KEN COHEN

Ken Cohen (Gao Han) is the Executive Director and founder of the Qigong Research & Practice Center in Colorado. He is a world renowned health educator, China scholar, and Qigong Master with more than forty years experience. A former collaborator with Alan Watts, he is the author of the internationally acclaimed book The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing (Ballantine), best-selling self-healing audio and video courses (Sounds True), and more than 200 journal articles. In 2003 Ken Cohen won the leading international award in energy medicine, the Alyce and Elmer Green Award for Innovation and Lifetime Achievement. His work has been translated into Chinese and numerous European languages. Professor Cohen received his Teaching Certificate from the William C.C. Chen School of T'ai Chi Ch'uan in 1974 and completed graduate studies in Taoism and Chinese language at Queens College, the New School for Social Research, and the University of California at Berkeley. Ken Cohen studied with some of the most highly respected masters and Grandmasters in the world, including William C.C. Chen, B.P. Chan, Madame Gao Fu, Share K. Lew, Sunyata, Swami Venkatesananda, and others. Professor Cohen was the principle apprentice to Dr. K. S. Wong, acupuncturist and Taoist Abbot from China's sacred mountains. To advance his study of both Taoism and Comparative Religion, Professor Cohen attended the New Seminary and was ordained as an interfaith minister with a graduate degree in pastoral counseling. He also holds an M.A. in Holistic Psychology and other academic honors. Professor Cohen is a recognized leader in the dialogue between the ancient wisdom and modern science.

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