Roxani Eleni Garefalaki

Roxani Eleni Garefalaki (b. 1983) is a Five Element Acupuncturist from Athens, Greece, based in London. She is an Alexander Technique teacher, MSTAT, and teaches Tai Chi and QiGong, emphasising their healing and meditative properties. She started training in Tai Chi and QiGong when she was 15 years old and has been teaching Tai Chi and QiGong for more than 12 years, in groups, workshops, retreats, and private lessons. In her QiGong teaching, she combines her deep understanding of anatomy, physiology, and the use of the body through the Alexander Technique. Deepening her knowledge of Chinese medicine and of the meridian system through her acupuncture practice, her teaching has been enriched with the practice of Nei Gong- “the Inner Arts”. She has trained in Five Element Acupuncture by FEAT in London and as an Alexander Technique teacher at the Alexander Technique Studio by Karen Wentworth. Her most important teachers in Tai Chi & QiGong have been Petros Kouropoulos and Eleutheria Kazatzi, but she has attended classes and workshops with various other teachers around the world. Her previous background is in performing arts, having been a singer, actress, and acrobat. She has trained in Harmony of Music and in classical singing, Healing through Sound and voice, Feldenkrais, and Butoh in order to explore the connections between movement, breath, and healing,g and has the Master's degree in Usui Reiki. Roxani has always been interested in delving deep into the understanding of the Daoist principles, our connection to Nature and the ways we can achieve body, mind and spirit connection within our everyday lives.