Certified Yi Ren Medical Qigong instructor Amy Putiri began studying and training with Dr. Guan-Cheng Sun, PhD in Spring 2008. While earning her master’s degree in nutrition, Amy was awarded a research scholarship and the opportunity to assist Dr. Sun with his pilot study looking at the effects of Yi Ren Qigong exercise when practiced by adults with a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

 

Continuing her cultivation while working with Dr. Sun at the Institute of Qigong and Integrative Medicine (IQ&IM), Amy became a certified Yi Ren Qigong instructor in 2012 and teaches Levels I, II and III, in addition to the protocol for diabetes prevention. 

 

Weaving her holistic nutrition knowledge with Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine nutrition and energetic practices, Amy helps individuals activate their inner healing power and find their inner knowing and guidance from the inside-out and outside-in.

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Amy lives a minimal lifestyle on Vashon Island, where she tends sheep, keeps bees, hikes through forests, stewards the land, cooks therapeutic foods and performs magic

Dan began his practice and study of Qigong in 2010 when he met Dr. Sun at Bastyr University while earning his master's degree in acupuncture. This quickly expanded his view of how the energetic nature of health and well-being interacts with our daily lives, and  forever changed how he practices acupuncture.

 

As a certified Yi Ren Qigong instructor, Dan aims to provide his students with the tools and skills to work with their own bodies, energies and health to cultivate their own best version of themselves. His personal focus is the incorporation of the energetic body with the physical body as it can be expressed through Qigong, acupuncture and tai chi.