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Hazel
Chung as a Baris Dancer
Hazel Chung is a graduate of The Julliard School of Dance and
Music. She performed in the King and I with Yul Brynner on
Broadway and with the touring company.
Hazel studied dance in Indonesia with grants from the
Indonesian government and the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations. She became well known for her Baris
dance, a role typically reserved for only the best and strongest Balinese
male dancers. She was a faculty
member in the Dance Departments of UCLA, University
of Hawaii, University
of Maryland College Park, UMBC and
Goucher College.
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Hazel Chung, COI. AOBTA, NCCAOM
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Hazel discovered
shiatsu while living and teaching dance in Hawaii. At the Omega Institute, she met
Wataru Ohashi and was introduced to Ohashiatsu. She finds the Ohashiatsu methods superior
in attending to the body, mind and spirit.
Hazel Chung, a Certified OHASHIATSU® Instructor for 25 years, teaches the
Ohashiatsu curriculum through the Advanced I level in Maryland. Having lived in West
Africa, Indonesia
and Hawaii,
and with a strong dance backgound steeped in Eastern and Western
techniques; Ms. Chung brings to her classes a unique intercultural
approach to self healing. She
teaches ‘new ways’ of approaching health and life that have
been deeply rooted in Eastern philosophy.
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Scholarship Program
“I’ve
learned so much from the Balinese. I
wanted to give back.“ In the first year of
teaching in Bali, she awarded full
scholarships to six Balinese to study Ohashiatsu Beginning I. “We were excited about this
wonderfully rich cultural exchange, and made plans to continue the program
in Bali.”
The Ohashi Institute,
Inc. is a not for profit tax exempt educational organization, qualified for
501-3-C status under IRS guidelines since 1974. Donations are important to achieving our
goal of promoting health and greater understanding among all people and
offering our education programs to students from many cultures. To donate please send a check (marked for
Bali courses) to the Ohashi Institute,
Attention: Kumiko Kanayama. Visa, Mastercard,
Discover and Amex accepted.
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