TCCII Executive Directors
The Traditional Chinese Culture Institute's Executive Directors are highly qualified, lineage-trained and certified. They are dedicated to teaching the best of Chinese Culture in a way that is relevant for today's modern students.
Mr. Shawn Cartwright,
Executive Director of TCCII, is co-author of the guided meditation CD
Touched by the Tao: Classical Chinese Meditation for Health and Healing,
and author and demonstrator on the DVD
Moving with the Tao: Qigong
Exercises for Health and Harmony. He is a certified instructor in
Qigong, Chinese Internal Kung Fu and Tai Chi. Mr. Cartwright teaches
authentic technique and application for health and realistic
self-defense. He can clearly explain how to do the movements and the
internal theory behind them. A practitioner of both the martial and
healing arts, he teaches students how to apply internal training to
both. His understanding of classical Chinese internal arts and western
culture allows him to build a bridge between East and West. His many
years of intensive training includes Qigong, Tai Chi, Xingyi, Bagua,
Wing Chun, Fukien White Crane and Internal Alchemy. Mr. Cartwright
earned his MBA and BS from Vanderbilt University.
Dr. Yinong Chong,
Executive Director of TCCII, is
co-author of the guided meditation CD Touched by the Tao: Classical
Chinese Meditation for Health and Healing, and an author of the book
and DVD set: Dancing in the Tao: Connecting to Universal Energy to
Transform Your Health and Life. She has over 10 years of
professional experience in public health research, and is also a
certified Qigong instructor. Dr. Chong teaches Qigong forms and concepts
within a traditional Chinese cultural context that is relevant for
today’s world. Her health science research expertise enables her to
bridge the ancient teachings and modern science. Born and raised in
China, her rare proficiency in Classical Chinese and ability to “speak
English like a native” make her one of the top interpreters of Chinese
esoteric studies and philosophy in the US or China. She has trained with
several prominent TCM doctors and Taoist teachers from China. She has
translated for or chaired Qigong sessions at the Whole Person Healing
conference, SUNY’s Healing Arts Seminar at Stony Brook, and the
University of Arizona’s Integrative Medicine Seminar. Dr. Chong earned
her PhD in Sociology from the Arizona State University, her MA in
Journalism from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and her BS in
English Literature from Beijing University.
Mr. Kevin Preston, Executive Director of TCCII Boston, is producer of the guided meditation CD Touched by the Tao: Classical Chinese Meditation for Health and Healing. He is a certified Qigong instructor and a 26th generation indoor student of Wudang Longmen Pai. He has trained directly with Atom Bergstrom, the founder of Solar Nutrition. Mr. Preston provides a holistic viewpoint for integrating these ancient systems within today’s modern lifestyle. His specialty is applying Taoist concepts to nutrition and lifestyle.
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