Russ Morgan is the founder and principle teacher at Chi for life.  Russ is a qualified Tai Chi instructor for the World Tai Chi Boxing Association (WTBA). He has been practicing Tai Chi since 1993 and has been teaching Tai Chi since 1998. Russ is also a qualified Acupressure massage therapist for the College of Chinese Medicine (CCM) in Regent’s Park, London, practicing since 2001.

Russ studied with Paul Brecher (acupuncturist and senior WTBA instructor) and Master Erle Montaigue (the world head of the WTBA, and one of very few westerners to have been given the title of Master).

When not immersed in Tai Chi Russ is also a professional musician and studied drums and percussion at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has performed and toured all around the U.K and Europe since the age of 16, recording with various leading Jazz artists, and groups, including the Flanagan Ingham Quartet and Pete Oxley's Curious Paradise.