Tom
Tam
Mr. Tom Tam is a
healer, writer, poet, and a Tai Chi Chuan Teacher. Born in Tai Shan, China, he
came to the United States in 1975 as a political refugee. Since 1982, he has
been practicing acupuncture, Tai Chi, and Qigong healing with great
success.
For the last 20 years,
Tom has been one of the foremost students of Master Gin Soon Chu, the fifth
generation master of traditional Yang family Tai Chi. For twenty years,
Tom has been one of the foremost students of Master Gin Soon Chu, the fifth
generation master of traditional Yang family Tai Chi Chuan. In 1987, Tom
founded the Boston Chi Gong Center and began training students. The following
year, he founded the Oriental Culture Institute and organized the Boston Chi
Gong Delegation to China.
Tom has been awarded
the highest honor of The Chinese Medical Research Association, the diamond pin
and medal. He has also been made Honorary President of the Taipei Acupuncture
Society.
Over the years, Tom
has written many books on Chi Gong, healing, and philosophy. They include
- Tai Chi Dao Yin (1993); Yi Jin Jing (1994); a translation
of Lao Tzu's Dao De Jing (1994); Tom Tam's Healing System (1995); Pi
Gu: The Way of Chi Gong Fasting (1st edition) (1996). He has also written
several books of poetry, including For the Love of Nature (1997). Some of
his books have been translated into Russian.
In 1997, Tom finished
a book on his approach to past-life therapy, the Unfinished Life, and in
1998, he completed two new books on his experiences healing patients with
cancer: New Hope on the Horizon and Metamorphosis: Emerging from
Darkness.
In 2000, Tom developed
a new style of Chi Gong, Da Peng Gong and finished the book of Da Peng Gong.
His latest book, completed in 2001, is Tong Ren for Cancer.
Mr. Tom Tam
continues to practice, teach students, and travel around the world to share his
dreams.
