Cultivating Qi: An Introduction to Chinese Body-Mind Energetics

Dr. Wang's book provides very clear and essential information to anyone that practices Qi Gong, Taiji, or other Chinese internal cultivation systems. This book is valuable to beginner and advanced student alike. There are currently hundreds of books on these topics, yet without a clear understanding of the basic principles, explained from the traditional viewpoint, a practitioner risks wasting time and not making any real progress. The usage of Chinese characters and explanation of the original meaning of various phrases from their original context is highly illuminating, and gives the student a basis to differentiate between systems that have been distorted or misunderstood and those that are true to the timeless principals that were discovered by the ancient Daoists so long ago.

This is, as the title tells, an introduction only to various Chinese martial arts. Some people will disagree that cultivating qi is not part of Chinese martial arts; but my position remains.A BIG PLUS is that Chinese names are in accompanied with Chinese characters. But the gripe I have is that instead of using English Romanization for Chinese terms; the author could have used the proper pinyin for each Chinese characters, instead of English Romanization, since not everyone knows the proper pronunciation of words/phrases of the Chinese language.This is a good book for anyone who does not know or have a background in Chinese martial arts and "cultivating" qi.

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Excellent bodywork routine!

This is an OK little primer. But it has been done before.Unfortunately, it would be great for her to either have some videos on Youtube to show exactly how each exercise is done or the author could also sell a DVD, I would have been ready to pay a few bucks to get it.That's pretty much the way to go these days. Learning chi-kung from a book or tai-chi is a bit passé. There plenty of details to pay attention to and the next best thing to a teacher is a DVD.In fact both are good as the DVD allows you to pratice and self-correct at home. Then the teacher can tune-up your moves. You save lots of time and money this way.Having a slow deconstruction of the moves and breathing patterns is the way to go today.There are tons of publishers that figured it out, this one seems to have failed to do so.BTW- a great free site to learn the Yang style 24 forms is relaxharder .com.It matches the best DVD's out there.

This book truly is a wonderful guidance for body movement. You can use this at any age, body , and lifestyle. Keeps your chi flowing. I'm Lucky to have the honor of having Dr.Wang as a professor she is Brilliant.

A clear and direct style accessible to any ordinary reader as revealed by the book's title.A simple introduction to some of the most useful everyday exercise forms attached to the Chinese medical tradition.Free video by Jun Wang on Youtube:Six healing breath: [...]Taiji Neigong:[..]Yi Jin Jing: [...]

One of the best concise introductions I have found to date on Chinese medicine and qigong practice, without being too technical: the author demonstrates the taiji neigong chapter in a youtube presentation.

A GOOD BOOK WITH THREE DIFFERENT EXERCISE STYLES--PHYSICAL CHINESE EXERCISES;NEIGONG TAIJI; AND SIX HEALING BREATHS.ALL EXERCISES ARE WELL ILLUSTRATED AND EXPLAINED.

Clearly explained instructions. Succinct small book with wide applications.