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Book Description

This book demonstrates 13 movements to stretch the body and make it more supple, and describes how to guide and harmonise energy to regulate the breathing. Master Zhang Guangde is an extremely famous teacher, based in Beijing but well known in the West. This volume focuses on stretching and breathing, clearly outlining the importance of both and using strong, clear instructions to enable every Qigong student and teacher to better understand dao yin yang sheng gong. The book is accompanied by a comprehensive DVD which covers everything touched upon in the book and provides a step-by-step guide to getting the most out of this form of Qigong. This book will be of interest to Qigong practitioners and students.




Dao Yin for General Health


Book Description

Professor Zhang Guangde's most popular form of Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong (DYYSG) exercises are carefully designed to promote and maintain good health and wellbeing. This book presents the movements and offers a means of developing good health, calmness and tranquillity. Detailed guidance and photographs show how the series of eight movements can be carried out safely and effectively, regardless of age or health condition. Accompanying online videos featuring Professor Zhang Guangde provide a useful reference for ensuring that each exercise is being carried out in the correct way. Expert commentary on the form explains the wide range of health benefits, from improving breathing to promoting longevity. The principles shared in this book are also useful in the practice of many other dao yin sequences.




The Way of Stretching


Book Description

- The book features stretching exercises designed to prevent injury and to promote the healing of specific body parts.- Rush incorporates ideas from many different traditions, including T'ai Chi, Chinese medicine, Aikido, Zen, yoga, and massage.- Rush has pioneered a ingenious new technique called the "Rush Reverse," a simple-to-perform exercise that lengthens muscles.- Widely recognized as an authority on bodywork, Rush is the author of the perennially popular "The Back Rub Book and the illustrator of George Downing's two-million-copy bestseller "The Massage Book.




Peaceful Arts


Book Description

Simple approaches to meditation, yoga, tai chi and stretching exercises.




Tranquility Through Movement


Book Description

In tranquility, the body and mind are quiet and settled. Positive feelings prevail over negative feelings, and a sense of connection with the deeper self, and the force of nature rises. In Tranquility Through Movement, Sang H. Kim presents a sequence of 12 mindful movements to promote and sustain a tranquil inner state in the face of stress and uncertainty. The goal of each movement is to deliberately collect unhealthy tension that is held in the body and disperse it to help your body become tension neutral. These gentle movements can be modified for beginners or done as recommended for a more advanced challenge to balance and coordination. An excellent daily home practice routine that can be done anywhere you can stand and stretch your arms.




Breath-Stretching


Book Description

Breath-stretching is for anyone that wants to learn basic principles and techniques of breath control coordinated with stretching movement. Breath control and stretching are root skills that can be used to build coordination, develop core strength, and release strain. Controlled breathing acts as a body stabilizer and power amplifier. Stretching positions can be used as the foundation to graceful movements.




Spirit in Motion


Book Description

This book is a guide to help tap the energy source within yourself. You will learn to gather and release energy from the deepest recesses of your body and mind. Breathe-stretch creates new room for the tissues that comprise your body, enhancing circulation and allowing deep relaxation. Experience is a gift you give to yourself. Creative use and development of energy can benefit all aspects of your life. I developed this work because in all my years of physical development (sports, dance, yoga, tai chi chuan, swimming), the understanding of what the instructor indicted when he or she mentioned force or energy remained unclear. It was as though the concept were spoken of or honored but not experience directly or not shared with outsiders. Breathe-stretch and energy have never been explained simply in such a way as to be made accessible. This text teaches how to produce a greater sense of well-being and how to recreate yourself through consciously directing will and desire. You can learn to experience freedom without bounds by directing energy to expand the deepest recesses of the body, mind, and spirit.




Salutation To The Sun


Book Description

The Salutation to the Sun dates back to Vedic times and is therefore three to six thousand years old; although the exact date remains unknown. In ancient India yoga exercises, breathing techniques and body contol were extensively practised in many ashrans. The Salutation to the Sun arose from these yoga postures and techniques. In this book, learn how the Salutation consists of a number of movements which flow into each other and together, form a self-contained whole. - The exercise influences every part of the body including the nervous system, the circulation and respiration. - The back and pelvis can become supple again and, in time, the joints become stronger and more flexible. - The blood circulation in the abdominal cavity improves and the intestines are activated, thus eliminating constipation. - Muscular stiffness in the shoulder and neck disappears. Join thousands of people who enjoy this natural, exhilarating exercise on a variety of levels of competence, fitness and persistence. Equipment and accessories are not needed and you are only asked that you spend as much or as little time as you can spare. By participating you will soon begin to experience the return of your vigour and dynamism.




125+ Stretching Exercises: the No-Gym Guide


Book Description

Get summer-ready without running all day, lifting obscene weights, even if you're prone to laziness, and from your own home! Stretching exercises are generally looked down upon. It is not seen as effective or strenuous as lifting weights, doing a triathlete, or going to a spinning class. But ask any of these athletes to perform just one of the intermediate positions in this book and you will hear them sing in pain. In this book, you will find over 125 stretching exercises, from yoga and beyond, and get results as I have. Even being able to do it from home and not being embarrassed when going to the beach. See stretching exercises can be done in a slow manner and usually either in sitting or lying positions. All this will trick your mind into pushing yourself just that bit further which brings results! In short, get results even if you are lazy! We as humans have started stretching at least 17.000 years ago! It is proven to provide you flexibility, balance, muscle toning, better cardio, weight loss, more energy, longevity, and higher endurance in general. Basically, you will get more energy in your life correcting your bad posture at the obscene hours in your office chair. This will give you that leaner, meaner, and muscle-toned body - ready for the beach! In this book, you will find Listed and guided 125+ stretching exercises! How to get ready for summer and wear clothes that don't hide your body Even if you exercise a lot, or are a professional athlete, stretching will make you perform better at whatever you do It will prevent many physiological conditions and back problems later in life You will gain a stronger awareness of your body and your balance in general Your body will be toned all over making it sing, and even giving you a cohesive great look all over You will gain more energy and in turn, patience which will better you at work and in your family relationships It is easy and quick to plan and can be done from home And to top it all off, you will lose weight and become a stretching and yoga master! I know that this seems like a lot of promises. I, myself, was even skeptical, being exactly in the position you are in right now. I struggled a lot with committing to a sport or 'yet another training book'. But the ease of stretching in my home ultimately made the commitment long lasting. The good thing is that this book will present you with a huge range of stretching exercises! Some from Yoga, some not, from total beginner to most advanced professional. All of them able to be done from home minutes after you decide to do it. The emphasis and focus of this book is to be as practical as possible - getting you to start right now! I made this book for unmotivated people like me because I know this works! So, if you want to be ready for this summer then scroll up and click the 'Buy Now' Button.




Breath of Life


Book Description

The book is meant for increasing breath awareness used in many disciplines to bring about balance and harmony between body, mind and spirit. The techniques of stretching with breath knowledge and co-ordination can help muscle tone, improve glandular movement and reactivate the internal organs. People with high blood pressure and heart disease can benefit from the slow smooth movement with breath co-ordination. The exercises in this book are drawn from some of those author practised during the last 35 years. Some are from the Chinese Ancient Arts which were recorded in Yellow Emperor`s compendium. Pranayama practices are derived from Yoga texts which are dated from around 1000-500 BCE. People of all strate will certainly enjoy practising them.