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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. He co-founded The Health Medicine Institute, a multidisciplinary team of Western doctors and complimentary health practitioners, where he also served as a Psychologist. 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.

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David-Dorian Ross is an American Tai 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 Tai Chi performance. He’s known affectionately as “Dr. Tai Chi,” and he is passionate about sharing the beauty and magic of Tai 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 - the first social networking site for Tai Chi enthusiasts. He was the co-host of the 13-part public television series, “Tai Chi in Paradise,” and the host of the award-winning videos Tai 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, David-Dorian 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.

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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.

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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 millions 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 1000 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. To find out about his upcoming program dedicated to training Tai Chi Easy Practice Leaders at QigongCoaching.com/IIQTC.