This acclaimed classic by opera star, voice teacher and chi kung expert Nancy Zi reveals how to use the endless powers of breathing to reach your full potential of body, mind and spirit. In six easy-to-learn lessons of 24 progressive exercises, Zi teaches you how chi yi, her system of abdominal deep breathing, can help you to: reduce stress, gain more energy, sleep better, look more youthful, ease pain & promote healing, be more successful and dynamic, excel at athletics, theatre, singing, yoga, meditation, and more. The Expanded 3rd Edition adds 80 new pages: 50 personalized questions and detailed, insightful answers, 12 new targeted exercises, and a thought-evoking Epilogue.
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According to the ancient Chinese discipline of chi kung (pronounced chee gung), the body's energy is released by the air breathed into it. Zi, a classically trained American singer raised in China, has adapted that idea in an intriguing method she calls chi zi. (Chi means breath, breathing or air.) Her premise is that controlled breathing can create new sources of life-enhancing energy. In six concise, uncomplicated lessons she shows how to tap that energy through a range of exercises (accompanied by line drawings), imagery and situational applications. Her techniques for using the body's inner dynamics (the Chinese "core") will be especially valuable in relieving stress, building stamina and engaging in sports. (May
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Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Art of Breathing, both the book and the video, are excellent sources...I am unaware of any other book that provides such practical and thorough instructions on how to do [the exercises]...Nancy Zi is an inspiring teacher, enthusiastically sharing the wisdom of her experience.
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Applying these exercises really makes a difference!,
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As a vocalist, using these exercises has helped me immensely already (after only just finishing the 6th lesson!) This is my second time around with them, (did six years ago to help develop diaphram). I'm going to practice regularly so as not to get "rusty" again. Wish I could get in hardcover. . .
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Practice, practice and more practice,
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I got this quite a while ago and was very excited about doing the tape. But while I was excited initially and actually felt good I stopped doing them because I got busy with a project at work and never really went back to it. I was cleaning out my tape library and came across the tape. I started doing the exercises and realized just how good they were and just how out of shape I was. Some of the exercises are not easy but she does a wonderful job of explaining how to do them and what you can do as alternatives as you develop your technique. She seems the ever patient teacher as she calmly moves you along to better breathing.
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one of the top 10 books on breathing exercises.,
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Nancy is a singing teacher. They MUST know how to improve the breathing though some are better at it then others. I believe Nancy is one of the best. She gave me good insights and accelerated my understanding of the strengthening of the voice for singing and speaking. I would have preferred more information aboout breathing's relationship to health and longevity but this book is a must for the serious student of the breath (or life).
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imagery drill, tse sound, abdominal deep breathing, energy throbs, lower circumference, hah sound, yawning sensation, bottom front teeth, targeted exercise, torso base, voice the handle, lower back torso, grounded form, slow count, top front teeth, relaxed tongue, patting motion, chi energy, inner energy, chi kung, lower abdominal wall, shallow breather, unwanted tension, rectal muscle, vital form Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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