What happens when rigorous science meets embodied wisdom? Six minutes into a lecture on healthy aging, Harvard Medical School professor Peter Wayne pauses mid-slide, stands up, and invites his audience to sway side to side. “Pour your inner ocean,” he says softly, “and notice how juicy your joints are.”

Not the typical scientific talk—but Peter isn’t the typical scientist. A leading researcher with more than 35 NIH-funded studies and 200 peer-reviewed articles, his work explores tai chi, qigong, and integrative medicine as pathways to healing and vitality. For Peter, these arts are not just subjects of research; they are lived practices that weave body, mind, and spirit.

Friends joke he is “half Chinese, on the inside half.” With humility, he insists he’s still scratching the surface of this rich art.

Join us for a part-conversation, part-embodied workshop with this bridge-builder between East and West, science and spirit.