About
Lok-Kwan Cheng, LAc, Diplo. O.M.
Licensed Acupuncturist (LAc), State of Illinois
NCCAOM National Board Certified in Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine (Diplo. O.M.)
Member, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)
Creator and instructor of Inner Gate Qigong
MS, Traditional Oriental Medicine, PCOM
Certified Ohashiatsu Instructor, Ohashi Institute, 2005
AOBTA Certified Shiatsu & Tui Na Practitioner, 2005
BA, Psychology, U. of Wisconsin, Madison
Lok-Kwan Cheng has maintained a private practice in Chicago and Evanston since 1997. "Lok-Kwan" means "happily serving the people". It is the name his parents gave him.
His aspiration is to live and work in harmony with nature and help others do the same. Lok-Kwan is dedicated to the promotion of health, happiness and transformation with safe therapies.
Lok-Kwan
is a graduate of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and the Ohashi Institute. After graduation he taught at both institutions and was also a guest lecturer at Zen Shiatsu Chicago, the SOMA Institute, and Olympia College. He create Inner Gate Qigong and serves as the chief instructor.
Lok-Kwan was born and grew up in Hong Kong.
He started practicing Qigong
and Chinese
martial
arts
when he was a teenager. After he came to the U.S. he continued his internal practice with Master Wai-Lun Choi of Chicago. In the nineties his tenure as secretary of the Midwest Buddhist Council enabled him to learn and practice meditation
closely with monks from many traditions. At the same time he studied Zen
Shiatsu
with Wataru Ohashi Sensei and became a Certified Ohashiatsu Instructor. In acupuncture
and Chinese medicine
he studied with the renowned Daoist teacher Jeffrey Yuen. He learned auricular acupuncture
under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Niemtzow, creator of the Battlefield Protocol who was instrumental in establishing acupuncture in the US Armed Forces. Lok-Kwan studied Master Tung's Miraculous Points
with Dr. Young Wei-Chieh, the foremost authority on the subject. He also trained in hypnotherapy
at the Milton Erickson Foundation. His aspiration is to live and work in harmony with nature and help others do the same.