Jim guides the programs and events at the Natural Arts Center and teaches Taijiquan, Qigong, Massage and Cupping. Jim has been studying Taijiquan and Qigong with Sam Masich and Jan Parker since the summer of 1995, and in the winter of 2001-2002 completed Sam’s Yang Style Taijiquan Full Curriculum Intensive. He also has a private massage practice focusing on Chinese massage cupping, and has partnered with Jan Parker in the production of Taijiquan and Qigong instructional videos (JanJimJam).

Erica Anderson

Erica has been training Yang Style Taijiquan for the past 5 years with Jim Madras (Eugene), Sam Masich (Vancouver, BC) and Jan Parker (Bowen Island, BC). At the end of 2007, she completed a six week intensive with Sam Masich and received certification to teach Sam's innovative Five Section Taijiquan Curriculum. Erica teaches at the Eugene YMCA as well as at the Natural Arts Center.

When not pursuing the internal arts, Erica has worked in the massage/spa industry doing all the jobs that keep massage therapists working.  She is currently the "Organization Queen" of the publication Six Rivers, a continuing education catalog for massage therapists and body workers.  She lives in Pleasant Hill on the river, with her husband Wade, where they putter around together, watch birds and enjoy the tranquil setting.