Lok Kwan means 'happily serving the people', it is the name his parents gave him.

Lok-Kwan Cheng is an Illinois Licensed Acupuncturist and a Level III Graduate of the Neuro-Acupuncture Institute. He has maintained a private practice in Chicago and Wilmette since 1997. He is a graduate of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and the Ohashi Institute. After graduation he taught at both institutions and was also a guest lecturer at Zen Shiatsu Chicago, the SOMA Institute, and Olympia College. Lok-Kwan is a Qigong instructor. He teaches Eight-sectioned Brocade, Dragon Gate, and Microcosmic Circulation.

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 Wai-Lun Choi, Grand Master of the Liu He Ba Fa style. In the nineties his tenure as secretary of the Midwest Buddhist Council gave him the opportunity to practice meditation closely with monks from many traditions. At the same time he studied Zen Shiatsu with Wataru Ohashi Sensei and became a Certified Ohashiatsu Instructor. In acupuncture and Oriental medicine he studied with the renowned Daoist teacher Jeffrey Yuen. He learned auricular acupuncture under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Niemtzow, creator of the Battlefield Protocol who was instrumental in establishing acupuncture in the US Armed Forces. Lok-Kwan studied Master Tung's Miraculous Points with Dr. Young Wei-Chieh. He also completed training in hypnotherapy with Jeffrey Zeig at the Milton Erickson Foundation. From 2017 to 2019 he studied Neuro-Acupuncture with Jason and Linda Hao of the Neuro-Acupuncture Institute. He is a Level III Graduate of the Neuro-Acupuncture Institute. His aspiration is to live and work in harmony with nature and help others do the same. 

Credentials

LAc  Licensed Acupuncturist, State of Illinois
Level III Graduate, Neuro-Acupuncture Institute
Dipl. O.M., NCCAOM  National Board Certified in Acupuncture & Herbology
Creator and instructor of Inner Gate Qigong
MS  Master of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
Certified Ohashiatsu Instructor, Ohashi Institute
AOBTA Certified Shiatsu & Tui Na Practitioner
BA in Psychology, U. of Wisconsin, Madison