Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health: The Eight Pieces of Brocade (Paperback)

~ Yang jwing-Ming (Author), Jwing-Ming Yang (Author)

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Feel Great with Chinese Qigong!

Improve your health, increase your energy, and speed your recovery from illness with the Eight Pieces of Brocade (Ba Duan Jin), one of the most popular sets of ancient Chinese healing exercises. These gentle stretching and strengthening movements activate the Qi (vital energy) in your body, helping to stimulate your immune system, strengthen your internal organs, and get you moving!

This effective daily fitness plan takes as little as twenty minutes to practice, requires little space, and can be done indoors or out. With both a sitting and standing set, anyone can do these exercises. If you've never tried a fitness program before, or want an alternative to aerobics and jogging, Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health is for you.

* Qigong builds a foundation of good health.
* Qigong can take as little as twenty minutes a day.
* The exercises are easy to learn.
* Includes over sixty-five instructional photographs and illustrations.

About the Author

Yang, Jwing-Ming Ph.D., is a renowned author and teacher of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. Born in Taiwan, he has trained and taught Taijiquan, Qigong and Chinese martial arts for over forty-five years. He is the author of over thirty books, and was elected by Inside Kung Fu magazine as one of the 10 people who has "made the greatest impact on martial arts in the past 100 years." Dr. Yang lives in Northern California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: YMAA Publication Center; 2 edition (November 25, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886969523
• ISBN-13: 978-1886969520
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #79,262 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent representation of classic Chi-gong exercises., July 4, 1999

By	Zakarius (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews

Although I would recommend this text to even a beginner, Chi-gong is perhaps not the easiest thing to initially learn without someone to guide you. If you've had any previous experience in Chi-gong, Tai-chi or a decent amount of an external martial art, this is an invaluable text not just for improving your health, but also increasing the effectiveness of your energy when you need it most.

Zakarius

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple yet comprehensive., November 3, 1998

By A Customer

Dr. Yang's book starts with a very thorough, but not too long explanation of the principles of Qigong. It is definitely from a Chinese point of view, but does not leave the Westerner with that "far-away-land" feeling that some books on Chinese martial arts do.

The Qigong routines taught in the second half of the book, are very popular traditional routines that are hundreds of years old. They are not the watered-down, "simplified-for-dumb-Westerners" routines that you find in some books. Yet they are not hard to learn.

Dr. Yang's credentials are impeccable, and he is very down-to-earth in his approach.

I recommend this book for people who are serious about learning an authentic form of Qigong. Those who want to space out to cosmic vibrations should look for another book.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Real Poetry, February 5, 2000

By	Micha Ashkenazi (Israel) - See all my reviews

Having had a certain experience in Chi Kong and Tai Chi, I found this book very helpful, as a matter of fact a real poetry both intellectually and CHI wise. I have read many of Dr. Yang's books which I found very instructive. I wanted this book for its exercises and was attracted by the fact that they can be performed in 10-20 minutes. This was my only disappointment. How can this be possible when you have to perform each exercise at least 24 times? Personally, it takes me about 40 minutes, 40 enjoyable minutes.