{"id":2,"date":"2009-11-30T21:14:57","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T02:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justinchien.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2017-10-16T21:20:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T01:20:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/justinchien.org\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Justin Chien <\/strong>has been practicing Yoga for more than two\u00a0decades. He started practicing Yoga as a way to relieve back and neck pain. He has been experiencing physical and spiritual benefits through his Yoga practice. He decided to become a certified Yoga teacher in 2004 to share the joy of Yoga with others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To expand his knowledge, Justin attended Kit Laughlin&#8217;s Stretch Teacher Training in 2009. Justin has studied Kit&#8217;s techniques previously through his publications and exchanging emails with him years ago. He finally met with Kit in person, and immersed himself to a deeper understanding of Kit&#8217;s techniques. To continue the education, Justin attended the Kit&#8217;s Stretch Therapy Teacher Intensive training in London in 2017, surrounding by a lot of talented participants from all over the Europe. Justin&#8217;s openness has enabled him to continually explore new approaches. He has experienced techniques such as Coach Sommer&#8217;s Gymnastic Bodies, Meridian Flexibility Stretching, and Muscle Activation Techniques. Please see the Links for more information of these techniques.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Justin is compassionate, patient, and supportive of students. He is actively involved in various sports &#8211; skiing, skating, running, and Fantasy Football :-), and welcomes diversity in life. As a former engineering manager at Intel responsible for developing high-end micro-processors for 20 years and a Principal Program Manager currently at MathWorks, he understands how important it is to balance body and mind in a hectic world. Justin is eager to share his knowledge and to assist others to achieve balance and union in life.<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"809\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/justinchien.org\/?attachment_id=809\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/justinchien.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/6.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1936,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1310640322&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00086206896551724&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/justinchien.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/6-224x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/justinchien.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/6-764x1024.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-809\" title=\"6\" src=\"http:\/\/justinchien.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/6-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/justinchien.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/6-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/justinchien.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/6-764x1024.jpg 764w, http:\/\/justinchien.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/6.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For any inquiry, please contact Justin:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Email:<\/strong> justin.chien@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Phone:<\/strong> 978-549-1865<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Location: <\/strong>Boston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">&#8220;The purpose of life is not to be perfect, but to continue working toward perfection and maturity.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Chien has been practicing Yoga for more than two\u00a0decades. 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