Damaris Jarboux

Founder & Director of The Center Place (1986) and Co-Founder & Director of The Body-Energy Center (1989) in Boulder, Co. She has had a full-time private practice in Qigong Healing for 30+ years and taught Qigong (personal practice & clinical/healing Qigong), locally and internationally to adults, parents of young children, and teens in High school settings, developing many programs for family care, self- practice (understanding & enhancement) and extensive clinical treatment protocols along the way.

An RN for 50+ years, with additional primary training in Qigong (as well as Western & Eastern Energy Medicine) for over 40 years including a 2-year Asian trip and 4 extensive trainings in China. She has also studied the mystical stream of Esoteric Christianity and Anthroposophy for 35 years.

One of the 8 Founders of The National Qigong Association (NQA) in 1996, she holds their highest certifications, a Senior Qigong Teacher and Senior Clinical Qigong Practitioner.

She currently has a clinical practice with a community of healers at The Center Place, oversees a 4 year training program in Qigong Healing (Medical Qigong) & leads annual Holy Wisdom Retreats.

Contact & Information:
(303) 447-0484
[email protected]

Sherry Bauer

YEAR TWO of Qigong Healing Program is taught by SHERRY BAUER. Sherry has been in private practice doing Qigong Healing, Shiatsu and Bodywork since 1996. Besides her 20+ years of study at The Center Place with Damaris Jarboux, she has traveled to China several times, studying Medical Qigong at major hospitals with qigong doctors and masters. Sherry has taught Qigong Healing, Shiatsu and Energy Medicine since 2000 at institutions such as the Boulder College of Massage Therapy, Southwest Acupuncture College and Boulder Massage Therapy Institute. She is Certified by the NQA as a Level III Advanced QiGong Instructor and a Clinical QiGong Practitioner.

Contact & Information:
[email protected]

Rachel Lee

YEAR ONE of Qigong Healing Program is taught by RACHEL LEE. Rachel started practicing Qigong in 2012 and has a private practice in Qigong Healing. She teaches Qigong to teens and adults, and leads a "Sunday Qigong in the Park" group. She completed the four-year Center Place Qigong Healing Program, and is certified as a Qigong Clinical Practitioner and a Qigong Instructor Level II by the National Qigong Association. She continues to enjoy studying Qigong and learning new forms of Qigong meditation. Previously, Rachel had a career in healthcare administration and consulting. She has a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master’s of Business Administration.

Contact & Information:
(720)-324-0501
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Claudia McLaren Lainson

Claudia McLaren Lainson has been a Waldorf educator for the past 26 years, teaching both Waldorf Kindergarten and adult courses and workshops in Anthroposophic Studies. Claudia studied Therapeutic Education with Gradalis Institute and has been in private practice in Boulder since 1998, helping children and parents meet the challenges facing so many families today. Claudia has raised three children, and she is the founder of Windrose Academy outside of Boulder, Colorado. Windrose is an academy dedicated to developing the consciousness concordant with her vision of the emerging impulses of the 21st century.

Contact & Information:
(303) 661-9579
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