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With roots in ancient Chinese culture dating back more than 2,000 years, a wide variety of qigong forms have developed within different segments of Chinese society: [12] in traditional Chinese medicine for preventive and curative functions; [13] in Confucianism to promote longevity and improve moral character; [4] in Taoism and Buddhism as part ...
Contemporary qigong is a complex accretion of the ancient Chinese meditative practice xingqi or "circulating qi" and the gymnastic breathing exercise daoyin or "guiding and pulling", with roots in the I Ching and occult arts; philosophical traditions of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts; along ...
The Baduanjin qigong (八段錦) is one of the most common forms of Chinese qigong used as exercise. [1] Variously translated as Eight Pieces of Brocade, Eight-Section Brocade, Eight Silken Movements or Eight Silk Weaving, the name of the form generally refers to how the eight individual movements of the form characterize and impart a silken quality (like that of a piece of brocade) to the ...
Pages in category "Qigong" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. ... Animal styles in Chinese martial arts; B. Baduanjin qigong; Baoding balls ...
YU Ping, ZHU Ying-Qi, SHEN Zhong-Yuan; "The Experimental Research of the Effect of Health Qigong-Liu Zi Jue Exercise on the Human Lung Function"; Shanghai Qigong Institute (Shanghai 200032) Cathrine Despeux; "The Six Healing Breaths" in "Daoist Body Cultivation" 2006 p. 37 – 68 incl. bibliography ISBN 1-931483-05-1
The lower dantian in traditional Chinese Medicine is where the primordial essence, Jing (精), is stored. Jing is the basis for our physical existence and can be seen as DNA. At the same time, the lower Dan Tian is the place for Yuan qi (元氣) the Qi that has not yet been divided into Yin Qi or Yang Qi. This Qi is much less physical and could ...
Ping Shuai Gong (Chinese: 平甩功; pinyin: Píng Shuǎi gōng; lit. 'Swinging hand workout') is a hand-swinging, yangsheng /nourishment of life exercise pioneered by Taiwan Qigong (氣功) master Li Feng-shan ( 李鳳山 ) .
Zhang Baosheng (simplified Chinese: 张宝胜; traditional Chinese: 張寶勝; 1960 – 3 August 2018) [1] was a so-called Qigong grandmaster during the peak of Qigong ' s popularity, "Qigong fever," in China.