Maintain your life energy or Qi flowing freely through your body for optimal health, vitality and to promote longevity with Daoist Meridian Yoga. This definitive guide is a complete instructional book providing everything you need to develop your practice. It is fully illustrated with over 200 color photos and includes detailed description of the 24 exercises that work by lengthening and toning specific muscle groups associated with the twelve main energy meridians. The book also explains how to spot signs of imbalance that manifest as physical ailments, describes the pathway of the primary energy channels and their internal branches, provides meridian charts of the acupuncture channels, and list the main benefits for each of the 24 exercises.
Drawing on the traditions of Dao Yin, Qigong and Chinese medicine, Daoist Meridian Yoga is an ancient system that will help to transform your health and balance your energy. This book is an invaluable resource for practitioners and enthusiasts of Yoga, Qigong, Tai Chi, the healing and movement arts, students and practitioners of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, martial arts practitioners, massage therapists, health professionals wishing to prescribe Qigong exercises to ameliorate specific health conditions, and anyone interested in learning a complete meridian workout, energy balance and self-healing practice.
Author(s): Camilo Sanchez
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Singing Dragon
Year: 2016
Language: english
Pages: 197
City: Singapore
Tags: Taoism, Daoism, Yoga, Daoist Meridian Yoga, Qigong, Tai Chi, Chinese medicine,
Contents
Preface
Intro
--- Daoist Meridian Yoga System
Intro to Daoist Meridian Yoga
Principles of Practice
How the Exercises work
--- Exercises
Intro to the Exercises
CIRCULATING THE BREATH
Lung
PICK FRUITS
PARTING CLOUDS WITH THE HANDS
Large Intestine
WHITE CRANE SPREADS ITS WINGS
GOLDEN ROOSTER STANDS ON ONE LEG
Stomach
SEPARATING HEAVEN AND EARTH
BRUSHING THE SHOELACES WITH THE HAND
Spleen
EARTH CLOUDS
THE GREAT SWALLOW FLYING OVER THE NEST
Heart
INVIGORATING THE HEART AND GUIDING QI
NINE GHOSTS DRAWING A SABER
Small Intestine
CARRYING THE TRAY
SWIMMING ON AIR
Bladder
GREETING THE IMMORTALS
BENDING THE WAIST AND TURNING THE SACRUM
Kidney
STRENGTHENING KIDNEY & GUIDING QI
SCOOPING THE MOON FROM THE WATER
Pericardium
TWO ELBOWS REELING
PUSHING DOWN THE TIGER
Three Heaters
THE EXERCISE OF THE THREE HEATERS
ACTIVATING THE THREE HEATERS
Gall Bladder
BELT MERIDIAN GRINDING
PALMS TO EARTH AND SKY
Liver
SOOTHING THE FLOW OF LIVER QI
TURNING RIGHT AND LEFT WITH TWIST
Glossary
Author
Index