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5.0 out of 5 stars
Good instruction and routine on qigong, meditation, and breathwork., July 8, 2007
This review is from: Chi Kung for Health ( Qi Gong ) - Six Seated Meditations (DVD)
Overall this is a very good Qigong (aka Chi Kung) DVD. You get 6 seated meditations. There are three basic seated mediations and 3 "monk serves wine" mediations. They are all seated and utilize breath control with the Chi Kung arm movement. You will start each of the mediations on the DVD with 3 deep breaths, then a sequence of differing percentage of lung capacity exhales, then the qigong practice. There is also a cute intro from zen-bear ;O)
Here's the exercises/practices:
Exercise 1: "Monk Gazing at Moon" palms are inward at eye level. This is the longest of the 3 basic mediations. Starts with 3 deep breaths, then exhale 5%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 60%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 80%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 40%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 30%. Then you hold the posture, relaxed; hold egg shape with hands, then rotating hands slowly out and in.
Exercise 2: Palms are up near waist. Starts with 3 deep breaths, then exhale 50%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 30%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 10%. Moving arms with palms down slowly up and down.
Exercise 3: Arms down, palms facing. Starts with 3 deep breaths, then exhale 50%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 10%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 50%. Qigong.
Monk Serves Wine: These 3 mediations have move choreographed sequences of Chi Kung movement. For each exercise there is a segment where you learn the movement, then the following segment you practice breathing with the movement.
Exercise 4: Starts with 3 deep breaths, then exhale 90%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 50%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 40%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 30%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 10%. After the breathwork commence with movement you learned.
Exercise 5: Starts with 3 deep breaths, then exhale 50%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 40%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 30%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale1%.After the breathwork commence with movement you learned. I like this one, it is a earth meditation movement.
Exercise 6: Starts with 3 deep breaths, then exhale 90%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 80%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 50%, inhale/exhale/inhale, exhale 20%. After the breathwork commence with movement you learned. Wide chest movement.
I have been looking for a seated qigong after practicing standing qigong for a bit of time. Terence Dunn is a very good instructor and the DVD is well worth the money. The background music is very mellow, but I am not sure where the desert-like back ground is filmed. Does anyone know? It is very well chaptered and you get clips from other DVD in the menu interface.
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