Liz Welch is a qualified Instructor and Senior Student with the John Ding International Academy of Tai Chi Chuan (www.taichiwl.demon.co.uk and www.johndingacademy.com), as well as a Senior Teacher with the European Shiatsu School. She also has many years' experience of meditation (since 1982) and Qigong (since 1992) practice. (See full biography for further information).

Bryan Nuttall, is a qualified Instructor and Senior Student with the John Ding International Academy of Tai Chi Chuan. Bryan teaches primarily in Preston and Manchester and occasionally joins the Hertfordshire classes, when he ventures south. He brings considerable expertise to his classes from more than 25 years' experience practising and teaching Chinese exercises, meditation and martial arts. He is also a fully qualified Shiatsu practitioner.