Master Mantak Chia is the creator of the Universal Healing Tao System and the director of the Universal Healing Tao Centre at Tao Garden Health Spa & Resort in the beautiful northern countryside of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Since childhood he has been studying the Taoist approach to life. His mastery of this ancient knowledge, enhanced by his study of other disciplines, has resulted in the development of the Universal Healing Tao System which is now being taught throughout the world.

Master Mantak Chia has authored over 58 books and trained and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors from all over the world. In recognition of his work Master Mantak Chia was named Qigong Master of the Year by the International Congress of Chinese Medicine and Qi Gong in 1990 and 2012, the only master to receive this prestigious award twice. He was recently voted by Watkins Review in their 100 spiritual power list 2014 as the 32nd most influential spiritual leader and author alive today.