Marie Favorito
Marie Favorito is founder and Director of the Boston Healing Tao. At the Boston Healing Tao Marie directs educational programs and classes offering Medical Chi Kung exercise, Meditation, Tai Chi and Holistic Healing techniques.
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Spring '08 Retreats in the Berkshire Mountains!
These techniques, taught in many Asian clinics, balance chi and enhance overall health. The center offers weekly classes, weekend seminars with master teachers, and special weeklong summer retreats.
Marie Favorito is a Senior Instructor in the International Healing Tao founded by Master Mantak Chia. Marie Co-Chairs the Certification Committee for the Healing Tao Instructors Association, (HTIA), and is past President on the Executive Committee responsible for guiding organization in its mission to promote chi kung healing practices and certify instructors in International Healing Tao techniques.
Marie has over 20 years of teaching experience in the Tao that include many aspects of Chi Kung: Tai Chi Short Form, Tai Chi Long Form, Tai Chi Sword, numerous Chi Kung Forms and many levels of healing meditation.
As well as teaching these Taoist practices Marie incorporates Chi Organ-Abdominal Massage known as Chi Nei Tsang. This Taoist practice focuses on massaging the navel area in order to stimulate and balance the whole body's energy. Marie Favorito offers Chi Kung Healing in her private practice.
Marie has been a guest lecturer at various venues to speak on Taoist practices such as yoga, chi kung healing for women, seniors, and the general population to lay and professional audiences.
Past engagements include talks at Tufts University, College of the Holy Cross, Harvard Community Health Plan, Interface, Dao Mountain Retreat and Salt Lake City Community College, Utah.
She has taught workshops Internationally in Germany, Australia, Canada and Mexico and holds retreats each summer in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
Education and Certifications:
Universal Healing Tao, Master Mantak Chia, Thailand
Certified Instructor, Kan An Li Meditation
Certified Instructor, Fusion Meditation 1, 2, 3
Certified Instructor, Cosmic Healing;
Certified Instructor, Tai Chi 1, 2
Certified Instructor, Healing Love
Certified Instructor, Microcosmic Meditation
Certified Instructor, Iron Shirt Chi Kung
Certified Instructor, Buddha Palm
Certified Instructor, Tao Yin 1
Senior Chi Nei Tsang Teacher
Senior Instructor of the Universal Tao
Master Wei Lun Huang, Miami, FL
Certified Instructor, Yang Style Long Form
B.A. Psychology and Theater Arts, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Arnold Arboretum Gardening Course Study
High Speed Photography, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA,
Other Professional Joys
Photography - All of the photographs on the CD covers found in the on-line store were taken by Marie at various locations.
Favorito Bellafiore Gardening. Owner and Landscape Gardener. Garden design, installation and maintenance.