Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body: Qigong for Lifelong Health

In practicing the standing and movements diligently for a few weeks, I have found several athletic movements in the moment to have caught me off guard. As in…I’m 38, when was the last time I moved like that? I feel more supple, flexible and just healthier of late.In response to one reviewers cautionary tale from a Christian perspective, I have a hard time wrapping my mind around this being demonic in nature. Yoga is another matter entirely as it is devotional by nature, but this is not.Are we not physical and bioelectric beings? If you believe in the Christian God and you think that the primary and simple practice of standing, releasing unnecessary tensions in your body is somehow not of god? …I would be confused and need an explanation as to why. On that train of logic, we shouldn’t even go to the gym, because is lifting weights of god?Aerobics? Walking more than necessary?I think if you are a Christian, as I heavily lean and am growing to be, you have to separate healthful practices from devotional spiritual practices when examining what is and is not an affront to god.

The book is written in a simple, easy language and the information in it is very valuable. I am so glad to have it at home to read now and as a reference for the future.

Bruce K Frantzis is the best writer on Qigong in english language today. This is the book that I suggest for my lower intermediate students. I use other techniques and ideas for beginners, but this explains the basics in very clear language. I actually read the first edition of this years ago when it first came out. The writing at that time was cruder and less clear, but he apparently rewrote it and now it is excellent. I would say that the first book of his two Taoist Meditation books, the Relaxing into Your Being is his best, but it is probably too advanced to be of full use for most Qigong students. I find both are invaluable.Frantzis also teaches and holds workshops. He is somewhat controversial in some circles, but this is because he doesn't suffer fools gladly and a lot of Qigong teachers and students are fools with large egos. Frantzis has introduced the Water Method to the west and that is more than his critics have done. I find the Water Method to be a central core of my personal practices.

lo recomiendo a cualquiera que quiera aprender las artes internas chinas, tanto terapéuticas como marciales... en este libro se explican detalladamente las prácticas básicas

Das ist eines der besten Bücher über Qigong die ich bisher gelesen habe und die es gibt.Die Übungen sind in allenkleinsten Details , was ihre Wirkungen auf Physis Psyche und mental betrifft beschrieben und die Anleitungen sind superpräzise , nur üben muß man schon selbst, sonst bringt es nichts. 'Es wird auch immer wieder darauf hingewiesen, daß ein guterLehrer trotz allem Buch immer noch unentbehrlich und das Wichtigste beim Erlernen ist.Danke an Bruce Frantzis