ALL ABOUT TAICHICOW
Tai Chi Chuan and the Internal Martial and Healing Arts is Our Passion!
About the Tai Chi Cow
The programs, training, and consulting provided by Tai Chi Cow are an offshoot of the state licensed programs offered by the Blue Heron Academy of Healing Arts and Sciences and its founder Dr. Gregory T. Lawton. Through the Tai Chi Cow, we are expanding our martial arts training programs in Tai Chi Chuan to include virtual training, life coaching, consultation, and certification.
Our Mission: A Singular Approach to Education, Building a Healing Community
The roots of our history and the Academy run deep within our community and are reflective of our commitment to service. Our educational approach is innovative and began with several community service projects for women in transition, victims of trauma, individuals without access to healthcare or the treatment of serious medical conditions such as HIV/AIDS as well as treating patients from the local mission district and the homeless community. It was from this platform of service that the Academy began, grew, and thrived.
Service as a means of building a healing community is at the heart of our vision, mission, and activities. We firmly adhere to the Baháʼí concept of “Let deeds, not words, be your adorning” and as such we are keenly focused on service through action, and not words alone. We have adopted a broad and all-encompassing vision that champions the principles of the oneness of humanity, unity in diversity, and spiritual equality.
We recognize and celebrate the nobility of humankind as spiritual beings, and the importance of consultation and collaboration for the betterment of both the individual and the community. These are key tenets for our diverse family of teachers, staff, and students, people who have united in a common mission of service with each other and with their communities in the hope of building a healing community.
Equality of Opportunity
“...all human beings “have been created to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization.”
The Blue Heron Academy recognizes the inherent dignity and nobility of all members of the human family. The Blue Heron Academy is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate based on age, race, color, religion, sex, identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, or handicap for the obtainment of any educational or employment opportunity. No person is excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to discrimination on such a basis in terms of entry into any educational program or student activity offered through the Academy.
Since 1980, the nationally acclaimed Blue Heron Academy of Healing Arts and Sciences has trained thousands of graduates seeking positive life and career changes. The Blue Heron Academy was founded by Dr. Gregory T. Lawton as a free school that provided training and education to women in transition and both men and women with a desire to serve humanity through the health care professions. The Academy identified and acted upon its mission to assist students to acquire education and training that allowed them to earn their livelihood through the promotion of health and wellness.
The Founder of the Blue Heron Academy
Gregory T. Lawton, D.N., D.C., D.Ac.
Dr. Gregory T. Lawton founded the Blue Heron Academy of Healing Arts and Sciences in 1980 as a free school for women in transition and men and women seeking fulfillment in life through ethical service to humanity through the healing arts and sciences.
Dr. Lawton began his undergraduate training at Arizona State University in psychology and probation science. He is a graduate of the five year chiropractic program at the University of Health Sciences and a licensed Chiropractor in Michigan. He is a graduate of the four year naprapathic medicine program at the National College of Naprapathic Medicine and a licensed Naprapath in Illinois. Dr. Lawton is nationally board certified in Chiropractic, Radiology, Acupuncture (Diplomat), and Physical Therapy.
Dr. Gregory T. Lawton began his martial art training as a child and he has trained in Aikido, Judo, Kenpo, Tai Chi Chuan, Pa Kua, Hsing Yi, Hap Do Sool, and Shorin Ryu. Dr. Lawton has been awarded advanced rank in several martial arts and his highest belt rank is as an 9th Degree Black Belt in Kosho Ryu Kenpo Jujitsu. He was also awarded the rank of Yudansha Taigu. During his six decades of martial arts training he trained in oriental healing arts including massage (Tui Na), oriental medicine philosophy, and oriental herbal medicine. Dr. Lawton continues to teach the Asian martial arts at the Academy on a weekly basis.
Dr. Lawton received post graduate training in acupuncture and Chinese medicine at the National College of Chiropractic, the New York School of Chiropractic and the International Academy of Medical Acupuncture (Diplomat). Dr. Lawton is a certified acupuncturist in Idaho.
Dr. Gregory T. Lawton is a health science writer and the author of over one hundred books, manuals and educational products ranging from health promotion and alternative medicine to medical manual therapy, Scandinavian Mobilization Therapy, nutrition, herbal medicine, holistic health care, medical acupuncture, personal training, hydrotherapy, and naturopathy.
Dr. Gregory T. Lawton has been a member of the Baháʼí Faith since 1970. The three central principles of the Baháʼí Faith are the unity of God, the unity of religion, and the unity of humanity.
