Please join me in congratulating our newest SOHMA Certified Tai Chi Instructor, @Sophie Gonzalez 🎓✨ Sophie’s journey to certification is a true testament to resilience, inner strength, and the profound healing power of Tai Chi. Facing incredible physical and mental health challenges, including living with PTSD after surviving a gunshot wound, she stayed the course, grounded herself in her practice, and earned her certificate of graduation. Hearing Sophie compare the weight and meaning of her SOHMA certification to her Master of Public Health degree is deeply humbling. 🙏 Sophie, we are so proud of you, and we can’t wait to see the lives you touch as a certified instructor! 📢 To All SOHMA Graduates: Sophie is officially listed on our SOHMA Certified Instructor Directory: 👉 https://sohma.org/tai-chi/tai-chi-instructors/ If you have completed your certification and are not yet listed on the website directory, please send me your bio and headshot! We want to make sure you are visible for community inquiries, referrals, and paid teaching opportunities coming through the SOHMA pipeline worldwide. Drop some love for Sophie in the comments below! 👇❤️

Doing more QiGong while in Taiwan - Lifting the Sky in Jiufen and Separating Heaven and Earth next to the Xianglin Sacred Tree in Alishan mountain…Breathing deeply at a higher elevation. My work schedule didn’t allow me to do much self care aside from the late night massages in Japan, but in Taiwan I have been going to the nearby park in Daan and got to practice plenty of TaiChi (24, 108, and 42) along side many folks in the morning. So encouraging to see many healthy minded uncles and aunties doing QiGong here.

Doing QiGong on a trail to Hidden Lake at National Glacier Park while also crossing the continent to Canada. It’s extraordinary to be able to do separating Heaven and Earth beneath the Big Sky of Montana surrounded by the crowns of the continent.

As always, I strike a pose and practice QiGong and Taichi whenever I can while traveling. I just returned from Luxembourg a great walkable city with lots of green and plaza in the city and adjacent ancient sites. BTW the common symbol, De Roude Léiw (The red lion), has a good frame from martial arts stand point, I might add.

Please join me in extending a global congratulations to our newest School of Healing Martial Arts Certified Graduate, @Luciana Gassi! 🇮🇹✨ This past weekend was incredible with high energy and amazing people from all over Europe in attendance. We started with the final test on Friday, followed by the Tai Chi Master class on Saturday. The day before our big event, Luciana and I met at the stunning, world-famous cliffs and shores of Polignano a Mare in Puglia for her official, in-person practical examination. Moving through the forms with the Adriatic Sea as her backdrop, she demonstrated beautiful alignment, deep grounding, and a true command of the internal arts. The next day, she was officially presented with her credentials as a certified SOHMA Tai Chi Instructor in Bari, Italy, right at the conclusion of the Master Class seminar hosted by Kairopia! Luciana, watching your journey culminate in such a beautiful setting was an honor. Your commitment to the art, your dedication to embodying these healing principles, and your love of sharing as a masterful community organizer shine through. You already are an incredible practitioner and instructor for your students in France, Italy, and beyond. Welcome to the graduate circle, Instructor Luciana! We are all proud of you. Let's leave some love and congratulations for Luciana in the comments below! 👇🎉