Deanne Hodgson

Deanne has a special gift in custom designing her classes to meet the specific needs of the students.  Her academic credentials and professional experiences in medicine (RN), psychology (BA), and spirituality (M.Div.) provide a unique holistic approach, awakening the body’s self-healing properties and promoting physical and mental balance. 

She developed a Tai Chi program for people ages 5-64 with cognitive and emotional disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Down’s Syndrome, ADD, Autism, and Traumatic Brain Injury and  a special program to increase self esteem for LGBTQ youth.  Her popular series on Balance, Posture and Falls Prevention has helped hundreds of seniors. She includes the movements and principles of Tai Chi & Qigong with her Circle of Life coaching clients.

Deanne’s relaxed and easy to learn approach to Tai Chi & Qigong is touched with humor and a sacred sense of the present moment, leaving participants with a calm sense of well being after each session. 

As an international speaker and retreat leader, for over 35 years, she has presented workshops on stress reduction and the mind-body practice of Tai Chi & Qigong to groups as far away as Uganda and Ukraine.  Her students include:

• law students
• clergy
• medical personnel
• faith communities
• massage therapists
• golfers
• IRS employees
• people with arthritis, balance problems, cancer, dementia, hypertension, back pain, surgical recovery, mental illness
• 3 year olds and centenarians
• Ukrainian cows

Education

AA, RN, Nursing with honors – Fairleigh Dickinson University

BA, Psychology – Ramapo College of New Jersey

Master of Divinity – Union Theological Seminary, New York City

Certifications and Board Memberships

National Senior Trainer, the Institute of Integral Qigong & Tai Chi

Certified in the  Circle of Life Coaching System

Certified Tai Chi Easy™, Tai Chi Chih™ and Tai Chi for Arthritis Instructor

Professional Member of the National Qigong Association

Master Level Reiki Practitioner

The Healer Within Foundation, former VP, Board of Directors

The Foundation of Living Medicine, Advisory Board

Her favorite past times include photography, artwork, crocheting, ocean kayaking and travel.

PLEASE VISIT HEER WEBSITE:

https://www.pathwaysfortransformation.org

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