...has been teaching Chinese
Qigong and the
Taoist longevity system to thousands of people worldwide for the past 15 years. His passion for these arts and their incredible health and spiritual potential has only grown since he was first introduced to Chinese martial arts in the early 1970's.
His more “sedate” side has expressed itself as a university professor, a married priest of the Eastern Orthodox Church and a noted author on personal transformation. On the more “edgy” side, Symeon is a martial arts expert, a certified emergency management professional, and trained in counter-terrorism by veterans of the US and Israeli special forces.
Dr. Symeon is arguably one of the world’s top experts in the ancient world’s amazing systems of personal development through spiritual practice, health maintenance and martial arts. Combining his vast knowledge of these ancient systems with modern science and rigorous attention to historical fact,
Symeon first distilled his decades of research and experience into his 2010 best-selling manual on personal resilience, The 5 Pillars of Life: Reclaiming Ownership of Your Mind, Body and Future. and has since produced numerous world-class training programs for people desiring superior health, longevity and spiritual life.