's Health Publications, and Editorial Board of the prestigious new "super peer-reviewed publication, "The Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes". In October of the same year, American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine honored her as one of the "Pioneers and Leaders of Oriental Medicine in the USA". | 4 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Lama Tantrapa - Apr 28,2009 | Having to move the interview with Lee Holden to May 11 due to some technical challenges with uploading the recording, Lama Tantrapa took this opportunity to share some interesting news about one of the most comprehensive long-distance Qigong training program in this country. He shared some of his ideas and thoughts about Qigong as well as introduced the new Meditation Study Group that is starting on Friday, May 1. If you ever wished to learn meditation without dogmas or rituals, this is an excellent opportunity to discover the down-to-earth Shamanic approach to consciousness expansion and enlightenment. The group will meet every Friday of May from 6:00 to 7:00 pm PDT (9:00 to 10:00 pm EDT) to discuss and explore the meditative practices rooted in the tradition of Dream Yoga. You will also be able to download the tracks from the meditation CD entitled Qi Dao Initiation. The tuition, which used to be $80, is now temporarily reduced to $65. Lama Tantrapa also mentioned the upcoming Qi Dao Practitioner Certification Program, for which the early bird registration deadline is May 1 as well. This is one of the most comprehensive among such programs in the US. After three months of regular teleseminars and coaching sessions with a Qi Dao Master Coach will culminate in the final weekend workshop. During that enlightening event, you may be able to receive the initiation into the practice of Empowerment if you complete the program successfully. If you already own the Basic Qi Dao Home Study Course, your tuition will be reduced by $150. Moreover, you will get $150 discount for registering by this Friday, May 1. This way, although the regular tuition is $1299, you may take this program for just $999. Please feel free to download the recording of the virtual celebration of the World Tai Chi & Qigong Day at www.freeconference.com/RecordingDownload.aspx?R=7117191&C=687&E=727389 | 27 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Jeff Primak - Apr 21,2009 | Jeff Primak is the founder of the Supreme Science Qigong Center in South Florida and owner of qigong.com website. His school is known for organizing the most massive Qigong events in this country teaching a combination of several techniques organized under the umbrella name Supreme Science Qigong. Although I have have not met Jeff in person yet (unlike all the previous guests on our show) and doing this interview by phone, I have a feeling that there are quite a few similarities between his approach and mine. Jeff’s first teacher was a Siberian Shaman that spoke fluent English, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and Sanskrit. When Jeff was 20 years old and first learned about Qi and spirituality, she was the one who taught him how to be lucid in dreams (aware of being in a dream while dreaming). She used to meditate for 6 hours straight and frequently described voyages to realms of bliss and light. Her Shamanic training allowed her to master her mind through meditation. After 3 years of studying both on & off campus, Jeff received a degree in Eastern Philosophy. He dedicated a whole decade of his life almost exclusively on the subject of Qigong. In the fall of 1999 he started Supreme Science as a seminar company and soon began flying in different Qigong Practitioners from China and other countries to Florida for the purpose of offering Qigong Healing workshops to the general public. He seems to attribute his success to being in the right place at the right time, which he considers to be the secret of life. Jeff has taught his live seminars to 10,000 people in less than 3 years. 625 Level-1 Qigong Instructors are certified in Supreme Science Qigong and 165 are involved in facilitating his popular seminar series. In 2008 he called his seminar QI Revolution and hosted the first Qigong seminar with 1800 people in Orlando, Florida. Now his goal is to fill a stadium with 30,000 people in Orlando this Saturday, April 25. | 20 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Bill Douglas, the founder of the World Tai Chi & Qigong Day - Apr 14,2009 | Bill Douglas is the co-founder (together with Angela Wong) of World Tai Chi & Qigong Day. Over a decade ago they invested their life savings in a vision of bringing together the global Tai Chi and Qigong family, so that we might together spread Tai Chi and Qigong to the entire planet at time when it was most needed by a stressed out modern world. Bill served as a retirement funds, payroll, and human resources administrator for several international corporations, before a career in environmental, voting rights, and human rights organizing, until eventually he began teaching Tai Chi and Qigong. Now he is the Tai Chi Expert for Dr. Andrew Weil's DrWeil.com, and was one of a handful of national Tai Chi experts to help formulate a National Council on the Aging national efficacy guide for aging professionals to begin Tai Chi programs for local aging populations. Bill has presented for the National Parkinson's Foundation, the American Heart Association, and for some of the world's largest corporations and health institutions. He is the 2009 Inductee to the Internal Arts Hall of Fame, the Extraordinary Service in the Field of Qigong Award recipient from the National Qigong Association; the Media Excellence on Qigong Award from the World Congress on Qigong; and the Leadership Award from the National Tai Chi Association. Please visit the official website of the World Tai Chi & Qigong Day www.worldtaichiday.org for more information about this worldwide celebration of the Energy Arts. | 13 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Michael Winn - Apr 07,2009 | Michael Winn is an internationally renowned expert in Qigong and Taoist arts. He has over 30 years of experience in teaching subtle energy methods internationally, from Kundalini Yoga in 70's to tai chi, qigong, and inner alchemy meditation today. He spent many years studying with the top spiritual teachers of his generation. Mr. Winn served two terms as the President of the National Qigong Association. He has also served as the Chairman of Healing Tao Instructors Association of the Americas for 9 years. He was one of the original Senior Instructors that launched the Healing Tao, also known as Universal Tao, which globally has certified over 1000 instructors and brought Tao teachings to hundreds of thousands of people. He has led a dozen China Dream Trips helping develop a relationship between Western and Chinese Taoists in their sacred mountains and temples and pioneered taking Western Taoists into caves on Flower Mountain (Huashan) in China to meditate. Mr. Winn is the Founder and Director of Healing Tao University summer retreat program (now at Heavenly Mountain in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains) - the largest Taoist arts program in the west. In the 80’s, he helped master Mantak Chia establish his fame by writing and/or editing his first seven books. One of the best known is their collaboration entitled Taoist Secrets of Love: Cultivating Male Sexual Energy. He authored ten Taoism home study DVD-CD courses and many other Qigong articles & book chapters. | 6 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Jim MacRitchie, the Founder of the National Qigong Association - Mar 31,2009 | James MacRitchie, Lic.Ac., Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM), has practised Classical Acupuncture since 1977, and Chi Kung since 1983. He combines these in “Chi Kung Acupuncture” now. Originally from Liverpool, England, Mr. MacRitchie trained in China and has presented and taught his work internationally. He has practiced in Boulder, Colorado since 1981, where he was Co-Director of The Evolving Institute (1982-88) and The Body-Energy Center (1989-2007). In 1983 Mr. MacRitchie became the Founding President of the Acupuncture Association of Colorado. In 1996, he spearheaded the formation of the National Qigong Association and served as its President. He authored three published books on the Energy Arts: "Chi Kung - Cultivating Personal Energy" (1993), "The Chi Kung Way - Alive With Energy" (1997), and "Chi Kung - Energy for Life" (2002). His most recent work is available for download free of charge at globalqiproject.com. | 30 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Shoshanna Katzman, former President of the NQA - Mar 24,2009 | Shoshanna Katzman has been Director of the Red Bank Acupuncture and Wellness Center in Tinton Falls, New Jersey since 1988. As a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, Tai Chi/Qigong professional, massage therapist, and energy medicine specialist, Shoshanna has been involved in the field of Oriental medicine for over 30 years. She holds national licenses in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine through the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncturists (NCCAOM) with a Master in Science in the field. She also holds a masters degree in Sports Medicine. Shoshanna was named the first woman president of the National Qigong Association in 2004 and is now chairman of their Advisory Board. She is the former chairperson of the New Jersey State Acupuncture Examining Board and is now a board member . She is on the board of advisors of Body + Soul Magazine owned by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Shoshanna has been featured in numerous magazine and newspaper articles and has appeared on radio and local, regional, and national television. Shoshanna is author of Qigong for Staying Young: A Simple 20 Minute Workout to Cultivate Your Vital Energy (Avery Penguin Group 2003) along with a companion DVD. She is also co-author of Feeling Light—The Holistic Solution to Permanent Weight Loss and Wellness (Avon Books 1997) Katzman is the co-founder and producer of eight annual Women's Wellness conferences which has drawn thousands of people and hosted speakers Richard Simmons, Coretta Scott King, Christine Northrup, and Caroline Myss. She was an inspirational speaker in the series and continues to lecture at a host of public forums including Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores. | 23 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Kenneth Cohen - Mar 17,2009 | Ken Cohen (Gao Han) is the Executive Director and founder of the Qigong Research & Practice Center in Colorado. He is a world renowned health educator, China scholar, and Qigong Master with more than forty years experience. A former collaborator with Alan Watts, he is the author of the internationally acclaimed book The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing (Ballantine), best-selling self-healing audio and video courses (Sounds True), and more than 200 journal articles. In 2003 Ken Cohen won the leading international award in energy medicine, the Alyce and Elmer Green Award for Innovation and Lifetime Achievement. His work has been translated into Chinese and numerous European languages. Professor Cohen received his Teaching Certificate from the William C.C. Chen School of Tai Chi Chuan in 1974 and completed graduate studies in Taoism and Chinese language at Queens College, the New School for Social Research, and the University of California at Berkeley. Ken Cohen studied with some of the most highly respected masters and Grandmasters in the world, including William C.C. Chen (Yang Style Taiji Quan), B.P. Chan (Chen Style Taiji Quan, Bagua Zhang, Xing Yi Quan, Qigong), Madame Gao Fu (Chen Style Taiji Quan and Primordial Qigong), Share K. Lew (Taoist External Qi Healing), Sunyata (Vedanta in the lineage of Ramana Maharshi), Swami Venkatesananda (Sivananda Yoga), and others. Professor Cohen was the principle apprentice to Dr. K. S. Wong, acupuncturist and Taoist Abbot from Chinas sacred mountains. To advance his study of both Taoism and Comparative Religion, Professor Cohen attended the New Seminary and was ordained as an interfaith minister (M.S.C.) with a graduate degree in pastoral counseling (M.S.Th.). He also holds an M.A. in Holistic Psychology and other academic honors. Currently, professor Cohen is a recognized leader in the dialogue between the ancient wisdom and modern science. | 16 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Phillip Scott - Mar 03,2009 | Phillip Scott, also known as Tsunka Wakan Sapa, has walked the Native path for over twenty-five years. Of Western Band Tsalagi (Cherokee) ancestry, he learned from Medicine/Holy people, tribal Spiritual leaders, shamans and elders from various traditions. A ceremonial Chief in the Lakota tradition, he is devoted to sharing indigenous wisdom and healing practices with the contemporary world. For many years, he has been serving as a spiritual counselor and educator in universities, hospitals, hospices, schools and corporations throughout the United States. Phillip has appeared nationally and internationally on the Radio, television and in newspapers, and has been featured in journals and books. He performs ceremonies and healings, lectures and conducts workshops and pilgrimages worldwide. He is the founder and director of Ancestral Voice - Center for Indigenous Lifeways in Novato, California, whose website is www.ancestralvoice.org. Though his principal focus and service is in ceremonial and Native Medicine, Phillip has been a practitioner and teacher of T'ai Chi Chuan for over two decades. In his youth he was introduced to Tae Kwon Do. While studying Asian philosophy (Taoism and Zen Buddhism) for one of his undergraduate degrees, he was encouraged to learn T'ai Chi. A Yang long form from Taiwan was offered at the University, which he practiced faithfully for four years. Upon graduation, while refining his dance skills, he began sharing the form (with the blessings of his mentor) then journeyed abroad to pursue a career as a professional ballet and modern dancer. Residing in Europe he supplemented his martial arts training and knowledge with a softer Yang long form (from mainland China), a four element form and various Qi Gong practices. In addition, he pursued Iaido (Japanese sword) and received certification in Vietnamese acupuncture from the Tran family lineage. | 2 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Gary Clyman, L.Ac. - Feb 24,2009 | Gary Clyman began his Tai Chi career in 1974 in Chicago. He studied Temple Style Tai Chi Ch'uan as taught by Master Waysun Liao. Gary took his studies very seriously from the beginning. In 1977, his Tai Chi practice developed into a full time job, requiring between 6-10 hours per day of personal practice. Temple Style Tai Chi Ch'uan as passed from Master to disciple is a real Tai Chi system. It includes all aspects of the highly revered and famous art. It includes forms, standing and sitting meditations, martial art applications and fighting, two person sensitivity training and high performance endurance training. Rarely will you find a Tai Chi system like this. A number of other masters have come to study with Master Gary Clyman on an ongoing basis. As he explains, "Chi Kung was originally taught as "the icing on the cake" to augment his Tai Chi training." His techniques, Tidal Wave(tm) Chi Kung, Mind Light(tm) Nei Kung and most of Temple Style Tai Chi Ch'uan, are available on video and in special workshops to those interested in learning these powerful, internal techniques to quickly and permanently change their lives for the better. | 23 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Mark Johnson - Feb 17,2009 | There is only a handful of Westerners with Mark Johnson's training in so many Chinese disciplines. In addition to Tai Chi instruction, Mark specializes in Qigong (which is self healing through movement), Feng Shui (which is the study of the energies of an area), the I Ching (which is China's ancient classic on how things change) and Chinese calligraphy. Mark has integrated these disciplines in creative ways for over 40 years. He started his Chinese studies in 1970 when he joined the I Ching scholar, Khigh Dhiegh at the Taoist Sanctuary in Los Angeles. During his 4 year stay at the Sanctuary, he studied the I Ching, Taoism, Yang style Tai Chi Chuan and the Chinese language. In 1974 Mark relocated to Taiwan to study acupuncture. While in residence there, he studied with several highly respected Taoist Masters. After a year in Taiwan, Mark moved to Malibu, CA where he continued his Taoist training for 8 more years. During that time, he learned 3 Taoist styles of Qigong Tai Chi and the 8 Treasures. He also studied advanced I Ching, Feng Shui, Calligraphy and enhanced his natural healing abilities. In 1982, Mark taught Tai Chi to Francis Ford Coppola and the cast and crew of the movie "The Outsiders". While with them, his Qigong healing abilities were recognized so he was asked to return to do healing for the cast and crew of "Rumble Fish". Mark's students included Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage, Patrick Swayze, Mickey Rourke, Ralph Macchio and many others. Since 1983, Mark has founded Integral Tao Centers in New Mexico, New York, and California where he now resides. He is a certified Tai Chi tournament judge and has officiated nearly 50 tournaments in the past 12 years. He has produced three videos/DVDs: Tai Chi for Healing,Tai Chi for Women and Tai Chi for Seniors which is the highest selling Tai Chi video in the country (over a half a million copies sold and counting). | 16 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Alexander Glover, MBA - Feb 03,2009 | Alexander Glover is a Qigong and Tai Chi enthusiast who won our most recent award for the best question asked of Qigong Masters. His question was, “Given that, as a coach, I facilitate other people’s goal setting and achieving, how can I replace intention with attention in my work?” Mr. Glover is an “executive coach” specializing in strategic planning for large corporations and non-profit organizations. He experience as a business executive includes: Chief Executive Officer of Hello Direct, Inc. (HELO, Nasdaq), the leading developer and direct marketer of telecommunications equipment for small and medium-size businesses. He joined the company in 1995 as Executive Vice-President, and became its President and CEO in 1997. From 1983 to 1994, Mr. Glover worked as Senior Vice-President of Marketing and member of the Corporate Executive Committee for Kransco Group Companies, the largest privately held toy and sporting goods company in the United States. The company was broken up and sold to Mattel, Inc. and other parties in 1995. Mr. Glover has served as a consultant to Great Nordic Telecom; the University of California, San Francisco; the University of Massachusetts, Worcester; and Santa Clara University School of Business. He was also a trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the Pacific Vascular Research Foundation. He is currently on the advisory boards of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, the Tai Chi Cultural Center, and the National Institute for Play. | 2 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Dr. Ted Cibik - Jan 27,2009 | Dr. Ted Cibik is the founder and executive director of Inner Strength, Inc. He has made health, healing and wellness his passion all his life, and his profession for many years. He is a gifted motivational speaker who delivers unforgettable presentations for conferences and employee appreciation events. He inspires and motivates audiences with a direct, down-to-earth style that includes a healthy dose of dry humor, colorful analogies, with a deep understanding and empathy for how the human mind works. His programs and professional practice have helped many people experienced sudden shifts in consciousness that radically changed their lives forever. Dr. Cibik focuses attention on each client, recognizing that every individual has different needs and solutions for health issues. His interest in health and wellness techniques began at a very young age. Diagnosed at the young age of 4 with 'incurable asthma', young Ted was one of the 10 worst asthma cases that had ever been documented at this time. In order to control these attacks at a very young age, he began meditating at the age of 5 and later researched nutrition aspects and strictly controlled his diet. Martial arts training and weight lifting activities were a part of his wellness routine for building body strength and lung capacity. While the physicians predicted that he would not live to be an adult, he was able to not only survive their predictions, but go on to found his own business in health and wellness to help others. The company began as a personal training and martial arts center under Dr. Cibik's personal guidance. It later expanded to include a unique blend of Naturopathic and Traditional Chinese Medicines, nutritional counseling, and breathing/meditation therapies, as well as corporate seminars on health, wellness and self-defense topics. He currently serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Board of the National Qigong Association (NQA). | 26 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Dr. Michael Mayer - Jan 20,2009 | Dr. Michael Mayer is a licensed Psychologist, and a teacher of Qigong, practicing in the San Francisco Bay area. He was the training coordinator for Dr. Eugene Gendlin's Focusing Method for 10 years, and co-founded and is a Psychologist for The Health Medicine Institute, a multidisciplinary team of Western doctors and complimentary health practitioners. Over the past 20 years he has practiced and taught various oriental healing arts including: Tai Chi Chuan, Qigong, Acupressure, standing and walking meditations. Dr. Mayer has presented his integrative approach to body/mind healing to professionals at some of the following locations: Doctoral Psychology Program at The California Institute of Integral Studies, and other universities including Bryn Mawr College, John F. Kennedy University, Esalen Institute; conference Sponsored by The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine; Energy Psychology Conferences in Phoenix, Arizona, Santa Clara, California and Chantilly, Virginia; many hospitals including: UC Medical Center, UC Davis, Mt. Diablo Hospital, John Muir Hospital and Alta Bates Hospital. | 19 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Lama Tantrapa - Jan 13,2009 | Lama Somananda Tantrapa is the 27th lineage holder of Qi Dao, also known as Tibetan Shamanic Qigong. He has been practicing Meditation, Qigong, Dream Yoga and Internal Martial Arts for over thirty years, primarily trained by his Grandfather who was the paragon of the Russian Martial Arts and Qi Dao Grand Master. Lama Tantrapa was ordained as a Buddhist monk in three different orders and initiated into Subud spiritual brotherhood. His background is complex enough to include serving in the Soviet Army’s Special Forces, being kidnapped in the Ukraine and surviving several near-death experiences. In addition to being a Tibetan lama, he studied with a number of Kung-fu and Qigong masters, great teachers of Yoga and Martial Arts, as well as Native American, Hawaiian and Siberian Shamans. He is also trained in Cultural Anthropology, Meta-coaching, Hypnosis and NLP. In addition to that, he is known as: The pioneer of Qi Dao Coaching Bestselling author of Qi Dao books Executive Producer of the film Qi Dao – Tibetan Shamanic Qigong Creator of CD albums Qi Dao Initiation and The Art of Being in the Flow Publisher of the Basic Qi Dao Home Study Course and other multimedia learning materials Even prior to living on Guam, seven thousand miles away from the majority of his students and clients, he created a novel method of practicing Qigong called Qi Dao Coaching. In the last seven or eight years, he has provided wellness, peak performance and life coaching to thousands of people of all ages from all walks of life. Lama Tantrapa currently serves as the Vice-President of the National Qigong Association. And, of course, he is the executive producer and host of an Internet Radio talk show “The Secrets of Qigong Masters.” | 12 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Dr. Bernard Shannon - Jan 06,2009 | Dr. Bernard Shannon is the Executive Director of the International Institute of Medical Qigong (IIMQ). He currently serves as the Chairman of the National Qigong Association (NQA) and on the Board of Directors of the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong (China). He is an acclaimed doctor and teacher of Medical Qigong therapy who has taught Medical Qigong and treated patients in Asia, Europe and throughout North America. Dr. Shannon has been acknowledged by the National Qigong Association as a Level IV Qigong Teacher, which is the highest teaching certification granted by the National Qigong Association. This denotes wisdom, insight, Qi transmission, empowerment, and the mentoring of others in the field. As the Executive Director of the IIMQ, Dr. Shannon is responsible for creating its curriculum and overseeing various Medical Qigong programs implemented throughout several TCM colleges and Medical Qigong Institutes in Europe and North America. His vision for the IIMQ is, “…to facilitate the integration of Medical Qigong therapy into the personal and professional lives of our patients and students.” He desires “through maintaining the highest academic and clinical standards that the IIMQ will continue to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western medicine, promoting a system of health care that empowers people to heal themselves.” Dr. Shannon received his Doctor of Medical Qigong (DMQ) degree from the Western District Medical Qigong Science and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute (China), license # 98029.08, and the International Institute of Medical Qigong (USA). He completed his residency training while treating patients at the Xi Yuan Hospital (China). Dr. Shannon started his martial training in the late 1980s and has trained in several styles including Muay Thai, Western Boxing, Judo, and Jiu-jitsu. Dr. Shannon is also a Sifu (Master Instructor) in Baguazhang and Yang Family Taijiquan. | 5 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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