Karina Talts has studied Swedish philology and theatre theory at the University of Tartu. Her doctoral studies were cut short by health issues, which however spurred her on to explore Chinese medicine and Eastern practices. Karina has studied Chinese medicine in Estonia and Thailand – she teaches Chinese therapeutic exercises, or qigong, helps people through qi therapies and teaches courses on Chinese medicine in the Confucius Institute at Tallinn University. Karina releases her creative impulses in Eastern movement practices, which have inspired her to create a spontaneous and improvisational dance style she calls qi dance.