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Simple Qigong Exercises for Health: Improve Your Health in 10 to 20 Minutes a Day
Qigong exercises designed to improve your health in 10 to 20 minutes a day! This book offers beginners a smart way to learn qigong (chi kung), the ancient Chinese system of gentle breathing, stretching, and strengthening movements. You will use The Eight Pieces of Brocade, one of the most popular qigong healing exercise sets, to boost your immune system and improve your overall health and well-being. Choose the sitting set, the standing set, or both. Learn how to activate the qi energy and blood circulation in your body, helping to stimulate your immune system, strengthen your internal organs, and give you abundant energy. No matter your age or your physical condition, the Eight Pieces of Brocade is a wonderful way to improve your health and well-being. Commonly known in China as the Ba Duan Jin , these exercises have been practiced for over 1,000 years!
138 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1900
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October 6, 2017
A perfect introuction to chikung.
A great introduction in theory, sources and roots by a master in the subject. It's nice to see a critic "westerner" point of view and concern about modern research in an author so recognized in the matter.
By the way, the Eight Brocade excercises explanation in clear, and the guideness about mind focus through the each Piece is helpful.
Like always, in any art or serious deep discipline, learning only by reading is a poor practice, it's better to find a good master that teaches you from the direct practice. But if you are a chikung practitioner already, I think that this book could be a very good source to learn some new ways of increase and maintain your health.
Simple and well written. A very good book in the subject.
A great introduction in theory, sources and roots by a master in the subject. It's nice to see a critic "westerner" point of view and concern about modern research in an author so recognized in the matter.
By the way, the Eight Brocade excercises explanation in clear, and the guideness about mind focus through the each Piece is helpful.
Like always, in any art or serious deep discipline, learning only by reading is a poor practice, it's better to find a good master that teaches you from the direct practice. But if you are a chikung practitioner already, I think that this book could be a very good source to learn some new ways of increase and maintain your health.
Simple and well written. A very good book in the subject.
January 24, 2016
well done, particularly nice and easy the introduction to the sitting version of ba duan jin
October 21, 2017
"Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health....", among other things include the history and theory of Qigong, sitting exercises and the Eight Standing Pieces of Brocade. In terms of the actual practice, the explanations and illustrations are not nearly clear enough to begin a practice. Also, there is no guidance in terms of the co-ordination of the breath with the movements and there is little discussion about the nature and the flow of Qi. Perhaps the video version used in conjunction with the book would be more helpful. I would suggest instead Dr. Stanley Wilsons' book "Qigong for Beginners-Eight Easy Movements fro Vibrant Health".
May 25, 2022
Want to know the history of Qigong? Here it is.
Want to know the posture, stance, movements of each exercise? He Pre they are.
Want to know what organs are stimulated or treated in each exercise? Read and learn.
Want the sitting position for each? Dr. Jwing-Ming Yang supplies.
Want a glossary of translated terms? Granted.
Want to know the posture, stance, movements of each exercise? He Pre they are.
Want to know what organs are stimulated or treated in each exercise? Read and learn.
Want the sitting position for each? Dr. Jwing-Ming Yang supplies.
Want a glossary of translated terms? Granted.
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November 16, 2009Ancient knowledge sometimes interesting things to learn. Qigong can be as good as Tai-Chi (but I never get though it yet). I think it will be fun.
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