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Natural Healing With Qigong: Therapeutic Qigong

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I've been using LianGong (another name for this specific therapeutic Qigong for a while. It consists of 3 sets of 18 exercises each one. Personally, I only practice the first set. It makes me feel well and produces a palpable benefit in my whole body. Its movements are easy to perform and the clear instructions and pictures in the book are more than enough to guide us through these sets. An important point, at least for myself, is to perform the exercises very slowly. The more slowly I practice them, the more deep are the results.

One of the strengths of Lian Gong Shr Ba Fa is that it is the sort of exercise system that actually can be learned from the printed page if you are reasonably well coordinated and are good at learning from books. Even without a teacher, you can get major benefits from practice on your own.

This book is a clear, well done presentation of the exercises. Anyone interested in learning the system would get a good start from this book. I would only recommend Wen Mei Yu's version over this one because a) WMY's book explicitly announces that it is a Lian Gong with its title on the cover, and B) the layouts, photographs and book design are somewhat more effective and pleasing to my eye, and c) the accompnaying instructional text is a bit clearer and more helpful to the beginner.

But if you want to get started, and you see this book on the stands, don't hesitate to get it and get started.

Bob Spear

Publisher and Chief Reviewer

Heartland Review

Those of us with martial art backgrounds have a fascination for the manipulation of the power of the body's energy field-Chi or Ki. The Chinese use the spelling, Qi. Qi Gong, pronounced Chi Kung, which loosely translates as "Energy Practice." The use of mild stretching movements coupled with breathing exercises and visualization techniques has been around for a long time. The author, a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner has taken it to a higher level with this book, using Qigong to develop a body environment conducive to health restoration and disease prevention.

The author does a good job explaining the meanings and benefits of the practice, which is easier than Tai Chi. She uses excellent photos and captions to lead the reader through the movements.

This book is a wonderful introduction to not only the Qi Gong excersize but also Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It will give you an easy to understand overview of TCM concepts so you can understand how practicing the excersizes described in the book can improve and maintain your health for years to come.

The descriptions of the movements and multiple photos for the different movements make it easy to learn and practice. Of course the best way is to join a group of people who are practicing (<a href="http://www.taichihealing.com">http://www.taichihealing.com</a>) and practice the movements along with the group. In any case, this book is an excellent resource for people who are interested in improving and maintaining their well being and good health.

Be well!

I just started practicing Lian Gong in 18 Forms about a month ago to finally get rid of all the tension, back pain, tightness, and inflexibility that western exercise such as weight lifting, aerobics, and rowing machines has caused me! I am completely amazed that in only one month I can feel it all fading away! I purchased every video available on Liangong, including the $100.00 set from the actual inventor himself! The videos are all great, the books are all good, except for one MAJOR flaw!! None of them offer breathing instructions!! The most any book or video will tell you is that you breath in when expanding and stretching, and out when relaxing. Except in certain cases, there are exceptions, which they never explain. Well, this book tells it all! If you purchase any of the videos, you MUST, I repeat MUST buy this book! Not only is it well written, but it gives you all the secrets! Buy it NOW!

This book gets to the point quickly describing the history of Qigong, along with the medical background and overall benefits of practicing Qigong. It is a quick and informative read and leads up very effectively to a "how-to" instructional. Its often difficult to describe the physical movements and mind/breathing techniques without seeing the demonstration, but this book does an excellent job with detailed descriptions. I highly recommend this book to practicioners, novices, and to future/present instructors.

I have taken classes with Aihan Kuhn, and can openly state that she is a wonderful teacher and caring individual. This book will open the readers to a new understanding of Qigong and the benefits they will find will be beyond measure. I can't give enough praises to the author or to her book. It is one of those books that should be read and lived. It will change your the way you look at living.

I have bought several books, tapes and DVDs on Qigong. This book seems to have combined a lot of the movements from the other media. Unlike the other media I own which cover only a few movements (18 the most), this book covers 36 movements, which for me great. I am always skeptical in learning movements coming from a book since I find it difficult to follow the written instructions without seeing the actual video demo, but I was suprised this book is easy to follow. I do have previous know how on some of the movements, so maybe that helped. And the exercises are grouped in 6 sections, making it easy for me to remember them. A great Qigong book!

This is a wonderful book easy to use and incorporate its exercises and principles. The diagrams of exercises are easy to follow. The book contains extremely useful information about qigong and other aspects of

Chinese medicine.It is well-written and highly recommended!

This book is informative and it would have been a good book if it were not for the innumerable mistakes of all types and degrees of seriousness, not to mention the writing style. I do not understand how a professional can publish a book in a language other than their own and not have it proofread and edited by a professional LINGUIST. A **professional linguist**, --(an English language native working in the Chinese>English pair)-- would have charged, at most, 7 to 10 cents per word. Is that too much to get a good book out to the public? The help from a husband has certainly been far from enough. The book is written using very short sentences and the style is, in general, linguistically childish. It is also full of unnecessary repetitions. I think an 8 year old can write better than this. I returned the book. Fortunately Amazon allows 7 days to return an ebook for the Kindle.