Longevity Breathing [DVD-ROM]

Frantzis Bruce (NRT) (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 26, 2009

Why learn about something as simple and ordinary as breathing? Dr. Frantzis, author of Tai Chi: Health for Life, teaches a Taoist breathing practice virtually unknown in the West that can help you relax and relieve stress, pain, and anxiety. Longevity Breathing improves the functioning of your body as well as centering the mind and balancing the emotions. These breathing methods will feel so natural that you'll wonder why nobody taught them to you before.

This instructional Longevity Breathing DVD includes:
• How to relax your nervous system
• The transformational benefits of breathing fully and continuously
• Techniques for deepening your tai chi, yoga or meditation practice
• Animations showing how to breathe into specific parts of your body
• A 15-minute guided practice session

Editorial Reviews

Review

“What breathing is to life, Bruce Frantzis is to breathing. An absolute must for anyone who wishes to live their life to the fullest.”
—Michael Gerber, author of The E-Myth Revisited

About the Author

Bruce Frantzis spent more than a decade following the Taoist path of warrior/healer/priest in China, where he was trained by some of its greatest masters. He is the first known Westerner to hold authentic lineages in chi gung, ba gua, tai chi, hsing-i, and Taoist meditation. Frantzis also studied in Japan and India for five years and has extensive experience in Zen, Vajrayana Buddhism, yoga, Kundalini, energetic healing therapies, and Taoist Fire and Water traditions.

Product Details

• DVD-ROM
• Publisher: Random House; DVD edition (May 26, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556438443
• ISBN-13: 978-1556438448
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely beneficial, June 4, 2010

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Arthur Buesch (Western NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Longevity Breathing (DVD-ROM)

I've been studying and practicing for a few years now and above any one thing I learned or purchased, this was the most beneficial to my growth. Bruce explained the technique extremely well, giving insight into the feelings experienced with proper form. Practice and experience are key to successful results - not somthing one can watch and "know".

Proper breathing can still the mind. Once the mind and breath are still and one is centered, magical things can happen.

I've practiced this technique not just during meditation, but day to day life. I can honestly say by just this simple alteration to something I do everyday, all the time, has changed my life. Benefits can be seen in health (physical, emotional, mental), in career, in relationships.

Those serious in their pursuit know that proper breath and a still mind are basic steps for transmuting and transcending.

Highly recommend!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breathing made better, May 10, 2011

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RichardW (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Longevity Breathing (DVD-ROM)

Bruce Frantzis has produced an excellent DVD on the mechanics of breathing techniques to improve your health.
He goes step by step into breathing first from your belly, then by expanding your sides, back, solar plexus and top of back.
It is a very clear, straight forward instruction in plain English.

The techniques were developed by Taoists to improve their Qigong practices but the DVD does not make emphasize the Taoist origins of the practices. Taoism is barely mentioned in the DVD. It is just about breathing and health.

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Longevity Breathing as taught by Chi Master Bruce Frantzis, August 4, 2009

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William I. Morehead "W. Morehead" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Longevity Breathing (DVD-ROM)

In The Presentation of Longevity Breathing Chi Master Bruce Frantzis offers deep insight and instruction in to the awareness, actualization, and flow of the breath, Offering guided meditations to enhance and deepen the awareness of that extraordinary experience of becoming aware of the breath and all its wonders.