PEARLS OF WISDOM
Tao Congress 2010
SHARON SMITH
Sharon Smith
SHARON SMITH has been practicing Qigong, Tai Chi, & other Taoist spiritual and healing arts for over 30 years & teaching them for 26. Her influential teachers include Masters Mantak Chia (she was in his original class of western students in 1981 and is the organizer for his annual New York City seminars), Li Jun Feng, Ming Chan, and T.K. Shih. She has also studied with many other Tao masters.
Sharon is a 30-year practitioner and one of Mantak Chia's original students and is a Senior Instructor and Chi Nei Tsang Practitioner in the Universal Tao system. In addition, Sharon has practiced Iyengar yoga for over 25 years and has traveled many times to China, Thailand, India, the Philppines, and New Zealand to further her studies.
Sharon currently teaches seminars internationally as well as regularly at the New York Open Center. She has also taught at Tao Garden in Thailand, Omega Institute, Healing Tao University, The Learning Annex, Wainwright House, United Nations Feng Shui Club, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, Morningside Retirement Health Services, Dorot Senior Center, Jubilee Senior Center, Healing Tao of New York, La Guardia Community College, Queens College, New York University, Adult Education Division of the New York City Board of Education, & the New York State Department of Parks & Recreation.
Sharon is a recipient of numerous foundation grants for her work with senior citizens and in community mental health programs. She was a spokesperson for Qigong on the nationally syndicated PBS television show, "Asian America" and was the Chinese Astrology columnist for the Asian Food and Lifestyle Journal from 2005-2007.
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