Maria Gaitanidis

Maria Gaitanidis has been studying and practicing the art of Tai Chi since 2010 with Ilia Kozin in Venice and then with Mimi Kuo Deemer in London where she is learning Qi Gong. From 2013 until today, she has been training actors in various European countries through the principles and values of Lao Tzu’s philosophy.
In 2020 she met the Russian teacher Ivan Kotik who introduced her to the inner practice of Tao as transmitted by Zhang Zhishun (The Diamond Body). Maria continues her apprenticeship by deepening with the practice of Xing Yi Chuan as transmitted by master Li Gouyou from late 2020 to the present.
Along with Tai Chi, she studied Ashtanga Yoga Mysore style with Adam Keen, Zephyr Mercer and Sharath Jois in the period 2014-2021. She is completing her study of alternative therapies at the Greek National University of Applied Sciences in 2024. She has a degree in pedagogy from the Academy of La Giudecca in Venice and a PhD in research and practice derived from ancient Greek texts from the University of Kent.