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Aaron
Hoopes is a native of Vermont and the founder of Zen Yoga. He is the author of:
Zen Yoga: A Path to Enlightenment through Breathing,
Movement and Meditation, Breathe Smart,
and Perfecting Ourselves:
Coordinating Body, Mind and Spirit. He has studied the martial arts, Eastern philosophy, and alternative
medicine in the United States, Australia, and Japan for over twenty-five years.
He has a degree in Asian History and Japanese Culture from Tulane University and
spent a number of years in Japan studying under Masatoshi Nakayama, the chief instructor at the
headquarters of the Japan Karate Association, until his death in 1987. He holds a third degree black belt
in Japanese Shotokan Karate and is a certified instructor and one of the
Hoitsugan Instructors. He is also certified
as an instructor of Shanti Yoga and
Meditation as well as Tamashii Tai Chi. He
is trained in Chinese Qigong (Chi
Kung) Energy Healing and studied Shiatsu Finger Pressure Therapy under Hitoshi Koeda in Japan. In addition, he has extensive
knowledge of Iyengar Yoga, White Crane
Qigong, Okinawan Karate, Shorinji Kenpo,
Wing Chun Kung Fu
and Zen Meditation.
He has taught classes in Zen Yoga, Tai Chi, breathing and martial arts at Yale University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Vermont as well as at the Sakai Shibu in Osaka, Japan, and the Shanti Yoga Meditation Institute on the Gold Coast of Australia.
He has presented hundreds of workshops including the Montessori School, the Safety and Health Council of Northern New England and the Southern Legislators Conference. He travels widely teaching Zen Yoga Karate-Do, Martial Arts, Breathing and Quietism as well as giving performances of his Zen Sword Dance. He is presently training a corps of Zen Yoga instructors.
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