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Olivia Rosewood is a two time Tai Chi gold medalist, most recently medaled in gold at the 2016 International Chinese Martial Arts Championships. Her spiritual pedigree unparalleled, Olivia Rosewood is honored to be of service as Director of College of Tao, caring for thousands of years of living meditation lineage, as well as Dean of the International Taoist Meditation Institute, overseeing integrity of certification and thriving of peaceful community. As a spiritual leader, she is ordained to legally officiate rites of passage, including wedding nuptials. She is passionate about guiding meditation aimed at enhancing one’s experience of peace within. Her most profound influence is Eckhart Tolle, with whom she has traveled and worked extensively, although she has meditated with many teachers all over the world. Always curious about meditation in its many forms, she experienced being a yogic nun in Ahmedabad, India, where she was fortunate enough to teach young children English. They were an essential part of the inspiration for her 7 spiritually inspired children’s books, available now on Amazon as well as children’s bookstores and museums. Olivia has also authored Please Meditate: It’s Good for You, an all embracing instructional guide through several beautiful forms of meditation, helping the reader to find their perfect practice. It is supported by this website which gives the reader extra support as meditation methods are explored. Olivia was the writer for HarperCollins’ Happy Yoga by Steve Ross, and she has consulted on and ghost written several best selling self-help books. She contributes to the Insight Timer, a free app for meditators everywhere. Olivia did her undergraduate work at University of Southern California, her graduate work at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and she earned her Doctorate in 2017 in the field of Divinity. She is a Taoist Da Jisi & Reiki Shinpiden Master Teacher and Healer, and offers attunement in person and at distance. She enjoyed acting in several movies including Titanic and Almost Famous, films still alive thanks to the miraculous internet. She is a practicing Taoist, meditator, and mom. She’s going for gold again in the 2018 International Chinese Martial Arts Championships. Learn more here: www.portablesanctuary.com