Dean is the founder of Great Way Martial Arts and Longmont Acupuncture Clinic. He began traveling to China and throughout the U.S. in the mid 80’s to study with Master Wang Peisheng, Daniel K. Pai and Share K. Lew to learn their martial arts and advanced internal energy systems. He is passionate about sharing Taoist Meditations, Tai Chi & Qi Gong due to the profound effects they are known to have on body, mind and spirit. As an acupuncturist and herbalist, he strives to bring the same Taoist approach to his clinic to not just treat symptoms but treat the root cause of illnesses. When he isn’t chasing his four kids (they are all a little older now, so not so much chasing), you can find him speaking Spanish to his spicy Beta fish, Señor Pantolones del Fuego