Arnie Lade

Arnie Lade is an internationally recognized author, teacher, and healer.

He now devotes his time to teaching Zen meditation and awareness-based practices. He studied under Willigis Jäger, a Benedictine monk and Zen master, and began teaching Zen meditation in 2013 within the Empty Cloud lineage (Zen-Linie Leere Wolke) under Jäger’s guidance. And in 2020, Arnie completed the three-year Embodied Life Mentorship Program™, developed by Russell and Linda Delman. This program combines teachings from Zen meditation, the Feldenkrais Method, and Guided Inquiry (based on Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing).

Arnie’s healing practice spanned 50 years in the healing and movement arts. He initially trained in Polarity therapy, massage, and manipulative therapies. He studied acupuncture in China in the early 1980s, and his education continued with CranioSacral and visceral manipulation in the late 1980s. He later pursued the Feldenkrais Method, graduating from the professional Seattle/Sun Valley Feldenkrais Teacher Training Program in 2001.

Arnie has authored several books, including Energetic Healing: Embracing the Life Force (1999) and Acupuncture Points: Images and Functions (1989). He also co-authored Tao and Dharma: Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda (1995) with Robert Svoboda, and contributed to Chinese Exercises and Massage (1988).

His most recent book, Zen and the Mystic Impulse, explores the teachings of his Zen Master, Willigis Jäger, and will be released in 2025.