Category: Books

  • Medical Qigong Bibliography

    Here is a short list of 10 good medical qigong books: “Chinese Qigong Outgoing-Qi Therapy” by Pengjun Zhong “Chinese Qigong Therapy” by Zhang Mingwu “Chinese Qigong” by Zhang Enqin “Chinese Medical Qigong” by Tianjun Liu and Xiao Mei Qiang 2013 “Practical Chinese Qigong for Home Health Care” by Ce Jin “Qigong Essentials for Health Promotion“ “Qigong for…

  • The Understanding of the Thirteen Postures

    1. The Xin (mind/heart) motivates the qi, directs it to sink, so that it can be stored and concentrated into the bones. 2. Let the qi motivate the body without hindrance, so that it will effortlessly follow your xin (mind/heart). 3. If the shen (spirit) is raised, there will not be any sluggishness. This is…

  • What meditation really is

    Sogyal Rinpoche The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Chapter V “Bringing the Mind Home” p. 57 ff.

  • Qigong

    “Qigong” (literally “breath exercise”), an invaluable component of traditional Chinese medicine, has its origin in ancient times. Its primarystimulus was the search for longevity with the ultimate aim of immortality,which has much entranced the Chinese mind from ancient times. Therecords shows the exercises to help the qi (the human body’s vital energy)circulating freely and to…

  • Effortlessly

  • The Bow

  • Kenneth Cohens Standing Meditation

    Kenneth Cohen youtube.com http://www.qigonghealing.com/

  • The Human Body Energy Centers

    Chakra wikipedia.org Opening the Chakras eclecticenergies.com

  • Postures of the Cheng Man-Ching Tai Chi 37 Form

    Zheng Manqing Traditional Chinese 鄭曼青 Simplified Chinese 郑曼青 Pinyin Romanisation (Mandarin) Zhèng Mànqīng Wade-Giles Romanisation (Mandarin) Cheng4 Man4-ch’ing1 Other versions Zheng Manqing   Cheng Man Ching, CMC   Section One        1 預備勢 yù bèi shì preparation • 起勢 qǐ shì commencement 2 攔雀尾 lán què wěi grasp the sparrow’s tail  • ward-off (left side)  •…

  • Tsa Pi Shiu Lin Jing – Interpret energy

    There are many different forms of jing with shenming or Tsa Pi Shiu Lin Jing as the highest form of jing where you sense the opponents jin and yi (intention) before is visible or manifested and you control and release your opponent with Yi (pure intent) or Shen only. (Thomas compilation from different sources) At…

  • Light, agile and connected

    Once in motion, the entire body must be light (Qing) and agile (Ling), (it) especially should (be) threaded together. Taijiquan Treatise by Zhang, San-Feng Jwing-Ming, Dr. Yang, and Ymaa Publication Center. Tai Chi Secrets of the Ancient Masters. P. 1 The body’s movement is soft, relaxed, smooth, natural and comfortable. Light and agile like movements…

  • Mindfulness

    Mindfulness is awareness of one’s thoughts, actions or motivations. mindfulness wikipedia.org Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village plumvillage.org Reference: The shown clip is from the DVD accompanying the book: Walking Meditation (sep 2006) Thich Nhat Hanh, Anh-Huong Nguyen ISBN 1591794730 The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation (dec 1999) Thich Nhat Hanh ISBN 9780807012390 The Blooming of…

  • The Chinese mind Shen, Xin, and Yi

    Shen – Spirit. The consciousness within which the mind and thought function. Xin – Heart. In Chinese it often means “mind”. If refers to an intention, idea or thought which has not been expressed. The heart or mind, is the center of human thought and feeling. Yi – Mind. It is commonly expressed as Xin-Yi. Xin is an idea…

  • The Circle

    The circle is a round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the center). Reference: Oxford dictionary Reference: wikipeda.org Importance Of Continuity In the case of the “Outer School” (which emphasizes attack) of boxing, the strength one exerts is still and the movements are not continuous, but are…

  • Structure

    The ‘classics’ state that; the body has to be upright as if the head is suspended from above; the hips have to be relaxed and seated into their sockets; the chest should be hollowed; shoulders relaxed and elbows dropped. These requirements combined create the taiji ‘structure’. However if all the attention in placed on the…