About Jackie Smith
Jackie has studied Wu Style Tai Chi and Qigong for more than 30 years under Master Bruce Frantzis and Energy Arts Senior Instructor Paul Cavel since 1993.
He has taught the Energy Arts System since 2000 and became a Senior Instructor in 2018.
His certifications include:
- Longevity Breathing – Level 1
- Gods Playing In The Clouds – Level 1
- Energy Gates – Level 2
- Heaven & Earth – Level 2
- Dragon & Tiger – Level 2
- Tai Chi Circling Hands – Level 2
- Tai Chi Short Form – Level 2
Jackie teaches regular workshops in York and in Fife and provides seminars for private and public sector organisations in Scotland.
On leaving school, Jackie served an apprenticeship as a panel beater and spray painter.
After completing his apprenticeship he spent over ten years travelling the world and working in various occupations from teaching English and building bomb shelters to landscape gardening. He was an enthusiastic cyclist throughout and, in 1988, he cycled from New York to Seattle, then through Central America, on to South America, and arriving finally at Rio de Janeiro. Exhausted from his journey, he stopped off at a local hostelry and bumped into his favourite band Jethro Tull and this resulted in an extended career in the music business working with various artists including the likes of Van Morrison, Bill Wyman, Ritchie Blackmore, the Waterboys and Steeleye Span.
In 1993 whilst still touring, he swapped the bike for tai chi and, apart from still working as Tour Manager for Steeleye Span, he has in the main left the road behind for endeavours focused on his son, health and longevity.