The long way round

Medicine, movement, the humanities and a lot of writing. This is the training and the work behind what I do now, and it will keep growing.

Roots

Training

Master of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Colorado Chinese Medicine University (formerly Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Denver, 2012

A 2,850-hour program, including about 800 hours of supervised clinical internship, and Qigong and Tai Ji. More than three years treating the public and working in the herbal pharmacy, two years in the university's medical library, and a graduate class I taught as a substitute. Western science alongside it: nutrition, anatomy, chemistry, biology and pharmacology.
Master of Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies

Humanities and Electronic Media, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Graduate assistant, editor and writer for a nationally distributed interdisciplinary newsletter.
Bachelor of Arts with Honors

Queens University, Charlotte

English, History and International Studies.

Experience and certifications

Qigong teacher training with Nick Loffree, 500+ hours
Level 1 instructor certification in progress
Qigong exercise and medical Qigong with Dr. Henry Wu
Oriental Art of Healing, Denver: a five-year apprenticeship, then five years of mentorship
Qigong training with Debra Lin Allen
Chi Wellness and The School of Qigong Studies, Denver, 2008–2010
Yoga teaching, through studio apprenticeships
8th Street Studio, Charlotte, 2000–2002 (apprenticed, then taught for the studio at locations around the area) · Colorado School of Iyengar Yoga, Denver, 2005–2012 · Living Yoga Denver, 2013–2020
Tui Na and wellness coaching practice
Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver, 2012–2013
HIPAA Accredited Certification
The HIPAA Journal, 2026
Cybersecurity Awareness Certification
The HIPAA Journal, 2026

The body

Work

2026 to now

Community engagement, Kings Mountain Preserve

Opening doors in the Carolinas: lectures at some of the largest 55+ communities in the region, and partners among libraries, conservation groups and faith communities. I lead tours and events and take the photographs.
2018 to now

Writing and well-being, independent

Well-being strategist with BrandED Consultants Group: research briefs, proposals, workshops. Developmental editing on a forthcoming book about contemplative cosmology, astrology and somatic practice.
2012 to now

Co-director, Clear Stream Integrative Medicine

A nonprofit for integrative wellness. Community education, wellness programs that bring together nutrition, Qigong, yoga and complementary care, fundraising for a study of healing practices in Tanzania, and mentoring practitioners as they start out on their own.
2017 to 2020

Director and practitioner, Oriental Art of Healing

I ran the practice day to day and worked one on one as a wellness counselor and Qigong practitioner.
2005 to 2020

Teaching yoga and Qigong in Denver

Living Yoga Denver and the Colorado School of Iyengar Yoga: alignment, joint health and prevention, with acupressure, Qigong and self-massage woven in. Community health workshops with chiropractors, acupuncturists and physical therapists.
2000 to 2008

Research, writing and communications

Writer and researcher in media arts and culture with DeVision 27, and communications for the University of Denver's Vice Chancellor of Communications and Marketing.

The branches

Programs and writing

Medicine as Art / Art as Medicine
A public program I designed and led at the Denver Art Museum in 2016. It sold out.
Emanations
An experimental film I co-created, screened in the United States and Europe and recognized at a festival in France.
Afterimage
A co-authored article in the journal of media arts and cultural criticism.
A Fulbright Fellowship, 2004
Research and writing for the successful application.
Université de Limoges, France
I taught English and History.

Still growing

More to come

Essays, class notes and the things people have said about working with me will gather here.

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