Walking Kung: Breathing for Health [Paperback]

Sheng Keng Yun (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1997

Let Professor Sheng show you how to relax and relieve stress--without expensive equipment or drugs. While these exercises are instrumental for the well-being of both men and women, this is one of the very few books that present a woman's perspecitve to learning Chi Kung. The exersices require minimal physical exertion--walking in place and breathing--and can be done by people of all ages. Walking Kung-- using conscious thought to move energy through the body's internal organs--is medicinal exercise that was once a carefully guarded secret in China. It encompasses simple meditation and complex, dance-like movements, controlled breathing, and guided imagery. Regular practice of Walking Kung can help regulate te nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and endocrine systems and help strengthen the muscular, skeletal, and immune systems. It has been proven to heal such chronic conditions as heart disease, asthma, and insomnia, and is done without exerting any strength. All that is needed to practice Walking Kung is confidence, ambition, determination, and steadfastness.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Red Wheel / Weiser (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087728895X
• ISBN-13: 978-0877288954
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,875,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a very good and easy to follow book on qigong, February 12, 1998

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This review is from: Walking Kung: Breathing for Health (Paperback)

The texts I have run across on qigong, usually have the author claiming that certain information is not given, because it is "secret." This leaves the buyer of the book feeling cheated. Not this book. It offers a full set of excercises on walking qigong, which are easy to do. I was amazed at the simplicity of the book. The author takes the reader step by step, through the excercises and gives excellent practical advice, on all phases of practice. The book is concerned with preventing and curing disease, through the circulation of cosmic energy. This is an excellent text because it is complete, logical and easily understood. I heartily recommend it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not About Walking, January 21, 2011

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May be a bit naive on my part, but I was looking for Qigong exercises to focus on while walking, and I did not know there was a set of standing exercises called "Walking Kung".

The book does a decent job explaining postures, breathing and exercises, but seems to have a lot of filler. Only 97 pages are explanation and most of them are pictures.

Again, this is not about walking! These postures are done while still or taking three steps at the most (and resetting).