 | Michio
Kushi, In the early 50's introduced modern macrobiotics in the United States.
Along the years he lectured conferences and seminars all over the world. Founder
and President of the East West Foundation, Kushi Foundation and One Peaceful World,
he wrote more than 40 books. Michio lives in Brookline, Massachusetts. In June
1999, the “Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History”
honored his work in the United States with the exhibition “Michio Kushi Family
Collection on the History of Macrobiotics and Alternative and Complementary Health
Practices”. |
 | Diane
Avoli has raised eight macrobiotic children, and is the grandmother of fourteen.
She started her Macrobiotic studies in 1971 in upstate New York and overcame a
serious health condition through diet. She moved to Massachusetts in 1973 and
began studies with the leading macrobiotic teachers in the U.S.: Michio and Aveline
Kushi, Cornelia Aihara and Lima Ohsawa. Along with her husband, Joe, she ran a
macrobiotic study house and a teaching center. Diane was certified as a Senior
Macrobiotic Teacher and Counselor by the Kushis and taught for the Kushi Foundation
and at the Kushi Institute. She has trained others to become teachers and was
on the Macrobiotic Teacher Certification Board. |
 | Mirea
Ellis A Kushi Institute teacher, Mirea started macrobiotics in 1973 in order
to overcome the chronic allergies that had plagued her for years. She studied
with macrobiotic teachers in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, and attended
the Ohashi Shiatsu Institute in New York City. Prior to joining the Kushi Institute
in 1982 she worked for various macrobiotic organizations, including the East West
Center of Philadelphia, where she was a macrobiotic head chef. She has taught
macrobiotics and another major interest, wild foods, in various cities in the
Northeast. She has been interviewed on T.V., radio, and in newspapers, and has
published articles. Mirea is the founder and president of Rejuva Organics, LLC,
a natural bodycare products and natural foods consultant business. |
 | Olaf
Fischer, Executive Director of Kushi Institute, has had extensive training
in macrobiotics at the Vega Center in California and Kushi Institute in Becket.
Olaf is also a certified Empowerment Trainer with the Empowerment Institute of
NY. Through his workshop, "The Art of Empowerment", Olaf leads participants
in overcoming personal issues and teaches them tools that will help them to positively
change their lives. |
 | John
Kozinski, MEA, is a senior macrobiotic counselor, teacher and researcher for
30 years. He has aided thousands of people in the recovery of diverse ailments
such as cancer, heart disease, premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis, urinary tract
infections and chronic fatigue. Many other types of conditions have seen improvement
or reversal. John's macrobiotic program for health is unique incorporating the
best of eastern and western approaches to food, nutrition, health and healing
with a contemporary interpretation. John is a shiatsu massage practitioner and
Qigong Chinese exercise teacher. He has appeared on television and radio. John
maintains a private teaching and counseling practice traveling monthly to various
locations in the United States including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and
Chicago, Illinois. He is a senior faculty member at the Kushi Institute in Becket,
Massachusetts. |
 | Warren
Kramer A Kushi Institute lecturer and cooking instructor, Warren is a popular
teacher who has also brought the macrobiotic approach to health and wellness to
groups and associations worldwide including the United Nations Macrobiotic Society,
Bread & Circus Whole Foods Market, Barnes & Nobel Bookstores, hospitals,
nursing homes, churches, temples, health conferences and tennis clubs. (Warren
is a former tennis professional.) He also spent five years traveling throughout
the world working in individual homes teaching cooking and assisting people in
recovering their health. |
 | Judy
MacKenney Kushi Institute counselor and faculty member Judy MacKenney is also
a certified Holistic Health Counselor and member of the American Society of Alternative
Therapies. In 1991 Judy was diagnosed with stage IV non-Hodgkins lymphoma, medically
termed inoperable and incurable. She started her macrobiotic practice in 1992
under the guidance of a Kushi Institute counselor and fully recovered. Judy and
her husband Larry ran a macrobiotic Health and Wellness Center in Florida prior
to her continuing her studies at the Kushi Institute. |
 | Clyde
Motosue A Kushi Institute teacher and shiatsu practitioner, after receiving
his Masters of Architecture degree at the University of Hawaii in 1978, Clyde
studied and taught shiatsu for four years. In 1982 he moved to Boston to continue
his studies of shiatsu and macrobiotics at the Kushi Institute. Clyde has an active
shiatsu practice in the Boston area, where he also runs a macrobiotic study house.
He has taught shiatsu in other cities of the United States as well as in Germany,
and is a member of the International Macrobiotic Shiatsu Society and the American
Oriental Bodywork Therapy Association. |
 | Abraham
Oort Kushi Institute teacher, shiatsu practitioner and CranioSacral practitioner
Abraham Oort received his Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Utrecht,
the Netherlands. A scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA
for 30 years, Abraham taught at Princeton University and guest lectured all over
the world on global climate issues. He received his shiatsu training at the International
School of Shiatsu and the Kushi Institute. Abraham is a certified practitioner
of the American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia, and teaches macrobiotic
shiatsu at the Kushi Institute and the New Hampshire Community Technical College
in Claremont. Abraham has a private practice in macrobiotic shiatsu and CranioSacral
therapy and is a facilitator at the Mindfulness Practice in Quechee, Vermont. |
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