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BIO RESUME What
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offers classes,
workshops, and private lessons in Yoga, Qigong and Tai Chi. He has been
teaching since 1996 in Virginia and Texas.
John has studied Hatha Yoga since 1993. He apprenticed with his first
Yoga teacher, Alice Slattery, for one and a half years to become a teacher and
began teaching in 1996. In 2000, he completed a one year, 300-hour Hatha
Yoga teacher training program at Sun & Moon Yoga Studio in Arlington, VA
with JJ Gormley. John has taken workshops with internationally known
instructors Donna Farhi, Mark Bouckoms, Rodney Yee, and Dean Lerner.
Most recently, he has taken classes with Carol Carnes Johnson
at Yoga For Life in El Paso, TX.
John is certified to teach Hatha Yoga by
Sun & Moon Yoga Studio in Arlington, VA and is a Registered Yoga
Teacher with the Yoga Alliance.
John has trained in Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong (Qigong) since 1997. This
style of qigong naturally returns one to the original experience of the
heart. John has worked extensively with Master Li Jun Feng, who is the
moving force behind Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong and the principal instructor of
Qigong at the Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin (AOMA). Over the
years, John’s practice and training have taken him to China, Germany, the
Philippines, Hawaii and Canada.
In addition to teaching qigong practitioners, John assists other Sheng
Zhen teachers with the refinement of their teaching techniques. His enthusiasm,
and gentle yet incisive manner, helps students easily learn this graceful
qigong.
John is certified to teach Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong by Master Li and the
International Sheng Zhen Society.
John began practicing Tai Chi in the late 80's under the guidance of Bill
Adams, his Karate Instructor. He continued that practice in the mid 90's under
the direction of Sifu Christopher Pei. While continuing his Qigong practice in
Austin, he studied Tai Chi under his Qigong Teacher Master Li Jun Feng. Now,
living in El Paso, John has had the good fortune to study Yang Style Tai Chi
under Sifu Ray Abeyta of the
Texas School of Tai Chi & Healing.
John has been certified to teach Yang Style Tai Chi by Sifu Ray Abeyta.
, John began practicing
Martial Arts in 1985. With a multi-faceted background in Isshynryu Karate
(first degree Black Belt), Yang style Tai Chi, Qigong, and Yoga, John brings a
depth of understanding to the fluid, core-centered movement practices he
teaches.
As John continues to deepen and refine his understanding and experience of
Yoga, Qigong, and Tai Chi, his goal is to continue to help practitioners
unleash the potential that lies within them. Through these practices
, John strives to embody the spirit of Sheng Zhen, which is Unconditional Love,
in all that he does.
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