Product Details

• Directors: William Gazecki
• Format: Color, NTSC, HiFi Sound
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Triple Triangle Co.
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1995
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303929915
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,795 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give it some time, July 11, 2001

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Ava (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Discovering Chi: Energy Exercises For The Beginner [VHS] (VHS Tape)

At the beginning of the practice there should be warm up exercises first. These are quite simple and enjoyable. They are not the Chi Gong, but will leave you feeling relaxed and balanced right from the beginning. After that Linda demonstrates 8 treasures of Chi Gong - 8 movements. I have not mastered them all yet. But even doing the few I know gives me a lot of satisfaction.

At first it was hard to concentrate and get in tune with the movements. I did not want to give up. There is something very soothing and enchanting about the music, movements and Linda's quiet mastery that kept me coming back to watching the tape and repeating exercises with the tape.

Eventually the moment came, quite unexpectedly, when it started feeling like meditaion in motion. The results in the feeling of calmness and relaxation felt amazing.

It takes time and patience. Allow yourself for some time to get the right results. I cannot even imagine how good it could get practiced daily, for a life time. For me it is just the beginning.

All the best to you on a quite road to Chi Gong mastery. Try it in nature rather than at home. The good Chi of the nature's surroundings makes quite a difference in helping your own Chi to flow and grow.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love the warm-up exercises!, November 11, 2001

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Joseph B. Mullen, Psychic Author (Effingham, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Discovering Chi: Energy Exercises For The Beginner [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's been ages since I used this tape. So I forgot how good the warm-up excercises made me feel. But this morning I pulled it from the shelf and gave it another try. To be honest, I haven't even come close to mastering all the instructions on this video. But the warm-up alone will make you feel great. And I hope to use this tape more often. Why and how does it work? Who can say? I just know that I feel better and more relaxed. I sincerely hope it does the same for you.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Qigong beginner, December 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Discovering Chi: Energy Exercises For The Beginner [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I wanted to start off saying I thought this was an excellent video. Great music, clear explanations of what needed done along with the ability to see exactly what was going on. I was confused as to why the warm up was 26 minutes into the tape when you are to always do warm up prior to starting but I felt that was a minor issue. I do have a word of caution based on my experience. I am totally new to qigong. This video I picked up at a library as it has always been something I wanted to try. Each time after I practiced this video I became very sad. I couldn't even say why. This happened the first couple of times and on the next session (this was all in a two week timespan) I became very depressed. A problem at work that couldn't get resolved and I went downhill. As this has never happened to me before, it scared me. I picked up a book on qigong to find out what happened and one paragraph stood out - "Proceed gradually, step by step. Don't overload your qi by trying to do too much too soon." It went on to mention that latent problems could surface if you overload your qi circuits. My feeling is that if you are a basic beginner like me - check out Kenneth Cohen's book "The Way of Qigong" and start from there - then work your way up to this video. He gives a week by week qigong practice plan in his book. Obviously, not everyone will have this problem based upon other reviews but it did happen to me.