Founders and employees of Veteran's Health Pathways, LLC (VHP) have been instrumental in bringing holistic whole health practices to employees of the Veterans Administration. In 2012, we spearheaded these practices for the Orlando VA through our receipt of a VHA Innovation Award to conduct a feasibility and sustainability study proving that implementation of Tai Chi and Qigong practices have significant health and wellbeing benefit for veterans. In this role, we were at the beginning of the VA’s Whole Health program.
Since then, the team has conducted four trainings for the Orlando VA resulting in the training and certification of over 50 VA employees. Many of these employees now work with veterans regularly to teach them to use their own natural abilities to improve their health. In addition, we have conducted similar VA employee certification trainings for the Miami and Puerto Rico VAs.
Veteran's Health Pathways, LLC now offers additional certifications in Oxygen Advantage Breathwork, Warrior ONE Yoga, as well as Health Action Medical Qigong and Tai Chi.
Veteran’s Health Pathways employees and founder, in coordination with Health Action Inc., have extensive experience supporting the Veteran’s Health Administration with certification trainings in Tai Chi and Qigong:
Alan Zemel is a Senior Teacher-Trainer with The Healer Within Foundation and the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC). Mr. Zemel is also a certified teacher with Dr. Paul Lam’s Tai Chi for Health Institute, and an Oxygen Advantage Advanced Instructor with the Oxygen Research Institute, Ltd. Mr. Zemel has been engaged with holistic health care modalities for over 25 years. Mr. Zemel has taught Oxygen Advantage skills to physically impaired individuals, those in surgical recovery, and has also taught physical therapists for the Winter Park Hospital. Mr. Zemel’s classes incorporate various breath and movement techniques that teach students how to take control of their own physiology and health/wellbeing. Mr. Zemel’s classes are science-based and provide modern data and research as to why these practices are effective. Students learn not only how to engage in these practices, but why they work. The focus is on how to control various body systems such as the vagus nerve/relaxation response, parasympathetic nervous system, heart rate variability, lymphatic system, and much more. Mr. Zemel currently teaches regularly at the Crosby Wellness Center, Urban Ashram, and the Winter Park Health Foundation. Mr. Zemel is also called to speak and teach at several retirement communities and school systems in the Orlando Florida area.
Jeanne Eileen Reed is certified by the Institute of Integral Qigong & Tai Chi (IIQTC) and Supreme Science as a Senior Trainer whose motivation is to empower and help people take charge of their health and wellness. She has over 30 years clinical experience as a registered nurse serving veterans both in active duty and as a VA employee. She was given the opportunity in 2012 to establish a pilot program to bring Tai Chi and Qigong to the Orlando VA Medical Center (OVAMC) as a Complementary and Integrative Health modality for staff and veterans. With the collaboration of community resources, a certification training of 20 VA staff led to Tai Chi and Qigong classes being available throughout multiple clinics that advanced holistic strategies in support of the Whole Health Wellness Program. She utilizes her medical knowledge in Tai Chi and Qigong training classes to help participants understand and access their self-healing potential. She mainly works with veterans, the elderly and those traumatized with stress disorders to empower them to improve their emotional and physical balance and wellness as a benefit of participating in Tai Chi and Qigong practices.
Jeanne Reed joined the Army Nurse Corp after receiving her Nursing degree and quickly advanced in rank and accommodations during her 5 year Military Career. After working abroad for multiple years she finished her career continuing to provide service to our Veterans for 15 years service at the Orlando VA Medical Center. She provides Alternative Health services through her company Alpha Wave Wellness in the Orlando area as well as internationally providing virtual classes to veterans, seniors and health seekers.
Kevin P Merrigan is the owner of Healthcare U Cando and started studying Chinese Martial & Energy Arts in 1970. He studied and taught Chinese Kenpo, Yang Tai Chi Long Form, Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Kevin studied under various teacher and master’s including Dr Russell Amundsen MD; Master Ed Parker; Grand Master Pui Chan & Simu Susy Chan; Sherry Zhang; Dr Phu Duthinh OMD, Jeff Premack and Dr Roger Jahnke. Kevin is certified as an Integral Qigong Teacher with over 260 hours of training with multiple trips to Santa Barbara, California, and China to train with Dr. Jahnke, OMD (Oriental Medical Doctor). Kevin is a Tai Chi Easy Practice Leader Trainer teaching OVAMC Staff and Veterans. He offers Tai Chi Easy Practice Leader Certification Training annually.
Kristen Musolino is a licensed massage Reiki practitioner and Tai Chi Easy Senior Trainer. She offers therapeutic-based modalities at The Active Healing Center, a chiropractic practice in Tinton Falls, NJ. Since 2016 Kristen teaches community Qigong and Tai Chi classes at the Jersey Shore. She holds a B.A. in Communication Studies from The College of New Jersey.
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