Cheng Hsin


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Every once in a while you find a high impact book. Something that awakens something deep within and lasts forever. This is the one. It is a book that you can pick up time and time again and always gets something new out of it, or something deeper than you. Cheng Hsin is the best introduction for beginners to the internal practice of fighting. It is a seminal work that draws on T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Aikido, and Pa Kua Chang and was written by the first Westerner ever to win the world championship in a full-contact martial arts tournament.







Educational Opportunities in Integrative Medicine


Book Description

Surveys the nine medical licenses as well as fifty nondegree healing modalities--including history, philosophy, basic techniques, and methods--and provides information on career and training opportunities.




Taoism and the Arts of China


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A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.




The Mantle Odes


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Includes passages translated into English.




The Tai Chi Book


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Introduces the philosophy of tai chi, and discusses breathing, stances, alignment, and movements




A Healthy Old Age


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Provides the health care practitioner with information on how to design, implement, and evaluate health promotion programs for the elderly.







Tai Chi Dynamics: Principles of Natural Movement, Health & Self-Development


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Intended for intermediate level Tai Chi players. The author, a thirty-seven year Tai Chi practitioner with a Ph.D. in experimental physics, applies logic and basic scientific principles to clarify many perplexing concepts in Tai Chi such as force, muscle contraction, breathing, and more. Discusses self-development, Tai Chi massage, how diet effects Tai Chi, the role of a teacher and many more common concerns of intermediate Tai Chi students. Supported with photographs and drawings throughout.