FACULTY
Jampa
Mackenzie Stewart, M.S.O.M., L.Ac., Dipl.Ac.
is the founder and director of the Healing
Tao Institute.
Background
Born in Rochester, New York in 1951, Jampa began his
training in Zen meditation at age 16. This inspired
him to pursue extensive training in Tai Chi Chuan, Shaolin
Kung Fu, and Qigong in 1972. In 1981 he was with the
first U.S. Delegation to learn the original Chen Style
of Tai Chi in China with the world's top masters. He
also studied extensively with many other Tai Chi and
Qigong masters and with Taoist masters of the Hua Shan
and Chang Bai Shan lineages.
Later he trained with many Tibetan Buddhist
masters of the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages,
and was ordained by Zen Master Thich Nhat
Hanh in 1986. He emphasizes that his principle
teacher was Taoist Master Mantak Chia, who
authorized him to teach and heal.
Jampa is a Senior Healing Tao Instructor, certified
by the Universal Healing Tao, and is
the co-founder of Healing Tao USA. Dr. Stewart also
holds a Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine from
Southwest Acupuncture College (SWAC) in Santa Fe and
has taught Medical Qigong at both SWAC and the Academy
of Oriental Medicine in Austin, Texas, where he now
resides.
Jampa is also an AOBTA Certified Instructor in Medical
Qigong Therapy and Chi Nei Tsang, and a Board Certified
Diplomate in Acupuncture (Dipl. Ac. by the National
Certification Committee for Acupuncture and Oriental
Medicine.
Jampa has served as editor and contributing writer
for Healing Tao books since 1989, and has collaborated
with Chia on several books, including Awaken Healing
Light of the Tao (1993) and The Inner Structure
of Tai Chi (1996). Dr. Stewart has written several
books of his own, including The Life of Gampopa
(Snow Lion, 1995) and Foundations of Taoist Practice
(1995). He has also written over 40 published articles
that have appeared in magazines such as Tantra,
Qigong Magazine, Internal Arts, Black Belt, and
Tai Chi.
Jampa served as co-chairman of the National Qigong
Association (NQA) Medical Qigong Committee and guided
them in developing new national standards for Qigong
professionals. He is currently on the NQA Board of Directors.
He was also a board member of the Texas Association
of Acupuncture and Oriental Medical Association, founding
board member of the Healing Tao Instructors Association
and former co-chairman of their Certification Committee.
Articles by Jampa Mackenzie
Stewart
Shanti
Dechen, C.M.T., is the Director
of Healing Tao Institute's Chi Nei Tsang
Program.
Background
Shanti is a Certified Senior Chi Nei Tsang Instructor,
personally trained by Taoist Master Mantak Chia.
She is approved to teach and certify students in
Chi Nei Tsang Levels 1-3 and Instructor Level.
A certified massage therapist and health
practitioner since 1978, she has assisted
Master Chia in Chi Nei Tsang Instructor and
Practitioner Training Retreats since 1985.
She also served as contributing writer for
the book, Chi Nei Tsang: Internal Organs
Chi Massage (Huntington: Healing Tao
Books, 1990). Her extensive knowledge and
background in bodywork and healing have helped
to expand and shape the international Chi
Nei Tsang curriculum.
Shanti is a Nationally Certified Massage
Therapist, with over 24 years and 15,000
hours of extensive clinical practice, training
and certification in body/mind therapies.
Her training and clinical practice includes
many modalities of massage (including Deep
Tissue), as well as Chi Nei Tsang, Visceral
Rejuvenation, Pranic Healing (with Master
Choa Kok Sui), Clinical Aroma therapy, Lymphatic
Drainage, Acupressure, Craniosacral Therapy,
Kinesiology, Polarity Therapy, Five Element
Nutrition, Reflexology, Stress Management
and meditation.
Shanti is also a Certified Clinical Aromatherapist
(Canada), and is the author of a comprehensive distance
learning course on Clinical Aromatherapy that is rapidly
gaining international attention by both practitioners
and schools.
Shanti has a university background in the sciences,
and has lectured, written, taught and practiced Chi
Nei Tsang and Clinical Aromatherapy throughout the U.S.,
Canada, Germany, and the Virgin Islands. She brings
a warm personal touch to her teaching and clinical practice
that, together with her expertise, has earned her the
affection and respect of her many students and clients
around the world.
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