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, works at a flower shop, cares for dogs and cats, hikes through forests, stewards the land, cooks therapeutic foods and performs magic.

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She also is co-creating an organization called Cooking Companions, which aims to educate, nourish and cook with residents in low-income facilities.