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The Occidental Taoist Jeff Cote, The Occidental Taoist, can be found at various community centers, councils on aging, and parks throughout North Central Massachusetts.

He also hosts a public access television show, Tai Chi, the Way to Radiant Health. Jeff has been a student, practitioner, and a teacher of Martial Arts, Qi Gong, Tuina, Qi healing, Chinese Herbal Medicine, and Taoism for over 20 years. He began his journey in the Asian healing arts through the practice of martial arts and meditation. This naturally led him to a deeper awareness of the purpose of such arts; the wholeness of mind, body and soul. To further his understanding, Jeff sought professional training; first at the Tai Institute of Oriental Medicine in Oveido Florida, and later in western massage at American Spirit Institute in Williamsburg, Virginia. Unsatisfied with simply educating himself scholastically, Jeff then continued his studies in clinical apprenticeships with Dr. Hou Zhi Lian, Dr. Feng Song, Dr. Tzu Kuo Shih, Tao Shih – Bill Helm and Tom Turcotte. During his training with T.K. Shih, Jeff was encouraged to attend the NanJing University College of Medicine and trained there in Medical Qigong. The next natural evolution in his training was in the Taoist sects and temples of both the Quan Zhen and ZhengYi lineages. He is now a Taoist Adept in both branches of Taoism and is trained extensively in their healing and spiritual systems of inner cultivation. Jeff carries professional certification and is a Registered Instructor in Asian Bodywork Therapy in the discipline of Tuina through the American Organization for the Bodywork Therapies of Asia and he holds a certificate in Massage Therapy. He also holds a Qi Gong Therapist Certification through the Chinese Wu Tang Chuan Gung Association. Jeff spends the majority of his days practicing and teaching the internal arts. Current classes include Qigong in Shirley and Townsend, and Tai Chi in Boxborough, Harvard, Lancaster, Bolton, Groton and Shirley. He offers both private and group instruction and has specialized in longevity and works extensively with Councils on Aging. Jeff has taught Martial arts, Qi Gong, Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, Chinese Herbal Medicine and Tuina in Chinese Medical schools, massage and bodywork schools and workshops both around the country and internationally. He has been a guest lecturer at Northeastern University for graduate studies in holistic health, was the Traditional Chinese Medicine and Tuina instructor at the Charles River Shiatsu School and is the Founder, Director, and Head Instructor of WuXing style Tai Chi Chuan.

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08/17/2024

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Indeed!
11/04/2023

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10/26/2023
I've seen this first hand with a few students over the years.
10/25/2023

I've seen this first hand with a few students over the years.

Tai chi, the Chinese martial art that involves sequences of very slow controlled movements, may curb the symptoms and complications of Parkinson's disease for several years, reveals research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

Hmmm, it's almost like our ancestors knew something. 🤔
07/01/2023

Hmmm, it's almost like our ancestors knew something. 🤔

New research published in Scientific Reports suggests that breathing has a crucial role in coordinating brain activity in the prefrontal brain network during wakefulness. The findings provide new insights into the relationship between respiration and cognitive processing, and could have important im...

Calm and RelaxedCentered and GroundedWhole and CompleteAlive and LivelyIf you know, you know.
06/19/2022

Calm and Relaxed
Centered and Grounded
Whole and Complete
Alive and Lively

If you know, you know.

03/15/2022

©2022 Kenneth S. Cohen "Awaken the mind without fixing it anywhere." This famous phrase from the Diamond Sutra could apply equally to the concept of qi, life energy. When the mind is fixed, limited by static words and concepts, it loses touch with the ever changing, fluid reality. Similarly, when t...

03/13/2022

The Tao of Qigong. As qigong spreads and adapts to the fast-food secular culture of the West or to the needs of the medical industry, are we in danger of losing the richness of this ancient Taoist and deeply spiritual tradition? Like yoga, people increasingly think of qigong as “exercise”, learned at the local gym or dance studio. In Style Magazine, actress Julia Roberts said of yoga, “I don’t want it to change my life, just my butt.” Yet both yoga and qigong were designed to train and transform body, mind, and spirit and ultimately to merge with the Divine, whether known as Tao or Brahman. Painting by Ming Dynasty artist, Shen Zhou 沈周.

In this article it is revealed that after studying the data from the last two years, Covid's biggest danger seems to be ...
03/06/2022

In this article it is revealed that after studying the data from the last two years, Covid's biggest danger seems to be blood clotting in the lung and other organs, and accounts for much of both the causes of death and long term suffering of Covid patients. This tracks along with what many of my colleagues and I believe about Covid from the Zhongyi (Classical Chinese Medicine) perspective.

The good news is that there are numerous classical herbal formulae that treat this pattern of disharmony. Most are simple and abundant.

What is also even better news is that increasing ones cardiovascular health through exercise and diet can have a positive impact on both resistance, and treatment. That isn't to say all one needs is a good diet and exercise, but that in conjunction with treatment long term Covid cases may expect good results from the combination.

With an elevated risk of heart disease, stroke and blood clots as a possible long-term effect of Covid-19, perhaps the Veterans Affairs researchers will do something that almost a million American deaths has not: frighten a broad swath of the vaccine-hesitant into rolling up their sleeves and taking...

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