Anna first dipped her toes into taijiquan in her twenties at a class in a Los Angeles park. Decades  later, in 2010, she signed up for an adult-ed tai chi class to help rehab a broken leg. Her leg quickly recovered, and through the guidance and example of her teacher, Mike Shunney, she realized that taiji offered much more, and she’s been deepening her understanding and experience of its pleasures, benefits, and mysteries ever since. 

Anna studies taijiquan and qigong with Mike Shunney at Inner Works Center in Rockland, Maine. Since 2016, she has attended yearly seminars with Grandmaster Yang Jun in bare-hand, push-hands, sword, and saber forms, and lately with Audi Peal and Bill Walsh in push-hands. She was awarded Yang Family Gold Eagle Rank 3 in 2024. She’s also studied Wudang style taiji and qigong with Zhong Xuechao (Master Bing) since 2014.