joined on 12/25/07
last updated 11/24/09
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about me
I first began practicing Tai Chi, Qigong, Yiquan and Wing Chun in 1989 with Sifu David Leung in Eugene, Oregon. From 1999 - 2001 I taught qigong at a public park in Eugene.
Since 1990 I have also been exploring & practicing energetic health promotion arts such as Reiki, Pranic Healing, Qigong & massage independently & with other health arts practitioners.
My attraction to these arts has been in part inspired by, and helpful for, a congential heart defect which resulted in my being born 3 months premature, and experiencing 4 open-heart surgeries to repair a congenital heart complication.
Qigong & related health promotion processes that I have learned & practice have contributed significantly to my resiliancy & health throughout the physical health challenges my body has encountered.
In 2002 I moved to the San Francisco Bay area in part to continue my Tai Chi, Qigong & Yiquan practice with Fong Ha in Berkeley, Ca., who I continue to learn from.
Sifu Fong Ha started his formal training in Tai Chi Chuan in 1953, first with Master Tung Ying-Chieh and after his death with Master Yang Sau-Chung , the eldest son of the legendary Yang Ching-fu. Fong Has' training in the Internal System of Martial Arts, Yiquan, was with Master Han Sing-Yuan, a disciple of Master Wang Hsin-Chai, the founder of Yiquan also known as Dachenquan.
I am a Certified Massage Practitioner skilled in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Thai Bodywork, Shiatsu, Chair massage, Reiki and Pranic Healing.
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