Author: Livia Koh
Publisher: University of Hawaii Pre
Keywords: latitude, book, daoyin, tradition, healing, exercises, chinese
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 2008-11-30
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0824832698
ISBN-13: 9780824832698

Daoyin, the traditional Chinese practice of guiding the qi and stretching the body is the forerunner of Qigong, the modern form of exercise that has swept through China and is making increasing inroads in the West. Like other Asian body practices, Daoyin focuses on the body as the main vehicle of attainment; sees health and spiritual transformation as one continuum leading to perfection or self-realization; and works intensely and consciously with the breath and with the conscious guiding of internal energies. This book explores the different forms of Daoyin in historical sequence, beginning w