Sharon Smith has been practicing Qigong, Tai Chi, & other Taoist spiritual and healing arts for 45 years & teaching them for 40. Her influential teachers include Masters Mantak Chia (she was in his original class of western students in 1981), Li Junfeng, Ming Chan, and T.K. Shih. Other important teachers include Jeanette Chi, Gilles Marin, Don Ahn, Carol Anthony, and Livia Kohn as well as many other Tao masters. Sharon is certified by Master Mantak Chia’s Universal Tao system as a Senior Instructor and Chi Nei Tsang Practitioner. She is also certified by the International Sheng Zhen Society to teach Sheng Zhen Gong, the work of Master Li Junfeng.  In 2011, she attended the Wudang Martial Arts Internal Kung Fu Academy in China.

In addition, Sharon has practiced Iyengar Yoga for over 35 years and  has traveled many times to China, Thailand, India, the Philippines, Europe, and New Zealand to further her studies.

Sharon was the host as well as a presenter at The Shift Network’s Qigong Global Summits from 2020 – 2023.

In 2017 and 2019, she  created and directed The Immortal Sisters Conferences, historic gatherings of women committed to “Returning to Tao” and honoring Yin in an overly Yang world. This endeavor has led to the creation of The Immortal Sisters Foundation, (TISOTT) whose mission is to present female teachers of Tai Chi, Qigong, and Taoist meditation and to provide financial support to women who want to further their education and training in these arts.