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Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong exercises regulate the body, breathing and the mind to achieve an improved quality of life. This book focuses on concentration, stretching the body to increase suppleness and adjusting the body's energy flow to control respiration. Featuring clear and detailed explanations of every movement along with photographs and an accompanying DVD, this book will be equally useful to practitioners and beginners interested in taking up Qigong. This is the second volume in Professor Zhang Guangde's foundation Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong sequences, and the movements described synchronize breathing and concentration by enhancing the body's flow of blood and energy to achieve 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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book continues in the same vein as Prof. Zhang's previous book with the translators and editors keeping up the same high standards.
The book, along with the DVD, teaches another two foundation forms: Thirteen Movements to Stretch the Body and Make it More Supple (Yin Ti Ling Rou Shi San Shi) and Guiding and Harmonising Energy to Regulate the Breath (Dao Qi Ling He Tiao Xi Gong)
Again, 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).
Guiding and Harmonising Energy is similar in performance to the exercises in the first book, where the aim is to nourish the body. Thirteen Movements however has some tough stretches to follow (I know from experience, having been taught these by Gordon Faulkner. He asked at one workshop in Swansea, "Have you done the Daoyin Stretching Routines?" I said, "I'm not sure." Gordon replied, "In that case you haven't, you'd have remembered them otherwise!"). When I was taught the stretches, we held them for much longer than they're held in the DVD.
The 13 movement's routine is great but do be gentle with yourself and work to your body's limits while practicing it. Separate appendices give more technical details on the 13 movements form later in the book.
The DVD clarifies any confusion you may have with text and photos. By the way I find the descriptions fine but I've done the moves before so I appreciate that complete novices may find difficulty in following the book but that's the beauty of the DVD you can exactly how it's done!
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, acupuncture points used in the sequences and abdominal breathing..
Both sequences presented in the book are easy to learn.
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.
Mike Hart
Head of Chanquanshu Wales
Vice President Scotland and Wales Daoyin Yangsheng Gong Association
The book, along with the DVD, teaches another two foundation forms: Thirteen Movements to Stretch the Body and Make it More Supple (Yin Ti Ling Rou Shi San Shi) and Guiding and Harmonising Energy to Regulate the Breath (Dao Qi Ling He Tiao Xi Gong)
Again, 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).
Guiding and Harmonising Energy is similar in performance to the exercises in the first book, where the aim is to nourish the body. Thirteen Movements however has some tough stretches to follow (I know from experience, having been taught these by Gordon Faulkner. He asked at one workshop in Swansea, "Have you done the Daoyin Stretching Routines?" I said, "I'm not sure." Gordon replied, "In that case you haven't, you'd have remembered them otherwise!"). When I was taught the stretches, we held them for much longer than they're held in the DVD.
The 13 movement's routine is great but do be gentle with yourself and work to your body's limits while practicing it. Separate appendices give more technical details on the 13 movements form later in the book.
The DVD clarifies any confusion you may have with text and photos. By the way I find the descriptions fine but I've done the moves before so I appreciate that complete novices may find difficulty in following the book but that's the beauty of the DVD you can exactly how it's done!
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, acupuncture points used in the sequences and abdominal breathing..
Both sequences presented in the book are easy to learn.
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.
Mike Hart
Head of Chanquanshu Wales
Vice President Scotland and Wales Daoyin Yangsheng Gong Association
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love these sequences from professor Zhang Guangde. They are not hard to do and easy to remember and incorporate in whatever you do.
Although the movements are easy to do and follow; the book assumes you DO know some basics about Qi, acupressure points (like Dan tian, Ming men and so on) and some meridians. This is not a problem if you are not afraid to do some little research on Google, Bing etc.
It also comes with a double sided PAL/NTSC dvd with the movements explained, even seated versions (!) and an explanation from Zhang Guangde himself.
Although the movements are easy to do and follow; the book assumes you DO know some basics about Qi, acupressure points (like Dan tian, Ming men and so on) and some meridians. This is not a problem if you are not afraid to do some little research on Google, Bing etc.
It also comes with a double sided PAL/NTSC dvd with the movements explained, even seated versions (!) and an explanation from Zhang Guangde himself.
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