Charlotte, North Carolina & Beyond
I am Nadja Ramsay, and I help others achieve optimal well‑being through the application of food energetics and qi gong practice — thoughtful, individual guidance for the challenges you're facing today.
Get in Touch“Nadja is very knowledgeable, responsive, and passionate about Chinese Medicine. She lives and breathes the lifestyle she teaches and provides a personalized experience.”
A Personal Practice
The recommendations I make to clients offer support for the myriad of issues they are facing. I am happy to offer my services to the Charlotte, NC area and beyond. Welcome to this website!
Well‑being is strictly individual; no two people are the same and therefore will not present with the same challenges. This way of looking at lifestyle is not a one‑size‑fits‑all.
How I Work
Food and movement are equal partners in the way I work with clients — each reinforcing the other toward the same goal: a body that feels grounded, balanced, and ready for what comes next.
Qi gong is an ancient practice that integrates physical postures, breath, and mental intention to refine the body's balance and energy. Regular practice tunes movement, breath, and energy to work together harmoniously.
In addition to food suggestions, I often include qi gong to reinforce the nutritional advice I offer — supporting the way you move, breathe, and hold yourself each day.
Food is energy, and each food offers unique energetics to our bodies. Each has a specific energy, directionality, thermal nature, taste, color, and corresponds to specific organs — I help you harness that energy for the issues you're experiencing.
An initial one‑on‑one session lasts around 1.5 hours, focused on your current lifestyle, what you're eating, and how it's prepared — so you can make discerning choices at home and while dining out.
Testimonials
“I have had the privilege to benefit from Nadja Ramsay's knowledge of Chinese Medicine for several years. I have been able to manage my weight and become healthy and much more active since working with Nadja. Her food and herbal suggestions worked, and it is a pleasure to work with her.”
“I have suffered with various respiratory illnesses on and off for numerous years. Nadja's advice during these times has been beneficial beyond belief. She recommends foods that are nourishing for the body and explains how they should be prepared for optimal benefit. I highly recommend Nadja's expertise.”
About
Nadja was trained as a professional classical singer and has vocal performance degrees from Northwestern University and UNC Greensboro. She has appeared throughout the US, including performing on the stages of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center under the batons of conductors such as Zubin Meta, Kurt Masur, and Marin Alsop.
As a competitive operatic singer, Nadja was a finalist in the Opera Company of Philadelphia/Luciano Pavarotti International Opera Competition and a winner in the Metropolitan Opera Southeastern Regional Auditions. For seven years Nadja was a member of the voice faculty at Ithaca College and was Program Director of Music & Theater Arts / Piano & Voice Teacher at the French American Academy in New Milford, NJ for twelve years. She has also served on the voice faculty at the Thurnauer School of Music in Tenafly, NJ. In addition to her work with food energetics and qi gong, Nadja maintains an in‑person private piano and voice studio in Charlotte, NC and a virtual studio in NJ.
Nadja has been working with clients using food energetics since 2012 and has been incorporating qi gong practice into her consultations since 2023. She earned her Certificate in Chinese Dietary Therapy at Chinatown Wellness Center in her studies with Master Jeffrey Yuen, an 88th generation Daoist Master of the Yu Qing Huang Lao Pai (Jade Purity Yellow Emperor Lao Zi School) and a 26th generation Daoist Master of the Quan Zhen Long men Pai (Complete Reality Dragon Gate School). In 2023 Nadja was trained in the complete Classical Acupuncture system with Ann Cecil‑Sterman, a student of Master Yuen and a world‑renowned teacher and acupuncturist. She studies dietary therapy and qi gong with Andrew Sterman.
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