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Wu Qin Xi: Five Animals Qigong Exercises (Chinese Health Qigong)
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Product Details
- Binding: Paperback
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- Dewey Decimal Number: 613.71489
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- EAN: 9781848190078
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- ISBN: 1848190077
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- Label: Singing Dragon
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- Manufacturer: Singing Dragon
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Number of Pages: 110
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- Product Group: Book
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- Publication Date: 2008-08
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- Publisher: Singing Dragon
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- Studio: Singing Dragon
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- Title: Wu Qin Xi: Five Animals Qigong Exercises (Chinese Health Qigong)
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Product Description: Qigong is an aspect of traditional Chinese medicine that involves coordinating breathing patterns with physical postures to maintain health and well-being. Wu Qin Xi: Five Animal Qigong Exercises is an accessible, fully-illustrated guide to a particular qigong exercise that imitates the movements of animals and birds.
The book explores the development of the five-animal exercises from the work of Hua Tua, a leading physician of the Eastern Han Dynasty whose inspiration came from the observation of tigers, deer, bears, monkeys and birds. He came to the conclusion that wild creatures regularly performed certain exercises which can be replicated in order to build up the constitution and improve life skills. Each routine is described step-by-step, and is illustrated with photographs and key points. The authors also point out common mistakes and offer advice on how to correct these.
Complemented by an appendix of acupuncture points and accompanied by a DVD, this book will be of interest to Qigong and Tai Chi practitioners at all levels, students of martial arts and anyone interested in Chinese culture.
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Customer Reviews
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Why is there no reference to Shaolin ?
Who invented this routine ?
5 animals came from Shaolin.
This list of animals is not right.
Deer ??? Someone is
trying to make money from you.
You may not die from following this exercise routing
But you won't get the correct benefit.
Maybe I should put my Shaolin exercise on Youtube, and
you can follow it free.
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Really enjoyable routine and clear instructions with DVD
If you're looking for something a little different in your Qi Gong Routine this will set the tone nicely. It's based on 5 animal exercises. Designed by Hua Tuo(25-220 ad). By observing the activities of tigers, deer, bears, monkeys and birds he found that animals perform certain movements to liven up their overall energy levels and good health.
The routine is designed to be performed linking the mind along with the animal movements. There are two movements per animal in this set. The 5 pairs of sets are very different to each other working with different types of exercises. For instance the tiger which is the first two movements are very different from each other. The first gently begins the routine and the second is a full body stretch that embraces the characteristics of the tiger.
The routine works the body with clever postures to stretch hard-to-reach areas:- such as between the shoulder blades.
If you fancy a standing stretching routine that has a great history, a lot of fun to perform then I highly recommend this routine. This routine is primarily performed in a forward facing manner. It's been re-worked from some of the older routines to be more standard and easier to learn.
Of course the most essential part of this set is that it comes with a DVD that is in English. The book has the background, history, step by step instructions and corrections to the routine.
A great compliment to this routine is the Yi Jin Jing. It's a Tendon - Muscle Strengthening Qi Gong Routine. The two routines are part of a 4 book/DVD Set embracing very popular Chinese Qi Gong Routines. I would say that this is an opportunity to learn core popular routines that have come from a great history.
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