“I’ve been treating a migraine patient for about six months now, and they didn’t improve until I started yin tuina-ing her two months ago. Even went off her meds for it. Bazao!”

J.R., Oakland, CA

“As a student, I’m so grateful to you for teaching through your presence, showing me how to listen by listening, and for speaking about the subtle dynamics of Yin Tuina with such clarity, wisdom, and humor. Watching you treat patients has been a great gift. Each time I witness another person profoundly relaxing and returning to greater health with your support, there is always a palpable sense of flow that I can feel in my body as I watch the treatment unfolding. I wholeheartedly recommend your Yin Tuina workshops to anyone interested in seriously exploring the body’s capacity to heal, to anyone interested in cultivating greater levels of presence, listening, skill, and responsiveness in their healing work.

I’m continually amazed and transformed by the deep field of listening that unfolds during your demonstrations and that we students get to participate in with your guidance during practice sessions. The workshops are packed with sensory and hands-on learning. I always have the feeling that I’m taking in information both consciously and also outside my conscious awareness, and the learning invariably continues to unfold for weeks, and even months, after each workshop.

Not only have I gained a love and appreciation of Yin Tuina as a healing modality in its own right, but your emphasis on approaching patients with respect, listening, paying attention and being responsive to the body’s signals has been essential to developing my skills as an acupuncturist. My sense is that practitioners of every healing modality imaginable could benefit from the rich learning experience of your workshops.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your passion for Yin Tuina with myself and others, and for teaching me to listen to the music of life. I wish that not only all healthcare providers, but all human beings, could experience and learn from this work, which is so needed in this world.”

C.S., Santa Cruz, CA

“Your knowledge and perspective has inspired me beyond words. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Chris”

G.W., Los Gatos, CA

“I had never needled anyone before taking your classes and now I feel more confident about it. Thanks for your calm and encouraging energy. It’s the best way to learn.”

N.F., New York, NY

“Chris, There are many talks about connecting with the qi in our every day studies at school, but you do so much more than just “talk” of it. You lead by example, you teach with gentleness and patience, and you share your wisdom freely. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and teaching me the part of this medicine that in today’s western society we tend to miss: caring for the spirit, listening to the body, connecting with our patients. Thank you, thank you for your unique wisdom in caring and in sensitivity. And thank you for sharing your beautiful music. I’m so grateful to know you.”

C.N., Aptos, CA

“Thank you, Chris, for being human!”

A.S., Pacific Grove, CA

“Thank you Chris, I appreciate all the respect and knowledge you give us in class.”

D.G., San Diego, CA

“Chris, you have been an extremely valuable teacher and friend in many ways. Your thoughts, ideas, knowledge, and musings are very thought-provoking, invigorating, and refreshing. I appreciate all the great and small I’ve learned from you and your ability to pack so much meaning into so few words. Thank you!”

F.P., Santa Cruz, CA

“Thank you so much Chris, for your patience, teaching, and kindness. Yin Tuina rocks! And of course thank you for the humor and the music. I really can’t thank you enough.”

C.S., Santa Cruz, CA

“We love your wisdom Chris, and the way you deny having any wisdom at all. Thanks for all the laughs! Keep rockin’!”

P.P., Santa Cruz, CA

“Oh… and ‘thanks for laughing!’ ;-D”

A.E., Palo Alto, CA

“One of the teachings that has stuck with me through the years is how holding a cat can teach us how to be good yin tuina practitioners. I now have a deeper understanding of everything I hold through this practice.”

S.L., Santa Cruz, CA

“Thank you Chris, your knowledge, experience and insight into this medicine has shaped and continues to shape the healer I want to be.”

R.K., Reno, NV

“Thank you for all the great knowledge you have taught me! You definitely inspire me to be the best I can in all I do. Keep up the awesome job in teaching your students!”

R.S., Chico, CA

“Thank you for teaching us the way of the yin tuina. I feel deeper in my knowledge of the medicine. My needling technique is so much better too! (My patients thank you!)

M.S., New York, NY