| Description |
xvii, 146 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-146). |
| Summary |
Chi Kung, the art of cultivating life force energy, is here distilled into a key selection of exercises designed to boost health and increase mind-body-spirit consciousness. For anyone interested in exercise with a deeper spiritual significance, this step-by-step guide takes readers through essential breathing, meditation, and mindfulness techniques that yield exponentially more powerful benefits than traditional exercise. |
| Contents |
My story: from addiction to recovery-- Discovering Chi Kung -- Chi Kung and its benefits for recovery -- The Tao -- A brief history of Chi Kung -- The physical aspect -- Food -- Sex -- Illness and disability -- Pain -- Aging -- Evidence -- Exercises: breathing, meditation, Chi Kung, and mindful movement -- Lubrication exercises -- Tan Tien breathing -- Chi awakening exercises -- Eight section brocade ("Ba Duan Jin") -- Sealing meditation: the cocoon -- Wu Chi meditation -- Standing meditation exercises -- Mindfulness -- In closing. |
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Qi gong.
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Medicine, Chinese.
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Exercise -- Health aspects.
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Recovering addicts.
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Exercise therapy.
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Exercise -- Health aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00917999
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Exercise therapy. (OCoLC)fst00918063
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Medicine, Chinese. (OCoLC)fst01015214
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Qi gong. (OCoLC)fst01084835
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Recovering addicts. (OCoLC)fst01091689
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Tai Ji -- methods.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy.
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Exercise Therapy -- methods.
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Qi.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Pergament, Gregory. Chi Kung in Recovery. New York : Central Recovery Press, LLC, 2013 9781937612429 (OCoLC)865330463 |
| ISBN |
9781937612412 (paper) |
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1937612414 |
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9781937612429 (ebook) |
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1937612422 (ebook) |
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