Ileina Ferrier

Ileina's tai chi involvement has become a wonderful addition to her life-purpose goal of helping others reach better health.

Her personal vision is to share Dr. Lam’s programs to facilitate the creation of active, self sustaining Tai Chi for Health communities.

Ileina has been able to utilize her educational background in Developmental Psychology as a Corporate Training Coordinator for a major automaker. She spent 27 years designing and implementing flight crew training programs and integrating those into "customer first" service behaviors.

Her accomplishments include Outstanding Teacher Award by the Hawaii Pacific Gerontology Society, Innovative Community Service Award by Tai Chi for Health Institute, TCHI liaison to Silver and Fit, Tai Chi Resource to National Council on Aging and part of State of Hawaii’s State Plan for Falls Prevention.

Currently, Ileina divides her time between Hawaii maintaining fall prevention efforts, supporting instructors, her family of origin and with Arkansas, where her daughter, Kai, hubby, David and grandchildren, Leila and Duke, have recently moved from Atlanta, GA.

Tai Chi life is active in Arkansas! She enjoys sharing tai chi, supporting local instructors and creating tai chi communities here. She continues to conduct various workshops on the mainland.

She is currently with the Gerontology Research and Education Clinic Center in the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. As their tai chi instructor, she helps to facilitate clinical demonstration projects using virtual training.

In Hawaii, since 2009, she has partnered in State Fall Prevention Initiatives with the Department of Health’s Injury Prevention Specialist, Stan Micheals. In 2015, Hawaii was recognized as having the most effective falls prevention program in the nation and continues.

Certifications include: Tai Chi for Arthritis, Tai Chi for Arthritis for Falls Prevention, Tai Chi for Rehabilitation, Seated Tai Chi, Silk Reeling, Tai Chi Fan, Sword, Chen 36, Quandao, Qigong and Depth of Sunstyle 73.

From: Shirley Haun

Hello Tai Chi Colleagues!

My name is Shirley Haun, a registrar assistant for local Tai Chi for Health Institute instructor trainings.

We are happy to announce that recently one of Dr. Lam’s Master Trainers made Arkansas her home (to spend more time with her two grandchildren in Little Rock!). Her name is Ileina Ferrier. We hope you will consider introducing yourself and join us in future get-togethers!

Let me tell you a little about her background and work in Arkansas since last year:

• Master Trainer and certified instructor since 2010 with Tai Chi for Health Institute
• Co-chair of Arkansas’s Fall Prevention Coalition
• Collaborates with UAMS in fall prevention initiatives
• Conducts Tai Chi in the Clinical Demonstration Program for Gerontology Research and Education Clinic Center at Central Arkansas Veteran Healthcare System
• USA Spokesperson for Dr Lam to the National Council on Aging’s Tai Chi Workforce Meetings
• Trainer for Dr Paul Lam’s Yearly June Weeklong Conference since 2011 in Depth of 73 and Fan Forms (54 and 36)
• Conducts local workshops for Instructor Certification, Updates, Skills Trainings and other Tai Chi for Health Institute’s trainings, i.e. Depth of 73, Fan Form, etc.
• Instructs Tai Chi at Little Rock Athletic Club and Little Rock Racquet Club
• Avid supporter of certified instructor programs and building a sustainable instructor community
• Travels between AR and her first home, Hawaii, to continue the Fall Prevention Initiatives with the State of Hawaii Injury Prevention Specialist.
• She continues to support Hawaii instructors, as well as instructors throughout the USA who seek consulting for grant based endeavours.
• 27 years in Corporate Training and Coordination
• Tai Chi player since 1990
We would love to hear from you and how Ms. Ferrier can provide support on your tai chi journey.

Thank you for your consideration and happy tai chi,

Shirley Haun
Registrar Assistant
Email: taichiRus@yahoo.com