About the Instructors
Guan-Cheng Sun
Dr. Guan-Cheng Sun originally learned a Qigong system from his grandfather at age nine. Dr. Sun has spent over 25 years refining his skills and has developed a new system called Yi Ren® Qigong.
After earning his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in Japan in 1993, Dr. Sun was awarded a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. During his years in Japan, he also began teaching his Qigong system. In June 1994, Dr. Sun came to the University of Washington where he continued his research of the endocrine system at the molecular level. This research into the hormonal balance and transformation of the body has enriched Dr. Sun’s theory and practice of Qigong. He brings warmth and compassion into the classroom, in addition to his rigorous scientific background.
Bill Fouts
Bill Fouts has over ten years experience in meditation, internal and external martial arts, including Wu & Yang style Tai Chi Chuan, Transcendental Meditation, Bak Gar Gung Fu, and three different styles of Qigong. He has been continuously and exclusively practicing Yi Ren® Qigong since attending Dr. Sun’s first class here in 1994. Bill began teaching Yi Ren® Qigong in 1997. Bill likes to cultivate a warm, relaxed atmosphere in the class room and enjoys helping new students develop their skills.
Janet Weedman
Jan Weedman teaches beginning and continuing level qigong classes in Spokane, WA. She first began to experience the life enhancing and integrative properties from Yi Ren® Qigong cultivation in 1998, studying with Dr. Sun while living near Seattle. Jan now makes this transformative practice and exploration easily accessible to others with joy and gratitude. Please email her (janweedman@mac.com) for current class, workshop and demonstration information in Spokane.
Kathleen Cliff
Kathleen Cliff is a Licensed Massage Therapist specializing in Cranial
Sacral Therapy, and has been in practice since 1984. Earlier careers
as a Medical Laboratory Technican, and Radiographic Technologist provide
a broad range of experience in the health field. She has been practicing
Yi Ren® Qigong since 1998, and enjoys the transformative experience
of Yi Ren® Qigong practice. Kathleen looks forward to applying and
teaching these principles to promote healing, enhanced awareness, and
personal growth.
Lucy Baker
Lucy Baker has been studying Yi Ren® Qigong since 1996. Assisting and
then teaching beginning classes in the past five years have given her a
unique position to observe students discover the transformative powers of
this Qigong style. Lucy is an accomplished health care provider and
licensed massage practitioner. The skills and knowledge gained in health
care enable her to not only understand and experience the depth of this
energetic practice for self healing and personal growth, but also share
this process with her students. She has been in private practice for
sixteen years as a massage practitioner. During that time she was one of
a handful of practitioners in Washington state selected to participate,
as therapists, in two research projects sponsored by Group Health
Cooperative to demonstrate the effectiveness of massage for low back
pain. Her natural interest in education has led her to complete an
additional 1200 hours in advanced massage techniques which include Jin
Shin Do, Muscle Energy Technique, Positional Muscle Release and Lymphatic
Drainage. As a result of her additional studies, she is classified as a
medical massage practitioner. She graduated with a Liberal Arts Degree
in History. She has worked as a teacher, interviewer for the Bureau of
the Census, health food store owner, floral designer, customs house
broker and entrepreneur. Having such a variety of life experiences
contributes to her ability to relate with her students. She finds being
able to share this simple, yet elegant practice very rewarding.
Henry Yu
Henry Yu started his Qi work when he signed up for a Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) class in 1991. As his understanding of internal energy deepened through disciplined practice and then teaching of Taijiquan, Henry became interested in finding out the way of Qi and started studying the system of Yi Ren® Qigong with Dr. Sun in 1998. After practicing Yi Ren® Qigong and enjoying the benefits from the system, Henry began teaching beginning classes in 2002. Henry enjoys providing a relaxed and welcoming environment and encourages active involvement of all students. He looks forward to exploring the wonderful world of Qi-mind-body-spirit with everyone.
Sue Reed
Sue Reed has been supporting integration of the
body/mind/spirit for over 11 years as a
Nationally Certified/State Licensed Massage
Practitioner, and is a provider for several major
insurance companies. She is currently in her
ninth year of private practice in West Seattle.
Sue was first introduced to Qigong in 1994 during
her massage school education in Santa Fe, NM, and
began to focus specifically on Yi Ren® Qigong in
2001. She looks forward to sharing tools for
living and interacting with our whole being, and
“feeding” on the abundance of life. Sue’s
teaching and personal practice is inspired by
this quote of Kwan Tzu. “If you give a man a
fish, he will have a single meal. If you teach
him to fish, he will eat all his life.”
David Sinclair
In December of 2005 David was introduced to Yi Ren® Qigong and the Institute of Qigong and Internal Alternative Medicine (IQ&IAM). Yi Ren® Qigong is a most excellent fit to his chosen direction of growth. In addition, Yi Ren® Qigong seemed to not only promise great health but it is additionally based on a deep understanding of bio-energy. In June of 2006 David committed to pursue teacher training with the IQ&IAM to introduce the “internal exercise” of Yi Ren® Qigong to others and share its health benefits.
As a pre-teen, David was introduced to health and nutrition by his father, who was aware of the benefits of natural organic foods as early as the 1940s. After 20 years of a typical American diet, David experienced loss of energy and other health issues, although exercising regularly. He returned to natural foods and made a lifetime commitment to a life extension/anti-aging “experiment” on himself.
The “experiment” emphasized organic foods, metabolic balancing, and a better mix of physical exercise, Kundalini yoga, and meditation. In early 2005 he began his first in-depth introduction to the world of bio-energy with LifeWave LLC and its bio-energy based energy enhancing technology.
In 1971 he earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University, and an M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California in 1974. David began his profession in mechanical engineering and project management at Fort Lewis and McChord AFB until retiring in 2004.
Ta Deng
Ta is a molecular biologist and an avid Qigong practitioner. He started to learn various styles
of Qigong and Taiji from 1983 in Beijing. By 1994, he met Dr. Sun in Seattle and was immediately
amazed by the power and effectiveness of Yi Ren® Qigong system and became one of Dr. Sun’s first
group of students in USA. For Ta, Yi Ren® Qigong is one of the better practices which combine the
traditional Chinese Qigong theory with current understanding of life science. Being a Yi Ren®
Qigong instructor with years’ study and practice, Ta would like to share his knowledge and
understanding on how to heal disease and make yourself stronger mentally and physically through
Qigong practice, how to make your daily life more fulfilling and rewarding by applying Qigong
principles (and oriental philosophy) to it.
Sylvia Nogaki
Sylvia Nogaki studied meditation and hatha yoga for many years but was forced to quit most activities
due to a catastrophic illness. In 2003, she began practicing Yi Ren® Qigong and her steady, disciplined
practice, coupled with Western and traditional Chinese medical treatments, eventually enabled her
overcome her illness. By teaching Yi Ren® Qigong, she hopes to help others cope with their illnesses
and achieve radiant good health.
Hazel Wolf
Hazel Wolf has been a Licensed Massage Practitioner since 1991 and has been
studying Energy Healing modalities and involved in the Alternative Healing
field since 1981. She holds a B.A. in French from Birmingham University in
England and has been a teacher much of her life, first of French in Canada
and the U.S. Later she taught bilingually as a Tennis Professional in large
indoor clubs in Montreal and also as a Ski Instructor. She began studying
Qigong with Dr. Sun in 1994 and loves to share the benefits she herself has
experienced in her life through Yi Ren® Qigong in a warm, gentle and
light-hearted manner. She looks forward to sharing with you the
self-healing tools offered by this wonderful practice of Qigong.
Brendan Thorson
Prior to studying Yi Ren® Qigong, Brendan Thorson LMP invested many ineffective years studying meditation, yoga, tai chi and other forms of qigong in an effort to resurrect his exhausted body and mind. Then, in 1999, during his first class with Dr. Sun, he felt his heart being touched, his nervous system being nourished, and mental clarity. Brendan knew from this first class that he had finally found his teacher and that he wanted to share these remarkable studies/trainings with others. Brendan transformed his life with Yi Ren® Qigong and is a full time Yi Ren® Qigong and tai chi instructor. The struggles he experienced with his life, health and personal transformation have enhanced his capacity to connect with students at their individual levels. To learn more about Brendan and his classes see www.theqiman.com.
Mark Wigzell
Throughout his life Mark searched for a path to spiritual awareness and
development. In 2003 he began studying Yi Ren® Qigong and Taijiquan in an
effort to alter the course of his life. From the first Qigong class he
was able to feel his own energy field, and this primary experience became
the basis and inspiration for developing a daily self-cultivation
practice. His life has become more meaningful and his health and
emotional well-being continue to increase.
In the fall of 2007 Mark was an assistant instructor in Dr. Sun's pilot
research project, "Effects
of Qigong on Glucose Control in Type 2
Diabetes," and
he continued to lead a group of former study participants in a weekly
practice until December 2009.
Mark wishes to share his understanding of Qigong and inspire others to
find their path to health and spiritual self-cultivation.
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