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Aaron Hoopes is the author of Perfecting Ourselves: Coordinating Body, Mind and Spirit (Turtle Press, February 2002). He holds a degree in Asian History and Japanese Culture from Tulane University and has spent more than 20 years studying Eastern philosophy, the martial arts and alternative medicine in the United States, Australia and Japan. He is a certified instructor of Traditional Japanese Shotokan Karate and holds a 3rd degree black belt. He is also certified as an instructor of Shanti Yoga and Meditation. He has taught classes in breathing and martial arts at Tulane University, Dartmouth College and the University of Vermont, as well as at the Sakai Shibu in Osaka, Japan, and the Shanti Yoga Meditation Institute of Australia. At present he conducts personal training in breathing and Quietism. He can be contacted on everythingzen17@hotmail.com  www.everything-zen.netfirms.com