Friends of the Heart Faculty

Gwen Robart

Gwen began her meditation training in 1983 in Toronto when she joined the lineage of Yang style T'ai Chi Chuan. Gwen formally graduated in 1998 as a Loashr instructor having completed studies in the four aspects of T'ai Chi: form, philosophy, martial applications, and medicine. Gwen has a private practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and has been teaching T'ai Chi since the early 1990's. She joined the Friends of the Heart in 2005.

Gwen is a community support counsellor working with adults who have ongoing mental health concerns. She has worked primarily in the social services for the past 25 years. As a faculty member of the Canadian Training Institute in the 1990's, Gwen facilitated experiential workshops both in counselling and communication skills. She has studied and participated in a number of psychotherapeutic modalities.

Friends of the Heart Instructors...

• Catherine Jetsun Yeshe (Founding Teacher)
• Gwen Robart
• Myra Willis
• Richard Johnson