Licensed Acupuncturist, State of Illinois
Diplomate in Oriental Medicine, NCCAOM
Master of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine, PCOM
Instructor, Zen Shiatsu Chicago
Certified Ohashiatsu Instructor, Ohashi Institute, 2005
AOBTA Certified Shiatsu & Tui Na Practitioner, 2005
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, U. of Wisconsin, Madison

"Lok-Kwan" means "happily serving the people". It is the name his parents gave him.

Lok-Kwan Cheng has maintained a private practice in Chicago and Evanston since 1997. He is a graduate of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and the Ohashi Institute. He taught at both institutions and was also a guest lecturer at the SOMA Institute and Olympia College. Presently he teaches Chinese medicine and shiatsu at Zen Shiatsu Chicago.

Lok-Kwan was born and grew up in Hong Kong. He started practicing Qigong and Chinese martial arts when he was a teenager. After he came to the U.S. he continued his internal practice with Master Wai-Lun Choi of Chicago and served as his assistant instructor for many years. In the nineties his tenure as secretary of the Midwest Buddhist Council enabled him to learn and practice meditation closely with monks from different traditions. At the same time he studied with Wataru Ohashi Sensei who taught him everything he knows about shiatsu. In acupuncture and Oriental medicine he learned from many great contemporary masters in numerous workshops and seminars. He studied auricular acupuncture under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Niemtzow and found kinship and inspiration in the teachings of Jeffrey Yuen and Kiiko Matsumoto.

His aspiration is to live and work in a way that is in harmony with nature. Eschewing modality and stylistic divisions he offers integrated treatments combining acupuncture, herbs and bodywork to achieve the best therapeutic results. When it comes to teaching he is a believer in kinesthetic learning. His workshops are physical and experiential events that aim at translating concepts in Oriental philosophy and medicine into bodily form and movements so that they can be experienced, verified, and confirmed in the body.