About Master Yang Yang, PhD

Master Yang Yang, PhD, is a leading t’ai chi (taiji) and qigong master, educator and researcher. He is the founder and director of the Center for Taiji and Qigong Studies in New York City. After training with top masters of these arts and becoming a martial-art champion in his native China, he earned a doctorate in kinesiology at the University of Illinois, where he developed an evidence-based approach to teaching t’ai chi and qigong.

Yang has taught his evidence-based program at the National Institutes of Health, Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell and other major medical centers. His work has helped healthcare providers, patients and survivors to address chronic pain, physical function, mood and anxiety, sleep, balance, cognition, fatigue and overall well-being.

Yang has created a robust, cutting-edge online platform to deliver this evidence-based program for back pain.