Cate Morrill began her training in 1988, and has been teaching since 1995. As the director of Rising Phoenix T'ai Chi and the president of Shoulders Down, Inc., Cate spends her days teaching in her studio, around Atlanta, and across the country.  She is involved with teaching the PT Doctoral candidates at Emory University how to use T'ai Chi and Qi Gong in their physical therapy practice, and was filmed in 2009 for a CNN Healthminute on T'ai Chi. She has taught at Johns Hopkins University, Emory Universtiy, her work is taught at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and she has traveled around the country to teach students, to teach teachers, and to speak on T'ai Chi benefits. She has been the instructor on three NIH T'ai Chi grants, and has taught populations such as the office employees at Coca Cola World Headquarters, the clients at Meadowbrook Head Injury Institute, the staff and clients of the Center for the Visually Impaired, the staff at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, senior citizens and, of course, strong, physically well and challenged "everyday" people--singers, songwriters, artists, teachers, moms, dads and their children.

  She is a Certified Wu Dang T'ai Chi/Qi Gong Instructor (Wu Dang is the mountain temple where T'ai Chi originated and whose training was made famous by the movie, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"), and she has completed External Qi Healer training (energy balancing).  She has created audiotapes for the visually impaired and  videos on T'ai Chi, one for Seniors and those who need a gentle and simple exercise program, Movement Improvement T'ai Chi R, and one for Parkinson's Disease patients, sponsored by an international company, and has completed three series of television shows on AIBTV in Atlanta. She has appeared on WABC-TV in New York, and on more than 24 TV stations across the country live or by video, such as on a Public Television program discussing T'ai Chi’s benefits, as well as on “Healthwatch with Marc Pickard,” a program of Atlanta local television station WXIA.  Cate is the first named source on an article on Arthritis and T'ai Chi on WebMD, (link below) and was a guest speaker at the American Physical Therapy Association pre-conference seminar in 2005. Her work was featured in an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution (link below) and she has trained physical therapists, doctors, nurses, t'ai chi teachers, yoga teachers and others around the country to teach her "Movement Improvement--T'ai Chi for Balance and Mobility" program.   She speaks as requested to health care practitioners at seminars and workshops.

By practicing the internal martial arts of T’ai Chi, Qi Gong, Ba Gua and T’ai Chi Sword and studying anatomy, physiology, nutrition and exercise science, Cate brings a broad spectrum of knowledge and information to her classes. She has published articles on T’ai Chi and Qi Gong, and is writing a book, tentatively titled, “Shoulders Down—the Basics of T'ai Chi to Help You Enhance Your Everyday Life, Every Day”. The enthusiasm Cate brings to her classes is sincere and contagious. She welcomes all ages, body types and levels of ability. She believes deeply in the individual's ability and responsibility to create health, inner peace and abounding joy! Through laughter, silence, demonstration and example, she shares her knowledge of body movement and energy work freely.

To read Cate's endorsement and bio from Master Chen's website, please click here.

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