About John Neubauer, Teacher and Innovator

John Neubauer (60) began practicing Yoga daily in 1973 upon the recommendation of friends who said it might help debilitating leg cramps that occurred during his time playing college basketball. He started teaching in 1974 after taking over ownership and management for a few years of Yoga East in Louisville, Kentucky. He started practicing Tai Chi daily in 1975. He blended the two into a single art form in 1977, which he has practiced and taught since then. His daily practice consists of a 70-minute morning routine and a 30-minute evening routine of Tai Chi Yoga, meditation, scripture study and prayer.

He learned Yoga from Maja Trigg (Louisville, Kentucky) and Swami Vishnudevananda's camp in the Bahamas. His Yoga was also influenced by writings of B.K.S. Iyengar. He first learned Tai Chi (Wu-style) from Kevin Akers (Louisville) and Gia-Fu Feng in the French Alps. His Tai Chi was also influenced by Master Cheng Lu (Yang-style, Salt Lake City) and Master Alfred Huang (Wu-style, Maui).

John has taught Tai Chi Yoga to thousands around the world over the past 30+ years. His students have consisted of dancers, athletes, corporate executives, laborers, and people of all ages and shapes. 

He was introduced to Taoism by Gary Schmalfeldt (Des Moines, Iowa) and was most profoundly influenced by the Tao Te Ching translation of Gia-Fu Feng. He presently offers teaching to on-site corporate seminars and private students studying to teach Tai Chi Yoga.

John was born (1948) and raised on a farm outside Pontiac, Illinois. He was a high-school valedictorian (Saunemin, Illinois). He graduated with honors and has an accounting degree from Drake University in Des Moines (1970). His professional career has been a blend of entrepreneurial business ventures and public service projects. He was featured for example in The Journal of Accountancy in 1971, in Success Magazine in 1994, and in many feature stories in The Des Moines Register. 

John currently is a principal in the Jim Sumpter Show, a nationally-syndicated talk radio show based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He also is a principal and the Chief Operating Officer for Assured Ventures, Inc. based in American Fork, Utah, a real estate investment, development, and training company. He is a high priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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