"Sheng Zhen Qigong has helped me relax and stop worrying about the details of my life. It has given me the the energy, spirit, and understanding necessary to have a more happy and healthy existence."

Arlen Hodinh,
Lawyer



"Sheng Zhen Healing Qigong always brightens my day and strengthens my sense of awareness. In addition to being gentle and fun, it is an empowering and transformational form of self-healing for the mind, body, and spirit."

Rebecca Gould,
Licensed Massage Practitioner

(512) 626-3492

Eastside Qigong
PO Box 300696
Austin, TX 78703

About the Founder


Kert Peterson teaches qigong to help people increase the flow of energy in their careers, their relationships, and themselves. A former project manager and corporate trainer, Peterson's own increased flow of energy led him to an intensive four-year program in qigong with Master Li Jun Feng, founder and chief instructor of Sheng Zhen Qigong.

Peterson's passion for holistic health and mind-body medicine was inspired by his father, a famiiy phyician, and his mother, a reigstered nurse. The early heart-attack deaths of these two vital role models (he at age 60, she at 56) caused him to reevaluate his life and his relationship to his own heart. "Seeing the emotional and physical closure that gradually enveloped both of my parents", says Peterson, "fed my own desire to find health and openness through physical movement."

Peterson's classes and work-shops are fun, inspiring, and challenging. With more than 15 years of experience as an adult educator, he creates classes that are engaging and offer immediate impact to people's daily lives. He is dedicated to leading students on inward journeys to discover their own creative energies while building confidence and increasing joy in their lives.

Since taking his first Qigong class in Seattle, Washington in 1997, Peterson has studied the movement arts of Aikido, yoga, Alexander Method, and Continuum Movement. An actor and singer, Peterson has appeared in three productions of Austin's Gilbert & Sullivan society and sings lead in his own vocal trio. He is an avid road biker and runner and loves to cook, learn new languages, and play mandolin.