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AUDRA MACE (203) 790-8081 <a href="mailto:LADYCHAKRA@COMCAST.NET" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">LADYCHAKRA@COMCAST.NET</a>&nbsp;BETHEL, Conn., March 21, 2026, Lady Chakra Holistic Healing announces appointment of local Wellness Instructor Rev. Audra Mace as Co-Lead for upcoming Tai Chi Easy&trade; Practice Leader Training event at the world-renowned <a href="https://kripalu.org/experiences/tai-chi-easy-practice-leader-certification-0" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kripalu Center for Yoga &amp; Health</a> April 5 &ndash; 10, 2026. 
Audra, a 29 year resident of Bethel, has been serving residents in local towns leading self-care wellness practices.In 2016, initially training at The Omega Institute with Dr. Roger Jahnke, O.M.D. and his entourage of loyal understudies from the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi (IIQTC), she did not imagine a trajectory ten years later for co-leading a Tai Chi Easy Practice Leader Training as an IIQTC Senior Trainer at Kripalu.
Audra celebrates, &ldquo;the grass keeps getting greener&rdquo;, fondly reminiscing leading Tai Chi Easy on the lawn of the Bethel Municipal Center the summer of 2019 twice weekly commencing at noon when the church bell rang, as part of a nation-wide Tai Chi Easy health promotion project. She returned to the lawn last year along-side Nancy Ryan, a Tai Chi Chuan instructor, friend and mentor, to lead practice on <a href="https://www.worldtaichiday.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">World Tai Chi and Qigong Day</a>, an annual global event held on the last Saturday of April with synchronized events starting at 10 a.m. local time in New Zealand and continuing westward around the globe ending in Hawaii, USA.
As a Senior Trainer for the IIQTC, Audra is qualified to train new Healer Within Practice Leaders, Tai Chi Easy&trade; Practice Leaders and Integral Qigong Teachers.Audra encourages, &ldquo;it becomes a lifestyle, if you let it&rdquo;, making reference to the body of work put forth by her teacher and renowned author, Dr. Jahnke, designed to make tai chi and qigong easy and accessible to all as preventative self-care health care at no cost.She is currently teaching in an intervention research study with a preeminent state research university.She will be teaching an Introduction to Tai Chi Easy and Qigong in <a href="https://newtown-ce.revtrak.net/rw-adult-enrichment/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Newtown Continuing Education&rsquo;s Spring session</a> on Wednesdays April 22, 29 and May 6, 13. 
About Lady Chakra Holistic Healing
Audra Mace operates <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LadyChakraHolisticHealing/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lady Chakra Holistic Healing</a> in Bethel, Connecticut and surrounding towns. Since 2017, she has guided individuals and communities in cultivating balance, well-being, and natural healing through structured self-care practices.A certified Reiki Master Teacher, Accredited Chakradance&reg; Facilitator, Tai Chi Easy&trade; Senior Trainer &amp; Practice Leader, Integral Qigong &amp; Tai Chi Teacher, <a href="https://agelessgrace.com/ageless-grace-trainers/user/2146/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Ageless Grace&reg; Brain Health Fitness</a> Trainer &amp; Educator, and numerologist, Audra integrates a range of holistic modalities to make wellness practical, effective, and accessible.<a href="https://ppn-worldwide.simplecast.com/episodes/12660-audra-mace-02-14-25-holistic-healing-phill" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Audra Reveals Two Mentors and Credits Programs that Saved Her Life on the Professional Podcast Network.</a>
About Tai Chi Easy&trade;
<a href="https://taichieasy.org/evidence-based-program.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tai Chi Easy&trade;</a> is a comprehensive collection of self-care, health promoting mind-body practices, based on the book The Healer Within by Roger Jahnke, O.M.D., that modify and accelerate the body&rsquo;s own self-regulating physiological and bio-energetic mechanisms supporting health maintenance, natural healing processes, endurance, and longevity using the ancient Chinese healing arts of Tai Chi and Qigong.
There are four fundamental components - gentle body movement, focused breathing, self-applied massage, and relaxing meditation - vitality enhancing techniques rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), adapted for use while seated, standing, and laying down. In addition, there are five Tai Chi forms, performed from seated, standing, and walking postures. This adaptability creates a profound life-long took-kit useful for recovering from illness or injury, improving health, or maintaining wellness.

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