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Chinese Healing Exercises : The Tradition of Daoyin by Livia Kohn (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
ISBN-100824832698
ISBN-139780824832698
eBay Product ID (ePID)66590921
Product Key Features
Number of Pages344 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChinese Healing Exercises : the Tradition of Daoyin
SubjectMind & Body, Healing / General, Taoism (See Also Philosophy / Taoist), Healthy Living, Taoist
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
AuthorLivia Kohn
Subject AreaReligion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy, Health & Fitness
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2008-009183
ReviewsLivia Kohn is absolutely the source on the origins and great luminaries of Qigong, Tai Chi, and Chinese healing exercises. As the world's appetite for stress mastery, wellness, and complementary medicine grows and the fields of health promotion and personal empowerment explode, there is a need for accurate reflection on the origins of China's ancient power tools for well-being, healing, and longevity. Based on sound scholarship and accessible to a wide audience, this book fulfills that need.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal615.8/36
SynopsisDaoyin, the traditional Chinese practice of guiding the qi and stretching the body is the forerunner of Qigong, the modern form of exercise that has swept through China and is making increasing inroads in the West. Like other Asian body practices, Daoyin focuses on the body as the main vehicle of attainment; sees health and spiritual transformation as one continuum leading to perfection or self-realization; and works intensely and consciously with the breath and with the conscious guiding of internal energies. This book explores the different forms of Daoyin in historical sequence, beginning with the early medical manuscripts of the Han dynasty, then moving into its religious adaptation in Highest Clarity Daoism. After examining the medieval Daoyin Scripture and ways of integrating the practice into Tang Daoist immortality, the work outlines late imperial forms and describes the transformation of the practice in the modern world. Presenting a rich crop of specific exercises together with historical context and comparative insights, Chinese Healing Exercises is valuable for both specialists and general readers. It provides historical depth and opens concrete details of an important but as yet little-known health practice.
LC Classification NumberRA781.85.K64 2008
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