Customer Reviews

Discovering Chi: The Complete Series

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
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After reading some customers comments about the difficulty with the first run of the DVD, I called my distributor Terra Entertainment. Carlos Solorio assured me that they have reprogrammed the DVD to include a menu portion so that customers can easily navigate the material. Thank you for bringing this to my attention and if you would like a replacement copy of the DVD, please email me personally and I get you one. In additon, all DVD's have a language selection of English or Chinese. If your DVD does not give you a choice, please contact Terra Entertainment or the place you bought the product from to replace it. We will be adding Spanish and French, hopefully in the next year.
Sincerely,
Linda Modaro
lindamodaro@earthlink.net

I originally bought this in VHS back in the day. I was so happy when I found it on DVD, as I was looking for years. I just bought it and received it. OK, so here is the deal with this DVD set....

*The Package:
Came in a light Brown Malena Envelope, (not a box). It was left "under" my doormat and I almost stepped on it before walking in my house.

*The Case:
All 4 DVD's come in a single case. Not the best setup. I was hoping for individual cases. The holders/snaps/prongs for each DVD is a bit cheesy / inefficient. Shorter than your typical DVD case from Blockbuster Video. You really have to force / snap them in, "on top of the other". It seems that even if you snap them all in hard, two will always come loose. This will scratch the DVD's over time. It seems over time they will be scratched just from each DVD laying on top of each other while force-snapping them in place. I recommend to back up your purchase by ripping them to an ISO or AVI file, and/or burning them back out to a blank DVD in fear that over time, the original's will be unplayable due to scratches on the DVD.

*The DVD's:
Each DVD has a picture of the individual cover shown above. This is a plus as other DVD set's has no picture and a generic silver blank DVD look.

*The Quality:
Horrible! It seems someone ripped the original VHS to a DVD in their basement. Grainy, lack of color and just plain 'ol poor video quality. It actually looks like you are watching anolog VHS. But, hey - you're not buying this for the video graphics quality are you? You are buying this for Chi Gong training, (see below for details on the content/training). Due to the lack of video quality, I gave my review 1 less star.

*The Content:
This is why I bought this DVD set - for the content. The actual training for 8 Treasures Chi Gong is simply amazingly impressive on a most positive level. The content is almost indescribable, (but I will try my best). Anyone at any age can do this. If your totally new to Chi Gong and Energy work, this is the best training you can find. If you are into energy work, this can enhance your studies and training in a big way. The content is what you make of it. You can go through the motions and gain major benefits, (health, happiness from being in balance, mobility, fixable, chakara enhancement, focus'ness, etc., etc.) . You can enhance this training with energy work and become one with the universe, knowing and feeling that all of creation is connected and everything is "energy". It's totally up to the user as far as what the benefits will be. Either way, anyone will benefit from the training. This training from these DVD's, I can honestly say changed my life in a most impressive and positive way. I am honored to have had the opportunity to learn from Linda's training DVD's. One gets a spiritual hard on and orgasm when you get into this - it's hard to explain - try it - you will not be disappointed.

*The Bottom Line:
I recommend purchasing the DVD's and glad I have the series on DVD, (as no one has a VHS anymore - that went out right after 8 tracks, :) I gave this 4 out of 5 stars. The content = 5 stars. The video quality and case quality = less 1 star.

This can never be out of date! It is classic, traditional, ancient chi gong to t'ai chi. It is the best and wisest, most thorough instruction I have found yet, and I have been learning chi gong and t'ai chi for 6 years now, from dvds, books, videos, and numerous live instructors and classes as well. Ms. Modaro is a wonderful instructor, and so down to earth and approachable-feeling. She also has the deep knowledge and background of a true master. I thank her in my heart every day.

I read the critical reviews of Linda's DVDs. I bought these DVDs anyway.
LET ME SAY THIS: This is the BEST Medical Qigong instruction on DVD outside
of the Zhineng QiGong Course ($8000 and 600 hours long).
I'm serious.
I am a QiGong instructor with almost 11 years invested in TCM, IMA and QiGong.
The critics of these DVDS must have BRILLIANT instructors who charge NOTHING
living 5 miles from their homes.
If not, I believe they are mistaken.
Linda's movement is flawless. Her posture is correct and SUNG (sunk). Her
movement is unbroken. Her voice is totally understandable, the camera
angles are fine and it's like PBS TV quality production.
I RECOMMEND THIS TO EVERYONE. THIS IS A TREASURE TROVE OF INFORMATION.
No, I don't work for Linda and am not related.
I would charge folks $200 if it were me...again, I'm being serious.
Absolutely wonderful.

very impressed with this training dvd, finding it quite helpful. multiple layers of guidance for the first disc, which is as far as I have gotten for now. First step guides you through detailed guidance, with ability to choose specific movement to learn or review. This stage focuses primarily on learning the physical movements. Then next phase is the flow of the exercises where Linda begins to share what to focus on while doing the exercises. also gives more info about purpose of the movements. Finding it very beneficial introduction into Qi Qong.

CONTENT: This is the easiest to follow and most thorough instruction I have ever experienced. Linda is an outstanding instructor. I am a yoga instructor and observing how Linda teaches has inspired me as a teacher. The content is unsurpassed with easy to follow, clear, concise instructions. I also like being able to watch the students in the class as they perform the movements. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn Chi Gong. Linda's demure is confident and she projects a deep understanding and knowledge of the teachings of Chi Gong. Linda is an a true inspiration to me. I feel so graced to have found this series.

QUALITY: Outstanding. This Dvd is set up with chapters that are very easy to access.

DVD'S: Each Dvd in the series has an individual cover which makes it easy to select the desired Dvd.

THE CASE: The case leaves much to be desired but the content more than makes up for it. The individual Dvd's don't snap in the case too well and often fall out of the case, which could lead to scratches on the discs. I got around this by inserting each individual dvd in a clam shell dvd holder. These holders are easy to see through and the discs snap in and out easily. I highly recommend the clam shell holders for all cd's and dvds.

I was curious about this set and bought it on a whim as it seemed to be a good value. It is very calm, relaxing, and in my opinion out of date. It is very obvious this is transferred from VHS to DVD format and the only other review on this item is by the creator. I found it to be very boring and slow paced. Extremely drawn out and I really don't have much motivation or interest to even attempt to practice this or learn this from this DVD.