Meet Your Instructors
With several decades of combined internal and physical training, your taiji instructors are focused on making each class effective and sincere.
Lead Instructor
Nathan Paulus
Nathan has been a bodyworker since 2008, a yoga instructor since 2004, and is a member-owner of Five Point Holistic Health. He's also a musician. Nathan has studied with Patrick Kelly and his senior teachers since 2013.
Regular Instructor
Sharon Hoyer
Sharon is a dancer, dance instructor, and longtime practitioner of yoga, Feldenkrais Technique and Makko Ho. She is also a freelance writer and editor. Sharon has studied with Patrick Kelly and his senior teachers since 2015.
Guest Teacher
Crista Fuentes
Crista was introduced to Taiji in the United States. She trained with Patrick Kelly at his 9 Clouds studio in Shanghai, China, from 2014-22 and also taught there.. Crista currently teaches in Chiangmai, Thailand, and travels internationally to train.
Guest Instructor
Guillem Bernadó Gil de Bernabé
Guillem has followed Patrick Kelly's deep teachings since 2005. He runs a taiji school in Girona, Spain, and managed Patrick's school in Shanghai, China from 2014 - 2023. He now runs a taiji school in Thailand and teaches internationally.
Why we are Here
All are born to this, but most quickly forget why they are here. Once enmeshed in the physical realm, life serves merely the body's survival.
Society's physical and social edifices, intended as forms within which humanity may evolve, become prisons. Many dream of escape but few find the practical path to freedom.
Regular Instructor
Mia Park, RN, 500E-RYT, CYT, YACEP
Mia was raised practicing martial arts and has taught Tantra hatha yoga since 2006. She is a Hospice Nurse, actress, and cultural producer. Mia has studied with Patrick Kelly and his senior teachers since 2016. Learn more about Mia here.
Assistant Instructor
Chris Zalek
Chris maintains an ongoing taiji practice and enjoys keeping busy as a tinkersmith and chaotic do-gooder. He is a digital artisan and designer.
Guest Teacher
Heribert Greiner
Heribert Greiner has over 30 years of Taiji experience and has been a student of Patrick Kelly since 1995. As one of Patrick's senior instructors, he regularly gives seminars at various locations in Europe. Heribert is a qualified biologist and naturopath who lives in Freiburg, Black Forest, Germany, where he runs a Taiji school.
Guest Teacher
Christine Schneider
Christine lives in Vienna, Austria and has been a student of Patrick Kelly for 30+ years. She is part of his network of senior instructors and has been leading the school Taiji Schule since 2011. In addition to Austria, she regularly teaches in Germany, Hungary, and other countries.
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