Jef Morris
is a master trainer and the director of Alliance Qi Gong... Taiji, Inc. He has been a hospice volunteer since 1986. Jef has studied Qi Gong and Buddhist studies with several teachers and began to share Qi Gong and Tai Chi practice with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's and stroke recovery support groups.
He received his TCA certification in 2002, TCD certification in 2003, TCBP certification in 2004, TCO certification in 2007, his TCA Update and Master Trainer certification in 2005. Jef is also a Reiki Master.
Jef has received the 2000 Program of the Year and 2002 Leadership Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for the Tai Chi Program for individuals living with Multiple Sclerosis. He has been featured in articles in the Miami Herald and the New York Times.
Jef, with the support of the Office of the Mayor, the Miami-Dade County Park and Recreation Department and the Health Foundation of South Florida, offers the TCA program for individuals living with chronic and/ or terminal illness.
Most classes began with wheel chairs, canes and walkers doing TCA chair practice. Most if not all are standing, and practicing the walking forms. A former Wall Street executive, Jef finds sharing Dr. Paul Lam's TCA program is the path to a meaningful life, especially for those who need is so great, to experience the benefits of TCA practice.
"When they cross that doorway to practice, however they got here, it is a sign of great determination to feel better, so we practice."
Contact Jef at jef@miamitaichi.com
Dr. Paul Lam
Dr Paul Lam, a family physician in Sydney, is a world leader in the field of Tai Chi for health improvement. He has produced several Tai Chi programs
that are supported by
Arthritis Foundation of USA and
Australia,
Arthritis Care of UK,
Diabetes Australia, and many other organizations, universities and hospitals around the world. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have gained better health and quality of life through those programs. There are instructional video/DVD and books produced by Dr Lam's team to facilitate the learning of these programs, as welll as other video/DVD that are designed to improve tai chi skill.
Many of Dr Lam's students excelled in promoting health improvement and international competitions. Dr Lam is fluent both in English and Chinese. He enjoys working to bridge the gap between East and West, traditional and modern Tai Chi stylists.
Dr Lam has been studying Tai Chi for nearly thirty years under several teachers. He practices Yang, Chen, Sun styles as well as sets with combined styles. He has begun his Tai Chi journey with his father-in-law Mr Lum Win Gwei (now 92 years old and is still practicing tai chi regularly) who was a student of Yang Zhou Zhong (Eldest son of Yang Chen Fu). Other significant teachers includes professor Men Hui Feng and Professor Kan Gui Xiang of Beijing University of Physical Education.
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Tony Garcia
Tony is a Master Trainer certified in the Tai Chi for Arthritis form
by Dr.Paul Lam.
Tony also teaches The Yang 24 form, Sun 73 and has taken workshops on the Chen 36,
Tai Chi at Work, Arthritis parts I & II, Back Pain, Diabetes and Osteoporosis.
Tony is an instructor certified and insured to teach Tai Chi and Qigong(chi-kung). He has studied Qigong forms with Grand Master Shifu Jiang Jian-ye including Ying-Yang Medical, Qigong for high blood pressure and Chinese yoga with healing Qi.
He also studied Incense Qiqong with Master Wei Lun Huang.
Tony was also an instructor with the Taoist Tai Chi Society and studied martial arts for over 25 years. He has a black belt and taught Tae Kwon Do. He has experience with Aikido and participated in Shotokan training. He has studied different forms of Tai Chi for the past 13 years in the US and Australia. Together with Alliance Qigong Inc, he has demonstrated and taught in centers throughout Dade and Broward counties, including hospitals, fitness centers, universities, retirement homes, public parks, libraries and the Miami-Dade County Mayor’s Fitness Programs.
Stories of Tony’s work have appeared on Channel 7 News, Univision, TVC studios, Mega TV, the Miami Herald and Sun Sentinel.
A former Computer Systems Analyst in New Jersey, Tony relocated to Florida in 1996. Through his practice, Tony meets people from all walks of life, and enjoys seeing people’s health and functionality improve with Tai Chi. He is certified in CPR and has master level Reiki training. “With Tai Chi, people learn to relax and increase awareness.
Muscles are strengthened, flexibility and balance increase and posture is improved.” Tony has seen marked improvement for many with health problems and is rewarded to see “people find ability within their disabilities.” In addition, Tony focuses on Tai Chi for the workplace and corporations. His practice has been utilized to improve workplace productivity and performance.
Contact Tony at tony@miamitaichi.com or 786-286-7857
Sarafaith Pekor
Sarafaith Pekor is a licensed complementary health care practitioner, with 
national certifications in therapeutic massage, bodywork and hydrotherapy. She is a certified teacher in Tai chi for Arthritis, Tai chi for Back Pain and she is also a Level II Reiki practitioner.
Sarafaith enjoys teaching Tai chi classes in a wide range of settings including schools, public parks, hospitals, nursing homes, fitness centers, colleges and universities. She designs corporate vitality programs and seminars that bring Tai chi, chair massage, and health education to workplace environments and she also provides therapeutic services to the clients of the Renfrew Clinic for Eating Disorders.
Sarafaith passionately promotes better living for people of all ages and levels of physical ability through relaxation, fitness and pain management. Tai chi has been a powerful part of her own successful rehabilitation from disability and she takes great pleasure in helping others discover how Tai chi can be a catalyst for positive change in energy, outlook and quality of life.
Contact Sarafaith at:
http://www.amtamassage.org/findamassage/profile.aspx?id=165094
Elisa C. Smith
It was supposed to just be a warm-up exercise for an office retreat. The tai chi instructor would help the marketing staff loosen up for a day of inspirational activities designed to foster teamwork and creativity.
For Elisa C. Smith, that opening exercise was a life-changing event. During the 15-minute session, she felt the knots and tension of being a marketing executive, working mom and wife fall away from her body like a silk slip at the end of the day. It was a feeling she craved to experience again.
Tai Chi soon became part of her daily life. Elisa purchased a Tai Chi for beginners DVD by Dr. Paul Lam. Her practice became richer as she started taking classes with Jef Morris. She started experiencing more energy, less stress and her colleagues noted she wasn’t as “pushy.”
The most meaningful observation came from her then 11-year-old son.
“Mom, you used to come home from that job tired and angry,” he told her. “I think that Tai Chi is working.”
Elisa desires to help others experience the spiritual, mental and physical health that she has received through the practice of Tai Chi and Chi Gong. She’s certified to teach Dr. Lam’s Tai Chi for Arthritis for Beginners and Advanced.
Elisa continues to grow in the art form as she takes workshops and practices with Jef Morris, someone she calls her mentor, life coach, but most importantly her friend.
Contact Elisa at elisa@abideinchi.com
Website: http://www.abideinchi.com/
Dr. Danielle Beauvais
Dr. Danielle Beauvais is a certified, licensed, and insured Tai Chi Instructor in South Florida . Fluent in Spanish, French, Creole and English, Dr. Beauvais conducts Tai Chi classes for her multi-racial community.
Volunteering at several Senior Centers in Miami-Dade has lead to Dr. Beauvais’ participation in a health fair that would change her life for the better; she met Jeff and Tony. She was the Creole interpreter for Jeff as he demonstrated breathing techniques to the participants. It was then that Jeff and Tony invited Dr. Beauvais to learn Tai Chi.
One week after receiving certification for Tai Chi Chuan for Arthritis from “Master Jef Morris”, Dr. Beauvais began to offer classes to the City of North Miami employees. The motivation was her quick recovery from multiple bleeding fibroids after thirty-nine years of pain and suffering. It only took five hours on four consecutive days of practicing Tai Chi to achieve this amazing result. Hence, Dr. Beauvais has become a full time Tai Chi Instructor hoping to help other people live a healthier happy life.
Contact Danielle at drbeauvais1@yahoo.com Phone: 786-287-7622
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