Andrew Townsend

Andrew Townsend is a retired college professor and an instructor of taijiquan. He has been practicing taijiquan for thirty-five years and was certified as a Tai Chi Instructor by Grandmaster Jesse Tsao in 2005. Mr. Townsend became a disciple of Dr. Tsao in 2016. Under his teacher, he is a 13th generation lineage holder in the Chen family system of taijiquan. Andrew is the author of ten books on the art of taijiquan.

Andrew is also a lifelong meditator and was certified as a teacher of Transcendental Meditation (TM) in 1975. He has also studied Vipassana meditation and Taoist meditation, and is the author of The Tao of Mindfulness, Wu Wei - The Tao of Non-Doing, and The How of Now - Powerful Practices for Living in the Present Moment.

Andrew and his wife, Deya, who appears in many of his books on taijiquan, live and teach in Flager Beach, Florida. In addition to practicing and teaching taijiquan, qigong, and meditation, he is an avid surfer and a veteran traveler.