05/08/2026
I returned from Harvard, transformed.
I had the honor of presenting over three decades of clinical work integrating Qigong and CranioSacral System Dynamics for Mind-Body Physiology.
The International Conference on the Science of Tai Chi & Qigong for Whole Person Health at Harvard Medical School gathered scientists, physicians, and practitioners from around the world — at the Osher Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School — all converging around one increasingly undeniable truth:
We are not a collection of separate parts. We each are a singular, unified, intelligent system. And we are meant to work together.
The science was extraordinary. Researchers are documenting how TCQ, Taichi Qigong practices, reduce hospitalizations, address chronic pain, support the aging brain, and build resilience, fascia, mitochondria, longevity, biopsychosocial integration, energy, and oncology support - the frontier is expanding in every direction.
And within that frontier, Qigong remains a largely uncharted territory. More subtle. Less easily measured. Which made the conversations at my poster board all the more significant.
Master Shudong Li — World Taiji Science Federation conference ambassador who performed a Taichi demonstration on the first day in front of 360 participants — sought me out and complimented both my work and my Qi in how I move. In a room dominated by Tai Chi science, that recognition carried its own eloquence.
A still point: sharing with conference organizer Dr. Peter Wayne, PhD, in introducing myself that I was an osteopath and my late mentor osteopathic physician and Craniosacral therapy developer, Dr. John Upledger first promoted my work at the World Congress on Qigong in 1997, and that I had been awarded Medical Qigong Master of the Year 2023 by the 23rd World Congress on Integrative Health, which was the 23rd World Congress on Qigong — and that my work has continued to evolve from this beginning. His response was a respectful bow. Some things don’t need translating.
Integrative health and medicine are not the future of healthcare. It is defining healthcare now.
“Perfection only exists in the energy of transformation.”
—Dr. Cloe Couturier, DMQ, CST-D, CO, EHPC
Developer of CranioSacralQigong®
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