A tree as great as man's embrace springs from a small shoot;
A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth;
A journey of a thousand miles starts under one's feet.

Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching (64)

All teachers who are part of The International Qigong Foundation, Inc. are part of Hebei Medical Qigong Hospital and School in China. In addition to offering classes and retreats, the teachers also offers private instruction in Taijiquan, Nei Yang Gong Qigong, and Yuan Xi Xin Qigong, as well as special training for health care providers.

Karen Nesbitt, M.A.

Karen Nesbitt, M.A., is an innovative educator, committed to developing programs that initiate a true balance between mind, body and spirit. An internationally recognized medical qigong and taijiquan instructor with Hebei Medical Qigong Hospital in Hebei China, Ms. Nesbitt founded The International Qigong Foundation, Inc. as a non-profit foundation that provides educational exchange programs in medical qigong, Nei Yang Gong, and taijiquan around the world for the past 12 years. She holds a masters degree in Psychology and Counseling from Antioch University in Yellowsprings, Ohio, and is a certified Special Education teacher with the Department of Education in the state of Hawaii. Ms. Nesbitt teaches Nei Yang Gong Qigong, and Taijiquan, Yang 24, at the University of Hawaii and at The Traditional Chinese Medicine College of Hawaii. Ms. Nesbitt is a student of Dr. Liu Yafei in Nei Yang Gong Qigong and Mr. Feng Yijian in Taijiquan. Training programs under The International Qigong Foundation, Inc. are offered in the US in Montana and Hawaii and internationally in China.

Inspired by the cancer groups in China practicing daily qigong, Ms. Nesbitt developed what is called, “Social Oncology™” programs integrating medical qigong as a complementary health care practice. This program, "Qigong Treatment and Cancer", has been featured on PBS, as part of program called Healing Quest, a national TV series providing information on integrative health and natural approaches to the total well-being. As a follow up to this series, The International Qigong Foundation, Inc. offers a beginning qigong training film called, Qigong for Health, to both health care practitioners and their patients.

The foundation offers training programs to health care practitioners and is an approved provider of “continuing medical education” (CME) credits through the American Academy of Family Physicians and “professional development activity” (PDA) credits through the National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

Dr. Liu Yafei

Dr. Liu Yafei is the vice director of  The Hebei Medical Qigong Hospital and School in Hebei China. She is a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor and has an in-depth knowledge of qigong principles, which she applies in both qigong training and clinical practice. She choregraphed the 24 forms of Nei Yang Gong Qigong that are used in practice today!

Mrs. Liu Yafei "inherited" Nei Yang Gong Qigong practice from her father, Dr. Liu Guizhen. Dr. Liu Gui Zhen was the founder of Hebei Medical Qigong Hospital and School, China's first and only training base in medical qigong. The term "qigong" was first used by Dr. Liu Gui Zhen in the 1950's. Dr. Liu Yafei teaches around the world in France, Germany, Japan, United States, and UK. The International Qigong Foundation, Inc. sponsors Dr. Liu Yafei in the United States to give classes in Nei Yang Gong Qigong and Nu Zi Qigong (Women's Qigong).

Mr. Feng Yijian

Mr. Feng Yijian is the Director of the Medical Qigong Department of  Hebei Medical Qigong Hospital and School in Hebei China. He is also the director of the Taijiquan and Medical Qigong Training and Education Base at the school. In 1972, Mr. Feng began training with Mr. Li Jingwu, a famous Taijiquan expert in China, and is now 19th generation Chen Style and 5th generation Wu Style. As well as teaching Taijiquan and Neiyang Gong Qigong, Mr. Feng is also a Medical Qigong Doctor. His students, which include health care providers, travel from around the world to study with him in China, United States, France, Germany, Ukraine, and Sweden.

Each year, Mr. Feng is sponsored by The International Qigong Foundation , Inc. to travel to the United States. He gives workshops in Montana and Hawaii in medical qigong, taijiquan, pushing hands and Chinese qigong massage. He is currently a guest lecturer with the University of Hawaii at Hilo.