In my early twenties, I immersed myself in a lineage of medical qìgōng presented by the late Grandmaster Choa Kok Sui. My training was under the guidance of his disciple, Jenett Ashley, and included studies at her home or in the woods, along with by-donation clinics and meditations around the city of Vancouver. During this time I was fortunate enough to be managing the clinic of two practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine. Every day I saw patients come into the clinic, receive an acupuncture treatment, then leave with a renewed vigour of body and spirit. Here I began to fall in love with the theories of Chinese medicine, all while watching the physical, mental, and emotional changes that the medicine had on patients of the clinic. This experience stoked a burning desire continue my studies of medical qìgōng by pursuing formal training in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.