Heron Beecham is a Taoist meditation, qigong and internal martial arts master. Fluent in Mandarin, he has been studying the philosophical teachings of the Far East since his late teens. Over the past 35 years, he has worked in Britain, the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and China, and he also lived in Taiwan for 20 years, researching ancient Chinese art forms and traditional Chinese culture. Heron’s key interests are qigong for core health, self-cultivation through classical Taoist teachings, and the practice of T’ai Chi Ch’uan and its related survival techniques as a form of living philosophy.