Instructor Biographies
July 20th, 2008 by Yoga World Staff
Gabriel studied and practiced yoga throughout college while completing a degree in philosophy at Cal State Long Beach. It was there that he was introduced to Iyengar style of hatha yoga. Later he spent a summer working at the front desk in exchange for classes at the Iyengar Institute in Los Angeles. At the institute Gabriel practiced with Leslie Peters and Karin O’Bannon. Years after he would complete two modules of teacher training courses conducted by Karin O’Bannon in Costa Mesa.
It was in early 1999 when Gabriel completed a rigorous and thorough teacher training program at Yoga Works in Santa Monica. The training was a blend of Ashtanga and Iyengar styles of yoga. While the initial course was taught by Maty Ezraty and Lisa Walford the prominence of Yoga Works attracted many of the country’s most elite teachers. Over the course of many years Gabriel has been afforded the opportunity to study with Aadil Palkhivala, Gary Kraftsow, Dona Holleman, Kofi Busia, Judith Lasater, Bryan Kest, Richard Freeman and John Friend. Gabriel has also completed a concentrated teacher training course taught by Erich Schiffmann. Following the course Gabriel enjoyed a brief assistantship with Erich in Venice at Sacred Movement.
As a complement to his study of philosophy and practice of yoga Gabriel has been trained in the tradition of Thai Yoga therapy under the watchful supervision of Saul David Raye. In addition to incorporating elements into his yoga classes he also conducts private sessions of Thai Yoga therapy.
Gabriel teaches a variety of different leveled classes available weekly at Yoga World in Long Beach. In addition, Gabriel teaches 8 week sessions for beginners and intermediate students for the city of Yorba Linda and the city of Irvine through their recreation departments.
Regardless of the level of difficulty Gabriel’s classes are infused with humor, positivity and caring support. His sequences are safe yet challenging and always allow for individual modifications. His classes are well varied and rarely the same twice. It is most beneficial when practiced regularly and the best way to maintain a consistent practice is to enjoy it. So come and enjoy.
Private Instruction Available Upon Request.
Bridget Ingham
Bridget has been studying and practicing yoga for the past ten years. She began her teaching career here at Yoga World Studio where she was first introduced to yoga by gabriel hall. She ahs trained with Karin O’Bannon, Shiva Rae, and Saul David Raye. Bridget is grateful for the opportunity to teach yoga, but also loves being a practicing student of yoga. She holds a B.F.A. in dance from California State University at Long Beach, where she also studied with “Cathy Davalos and Dancers,” performing in the Long Beach and Los Angeles area.
Bridget brings her love of movement as a dancer and various influences of yoga into her teachings, including the alignment principles of Iyengar and the fluid harmony of vinyasa. Her classes are creative and eclectic in style, with the intention to form a safe environment for people to discover and explore the depths of their potential to expand their awareness and connect with their inner wisdom.
Private Instruction Available Upon Request.
Monica Roman.
In 1993, while working as a Speech Therapist Monica began researching relaxation and breathing techniques and became acquainted with the science of Yoga. Indra Devi, a highly accomplished yogini, introduced her to it. To be in Indra’s presence illumined her mind and set her on a new course. Since then, she practices asanas, pranayama and meditation in the viniyoga tradition and studies the philosophy of Yoga and eastern mysticism.
In 1995 she traveled to California and was introduced to many teachers and styles of Hatha Yoga. She took classes, workshops and studied with many wonderful teachers. These, and her daily commitment to practice, helped her deepen her understanding of the anatomy and physiology of Hatha Yoga and the art of asana sequencing.
One of the great influences in her career was that of Gabriel Hall. She has trained and learned from him for about four years, he trusted and encouraged her to begin teaching.
In 1998 as she was exploring metaphysics and Kundalini Yoga, she met her teacher, a Kundalini-Tantra Master. Under her guidance, meditation took on a completely new dimension and healing in consciousness began to unfold. This is the ancient, original way of yogic training, where a God realized Master helps the student attune to his or her own higher mind where the teachings of Yoga can be realized through the direct experience of Truth. In this method life is the school and practice is every moment. The main aspect of daily practice is meditation. All other yogic techniques are used to prepare body and mind for it.
Monica is currently completing an Ayurveda Clinician certification course under the teachings of Dr. David Frawly as a part of her ongoing training in the therapeutic applications of Yoga. She has been teaching group classes since 1998 at various locations including Yoga World Studio, The Belmont Athletic Club and the Seniors University of Long Beach. She also does private Yoga therapy sessions for people with specific health conditions.
Gabrielle Dorr
Gabrielle first discovered the benefits of a regular yoga practice more than 6 years ago while attending graduate school. Gabrielle quickly understood how yoga helped relieve stress while also strengthening the body and calming the mind. Shortly after discovering yoga, Gabrielle began a personal practice of five to seven days a week. Gabrielle has studied many styles of yoga including Hatha, Iyengar, Kundalini, Jivamukti, and Flow. Each of her classes explores different styles and poses.
Gabrielle approaches yoga with a raw energy that is playful and light-hearted reminding you to keep an inner focus to create better self-awareness. Her classes challenge your flexibility and balance while moving at a gentle pace and leaving you with a sense of stillness and peace.
Michelle Libeu
Exercise has always been Michelle’s backbone. It began with dance, surfing, snowboarding, and then yoga found her. From the first yoga class she ever took her practice became a part of her that is continuing to grow and change. Teaching was an obvious and rewarding step in her path.
Michelle attended The White Lotus Teacher Training course in Santa Barbara in 2002, taught by Paul Reynolds, Kent Bond, Tracey Rich, and Ganga White. There she was trained in the Vinyasa Flow style which is the foundation for many of her classes. She has also attended workshops from David Swenson and Ganga White. Michelle will always be a student and is continuing her study of yoga whenever possible.
From 2002-2005 Michelle ran a studio in Big Bear, CA. With a small space to hold classes she was able to offer a variety ranging from yoga for athletes to yoga for seniors. She specialized in private sessions to help cultivate a person’s practice to meet their unique needs.
Michelle tries to keep every class fresh with a new blend of moves to suite an ever changing mix of students. No two bodies are the same and no two practices should be either, she believes in modifying as much as needed to create an approachable style for everyone.
Michelle is proud of her ability to share her love of yoga and help others to cultivate their own practice.
Private Instruction Available Upon Request.
Ramona began her practicing yoga over 9 or 10 years ago. At the time she did not really want to do something that made her feel any calmer than she already considered herself to be. She needed something more physical to change her from a calm, sweet girl into a strong powerful woman. Reluctantly she went to her first class not expecting much yet walked away feeling immediately transformed; strangely stronger and more self empowered and self-aware. She stayed in the classroom and did the next class that followed and if there had been another class that day she would have been there. She was hooked on the yoga juice.
She never really saw herself as a teacher but one day while visiting a fortuneteller at Venice Beach she had her future given to he. The fortuneteller gazed intently into her rubber beach ball and told her, “ You are to be a teacher.” Ramona laughed and walked away but soon that sentiment was repeated when Gabriel hall asked her after a class, “When are you going to start teaching?” So since the door was obviously opening and she was teetering at the threshold Ramona decided to enroll in an Iyengar TT Module under the charming intelligent guidance of Paul Cabanas and Marla Apt. This lead to further training under Maty Ezraty and Chuck Miller and the rest of the TT team at yoga works. The year was maybe 2004? Anyway all that matters is the door was opened and she was walking through it with grace and with caring influences.
Those who come inspire each of her classes. She constantly is striving to help their practice grow through challenging sequences that strengthen and allow them to reach new potentials. Her classes explore fun, playful, creative ways to open others up to their fullest potential. She believes in giving simple, careful instructions in a way that enhance each student’s possibility. She wants to see the students move beyond their first encounter; to witness them grow fuels her practice as well as her teaching.
Dawn MacDonald
With a background in gymnastics, Dawn began practicing yoga in 2000. She enjoys running and hiking, and she first discovered yoga because it compliments other physical activities in regards to strength and flexibility, but then she fell in love with yoga because of its benefits beyond the physical. She completed the Yoga Works teacher training in Los Angeles in 2005 and continues her studies with many talented teachers in LA and OC. Her classes are upbeat, well-rounded and follow a “flow” style of yoga. She stresses proper alignment, but also encourages students to feel joyful and playful in their practice.
Dr. Allen Arnette
Allen’s blending of various yoga traditions produce classes that are filled with support, experience and wisdom. Yoga traditions of Iyengar (alignment orientation), Asthanga/Vinyasa methods, Viniyoga and Sivananda are woven together with Pramayama (breath work) and meditation to provide an authentic yoga practice.
Over the last 5 years, Allen has studied yoga with Seane Corn, Richard Freeman, Shiva Rea, Rodney Yee and completed his teacher training with Yogaworks in Santa Monica with Heather Seiniger and Malachi Melville. He has also completed advanced Vinyasa flow teacher training in Santa Monica with Seane Corn, Vinnie Marino and Annie Carpenter. In an ongoing quest to deepen his personal practice and understanding of yoga philosophy he has taken many specialty seminars on such topics as shoulder health, safety in inversions, jumpings, and weeklong retreats with Omega Institute in New York.
Growing up in the 60s with hippie parents Allen was exposed to yoga at an early age. The attitude and intention of peace, wholeness and health were the background of his childhood in Dallas Texas. Today, he practices yoga with conviction, passion and life long enthusiasm.
By day Allen is better known as Dr. Arnette at his clinic-the Advanced Wellness Center in Long Beach California where he is the clinic director of the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Department. Here he combines his natural medical degrees, licenses, talents and skills of chiropractic, acupuncture and nutrition with the use of Chinese herbal medicine. Combining a sound physiologic and orthopedic basis upon which to understand “what goes wrong” (pathology) with a deep understanding of the human psyche, Dr. Arnette has tackled conditions ranging from rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome and many viral conditions to Stress related conditions as well as sports and yoga-related injuries.
Yoga and its traditions awaken within its students an awareness of how much broader-visioned and grand life can be. When one releases and let’s go of how they are habitually gripping and reacting to what they are experiencing in their life, they anchor themselves in the natural reality that there is some larger force at play governing their life. This allows one to release the tension and resistances inherent within man’s worrisome world. Within the breadth of yoga, asana practice allow us to experience these releases for periods long enough to balance our physiological and psychological states producing change that is evident in our outer life experiences of health, memory, energy and creativity.
Understanding that well being and wholeness are the natural states of the human experience, Dr. Arnette found that passive medical care could only go so far for healing what ails people. A holistic approach to life encompasses greater territory. One important cornerstone is the vital and radiant health bestowed upon the practitioner of Hatha yoga. He refers to yoga as “active acupuncture” and acupuncture as “passive yoga.”
Allen therefore, brings to his yoga students over two decades of experience in helping to end suffering, ease tension, reduce pain and find greater states of well-being and joy.
Denise Hammond
Denise found the yoga practice after a lifetime of movement and dance. As she discovered the healing powers of yoga for the body, a deep passion and reverence for the practice fell into place. Very quickly she was drawn to the practice almost daily. Ten years ago she began with the study of ashtanga yoga and then she experienced several schools: anusura, vinyasa, viniyoga, iyengar and Forrest.
Because of the facts that the yoga experiences were life changing and that she is an elementary teacher as a career in a performing arts school teaching drama and dance, she became inspired to teach yoga. In 2001, she met Ana Forrest and an opportunity arose to enroll in teacher training with Ana Forrest in 2002. After eight weeks of training Denise began to inspire others to discover the path of yoga. She did shorter teacher trainings with Shiva Rea and Max Storm. Other major influential teachers for her have been Steve Rogers, Jerome Mercier, Gabriel Hall, Juris Zinsbergs and Tias Little.
Currently, Denise continues to practice yoga intensely and regularly and to teach as often as possible. She brings a love of the process of yoga to each class and she hopes to guide others to discover the depth of knowledge that yoga has to offer. Through the breath each student will experience a journey into the body, a relaxation of the brain and a fullness of the spirit in the center. Denise teaches in the spirit of vinyasa yoga with a focus on alignment, strength and flexibility
Kelly Wackerman
Kelly first came to us as a student of Yoga in 2000. After receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Cal State Long Beach she then found herself working many hours sitting at a desk in front of a computer. It was during this time that she was introduced to the world of Pilates. For the first time she began to understand the importance of proper alignment and the benefits that come from being able to “stand up straight”. Kelly quickly learned how the basic principles of Pilates can help each of us in our life out side of the studio and made a commitment to learn all she could about Pilates, so that she could be able to someday teach it to the rest of the world.
After extensive research of many styles of Pilates Kelly decided to receive her Pilates certification at Body Arts and Science International in Costa Mesa. She noticed that the BASI style teachers were always the ones who paid extremely close attention to each student and their specific needs, especially in the Mat Class setting. She was privilaged to be part of a course that was taught by the school’s founder, the world renowned Rael Isacowitz. Rael’s style of teaching has been able to integrate a respect for the traditional teachings of Joesph Pilates while keeping an openness to recent scientific advances.
Kelly’s approach to teaching Pilates places a strong emphasis on enabling clients to apply what they learn in the studio to their daily lives. She uses a hands on approach in order to help her students understand how it feels to work in perfect alignment. Through her extended education Kelly has realized that she finds great satisfaction in working with specific populations and has been certified by the Center for Women’s fitness in teaching Pre/Post Natal Pilates. Whether you have just had a baby, are experiencing low back pains, or are just looking to gain strength, come join the many people who have experienced the following benefits…..
Better posture, body alignment, and balance
Greater body awareness
More flexibility
Increased and balanced muscle strength, particularly of the abdominal muscles, lower back, hips and buttocks (the core muscles of the body)
Relief from back pain, sports injuries, and other chronic health problems
Enhanced muscular control of the back and limbs and improved stabilization of the spine
Longer, leaner and better-conditioned muscles, especially your “deep” or underlying muscles
Better range of motion and freedom of movement
A whole-body workout
Relaxation of the shoulders, neck and upper back
Less stress and physical/mental tension
Matthew Spencer
Matthew Spencer has been practicing yoga for 9 years, and enjoys all variety yoga there is to practice. He is 500 hour certified through YogaWorks, and is a RYT with yoga alliance. He teaches hatha yoga, and he enjoys drawing from his wide range of yogic influences, such as Viniyoga, Vinyasa, Kundalini, Anusara, Pranayama , and meditation. Matt likes to offer a challenging practice, with a compassionate tone, while emphasizing the connection to the breath, as well as the theraputic healing aspects of yoga. Yoga is not just a class, but a lifestyle, or a way of life. It’s a holistic practice towards wellness, to help us connect to our essence, or our true self.
Kimberly Wolff
A dedicated student of yoga and meditation, Kim has been practicing for over two decades. She studied with the masterful Saul David Raye in 2008 and has since enjoyed an assistantship with him at Exhale Center for Sacred Movement in Venice, CA. Through her work in assisting Saul with classes, workshops and teacher trainings, Kim learned the art of hands on healing adjustments while navigating groups of up to 100 students per class.
In 2009, she traveled to India and participated in a yoga, meditation & Ayurveda immersion program
where she fine tuned her holistic approach to yoga & healing. Through her teaching, Kim addresses all levels of being; physical, mental, emotional & spiritual, using yoga, meditation and mantra as tools for healing and transformation.
Her classes are rooted in the Hatha tradition with an emphasis on breathwork, fluid movement, meditation & mantra. Kim’s classes are designed to impart practical wisdom helping to bring more calm, clarity, focus & balance to the forefront when dealing with life’s everyday challenges. Each of her classes are pleasantly challenging and infused with a sense of playfulness and ease that leaves the body and mind feeling strengthened, relaxed and revitalized and the spirit joyful.
Katherine Ostrout
Katherine Ostrout’s interest in Pilates began after sustaining a ballet related injury in her teens. She has since enjoyed training with Pilates as a way to improve her abilities in the dance studio, and to stay active and strong when taking a brake from dance. Her path has taken her from a professional ballet career, to receiving a BA in Dance Science from Cal State Long Beach, and completing her certification in Pilates with Dance Specialization through Body Arts and Sciences International. Though Katherine stems from a dance background, she works with students of all fitness levels and believes that Pilates is one of the best things a person can do for themselves to stay healthy, balanced, and aware of their individual mind/body coordination. Katherine is enthusiastic about sharing her passion for Pilates and hopes that its benefits of proper skeletal alignment and muscular strength and balance will be life changing for you too!
Darnell Renee
Darnell has been a professional photographer/photojournalist for the last 20 years. She has been practicing yoga since she was a teenager, when her mother first introduced her to yoga poses in their home. Over the years has practiced many forms of yoga, including vinyasa, ashtanga and traditional Hatha. She has also studied Martial Arts, where she currently holds an advanced red belt in Tae-Kwon-Do.
She became passionate about yoga again, after taking her first “Hot Yoga” class in Dallas, Texas. This inspired her to pursue teaching yoga, to give back to her students the energy and love for yoga that has changed her life. She currently holds a 500 hour certification as an instructor of yoga, specializing in Hatha Yoga in a Hot Room.
David Hennage
David began his yoga practice 10 years ago as an astanga student although his teacher training was in vinyasa. His practice and his teaching have evolved to include the best of the discipline of ashtanga, and the sensitivity to the students and the artistry of vinyasa. David’s teaching is grounded in a deep appreciation of the classical philosophy articulated by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras and his study of Buddhist meditation.
As someone who began his practice later in life, David has a real appreciation for beginning practitioners, but also realizes how far someone at any age can advance in their practice with steady, commitment and determination. For David, yoga truly is a way of life - a way of keeping fit, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Through teaching, he shares his experiences on the yoga path, both on and off the mat.
Cara Pierce
Cara stumbled upon yoga up in northern California 13 years ago. After her first class she remembers feeling completely relaxed while at the same time energized both mentally and physically. After moving to Long Beach in 2000 she began taking classes at Yoga World Stuido; and began studying under Gabriel Hall. Cara never imagined she would eventually become a yoga teacher, but after being asked to sub at Yoga World she felt compelled to offer yoga to others. After taking a teacher training with Erich Schiffman, she started teaching at Yoga World on a regular basis. In 2005 Cara moved to New York City where she took classes at Om yoga and Jivamukti on a regular basis. She also taught yoga at New York University while attending graduate school. After moving back to Long Beach in 2007, Cara began teaching at Yoga World again.
Cara designs her classes to accommodate all who come to the studio—whether it’s a person’s first time in a yoga class or they’re seasoned yoga students. She likes to offer variations for each asana so that each person gets out of the class what they need. Whether she’s teaching a flow class or a basic class she teaches about safety in the poses; and likes to encourage her students to find a connection with their breath and body; and to have fun with their practice. She believes that each student needs to find what feels right for their body and to know that there is no “perfect” pose.
At the turn of the millennium, Michael began his formal studies of yoga in Portland, OR. From that moment, yoga in its multiple forms became the undercurrent which has accompanied him through his subsequent career changes, artistic endeavors and international travels.
In 2004, Michael joined the World Evolution yoga school where he studied and certified in five complete traditions over an extensive five year program including hatha, kundalini, tibetan and taoist practices. Here, he deepened his love and connection to physical yoga by studying the ancient roots and lineages that have carried these teachings to us today. His teachers encouraged him to visit and receive directly from many of the living dharma masters in each tradition, which served to further reveal these teachings as living technology contributing toward the benefit of all beings.
Michael strives to make each class an experiential journey, weaving elements from his favorite somatic trainings to enliven a sequence of movements. Gems from Pilates, Gyrotonic, GST, Feldenkrais and other physical systems bring a buoyancy and freshness to the practice. Above all, Michael intends each class to be fun, where everyone can leave with something new to assist them on their adventure.
Emelia’s passion for Health & fitness; specializing in Pilates, proves her true devotion to her craft allowing her students to get the very best Resistance Training workout emotionally & physically. She has been a passionate Instructor since 2007, but her passion for fitness started many years prior. Since the age of three Emelia been a part of the arts; dancing, and spending her last year dancing for the Anaheim Ballet Company dancing in the Nutcracker which she thoroughly enjoyed. Emelia has been blessed to have been taught by some amazing teachers, giving her the foundation to be an inspirational Instructor too. Emelia is a Certified Pilates Trainer (emphasis in dance movement) through BASI-located in Costa Mesa, lead by the brilliant founder Rael Isacowitz. She also specializes in Pre/Post Natal Pregnancy through Carolyn Anthony, Nutrition & Wellness consultant & advisor through AFPA, and is CPR/AED/ Firs-Aid Certified.
Back in 2001 Emelia was the former Miss. Greater Los Angeles Teen 2001 USA, where she had the opportunity to compete for Miss. California teen placing in the top 10. When Emelia isn’t teaching she loves going to the movies, taking leisure walks, traveling anywhere, playing the piano and getting all the girls together!
Lisa Behrendt
After undergoing some life-challenging events, Lisa began practicing yoga with gabriel hall at Yoga World Studio in 2000. She has an extensive background in dance spanning over 30 years of ballet technique and performance. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Dance from Cal State University at Long Beach and recently completed an intensive yoga teacher training led by Saul David Raye and gabriel hall which focused on Holistic Yoga. The teacher training experience not only validated her desire to share her love of yoga with others but has sparked an interest in pursuing a deeper knowledge of Eastern philosophy and the principles of Ayurveda.
Lisa brings her enthusiasm for movement to the mat using a combination of yoga styles and outside influences that translate into a comprehensive exploration of the body in motion in the Hatha tradition.
Lisa’s classes are a challenging combination of stretch and asana flow designed to guide a student of any level to a deeper awareness of their body’s range of motion with proper alignment and breathe awareness. Her passion for encouraging students to find their own path of personal fulfillment and spiritual development, thru and active yoga practice is fundamental to her teaching style.
Sasha Papovich
(Visiting Teacher) Sasha teaches an integrated practice of yoga, meditation, and breathwork. Her classes are known to inspire personal transformation through their healing blend of enlivening asana, philosophical depth, and compassionate awareness.
Sasha completed her teacher’s training with Ana Forrest in 2002 after five years of intensive practice, which included deep exploration of a debilitating spinal injury. Her understanding of yoga, anatomy, nutrition, psychology, and energetics was broadened by in-depth study with Julian Walker and Ellen Heed. She has continued her inquiry of transformational healing through the study of cranio-sacral work with the Milne Institute, structural integration with advanced rolfer Bruce Schonfeld, and manual orthopedic physical therapy with Annette Dugan. She is currently studying Chinese medicine meridian theory and Buddhist meditation with Sarah Powers.
Sasha’s teaching is continually fueled by her study of the integration and application of yoga, meditation, psychology, Eastern spirituality and philosophy, as well as her deep faith in the ecstatic experience of healing. She is committed to translating yoga and spirituality into an accessible, meaningful practice that leads to transformational change in the whole person.
She teaches ongoing classes, workshops, and private healing sessions workshops in Long Beach and in Santa Monica . Her classes cater to
students of all levels, ages, and abilities, and she enjoys collaborating with students in order to work effectively with their injuries and individual needs.
www.sashapapovich.com
Sally Burns
Sally Burns teaches a dynamic vinyasa flow style class, integrating her experience with Hatha Yoga, Iyengar and Ashtanga, by emphasizing the union of mindful movement with the breath, as well as alignment in the poses. A dedicated practitioner of yoga since 1997, Sally began teaching in 2002 and is a Yoga Alliance registered teacher. She has studied with David Swenson in the Ashtanga tradition and Karin O’Bannon in the Iyengar tradition. In addition she has taken many other teacher training workshops with notable teachers such as Max Strom, Saul David Raye and Angela Farmer.
Joe Love
Formerly a competitive UCLA gymnast, Joe brings 18 years experience as an athlete as well as a natural creativity to yoga. Having worked through various difficulties and injuries in gymnastics, he believes that when it comes to our practice balance is key. By listening to our bodies, knowing when to strengthen and when to soften, honoring ourselves in the moment, and practicing consistently, we maintain a healthy bodymind and ultimately become what we practice.
A graduate of legendary yoga teacher John Friend and City Yoga’s Anusara Teacher Training and Advanced Studies Program in 2002, Joe has also studied under and assisted Saul David Raye who introduced Joe to John Friend and Anusara. More recently, Joe returned from Mysore, India where he studied Classical Style Ashtanga for one month at the K. Pattabhi Jois Yoga Institute and the Patanjala Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Shala. All of his teachers and mentors continue to bless and inspire his yoga practice and life with wisdom, knowledge, and joy which he in turn hopes to share with you.
A native of Oklahoma with mixed Vietnamese ancestry, Joe brings a fun-spirit, knowledge of alignment principles, and an invigorating flow to all of his classes. He teaches group and private Vinyasa Flow and Ba Qua Tai Chi/Qi Gong classes and is also a Traditional Thai Therapy Massage Practitioner and CMT.