Co-founders
Peter Francis & Claire C Cunneen share the methods and resources of the Integral Way as senior mentors and instructors of the College of Tao & Chi Health Institute since 1990. Their own learning path was stimulated by studies in movement and group dynamics, training in the awareness-in-action work of F.M. Alexander and Marjorie Barstow, then refined with the energy medicine studies of traditional Taoist Internal Alchemy & Qigong.
They bring this integrated personal experience to their teaching, transmitting a natural process of health transformation and personal development that patients, students and friends can readily incorporate in their daily lives.
““You have been such an inspiration to me over the years as teachers, healers, colleagues and friends. Thank you for your support and guidance. “ CL”
Staff
Claire C Cunneen
Claire is a College of Tao Qigong and Tai Chi instructor, certified Taoist meditation guide, InfiniChi Life coach and Qi healing therapist. She holds a professional teaching certification in the Alexander technique from the American Center for the Alexander Technique and is certified by the Chi Health Institute in Dao-In & Cosmic Tour Merry-Go-Round and as a senior instructor in Self-Healing Qigong, Crane Style Qigong and Harmony Style Tai Chi. She is a master instructor in Eight Treasures Qigong and is the Dean of the Feng Shui School - College of Tao. Claire holds a BA in Art History and has certifications in Classical & Five Healths Feng Shui. Her approach to Feng Shui, meditation and Life Coaching includes advanced studies with Taoist master teachers emphasizing the development of intuitive and healing skills and an in-depth understanding of the I Ching.
She has over 30 years experience teaching self-development through movement, body-mind techniques and Qigong, meditation and reflection across the US and in Europe. In the US, she designed and taught the Qigong curriculum at Mercy College’s Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Program and was one of the original instructors in the Qi development program at Yo San University of TCM in California. She is the Dean of the Feng Shui department of the College of Tao and has served as College of Tao director in 2020-21.
Claire offers her services at AcuCentre in Geneva as a coach, teacher and Qi healing therapist. She teaches qigong, Tai Chi and Feng Shui privately and in groups. Whether through coaching, teaching or Feng Shui counsel, she looks to support all aspects of a healthy life – physical, mental, financial, career/life direction and relationships - and to facilitate the growth journey of each, reconnecting with their unique inner strength to move through the challenges of life.
Languages: English and French
Peter Francis Cunneen
Peter Francis is certified as a Taoist meditation teacher and as a senior instructor in Dao-In, Eight Treasures and Self-Healing Qigong methods by Chi Health Institute of the College of Tao.
He has forty years experience as a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine and Taoist healing arts. He holds a Masters degree in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from Yo San University of TCM in Los Angeles, California (a four-year full-time program), and has advanced post-graduate, clinical training from Zhejiang College of TCM in mainland China. A professor and clinical supervisor of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine at several US colleges for over 12 years, he has also served in the US as a national acupuncture examiner and as an advisor on Chinese herbal medicine testing for the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine. In recent years, he has participated in longevity medicine and Infinichi for the Five Healths (TCM psychology) studies with Dr Maoshing Ni and in Cardio-Acupuncture with Dr Fokke Jonkman of Human Balance Teachings.
Peter has obtained the Swiss federal diploma as a naturopath in traditional Chinese medicine - TCM in 2020. He leads Chi Rivers Continuing Education program and is in private practice in Geneva as an acupuncturist, herbalist and naturopath of Chinese medicine. Peter recently joined the College of Tao Integral Nutrition Institute team as a consultant and staff.
Languages: English, some French
Pia Schibler
Pia Schibler has been teaching Qigong since 2006 and works as a self-employed goldsmith. A mother of three and grand-mother of four, Pia worked for seventeen years as a pedagogical supervisor for children and had the opportunity to teach Qigong at school.
Pia is a Taoist Mentor L1 of the Integral Way Tradition. Since 2018, she has been certified by the College of Tao as an Eight Treasure Qigong Level 3 Instructor and a Five Healths Feng Shui Consultant. She is also a College of Tao / ITMI Level 4 meditation guide.
For three years now, she has been teaching “Qigong in the park” as part of a free health program for the city of Biel, Switzerland, with between forty and eighty participants per class. Pia teaches the Eight Treasures Qigong online course at Chi Rivers.
Languages: English, German, French
magali Weiss
Magali Weiss is a long-time Feng Shui practitioner and an EJW certified walking guide. Since 2021, Magali has been certified by the College of Tao as an Eight Treasures Qigong Level 1 Instructor and a Feng Shui Consultant. In Chi Rivers, Magali co-teaches with Claire Cunneen the Qigong for seniors course organized by the city of Geneva. She teaches primarily in french.
Languages: French, some English