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Professor Zhang Guangde's Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong forms part of the Chinese national health program and is the most popular form of Qigong practiced in China and across the globe. Professor Zhang has spent nearly forty years creating and developing his system of Qigong. He combines the philosophy of the Classical Chinese text The I Ching with the primary theories of Chinese traditional medicine. His methods have proven highly effective in maintaining health and well-being. This book contains detailed step-by-step instructions and illustrations to show every step of the foundation sequences, and the accompanying DVD will enable even the least experienced of students to begin to grasp this form of Qigong. The exercises featured promote controlled breathing and concentration. They are formed of calming movements which enhance the flow of blood and energy through the body to achieve increased flexibility and higher levels of physical and mental agility. This will be an essential text for Qigong practitioners and students and is accessible enough for the beginning Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong student.
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Professor Zhang Guangde is one of the best known Masters of Chinese Martial Arts. He has practiced martial arts for sixty years and taught across China and around the world for thirty years. In addition he has written thirty books and numerous articles in China and is revered as one of the foremost experts in the field. In 2005, he helped establish the International Institute of Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong in Biarritz, France, where he teaches and is honorary president. There are today over four million people practising his version of Dao Yin.
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As a student and teacher of the Daoyin Yangsheng Gong system, I was looking forward to see what this book had to offer. It turns out to offer a whole lot of information and instruction on the two forms presented. The book has standing and seated versions of each exercise
Firstly, the book has been faithfully translated from Prof. Zhang's original texts with additions from and commentaries from some of his top students and coaches. It assumes some small knowledge of the theories of yin and yang, the five elements, internal organs and meridians but not too much and a lot of information is given to enable the reader to research the material further if needed (point names and numbers, names in Chinese and English etc).
The exercise sections begin with an introduction to the exercise and it's characteristics. It then moves on to the movement descriptions for practice and this is further divided into the movement explanation itself, the key points and the actions or effects that the movement induces. Following the complete movement explanations are the photographs to accompany the instructions on successive pages and I think it helps to have the photos all together rather than have to flick back and forth between split pages.
The combination of explanation and photographs should be more than adequate to give the reader the knowledge to perform the exercises but just in case there's any confusion at all, the book delivers a master stroke. Tucked into the cover at the back is a DVD which is double sided - PAL (European format) on one side and NTSC (American, or Region 1) on the other. The DVD shows the exercises performed in their entirety with visual reminders on focus and reference points on screen. The DVD also has Prof. Zhang explaining the theory (with English subtitles) of each exercise too.
There are also a number of appendices covering some background information on such subjects as the Dan Tian or Cinnabar Field located in the lower abdomen, the energy gathering palm, the small celestial cycle, acupuncture points used in the sequences and postural instructions to enhance practice.
Both sequences presented in the book are easy to learn and gentle and the focus is on nourishing the body and mind to improve the health and well-being.
Personally, I really enjoy much of the background information supplied in the footnotes and appendices.
For anyone interested in qigong and their own well-being this book and its companion, Thirteen Movements to Stretch the Body and Make it More Supple, and Guiding and Harmonising Energy to Regulate the Breath: Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong Foundation Sequences 2, are essential additions to your library.
Singing Dragon are to be congratulated on this series of books and I look forward to seeing more of Prof. Zhang's work published in English.
Firstly, the book has been faithfully translated from Prof. Zhang's original texts with additions from and commentaries from some of his top students and coaches. It assumes some small knowledge of the theories of yin and yang, the five elements, internal organs and meridians but not too much and a lot of information is given to enable the reader to research the material further if needed (point names and numbers, names in Chinese and English etc).
The exercise sections begin with an introduction to the exercise and it's characteristics. It then moves on to the movement descriptions for practice and this is further divided into the movement explanation itself, the key points and the actions or effects that the movement induces. Following the complete movement explanations are the photographs to accompany the instructions on successive pages and I think it helps to have the photos all together rather than have to flick back and forth between split pages.
The combination of explanation and photographs should be more than adequate to give the reader the knowledge to perform the exercises but just in case there's any confusion at all, the book delivers a master stroke. Tucked into the cover at the back is a DVD which is double sided - PAL (European format) on one side and NTSC (American, or Region 1) on the other. The DVD shows the exercises performed in their entirety with visual reminders on focus and reference points on screen. The DVD also has Prof. Zhang explaining the theory (with English subtitles) of each exercise too.
There are also a number of appendices covering some background information on such subjects as the Dan Tian or Cinnabar Field located in the lower abdomen, the energy gathering palm, the small celestial cycle, acupuncture points used in the sequences and postural instructions to enhance practice.
Both sequences presented in the book are easy to learn and gentle and the focus is on nourishing the body and mind to improve the health and well-being.
Personally, I really enjoy much of the background information supplied in the footnotes and appendices.
For anyone interested in qigong and their own well-being this book and its companion, Thirteen Movements to Stretch the Body and Make it More Supple, and Guiding and Harmonising Energy to Regulate the Breath: Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong Foundation Sequences 2, are essential additions to your library.
Singing Dragon are to be congratulated on this series of books and I look forward to seeing more of Prof. Zhang's work published in English.
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