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Andrew "the Tai Chi Guy" Baker - Program Director, Head Instructor
Andrew has been teaching Tai Chi since 2004. He is a long term Tai Chi practioner and advocate as well as an experienced adult educator. With the help of fellow MAI'ers he created the MAI curriculum, and several of the forms. He started using the name "the Tai Chi guy" because when he would call folks did not recognize him by name. One day he got a card addressed just to "the Tai Chi guy" so he put two and two together and now folks know who he is when he calls. |
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Chloe Pittinos - Instructor
Chloe is a Licensed Professional Counselor.
In addition to doing Tai Chi for over 20 years, Chloe enjoys hiking,mushroom hunting, sidecars, and painting. |
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Karl Ledebohm - Group Leader
Karl has been taking classes with MAI since the very first class in 2004. Patient and knowledgeable, Karl is able to lead beginner through advanced forms.
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Marjorie Wech - Group Leader
Cheerful, outgoing, and kind, Marjorie is always willing to jump in an lend a hand when needed.
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He who doesn't want to be listed - Group Leader
He who doesn't want named has been helping lead groups on both Tuesdays and Thursdays - humble, smiling, and skilled. |
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Kevin Heller - Group Leader
Kevin is a student and practioner of Tai Chi for over 20 years. Kevin is a retired Licensed Professional Counselor/ Play therapist, working specificlly with children and families. He utilized some of the simpler concepts of Tai Chi into his practice. |
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Amanda Robinette - Instructor
Amanda has been practicing Tai Chi since 2008 and teaching for MAI since 2013. She is also a weaver specializing in sakiori, a historical Japanese form of rag weaving for garments. By making connections between Tai Chi and weaving, Amanda developed Tai Chi for Weavers (TC4W), a workshop designed to help weavers address ergonomic and repetitive stress issues due to the physical nature of their work. Amanda currently teaches both sakiori and TC4W workshops at a local handweaving school. Visit her website to learn more. |
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