Qigong: Cultivating body, breath & mind

This book comes with links to 12 hours of instructional videos

Description

This is a book about qigong – a time-tested practice that blends skilful movement, mindful absorption and deep, slow breathing. While firmly rooted in the Chinese tradition, Peter Deaman hopes that it will also serve as a manual for exploring the wider world of mindful movement.

Peter's aim is to make this transformative practice better known. He has attempted to explain where it comes from, the philosophies behind it and the growing body of scientific research that illuminates it. Peter has drawn from his fifty-year experience of working in the field of Chinese medicine, his decades of qigong practice and his study of yangsheng –
the 2500 year old Nourishment of Life tradition. 

Review

“Drawing on his 50 years of training in Chinese medicine, Peter Deadman has crafted a rich, comprehensive, and timely book on qigong. Written and laid out beautifully, it comprehensively and insightfully weaves together its core principles, its roots in traditional Chinese medicine and culture, the scientific evidence of its many therapeutic benefits, and a practical set of training skills including links to multiple online training programs. This book is an invaluable resource both for those wish to begin to learn about qigong, as well as those who are already deeply committed to these practices.”

Peter Wayne, PhD., Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Author of Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi

Contents

• Preface
• About Chinese spellings
• Disclaimer
• How to use this book
• The videos
• Definition of terms
• Chapter One: Fundamental theories
• Chapter Two: Cultivating the body
• Chapter Three: Cultivating the breath
• Chapter Four: Cultivating the mind and emotions
• Chapter Five: Yinyang in qigong
• Chapter Six: History of self-cultivation practices
• Chapter Seven : Qigong styles and forms
• Chapter Eight: About practice and other reflections  
• Chapter Nine: Acupuncture points
• Chapter Ten: Qigong and tai chi research
• Chapter Eleven: The black and the white pearl
• Further reading
• References
• Index
• Videos index
• About the author