Lillian Pearl Bridges is considered the world’s leading authority on Face Reading and Diagnosis, credited with bringing this body of ancient knowledge back to the field of Chinese medicine. Bridges is the founder of The Lotus Institute, Inc., trains students in her comprehensive Master Face Reading Certification Program, teaches for continuing education courses, and has been a featured speaker at conferences, conventions, and symposia around the world for more than 25 years. She learned her skills from a long line of Master Chinese practitioners in her Chen-family lineage. She is the author of the 2nd edition of Face Reading in Chinese Medicine. She has also been featured in many publications and on radio and television shows, most recently the Dr. Oz show, and has contributed to a number of national and international magazines and journals.