About Dr. Sinéad Corrigan DACM | Doctor of Chinese Medicine & Qigong + Yoga Instructor
Miami • Kaua’i • Chapel Hill
Certifications
Doctor of Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine, American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the California Institute of Integral Studies, 2021
NCBAHM Certified Diplomate of Oriental Medicine (Acupuncturist & Board Certified Herbalist)
Bachelor of Arts, The Biophysics of Preventative Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2013
200hr Bija Hot Yoga Instructor with Monica Shannon, 2009
KRI 200hr Kundalini Yoga Instructor with Hardarshan Khalsa, 2012
50hr Restorative Yoga training with Julee Snyder, 2014
Universal Healing Tao Qi Gong Instructor, 2016
100hr Meridian Yoga Therapy training with Science of Self NYC, 2022
Born to a professional bodybuilder and a computer-software CEO, Sinéad has a passion for bringing algorithmic thinking to health program development in the realms of body-sensing, health optimization, athletic performance, preventative medicine, and meditation. Sinéad’s goal is to utilize her knowledge of Chinese Medicine combined with modern Integrative Medicine research and her extensive Yoga & Qigong practice base to create “Embodied Education” for self-healing, lifestyle transformation, reconnection to Creativity, conscious sexuality, and healing our environment via greater self-awareness of the body’s relationship to the Earth and to Nature.
Dr. Sinéad Corrigan is a Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Chinese Medicine, and certified Yoga + Qigong Instructor with 15 years of teaching experience and nearly 20 years of meditation practice.
Sinéad began practicing yoga in 2005 her teens during her years as a form of cross training during her years as a competitive gymnast and later as a college track athlete. Yoga soon became not only a form of physical relaxation, but a powerful form of mental transformation. During her undergraduate studies in Hong Kong, she traveled to Mysore, India to study yoga, yogic philosophy, and pranayama (breathwork). During her graduate studies in San Francisco, she practiced Ashtanga yoga for 6 years with Magnolia Zuniga of the former MysoreSF. She is certified in four types of yoga including Hatha, Restorative/Yin, Kundalini, and Meridian Yoga Therapy
Sinéad began practicing Qigong in China in 2009 while studying abroad and has been practicing the Universal Healing Tao Qigong system of Mantak Chia since 2010. She became a qigong instructor in 2016 and continues her studies with annual summer qigong intensive retreats for nearly 15 years. In 2014, Sinéad also began studying TaiChi and Wushu Martial Arts with Master Zhang Hong Mei of Pacific Wushu in San Francisco. She has also studied with Qigong Master Robert Peng and Dr. LiPing Zhu. Her qigong teaching style is also heavily inspired by Gaga, a somatic Movement Language created by choreographer Ohad Naharin.
In addition to yoga, and qigong, Sinéad has been studying meditation and Tibetan Buddhism since 2008. She has attended yearly silent Buddhist meditation retreats for nearly 20 years (primarily Vajrayana and Dzogchen) with teachers such as Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Geshe Gelek Chodha, Venerable Robina, Lama Gursam, Brendan Kennedy, Michael Taft, Dr. Christopher Wallis, and more. Her classes are deeply inspired by non-dual meditation philosophy, and a wish to create spaces for “embodied spirituality”.
As a dancer and a musician, Sinead is also passionate about helping patients and students connect to their own creativity and the joy of self-expression as a form of self-healing!
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WHY “INNER BODY”?
IN 2010, I TRAVELED TO KUNMING, CHINA ON A STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM. It was here that I first experienced the sensation of “qi”. My classmates and I attended daily Tai Chi as part of our immersive Traditional Chinese Medicine program. One day, we were asked to stand in a very low squat, arms holding an imaginary beach ball, spine long and relaxed. “I run college track,” I thought to myself, “this will be easy.” Ten minutes pass, and I’m starting to shake. Most of my classmates have come out of the stance. I am determined to stay. Suddenly, just as I think the muscle fibers in my legs might explode, all pain left my body, and I felt as if I were floating. A smile came across my face. I had discovered a new trick. I wanted to learn more….
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