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The Ki Process: Korean Secrets for Cultivating Dynamic Energy
Learn how to call up extra energy on demand! Shaw shows you how to strengthen the Ki you were born with, so you can harness the Ki around you to help you through the many periods of stress in daily life. He gives suggestions for changing your diet to improve Ki flow, and discusses how to actively focus Ki into specific regions of the body or into your mental functioning. Includes breathing, concentration, and relaxation exercises. Illustrated. Index.
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 15, 1997
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Scott Shaw
246 books10 followersBorn in the filmmaking capital of the world, Hollywood, California, Scott Shaw spent his early youth in South Los Angeles before returning to Hollywood for his adolescence. Shaw began writing poetry and long-form prose at a very young age. As his teenage years dawned he also added songwriting to his creative process.
Shaw was first published by poetry magazine in the 1970s. He continued forward and found an audience for his poetry and biographical literary fiction via journals and small presses from the 1970s into the 1980s.
By the end of the 1980s Scott Shaw had become a mainstay of martial art publications. This was based on his years of training in the Korean martial arts of Hapkido and Taekwondo, which began at the age of six years old. He also found that his writing on Yoga and Zen Buddhism were embraced due to his life-long emersion in mysticism.
Shaw, who has spent many years returning to, living, studying, and teaching in various geographical locations throughout Asia, has maintained his focus on this process and continues to be conduit for bringing Asian understandings to the Western mind. Hand-in-hand with his travels, Shaw emerged as a definitive photographer.
As the 1990s dawned, Shaw expanded his ability of capturing still images onto filmmaking. At this point he developed a new style of filmmaking that he titled, Zen Filmmaking. With Zen Filmmaking as his basis he moved forward and has made numerous films based upon this ideology.
To date, Scott Shaw has witnessed his writings published on a vast array of subjects. He maintains his focus on Eastern mysticism and the martial arts while continuing to break new ground with his works of poetry and literature.
Shaw was first published by poetry magazine in the 1970s. He continued forward and found an audience for his poetry and biographical literary fiction via journals and small presses from the 1970s into the 1980s.
By the end of the 1980s Scott Shaw had become a mainstay of martial art publications. This was based on his years of training in the Korean martial arts of Hapkido and Taekwondo, which began at the age of six years old. He also found that his writing on Yoga and Zen Buddhism were embraced due to his life-long emersion in mysticism.
Shaw, who has spent many years returning to, living, studying, and teaching in various geographical locations throughout Asia, has maintained his focus on this process and continues to be conduit for bringing Asian understandings to the Western mind. Hand-in-hand with his travels, Shaw emerged as a definitive photographer.
As the 1990s dawned, Shaw expanded his ability of capturing still images onto filmmaking. At this point he developed a new style of filmmaking that he titled, Zen Filmmaking. With Zen Filmmaking as his basis he moved forward and has made numerous films based upon this ideology.
To date, Scott Shaw has witnessed his writings published on a vast array of subjects. He maintains his focus on Eastern mysticism and the martial arts while continuing to break new ground with his works of poetry and literature.
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April 4, 2020
Personally, I am at a stage in my life where I am learning to choose what makes me happy, not what could make me happy in the eyes of others and in the perception of expectation. It is a Hell of a time to do so, since 2020 has proven to be a year quite like no other, but why the Hell not start in this time of halting and reflection of what 'normal' used to be?
During my last trip to my boyfriend's house before the cases of COVID-19 grew to the point where it might be my last trip for a while he offered me Scott Shaw's "Ki Process: Korean Secrets for Cultivating Dynamic Energy" to read and practice in the times when the lock down feels overwhelming or restless. Although the book is short, sweet, to the point, and basic in terms of practice, it is a plethora of optimism when realigning oneself with the energy around them. Some might think the book's dated-ness makes it outdated, but that is far from the truth. This introduction is ideal for any time, and any place.
The Four Phase Breath (77) is something that my boyfriend introduced me weeks before lending me the book. During a time where a waterfall of emotion came roaring out of me, due to physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion he lead me through the exercise and it lightened my load, and freed my thoughts and feelings. It is something I practice now, and will continue to do so, even when the moment is tranquil.
Two quotes that stood out to me most from the book are associated with the reasoning for practicing consciousness of your energy and the energy around you. The author is reassuring to the reader with these words, as to say it is never too late to move forward from a previous state of living:
"No longer should you simply witness life happening to you and return home tired, injured, discouraged, or disabled from the experience. By consciously embracing and interacting with life, the body and mind will be allowed to maintain a continual state of harmony." (64)
"Instead of blaming yourself, view this as an opportunity to make a conscious change for the betterment of your body and to move into a healthier and fully functional temple of your soul." (69)
What I enjoyed about these quotes is that they can be applied to any area of one's life and health, interests or hobbies. By being conscious and forgiving of the past, we can boldly enter our future.
I hope you can find this book during the lock downs, and consider how it's message can help you during and on the other side of the worldwide pause we are experiencing. I wish you nothing but peace and a joyful and ever conscious life now, and ahead!
During my last trip to my boyfriend's house before the cases of COVID-19 grew to the point where it might be my last trip for a while he offered me Scott Shaw's "Ki Process: Korean Secrets for Cultivating Dynamic Energy" to read and practice in the times when the lock down feels overwhelming or restless. Although the book is short, sweet, to the point, and basic in terms of practice, it is a plethora of optimism when realigning oneself with the energy around them. Some might think the book's dated-ness makes it outdated, but that is far from the truth. This introduction is ideal for any time, and any place.
The Four Phase Breath (77) is something that my boyfriend introduced me weeks before lending me the book. During a time where a waterfall of emotion came roaring out of me, due to physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion he lead me through the exercise and it lightened my load, and freed my thoughts and feelings. It is something I practice now, and will continue to do so, even when the moment is tranquil.
Two quotes that stood out to me most from the book are associated with the reasoning for practicing consciousness of your energy and the energy around you. The author is reassuring to the reader with these words, as to say it is never too late to move forward from a previous state of living:
"No longer should you simply witness life happening to you and return home tired, injured, discouraged, or disabled from the experience. By consciously embracing and interacting with life, the body and mind will be allowed to maintain a continual state of harmony." (64)
"Instead of blaming yourself, view this as an opportunity to make a conscious change for the betterment of your body and to move into a healthier and fully functional temple of your soul." (69)
What I enjoyed about these quotes is that they can be applied to any area of one's life and health, interests or hobbies. By being conscious and forgiving of the past, we can boldly enter our future.
I hope you can find this book during the lock downs, and consider how it's message can help you during and on the other side of the worldwide pause we are experiencing. I wish you nothing but peace and a joyful and ever conscious life now, and ahead!
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