She completed her RYT200 Yoga Alliance Teacher training and continues to study under the tutorledge of Bhekaji Lynch in Washington, DC. She also continues her yoga and martial arts teaching studies with international and local instructors and teacher trainings.
Always seeking to find the source of what she is learning, she found the teachings of Bruce Frantzis, a Taoist lineage holder and one of America's foremost experts in Chinese energy arts for health, healing, meditation, and martial arts. Ellen is certified through Mr. Frantzis and the Energy Arts certification process to teach Dragon & Tiger Medical Qigong and Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body Qigong. She was also given his blessing to teach the Taoist Yoga sequences (Longevity Yoga) that he learned as part of his training as a Taoist priest in China.
Ellen is currently a student of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine at Tai Sophia, Graduate School for the Healing Arts and Sciences.