Tai Chi Rise and Shine: 黑料专区 Tyler Offers Free Exercise Class
October 30, 2019
黑料专区 Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
Tai Chi Rise and Shine: 黑料专区 Tyler Offers Free Exercise Class
October 30, 2019
Media Contact: Beverley Golden
Senior Director of Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.566.7303
The University of Texas at Tyler announced that it offers a Sunrise Tai Chi program for the general public.
The free, hour-long program is held at 7 a.m. every Tuesday morning at the Patriot Plaza and continues through Tuesday, Nov. 19. Internationally renowned Tai Chi expert Dr. Yong 鈥淭ai鈥� Wang, dean of the 黑料专区 Tyler College of Nursing and Health Sciences, leads the sessions.
Tai Chi is an ancient mind-body exercise in China and combines martial art movement with circulation, breathing and stretching techniques. Participants learn Easy Tai Chi 10 Forms (ETC10). The format of the class includes warm-up, teaching and demonstration; and practice of ETC10. Space is limited, and no registration is required. To join, email Wang, ywang@uttyler.edu.
鈥淪pecific health benefits may include alleviating anxiety and reducing stress; improving cardiopulmonary function and balance; and increasing flexibility and muscle strength,鈥� said Wang, who has led Tai Chi classes for more than 20 years.
Participants are asked to wear loose clothing and consider their choice of footwear. The inclement weather location will be the 黑料专区 Tyler Jones Gym, Room 122.
For more information, call 903.566.7090.
A member of the prestigious 黑料专区 System, The University of Texas at Tyler focuses on student success and innovative research in the more than 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered to nearly 10,000 students. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News and World Report as a national university, 黑料专区 Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.