Faculty

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Fay McGrew, M.A., State Certified Qigong Instructor, Q.T.P (Medical Qigong) Adjunct Faculty Palomar College

With over 38 years experience studying various ancient mind body meditation practices with Masters from the Orient, Fay effectively conveys their modern meaning to Westerners. 

Fay studied both Zen meditation & Qigong for over 16 years and has been a full time Qigong teacher for the last 13 year introducing Qigong to thousands of San Diegoeans, initiating classes at Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine; UCSD and Medical School, and San Diego Cancer Center Research Institute to name a few.  She is a major resource on Qigong in the integrative medical community in San Diego.

Fay has a M.A. from the New School University, New York, and worked as a professional media archivist and curator at major museums, universities, and production companies before devoting herself fulltime to the teaching of Qigong. Fay began her journey of mind body practices with karate in 1970. She holds 3 black belts in different systems and won the first full contact karate championship in 1975 under her maiden name "Schreibman".

Substitute Teachers 

Below is information on my friends who substitute classes for me on the rare ocasion I cannot teach class.

Federico Garcia came to study Wisdom Healing™ Qigong with Master Teacher Mingtong Gu in early 2007. His primary training took place in Emei, Sichuan province, in southwestern China. Several other master teachers participated in the intensive month-long retreat and constantly oversaw his progress. Federico is an instructor of Wisdom Healing™ Qigong certified by Master Mingtong Gu. Thanks to this grace-given practice, Federico has been able to move through the most difficult challenge in his life, a potentially fatal illness from which he has now recovered.

Federico is also registered landscape architect in California, having received his master's degree from Penn Design and certificates from Harvard GSD.

Federico has been actively studying and applying the inner traditions that harmonize Mind, Body and Feeling for more than 15 years. After discovering Wisdom Healing™ Qigong, he understands how to practically direct those years of study into the forms provided by the ancient technology og Qigong.

Contact information:       
Phone: 760.484.6310
Email: qi@activesilence.com

Nancy Erman, RN, MPA, PHN, CCM, BA  has been practicing Wisdom Healing Qigong since 2004.   She has completed Level 1, Level 2, has attended the China Retreat, and is in the Teacher Training Program attending local retreats.  She has been a facilitator at the Universal Energy Healing Days and Spiral Circles. As a Registered Nurse, Nancy has been working in the medical profession for over thirty years and she has clinical, administrative and case management experience working with patients, doctors and other medical professionals in hospitals, clinics, and other medical settings. 
Nancy teaches Qigong classes through Palomar Community College at Casa De Las Companas, City of Carlsbad and Rancho Bernardo Senior Center and has been a volunteer Qigong instructor at the Cancer Center in Encinitas.  She substitutes for other teachers in the San Diego area as needed.   Nancy is passionate about the need to expand Qigong classes into the medical community and will be working with patients and doctors in the wellness "Mindfulness" program of a Pain Management Functional Restoration practice. 

Contact information:
Phone:   760-738-0876
Email:     nefcm@aol.com

Josh Eha, L.Acu , Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine

Cynthia Wevers, RN, Scripps Clinic, Cancer Center

Sub teachers in training:

Kayla Smith 

Daniella Carrero

Ruthie Lucas

Fay's Teachers

I have been blessed with many excellent teachers over the decades.

 Much appreciation for their mastery, generosity, commitment, and love lending to my success in being the effective teacher I am today.

I look forward to meeting more teachers on my path, the "discovery of wonder" in the universe of qigong practice.

In gratitude,

Fay

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Mingtong Gu, Chi Healing Center, Petaluma, CA

Fay thanks Mingtong Gu and his wife Lingling for introducing her to Wisdom Healing Qigong. He gave her an excellent introduction to a most beautiful and effective Qigong system. Mingtong gives excellent workshops and retreats. For more information www.chicenter.com. 

XIAOGUANG (JANE) JIN, Zhineng Qigong, China

Fay is appreciative of Jane's extraordinary instruction of the internal meditative aspects of Zhineng Qigong, and role model as a female teacher of Zhineng Qigong. She is co- translator/editor with Joseph Marcello of Life More Abundant: The Science of Zhineng Qigong Principles and Practice  Based on the Original Teachings of MING PANG (Grandmaster of Zhineng Qigong) A Guide and Sourcebook for the West English Version. For more information on the book, her on-line class, and upcoming seminars. http://www.alqic.com/

Liu Yuan Tong, Life Qi Center, China

Liu was primary in teaching Fay to be a Zhineng Qigong teacher when she was in China, 1994. They were recently reunited during his first visit to the U.S. Liu  published Basic Theories and Methods of Zhineng Qigong , a translation of Grandmaster Pang's works available in English.  For more info www.LifeQiCenter.com.

Nicolee Jikyo McMahon, Roshi (Zen Master), Three Treasures Zen Community , San Diego

Fay is always in deep appreciation to her Zen master, role model, and mentor Nicolee Jikyo McMahon, author of Student and Teacher: A Zen Perspective. She was a pioneer Tai Chi teacher in San Diego during the 1970's, and currently is a Qigong practionner, White Plum lineage holder, brilliant teacher of Zen Buddhism, and advocate for feminine approach to wisdom practices. She gave Fay the dharma name "Samanvaya" which in Sanskrit means "Harmony". For more info http://www.ttzc.org/lineage/jikyo_roshi.htm

Sat Chuen Hon, Dan Tao School, New York City

Sat was Fay's first Taiji teacher who introduced her to medical Qigong. He is author of Taoist Qigong for Health and Vitality. Sat honored Fay by selecting her to be a Qigong teacher and personally taught her the key in bridging the ancient Chinese practices to the western mind. Giving her the name "Jade", Sat brilliantly transformed Fay from an accomplished martial artist into a cultivator of the ancient Taoist longevity practices. Both Sat and his wife Janet introduced Fay to the practice of Women's Qigong and under their guidance she wrote a thesis on its origins, beginning Fay's continuing scholarly research on Taoist women's longevity techniques  http://www.dantao.com/ 

Kow Loon (Kayo) Ong, Chi-I Do Karate, New York City

Kayo was the last karate master Fay studied with but the first to introduce her to Qigong from the martial arts perspective. This was the beginning of her Qigong healing journey in 1987. She remained his student until 40 years when she transitioned into deeper practice of Qi without martial arts aspect. She is honored to be the godmother of his daughter Mingi and remain friends with him and his family to this day. http://www.cidio.net/home.html