The First 16 Secrets of Chi

The First 16 Secrets of Chi
Author: Luk Chun Bond
Publisher: Frog Books
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2001-12-20
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1583940529

The First Sixteen Secrets of Chi offers a series of vitalizing and healing exercises that are at once astonishing in their simplicity and profound in their effects. Moreover, the exercises are prescriptive, acting like a "medicine of movement." Master Bond has developed a keen understanding of the similarities between the way chi moves in our external world and through our internal system.

Introduction to Baguazhang

Introduction to Baguazhang
Author: Kent Howard
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2021-07-27
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1623171040

This clear, step-by-step guide to the fundamentals of Bagua Zhang lays out the principles, practices, and underlying philosophy of this cerebral and sophisticated Chinese internal martial art. Leading readers from the most basic precepts of Bagua Zhang practice to advanced techniques, Kent Howard draws on his deep understanding of the art and his decades of teaching to set students on a path toward mastery. While Bagua Zhang is often perceived as a complex martial art that is difficult to learn, Howard breaks it down into clear and easily absorbed principles and exercises that beginners can master and incorporate into higher levels of practice at their own pace. Numerous easy-to-follow photographs illustrate core practices such as circle-walking, post standing, and palm changes, as well as foundandational techniques of posture and alignment, fluid motion, generating whole-body power, absorbing and redirecting energy, striking while in motion, and much more. In addition to providing a solid foundation for a lifetime practice, Bagua Zhang Fundamentals also offers more advanced practitioners valuable tips on how to increase their knowledge and understanding of this multifaceted martial art.

The Master Key

The Master Key
Author: Robert Peng
Publisher: Sounds True
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-02-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 162203161X

It's 1972 in the industrial city of Xiangtan, China. A frail child with a heart condition sneaks into a hotel boiler room and befriends the elderly yet vibrant attendant, who eventually reveals his true identity as a revered Qigong master. He heals the boy and, for the next 13 years, secretly teaches him the keys to unlocking the spiritual and healing dimensions of the Life Force. It sounds like a modern-day fable, but the story is true. And with The Master Key, that grateful student, Robert Peng, invites all of us to enter the next chapter of this empowering path. Here, Master Peng brings together the unique insights of his teacher with the moving account of his own journey to inspire and guide us into: The foundational methods for gathering, refining, and using the Life ForceA five-minute exercise to directly experience the reality of Qi energyAwakening the body's three Dantian centersThe Four Golden Wheels practices for strengthening your Qi reservoirsThe discovery of your True Self through Qigong's tools of self-inquiryEmpowering your relationships and sexual intimacyEntering the sea of compassion and happiness, and much more How do we open the doorways to authentic love, power, and wisdom? The answer lies in our inner Life Force—and The Master Key teaches us how to unlock it.

Tai Chi

Tai Chi
Author: Paul Brecher
Publisher: HarperThorsons
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2000
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780007103393

This comprehensive introduction to Tai Chi includes a discussion of all the main Tai Chi styles and explains the difference between the various lineages.

Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body

Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body
Author: Bruce Kumar Frantzis
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2006
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781583941461

"Bruce Frantzis demystifies the fundamental principles of chi gung and provides a comprehensive exercise program with detailed illustrations to increase life energy, improve health, boost sports performance, and combat stress and aging."--Provided by Publisher.

The First 16 Secrets Of Chi

The First 16 Secrets Of Chi
Author: Bond Luk Chun
Publisher:
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9788131902028

The first 16 secret of Chi offers a series of vitalizing and healing exercise that are at once astonishing in their simplicity and profounding there effects moreover , the exercises are prescriptive acting like a medicine of movement

A Brief History of Qi

A Brief History of Qi
Author: Yu Huan Zhang
Publisher: Paradigm Publications
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2001
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0912111631

A Brief History of Qi takes the reader through the mysterious terrain of Chinese Medicine, Chinese language, Chinese martial arts and Qi Gong - a truly evocative guide to virtually all the traditional Chinese arts and sciences. This book is devoted to a topic represented by a single Chinese character, Qi. When presented with the concept of Qi, students of Chinese culture, Chinese medicine, Chinese martial arts and a wide range of Chinese traditional arts and sciences face one of the most perplexing challenges of their tenure. The book begins with an examination of Qi's linguistic and literary roots, stretching back through the shadowy mists of Chinese pre-civilisation. The authors then trace the development of the concept of Qi through a number of related traditional Chinese disciplines including painting, poetry, medicine and martial arts. The book concludes with an examination of the depth and breadth of Qi as manifested in life's cycles.

There Are No Secrets

There Are No Secrets
Author: Wolfe Lowenthal
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1993-01-27
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1556431120

"Wolfe Lowenthal's quiet little memoir will with window-opening wisdom reinforce, I think, my view of how Cheng stood on Tai Chi. It tells how a young writer reacted to this strange Chinese man when he appeared in New York City in the mid-1960s and stayed there for a decade before returning to Taiwan to die in 1975. In a nickel town where neurosis is a cardinal virtue, the Tai Chi center established by Cheng soon became an oasis of learning. In my visits there I was invariably approached by a quiet fellow with a ready smile and loads of questions. His form and sensing hands improved but he never lost his kindly ways. This led me once to tell the three seniors that the one person in the club who best exemplified Tai Chi was this junior. That man who has since become a teacher of the art is the author if this book." -Robert W. Smith, from the Preface

Raw Food Life Force Energy

Raw Food Life Force Energy
Author: Natalia Rose
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 006175188X

Looking for a whole new approach to weight loss, health, and beauty without necessarily going all raw or strictly vegetarian? Welcome to Raw Food Life Force Energy According to top nutritionist Natalia Rose, everyone is entitled to a beautiful lean body, youthful radiant skin, abundant energy, and a state of natural bliss. The secret is tapping into the ultimate source of well-being—Life Force Energy. If we can properly harness and increase our Life Force Energy through simple dietary and environmental principles, and therefore cleanse and bring our bodies back to their natural, harmonious frequency, we can experience radically improved levels of health, beauty, and happiness. Raw Food Life Force Energy is entirely compatible with the principles laid out in Rose's previous book, The Raw Food Detox Diet, but presents her diet-lifestyle in an excitingly progressive framework that reminds us that we are not just physical bodies, but dynamic beings who thrive on harmonious high vibrations and Life Force Energy. Rose presents four fundamental energy principles and practical applications, leading us to the best sources of natural energy—such as raw fruits and vegetables, sunlight, and fresh air, to name a few. These principles lay the groundwork for Rose's comprehensive 21-day program, followed by more than seventy original, mouthwatering recipes that range from healthful cooked fish dishes to raw vegetarian soups, entrees, and desserts to accommodate all levels of raw food energy dieters. Rose offers a new vision of how to honor and revitalize our bodies and become powerfully attractive inside and out. Raw Food Life Force Energy shows us how to break out of our destructive, energy-draining patterns of poor eating, unsuccessful dieting, and stressful living to lift ourselves to a whole new stratosphere of well-being.

Bagua and Tai Chi

Bagua and Tai Chi
Author: Bruce Frantzis
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2012
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1583943595

In Bagua and Tai Chi, noted teacher Bruce Frantzis demonstrates through these two important practices what is required to develop and embody high levels of chi flow. Inside the slow-motion movements of tai chi is a sophisticated mind/body/spirit practice. Derived from the I Ching (Book of Changes), bagua is unique in its circular movements, spiraling energy, and unpredictable changes of direction. Frantzis begins with an overview of both bagua and tai chi and their origins in Chinese culture, followed by comprehensive advice on how to incorporate these practices into daily Western life. Written in an easy, conversational style, the book provides an explanation of an art that is practiced by millions in China to release stress and maintain a vigorous level of health. According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), the 2.3 million Americans who currently practice tai chi report improved sleep, conditioning, and overall wellness. Bagua and Tai Chi offers a gentle healing and strengthening system that will appeal to a wide audience, including martial artists, meditators, dancers and athletes, personal trainers, and anyone looking to reduce stress and increase calmness and clarity through an effective, low-impact body practice.