Website: https://nashvilletaichiandwellness.com/
Nashville Tai Chi & Wellness is a tai chi instruction and wellness provider based in Nashville, Tennessee. The organization offers group classes, private instruction, and corporate programs centered on tai chi, qigong, meditation, and mindfulness. According to its website, its classes are designed to be accessible to a wide range of ages and fitness levels.
Services
Nashville Tai Chi & Wellness offers the following classes and programs:
- Group tai chi classes
- Private instruction in tai chi and meditation
- Corporate programs focused on tai chi and mindfulness
- Mindfulness facilitation
The website notes that classes are suitable for participants from ages 10 to 90 and at any fitness level. The organization presents tai chi for multiple purposes, including wellness and stress reduction, martial arts training, and moving meditation practice. Its instruction focuses on what the website describes as “the original martial art of Tai Chi (t’ai chi ch’üan).”
About
Nashville Tai Chi & Wellness is led by instructor Ryan Black, described as a Tai Chi and Qigong Instructor and Mindfulness Facilitator. According to the website, Ryan Black trained in Taekwondo, Wing Chun Kung Fu, and Kendo, achieving an expert ranking with the All Japan Kendo Federation, and is a former Navy deep sea diver who was stationed in Japan. His tai chi training comes through studying with Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming of YMAA at locations in Boston and California. He also completed formal mindfulness training through Vanderbilt’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and has served as a co-teacher for Osher’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program.
On his teaching approach, the website states: “My aim as a teacher is to make Tai Chi approachable and easy to learn.” It notes that students “start to feel a sense of accomplishment soon after beginning” and may experience health benefits relatively quickly, and it emphasizes that tai chi can be an especially powerful practice for older adults.
Why Tai Chi
On its “Why Tai Chi?” page, Nashville Tai Chi & Wellness lists potential benefits the website attributes to tai chi when it is “learned correctly and performed regularly,” including decreased stress, anxiety, and depression; improved mood; improved aerobic capacity; increased energy and stamina; improved flexibility, balance, and agility; and improved muscle strength and definition. The page also presents tai chi as a form of meditation with effects on cognition. It quotes Peter M. Wayne of Harvard Medical School, who is cited as stating that “A growing body of carefully conducted research is building a compelling case for tai chi as an adjunct to standard medical treatment for the prevention and rehabilitation of many conditions commonly associated with age.”
Location & Contact
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee
- Contact: The website provides a “Contact Us” page for inquiries, along with a newsletter signup. The organization maintains a presence on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.
Additional Information
The website includes sections such as “Why Tai Chi?”, About Us, Group Class Registration, Private Instruction (Tai Chi and Meditation), Tai Chi Style and Class Descriptions, Corporate Programs (Tai Chi & Mindfulness), a Blog, a Video section, Testimonials, and a Contact page. These sections allow prospective students to learn about tai chi, register for group classes, arrange private instruction, or inquire about corporate programs in the Nashville area.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (nashvilletaichiandwellness.com).