Jay Van Schelt, Founder of InnerChi Methods and Systems, is the Executive Director of the Healthtrax Fitness and Wellness Center located in the Bristol Hospital Wellness Center in Bristol, CT.

Jay has over 20 years experience in business and mindfulness practices and is a 6th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor of Shaolin, T’ai Chi, Taoist Yoga and Qi-Gong. He is the co-developer of the InnerChi Method for Self-Care, and the author of several self help CD programs including, the Four Steps to Wellness for Pain and Stress Management and Dao Yin Yoga Programs.

A founding member and former Vice President of the T’ai Chi for Health Association of America, he leads retreats and seminars around the country training practitioners in both T’ai Chi for Arthritis and T’ai Chi for Diabetes as well as mindfulness practices for improving wellness and business performance.

John L. Fritz Co-founded and served as Director of The Mind/ Body Institute of Jupiter Medical Center from 1998-2003. John co-developed the methodology used for integrating and marketing complementary medical care, cognitive behavior modification, relaxation, and exercise for the benefit of staff and clients in this hospital setting, and is the author of the Sleep Switch™ Program for unlearning conditioned insomnia.

John has over 30 years experience in the health and wellness industry, and is a 9th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor of Shaolin Kempo-Karate, T'ai Chi, and Qi-Gong. John served as the Vice President of Operations for 14 years of a national chain of over 200 martial arts locations. He co-developed and implemented "The Villari Method", a business, teaching, and communication method utilized in all these locations.

He is currently the Director of The Healing Arts Institute of Juno Beach, in Juno Beach, Florida.

John also presently serves on the Board of Directors of The Foundation for Complementary Healthcare, a non-profit research organization studying the methods and benefits of integrating complementary and Mind/ Body medicine into business, medical, municipal, school and corporate settings to reduce stress, improve outcomes, reduce healthcare costs and improve life satisfaction and work performance.

John has been a consultant to the wellness industry since 1992.

Laurie Ann Leach is a 1994 graduate of the Zen Shiatsu Program of CCMT in Newington, CT where she studied with Pauline Sasaki. She has been in practice since graduation. Her studies have taken her to Stockholm, Sweden where she studied with many noted masters of Asian medicine.

N. Thomas Hittner served as the Chief Information and Operations officer for InnerChi. He also served as the director of software development and worked to help create strong practitioner centered software usable by either the single practitioner or multi-location complementary care businesses. He is a former Vice President with ADP Financial Services and has been a consultant to the insurance industry for 30 years.

Mark Richardson has over 25 years of experience in the Nutrition and Natural Health field as a Nutritionist and in the sale and marketing of Practitioner-Only products. He has appeared on over 300 radio/TV stations, has done workshops on Nutrition-Testing/Health for Anthony Robbins Seminars, has been a business coach for 6 years and is the author of Dream Learning.