The Austrian Martin Veigl is only one of about 40 Tao Calligraphy teachers worldwide trained personally by Dr. & Master Zhi Gang Sha who is one of the most extraordinary artists of the 21st century. Born in China and educated at one of China’s foremost medical universities, Dr. & Master Sha is a world-renowned healer, a Tao Grandmaster, creator of Tao Calligraphy, 11-time New York Times best-selling author, and Spiritual Innovator of 2020.
Martin Veigl, studied Economics in Graz, then was trained by Tony Robbins as a Personal Development Trainer until he finally found his teacher Dr. & Master Sha in October 2010. Since 2014 he works not only as a health trainer but also as an art therapist using the transformative power of Tao Calligraphies. 2022 he was honored with an honorary doctorate degree in integrative medicine by the OIUCM, the Open International University of Complementary Medicine in Colombo, Sri Lanka and 2023 as a Medical University Guest Researcher by the Medical University Graz, Division of Physiology in Austria.
Martin Veigl is very passionate in sharing the transformative art of Tao Calligraphy to companies, health organizations and in schools. His Tao Calligraphies were already shown in Abu Dhabi, Berlin, London, Miami, Toronto or Vienna.
His greatest gratitude goes to his teacher Dr. & Master Sha who is a grandmaster of several ancient Eastern arts (including tai chi, qigong, kong fu, I Ching and Feng Shui) and was named Qigong Master of the Year at the Fourth World Congress on Qigong in 2002.
As a lineage holder of Yi Bi Zi (an ancient form of one-stroke calligraphy) and the 373rd lineage holder of Peng Zu (the Chinese Taoist Master who famously taught Lao Zi, the author of the "Dao De Ching"), Dr. & Master Sha is a keeper of ancient Taoist wisdom that has been kept alive for more than 5000 years.
Dr. and Master Sha is the founder of Tao Academy and the non-profit organization, Love Peace Harmony Foundation - for which he has received widespread acclaim for his philanthropic services to humanity, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission Award in 2006 for promoting world peace.