• Principal Services:

Lectures, Workshops, Coaching, and Consultation
Evidence-Based Presentations for Universities and Conferences
Qigong for Health, Well-being, and Sports
Qi Healing Therapy as Complementary Medicine
Chinese Inner Martial Arts: Tai Chi, Bagua Zhang, Xingyi Quan
Taoist Meditation and Culture
Qigong Teacher Training

• Practice and Services:

Kenneth Cohen founded the Qigong Research and Practice Center in the 1970s, offering lectures and instruction nationally and throughout the world. Professor Cohen was the first person to lecture about qigong in U.S. medical schools and has been sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the Mayo Clinic, the Canadian Ministry of Health, and many universities and conferences. Courses offered: the classical styles of Health/Medical Qigong; External Qi Healing (non-contact energy treatment, including training for health care professionals); Taiji Quan (Tai Chi) and Chinese Inner Martial Arts; Qigong to enhance sports performance. Lectures on qigong-related subjects include: The Way of Qigong: Chinese Energy Medicine, Qigong for Cancer, The Tao of Diet and Nutrition, Chinese Tea: Health Benefits and Culture, Sexual Health, Taoist Philosophy, and Feng-Shui. Professor Cohen directs the Qigong Teacher Training, a four-year self-paced learning program that includes both practice and theory.

• Training:

More than 40 years of Qigong and Chinese Martial Arts. Principle teachers: William C. C. Chen, B. P. Chan, and Madame Gao Fu. Seminars and professional training with Share K. Lew, Feng Zhiqiang, Liang Shouyu, and others. Principle apprentice to Taoist Abbot Huang Gengshi from 1976 until his passing (1999).

Subjects: Taoist Qigong, Chen and Yang Style Taiji Quan, Bagua Zhang, Xingyi Quan.

Qigong Styles: Yi Quan Standing Meditation, Five Animal Frolics, Healing Sounds, Bone Marrow Cleansing, Muscle/Tendon Transformation, Primordial Qigong (Hunyuan Gong), Relaxation Qigong, Taiji Ruler, External Qi Healing, Healing Visualization, Taoist Meditation.

Collaboration with scientists, scholars, and clinicians throughout the world.

• Educational Background:

Classical and Modern Chinese Language and Taoism

Queens College, New School for Social Research, University of California at Berkeley, 1970-1981. Doctoral course work completed.

M.A. Psychology Boulder Graduate School

Ordained Interfaith Minister (2 years training at the New Seminary, M.S.Th. degree awarded)

Taiji Quan Teaching Certificate (1974) William C. C. Chen School of Tai Chi Chuan.

Lifetime Achievement Award in Energy Medicine (Alyce and Elmer Green Award for Innovation and Lifetime Achievement, 2003)

Author: The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing (Ballantine Books), audio and dvd courses (published by Sounds True), more than 200 journal articles.