Win a two hour session with Dr. Effie Pow Yew Chow as well as her book (coauthored with Dr. Charles McGee) Miracle Healing From ChinaQIGONG (MediPress, Coeur dAlene, Idaho, 1994). Chow Qigong System videotapes: vol.1 Qigong Basics and Exercises; vol.2 Qi Pressure, and an audio meditation tape are also included in this package!

"Giving individuals the power to
determine and manage their own health and destinies
is the secret of true healing."

Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow

"The work of Dr. Chow is impressive. She has had remarkable success
where others have failed."

Dr. Thomas Malone

Former Deputy Director

National Institutes of Health

In July 2000, Dr. Chow was appointed by President Clinton to the original 15 member White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. Recipient of the Visionary of the Year 1997 The Humanitarian of the Year 1999 and The Visionary of the Decade 2000 Awards.

Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow has for over thirty years been working to integrate Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with Western Medicine. Toward this goal, she founded the East West Academy of Healing Arts (EWAHA) in 1973 in San Francisco. In 1988 an arm of that organization, The EWAHA Qigong Institute, was established within EWAHA to promote research and clinical work in medical Qigong.

In 2003 she was appointed by the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago to their National Task Force on The 21st Century Initiative on Life and Health.

In 2004 she was invited onto the 15 member international Advisory Board of the CAM Health Expo, and in 2005 onto the 20 member Advisory Board of the National Library of Medicine-Asian American Health Website Users Group.

Clients come from all parts of the world to consult with Dr. Chow. She travels internationally to see clients, give seminars and train practitioners. She has personally made presentations to over 350,000 people of all cultures, and to more than 600 corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, health clinics, universities, and governmental agencies.

Dr. Chow has a Ph.D. in higher education, and a masters degree in behavioral sciences and communication. She is a registered public health and psychiatric nurse and Qigong Grandmaster with 35 years experience. She is a National Diplomate in Acupuncture(NCCAOM) and a California-licensed acupuncturist since 1977.

Dr. Chow received her training in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Qigong in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada and the United States. Her Qigong experience includes Frolic of Five Animals, White Crane, Taoist Qigong, Eight Silk Brocades, Dayan, Taiji (Tai Chi), Wai Tan Kung, Shaolin, Microcosmic Orbit and others.

She is the only Qigong Grandmaster-Nurse-Acupuncturist in North America who has been active in the development of national health policies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in the field of cultural diversity, alternative and ethno-medicine.

In the early development (1970s) of acupuncture licensing law in California, Dr. Chow was a consultant to Senator Moscone and other legislators. For over 45 years she has been consultant with the DHHS in various areas, such as the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and the Minority Task Force. She has served as an appointed member of the National Advisory Council to The Secretary of DHHS on Health Professions Education for Medicine, Osteopathy, Dentistry, Veterinary, Optometry, Pharmacy and Podiatry (MODVOPP).

Dr. Chow was recognized for her expertise in the field of alternative medicine, Qigong and TCM through an appointment to the first Ad Hoc Advisory Panel of the Congress-mandated Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health (research Division of DHHS) in Bethesda, Maryland. Other appointments include: the Editorial Advisory Board of Rodale Press for special publications on alternative medicine; Editorial Consultant to Time/life Books; Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine; and the scientific Advisory Board of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Alternative/Complementary Medicine at Columbia University in New York; advisor to the Institute of Healing Arts and Sciences at the University of California San Francisco and a teacher to the medical students; Advisory Board for a special project of Bastyr University of Naturopathic Medicine, Seattle, WA. She received honored recognition by the Ethnic/Racial Minority Fellowship Program of the American Nurses Association.

She has made over 250 television appearances including Dini and Canada Am. Dr. Chow has been interviewed frequently on radio, and has been the subject of many news media publications in both North America and Europe. She participated in a four-part television series on alternative medicine which has been shown worldwide. She has received a number of awards and other recognition for her significant contributions in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, Qigong, & health care.

Included are:
Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine 2004 Award from the World Foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Year 2000: Qigong Promoter of the Year Award for extraordinary services in promoting the cause of Qigong in the world. World Shaolin Chanmingong Association. April 23, 2000
Visionary of the Year Award, from the Second World Congress on Qigong, 1997.
The City and County of San Francisco proclaimed November 22nd as Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow Day, and November 20th-26th as Qigong Week, 1997.
The Presidents Citation Award of the American Association for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, 1989.
Distinguished Award from the National Society of Acupuncturists of the Republic of China, 1988.
Distinguished Award from the Ministry of Health, Department of Occupational Health, Republic of China, 1988.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) Award for Womens Honors in Public Service.
Award in Entrepreneurship, given by the Human Rights and Minority Fellowship of ANA, 1988.
Outstanding Service Award towards the recognition, advancement and acceptance of the Science of Acupuncture in the United States of America, given by the National Acupuncture Association.
Listed in Womens Whos Who of the World.
The Woman Warrior Award from the Pacific Asian American Womens Bay Area Coalition.

Dr. Chow is founder and president of East West Academy of Healing Arts, the American Qigong Association and the World Qigong Federation. Qigong Grandmaster Effie Chow was the chairperson for the World Congress on Qigong. The World Congress on Qigong takes place annually.

"Effie Chow is one of the strongest energy based healers and acupuncturists I have met and I have seen with my own eyes some of the remarkable results of her Qigong work"
- Deepak Chopra, M.D.

"She [Dr. Chow and Qigong] can bring movement to legs that havent walked in years, but is not
a physician; can make pain disappear, but is not a magician; can help one overcome lifes
pressures and disappointments, but is not a psychiatrist." - Asian Week

Dr. Chow uses a versatile concept called the Chow Integrated Healing system, a blend of modern Western practices, ancient Eastern healing arts and Chow's own health principles linking the body, mind and spirit.

While Western medicine has made great advances treating critical illnesses and infections, many feel that Eastern medicine is having more success with chronic, degenerative diseases, addictive behaviors and stress-related conditions.

The Chow System helps people achieve optimal health; Dr. Chow believes that the minds and positive attitudes of her clients are the keys to good health.

"Giving individuals the power to determine and manage their own health and destinies is the secret of true healing," she explains. "Their minds and bodies are the ultimate powerful instruments for self healing".

The Chow System integrates acupuncture and acupressure, physical and mental exercises (stretching, deep breathing and meditation, dance and aerobics, Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong), herbal medicine, massage and body work, visualization, positive thinking, touch therapy, counseling and other techniques.

Dr. Chow, a former modeling instructor, Chinese chef and competitive dancer and recreational athlete, has also blended principles of posture, nutrition and movement into her healing system.

The Chow Integrated Healing System (The Chow System) is a pragmatic system that combines modern Western health practices, ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Dr. Chow's original concepts of a total integrated approach to health of the body, mind, and spirit. Qigong is the basic underlying component of The Chow System based on the classic Chinese theory that a powerful energy system exists in the body, and that energy (qi) flows through known energy pathways. The pathways are referred to as channels, or meridians. The qi system is as direct as the respiratory and nervous systems. If qi patterns are disrupted by emotional distress, environmental exposures, or any number of factors, a person becomes susceptible to disease. When this disruption of energy is rebalanced, health is restored.

East West Academy of Healing Arts

117 Topaz Way

San Francisco, CA 94131

tel: (415) 285-9400

fax: (415) 647-5745

Website: www.eastwestqi.com

e-mail: eastwestqi @ aol.com