 Peter Wayne, Ph.D., is the founder and director of the Tree of Life Tai Chi Center and also director of the Tai Chi Research Program at Harvard Medical School's Osher Institute. Peter has been trained and certified to teach by numerous internal arts masters including Robert Morningstar, Arthur Goodridge, Mantak Chia, and Michael Winn. During 2000, he studied in China and received certification from the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong. A seasoned nationally recognized practitioner and teacher with 30 years of experience, Peter enjoys sharing his knowledge of the internal arts with all interested students. He particularly enjoys drawing on the principles of Western Science to help elucidate the ancient principles of traditional Oriental healing arts.
Between 2000-2007, Peter was the Research Director of the New England School of Acupuncture, where he developed and oversaw studies evaluating all branches of Chinese medicine. Peter's current research at the Harvard Medical School includes clinical and basic research evaluating the effectiveness of Tai Chi for numerous medical conditions including balance disorders, cardiovascular health, and osteoporosis. Peter's research has been published in a number of leading medical journals.
 Jane Moss, B.A, M.Ed., is a certified instructor of the Tree of Life Tai Chi System and is a long-time student of Tai Chi, Hatha Yoga, and other mind-body practices. She teaches at the Tree of Life Tai Chi Center, in Lincoln, MA, and at the Harvard Medical School-Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.
An educator and curriculum developer for her whole life, she draws on her experience of playing and coaching chamber music and teaching literature and writing to people of all ages. Jane received a B.A. in English and an M.Ed in Education, and studied flute with James Pappousakis and Lois Schaeffer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She studied Reiki with Arthur Goodridge, received Reiki Master Certification from Louise Chochran, and trained in the Enneagram with Helen Palmer and Janet Levine. Jane has extensive teaching and professional counseling experience with teens and with homeless and formerly homeless men and women.
A practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, Jane brings these and other meditative techniques together with the principles of Tai Chi and Qigong to explore and facilitate the mind-body connection. She is currently engaged in a three-year training with Charles Genoud in the practice of Gestures of Awareness.
Stanwood Chang is an avid student and practitioner of the internal martial arts. He has been studying Tai Chi since 2002 and has been studying at the Tree of Life Tai Chi Center since 2003. He is currently enrolled in the Tree of Life Teacher Training program.
In addition to teaching at Tree of Life, Stanwood has taught patients in an NIH-funded clinical trial evaluating Tai Chi for chronic heart failure patients, and is working with Peter Wayne teaching Tai Chi at the Osher Center for Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, part of Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Stanwood also studies Sun style Tai Chi with Master Thomas Duterme, Chen style Tai Chi with Master Wang Haijun, and baguazhang with Master Park Bok-Nam.
Stanwood's teaching style is warm and playful, yet mindful to detail. His devotion to his Tai Chi practice inspires others to integrate Tai Chi into their lives.
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