INTERVIEW WITH SHARON SMITH

Sharon Smith has been practicing Qigong, Tai Chi, & other Taoist spiritual and healing arts for 31 years & teaching them for 26. Her influential teachers include Masters Mantak Chia (she was in his original class of western students in 1981), Li Jun Feng, Ming Chan, and T.K. Shih. She also studied with Jeanette Chi, Gilles Marin, Don Ahn, as well as many other Tao masters. Sharon is certified by Master Mantak Chia’s Universal Tao system as a Senior Instructor and Chi Nei Tsang Practitioner. She is also certified by the International Sheng Zhen Society to teach Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong, the work of Master Li Jun Feng. In addition, Sharon has practiced Iyengar yoga for over 25 years. She 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 taught at Master Mantak Chia’s Tao Garden in Thailand, Omega Institute, Healing Tao University, New York University, New York State Department of Parks & Recreation, etc. Sharon also was a presenter at the 2009 International Tai Chi Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee.