Synopses & Reviews
Qigong is a traditional Chinese movement practice that is most often done to maintain health or to relieve specific illnesses. Here, Sat Chuen Hon, a master teacher and practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine and Taoist healing arts, presents a system of six gentle yet invigorating exercises, along with complementary meditations and vocalizations, which can improve overall health and increase energy. Hon includes both the physical exercises and the accompanying meditations and vocalizations, which deepen the healing effects of the practices.
Hon is a warm and humorous guide who makes the practice and philosophy of qigong accessible and relevant. The text includes step-by-step illustrations and is sprinkled with stories and anecdotes from the author's twenty-two years of practice.
Synopsis
A comprehensive and holistic program of traditional Taoist health practices including both the physical exercises and their accompanying meditations and vocalizations.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-173).
About the Author
Sat Chuen Hon, a native of Guangzhou, China, is a Taoist philosopher, and a master teacher and practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. Hon founded the Dantao School in New York City, where he teaches an integrated form of qigong, traditional Chinese medicine, and Taoist healing practices. He also founded the Ancient Taoist Practice Society, Inc., a nonprofit organization devoted to preserving ancient Taoist wisdom and disciplines.
Table of Contents
Song of the Shamans -- Introduction to the Taoist healing sounds -- Macrocosm and microcosm: Taoist concepts of health and therapeutics -- Principles of core harmonics -- Prelude to the healing sounds: carving an ox -- Liver, the tree of life -- Heart, the river of life -- Spleen, the mother earth -- Lungs: the knights in shining armor -- Kidneys: fire and water -- Triple heater: the organic furnace -- Murmurs of the dragon.