Mimi Kuo-Deemer, MA, is the author of Qigong and the Tai Chi Axis: Nourishing Practices for Body, Mind and Spirit; and Xiu Yang: The Ancient Chinese Art of Self-Cultivation. A sixth-generation lineage holder in Baguazhang, she teaches qigong, meditation, and internal martial arts. Drawing inspiration from Buddhist and Daoist teachings, she explores how movement and embodiment can serve as pathways for living these philosophies. Authorised to teach Insight Meditation by Martin Aylward, she supports students in shifting from conceptual understanding to direct, lived experience.

Originally from the United States, she spent 13 years in China before making her home in the British countryside with her husband, their dog, three cats, five chickens, and some 60,000 bees.