Lori Enloe she/her

Lori Enloe is a compassionate and intuitive Tai Chi and Qigong instructor whose teaching integrates her expertise as a physical therapist and health coach with the mind-body principles of these ancient practices. She is dedicated to empowering individuals of all ages and abilities to enhance their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Through her nurturing approach, Lori creates a safe and supportive space where students can explore Tai Chi’s foundational principles, cultivating internal awareness, strength, and balance, while fostering inner peace, resilience, and a deeper connection to themselves and the world around them.

With a career spanning over three decades, Lori began her journey with Tai Chi and Qigong in 1993, discovering profound benefits such as calming overactive thoughts, improving posture and breath awareness, enhancing strength, and deepening spiritual development. Her passion for integrative health led her to explore complementary practices, including somatic movement, yoga, and guided imagery. Since 2000, Lori has dedicated herself to teaching Tai Chi, adapting it to meet the needs of diverse individuals and groups. Her students report significant benefits supported by research, such as improved balance, posture, sleep, cardiovascular health, and reduced stress, anxiety, and chronic pain. Lori often describes Tai Chi as “moving meditation” and “moving medication” due to its holistic health benefits. Lori’s teaching style reflects her extensive training, including over 500 hours of study with renowned teachers across the U.S. She credits her Tai Chi mentors—Tricia Yu, Pat Culotti, and Dr. Peter Wayne—for shaping her approach, alongside her studies in somatic movement with Meg Eginton and yoga training with Betsy Rippentrop and Marsha Neiland. Above all, Lori considers her students her greatest teachers, inspiring her with their openness and resilience.

As the owner and director of Breath and Balance Tai Chi, Lori offers both in-person and virtual classes, leads Tai Chi instructor training programs nationwide, and teaches in clinical trials. She is also available to speak to both community groups and healthcare professionals about the evidence-based benefits of Tai Chi and Whole Person Health. Lori holds a master’s degree and certification in physical therapy, is a National Board- Certified Health and Wellness Coach, a Tai Chi Fundamentals® Professional Course Instructor, and a Certified Exercise Expert in Aging Adults through the American Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy.

“Tai Chi is the constant in my life that reminds me to “Be still as a mountain and move like a great river” , as I navigate the calm and chaos of our ever-changing world.

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Benefits of Tai Chi
Tai Chi: What You Need To Know | NCCIH (nih.gov)