Qigong and the Tai Chi Axis: Nourishing Practices for Body, Mind and Spirit

Qigong and Tai Chi are ancient Chinese arts of movement meditation that reduce stress, release pain, and create whole-body harmony. Mimi Kuo-Deemer offers practices, insights, and wisdom on these arts, and shows how to support our natural capacity for energy, balance, and wellbeing. The book explores the Chinese Five Elements or Phases of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, and includes popular and widely practiced sequences and forms such as the 8 Brocades, Five Animal Frolics, Tai Chi Qigong 18 Forms, and Five Element Qigong practices.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 256 pages
\n Publication date: 27 December 2018
\n Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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Reducing stress, releasing pain, and achieving whole-body harmony through the practical introduction to Qigong and the yin/yang balance of Tai Chi, the ancient Chinese arts of movement meditation.

From reducing stress and improving posture to balance and general mobility, the numerous physical and mental benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi are widely celebrated. In this accessible book, Mimi Kuo-Deemer offers practices, insights, and wisdom on these arts, demonstrating how to support our natural capacity for energy, balance, and well-being.

Qigong's approach is based on the Chinese Five Elements or Phases of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. Each natural element relates to an organ and meridian system in the body, and Qigong and the Tai Chi Axis will explore each of these elements as they relate to our physical, mental, and emotional health. It will also include popular and widely practiced sequences and forms such as the 8 Brocades, Five Animal Frolics, Tai Chi Qigong 18 Forms, and Five Element Qigong practices, exploring how these lead to wholeness, nourishment, and health.

Part I: Wood Element: Nourishing our Roots

Part 2: Fire Element: Nourishing the Heart

Part 3: Earth Element: Nourishing the Mind

Part 4: Metal Element: Nourishing the Spirit

Part 5: Water Element: Nourishing our Deepest Wisdom

\n Weight: 318g\n
Dimension: 232 x 153 x 19 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781409183952\n \n