About the lecturers

Mazin Al-Khafaji graduated as ‘Doctor of Chinese Medicine’ from the Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1987 and has been in practice in the UK ever since. He is the founder member of the ‘Avicenna Centre for Chinese Medicine’, where he is in full time practice.

Axel Does has deepened himself in many different ways in TCM and is working as tuina therapist, acupuncturist, herbalist and therapist in healing movements for many years now and as a teacher in tuina massage and wellness-tuina, tuina therapy and qualified tuina therapist.

Peter Firebrace gained a Bachelor of Acupuncture from the International College of Oriental Medicine, England, and completed additional studies at the European School of Acupuncture in Paris and the Colleges of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Chengdu and Beijing

David Hartmann is an acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practitioner that lives in Brisbane Australia. He has been practicing since 1997 and upgraded his qualifications with a Masters of Acupuncture in 2009.

Sybill Huessen has a degree in both, Chinese Medicine and Occupational Therapy. In 1996, she graduated with a Master of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the “Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences” in Oakland, California.

Jan Willem Ilbrink has been working as a TCM therapist since his Classical Acupuncture study (2006) and has done many follow-up and continuing education courses. He recently developed the course "Kinesiologie en acupunctuur van de emotie" ("Kinesiology and acupuncture of emotion").

Barbara Kirschbaum, B.Ac, Member of British Acupuncture Council and the British FMRCHM qualified at the International College of Oriental Medicine ICOM, East Grinstead and has been in practice since 27 years.

Dr. Robin Saraswati Markus has been teaching Chinese medicine for over 15 years. She has most recently launched Nourishing Life, a fertility and longevity institute based on the principles of Yang Sheng: The Ancient Chinese Science of Longevity.

After starting a career in medical research at Guy’s Hospital, Felicity Moir moved into Chinese medicine (CM) as she found the philosophical basis of the medicine resonated with her developing understanding of ecology and the resonance of man’s body/mind/spirit with the world around.

After his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the California Institute of the Arts in 1872, he followed between 1992 and 1998 the Apprentiship training in Taijiquan, Chinese medicine and Daoist Yang Sheng at the Shengdu University of TCM in China.

MD, Acupuncturist, 4-year Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Licensed Psychotherapist (Jungian), B.A. in Philosophy.

After a 3-year Course in Acupuncture at “So-Wen” in Milan, Elisa attended the 3-months Training Course of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing in 1983.

Yan Schroën (1964) graduated in Natural Medicine, acupuncture and biochemistry in the Netherlands and studied Taoistic Philosophy and Traditional Chinese Medicine in the People's Republic of China.

Gali Stoffman, MD, graduated Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, in 1997. She then studied Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as Theory of Stems and Branches, and specialized in Pediatrics.

Nicholas graduated as acupuncturist from Scandinavian College of Acupuncture in 1994. In 2000 he became Bachelor of Physiotherapy and has more than 20 years of clinical and teaching experience.

Huub Verlinden is a physiotherapist, manual therapist, acupuncturist, applied kinesiologist and Marcos therapist. From 1974 to 1989 he worked in a private physiotherapy practice. In that time he also was a teacher in physical therapy (Heerlen) and in manual therapy (Utrecht).

KoKo Wei is born and has grown up in P.R. China. In 2003 she has accomplished a 5 year study majoring in integrative western and Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Chengdu TCM University and received her bachelor degree of medicine.

After his first encounter with Traditional Chinese Medicine at the age of 18, during Tai Chi classes as a Biology student, Amos ZIv has been striving to integrate western scientific knowledge with classical Chinese energetical paradigms.