Sheila Furness is a certified instructor at the Tai Chi and Meditation Centre in Toronto, where she has trained with Sifu Andy James for 15 years. She teaches the ancient arts of qigong, and vipassana (mindfulness or insight) meditation, and tai chi at the Centre.
She has been trained and certified as an instructor of the "Tai Chi for Arthritis" program by Dr. Paul Lam. Sheila also participated in a professional training program in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction with Jon Kabat-Zinn, and is an International Professional Member of the National Qigong Association (USA).