Listen to Your Body: The Wisdom of the Dao

by Bisong Guo, Andrew Powell

Listen to Your Body shows how you can promote health and natural well-being by modifying everyday actions to improve the flow of qi (the universal principle of energy). Breathing, eating, drinking, resting, washing, and many other small but vital actions--if carried out in the right way--can result in profound changes in body function.



To give readers an understanding of the body's own natural medicine, the authors provide a clear explanation of the foundations of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with reference to qi and its flow through the body's meridians, the balance of yin and yang, and the body's energy centers. Readers will learn how to tune in to the signals the body transmits to warn of impending health problems; numerous case histories illustrate how this highly developed information system of the body works.

Later chapters address the art of relaxation, bringing together the TCM approach to health with recent scientific studies. Finally the authors describe in detail how to apply the natural medicine of the body to daily life. They discuss illness prevention and provide specific guidance for the management of a range of health disorders. Exercises and simple routines are given, together with the basis for their therapeutic effect.

Genres: Health, Taoism, Nonfiction

194 pages, Paperback

First published July 4, 1905

Reviews

[Alexandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was looking for another book to read actually (Listen to your body by Bourbeau Lise), but this one got my attention as it mentions the Dao.

A simple to read, introductory book about QI energy, meridians, Taiji and more Chinese wisdom as stated in the ancient texts of Traditional Chinese Medicine. I really liked the examples given, the clear indications and the 'flow' of the chapters.

Read it if you're interested to know more about Eastern Medicine, practices, routines and the connection between mind and body.

[E7sas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book interseting because it helps me to know the relationship between the human body and the biological o'clock. I was one percent over million of the people who would prefer to stay awake tell 2:00 a.m. However, this book taugth that am putting myself in a risk, when I don't give it the needs such as sleeping two times a day and set up a time to sleep.

The writer talks about Chinese theory, which is qi chee. It's known by tajii. I would recommend this book to people who would like to have a healthy body.

[Febrian Sasi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buku yang mengajarkan tentang pentingnya keseimbangan dalam hidup sehari - hari

[Vvvvv · Rating 1 out of 5]

The first third read like a promotional pamphlet for Chinese medicine. I stopped reading after one 'case study' where mother's illness manifested in the baby.