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The Lee style of tai chi (李氏太極拳) is closely related to a range of disciplines of Taoist Arts taught within the Lee style including Qigong, Daoyin, Ch'ang Ming, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taoist alchemy, Feng Shou kung fu, and weapons practice.
Essence is also an important component in the manufacture of qi which can be translated into English as vitality or energy, the primary motive force which is life itself. This raising and lowering Jing through the microcosmic orbit and returning it to the dantian purifies the essence and transforms it intoqi or vitality.
The ideas of qigong were quickly embraced by alternative therapists. [36] The idea of qi as a form of living energy also found a receptive audience within the New Age movement. [37] When the Chinese qigong community started to report cases of paranormal activity, Western researchers in the field were also excited by those findings.
Qigong is commonly classified into two foundational categories: 1) dynamic or active qigong (dong gong), with slow flowing movement; and 2) meditative or passive qigong (jing gong), with still positions and inner movement of the breath.
North Atlantic Books, 2012. Holden, Lee and Rachel Carlton Abrams. Taoist Sexual Secrets: Harness Your Qi Energy for Ecstasy, Vitality, and Transformation - Audio CD set. Sounds True, 2010. Hsi Lai. The Sexual Teachings of the White Tigress: Secrets of the Female Taoist Masters. Destiny Books, 2001. Needham, Joseph. Science and Civilization in ...
They are also known as jing, qi and shen (Chinese: 精氣神; pinyin: jīng-qì-shén; Wade–Giles: ching ch'i shen; "essence, breath, and spirit"). The French sinologist Despeux summarizes: Jing , qi , and shen are three of the main notions shared by Taoism and Chinese culture alike.
Some claim the author of this qigong sequence to be Hua Tuo, however Yang Jwing-Ming suggests it was the Taoist Master Jiun Chiam and Huatuo merely perfected its application and passed it onto gifted disciples including Wu Pu, Fan E, and Li Dangzhi. [4] The five animals in the exercises are the tiger, deer, bear, monkey and crane.
Qigong Fever: Body, Science, and Utopia in China is a 2007 book [1] by David A. Palmer, published by Columbia University Press. It is about the " Qigong fever " in the late 20th century in China. Patricia M. Thornton of the University of Oxford described it as "the first serious English-language history" of that topic.