Welcome to The Flowing Zen Journal!

Hey, I’m Anthony Korahais. I’ve been practicing qigong and tai chi since 1997, and teaching full-time since 2005. These arts didn’t save me on a mountaintop—they saved me while I was drowning in depression, chronic pain, anxiety, and burnout.

I write for people who’ve been failed by the system but haven’t given up on healing. People who value science but also know what it’s like to be dismissed, misdiagnosed, or gaslit by it. People who are done chasing fixes but still believe that real healing is possible.

I teach qigong and tai chi not as mystical cures, but as practical, embodied tools—for nervous system regulation, chronic pain, trauma recovery, and mental health. These arts helped me recover when nothing else worked. I’ve watched them help thousands of others too.

I reject the toxic pressures of wellness culture—the obsession with positivity, perfection, and performative self-care. I’m here for the kind of healing that’s slow, nonlinear, and rooted in lived experience. Healing that meets you exactly where you are, not where the world says you should be.

I trained under a Chinese grandmaster for 17 years, studied with other excellent teachers, and spent decades building a practice based on what actually works. Along the way, I’ve helped over 15,000 students in 48 countries, and I wrote a bestselling book—Flowing Zen: Finding True Healing with Qigong.

People call me “Sifu,” a traditional Chinese title that means teacher or mentor. I’ve let go of a lot of tradition over the years, but this one I’ve kept—because it honors the lineage that shaped me, and because teaching remains at the center of my path, even as it evolves into something looser, more reflective, and maybe a little weirder.

These days, I live quietly in New Mexico with my dog, my garden, and a stunning view of the Sandia Mountains. I write, I teach, and I practice—sometimes gracefully, often imperfectly, always honestly.

This space isn’t always polished or packaged. It’s more like a journal—raw thoughts, lived experience, and glimpses of insight from nearly three decades of doing the work. If you’re navigating your own mess with curiosity and grit, pull up a chair. I’m glad you’re here.