Internal Arts Practice

 Since 1995, I have dedicated my time to teaching and researching Taoist Internal Arts and Tibetan Mind training practices. I began visiting China in 2004 to investigate these arts firsthand via active lineages in Tai Chi, Ba Gua, Hsing-I, and Qi Gong practices.

Over a 50-plus-year time frame, I have trained with masters in various fields of expertise. I began with Wado Ryu Karate Do in 1973 and later studied at the legendary Earlham Street Dojo under Steve Morris in 1979/80. Later, I studied Classical Ballet at Rambert School and became a founding member of the Central School of Ballet member with Christopher Gable. In Contemporary Dance, Graham technique, I was fortunate to train with a significant principle of the Martha Graham Company, the inspirational William Louther.

I hold lineages in Tai Chi Chuan, Cheng Ba Gua Zhang, Hsing-I, and Hun Yuan Qi Gong. Being an indoor student of the late Grandmaster Tian Ying Jia provided me many insights into the Yang family Tai Chi Chuan practices that are not in the public domain, which I later supplemented by private study with Master Robert Boyd, the second Disciple of the late Grandmaster Ip Tai Tak.

I broadened my research to include studies with Master Practitioners of Western bodywork. In the 1980s, Chris studied and taught Pilates in London. I also studied Thomas Myers’s groundbreaking myofascial Bodywork, dissection studies with Gil Headly, and Hypnoanalysis with Neil French.

I studied with several Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoches over the past 20 years, and his principal teacher was Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. I graduated in 2018 from the Martsang Kagyu Lam Rim ( Mind Training ) after 5 years of private study with HH Gangri Karma Rinpoche.

In the past, I have worked professionally extensively in film and theatre as an actor, dancer, choreographer, and fight director.