Hi, I'm Kent. I'm a certified Holden Qi Gong teacher and Reiki practitioner in Olympia, Washington. I offer Qi Gong, Tai Chi, meditation, Reiki, and space clearing, in person and online.

 I didn't come to this easily. I came to it because I needed it.

 School was hard for me. I'm dyslexic, and I didn't learn to read until I was nine. I couldn't wait to be done with school and out in the world. So at sixteen I enrolled at Le Cordon Bleu, and at seventeen I became the youngest Le Cordon Bleu graduate of all time. That launched fifteen years in professional kitchens. I love cooking. My specialty was telling stories through food.

 But year after year, the heat and the hours wore me down. My body, my mind, and my spirit all paid the bill. I watched it happen to the people beside me too. Panic attacks. Substance abuse. Suffering in every form. Some of them went to prison. Some of them I lost to overdose.

 Then the pandemic happened, and life fell apart. I was lost, confused, and hopeless. That’s when I (reluctantly) started a daily Qi Gong practice. I wiggled my arms and breathed. Somewhere in the middle of each practice, I would notice the weight had lifted. The sadness, grief, depression, and ruminated thoughts were gone. I didn’t have to talk about it, understand how or why it worked. By the end of the hour, I felt normal.