Tzu Kuo Shih

Broschiertes Buch

Qi Gong Therapy

The Chinese Art of Healing with Energy

Beschreibung

Written for therapists and healers as well as the lay enthusiast, this practical guide explicitly presents essential qi gong methods and styles of practice, and provides an informed overview of the energetic principles on which this therapy is based. Photographs; drawings; notes.

Autor

Born in 1929 in Shanghai, Grand Master Shih represents the fifth generation of Chinese medicine doctors and qigong masters in his family lineage. He began his study of qigong at the age of eleven when he contracted malaria during the World War II Japanese bombing of Shanghai. At that time, his grand-father taught him a special qigong technique that cured his life threatening illness. When he was 19, he developed tuberculosis due to harsh living conditions and deprivation following the war. Doctors did not expect him to live so they sent him home from school to be with his family. For three months, Doctor Shih continuously practiced qigong exercises for his lungs and the microcosmic orbit meditation as he was unable to do anything else. He soon recovered completely. Doctor Shih continued his qigong studies during his youth under the tutelage of famous Taoist and Buddhist masters. He also learned Chinese medicine and acupuncture through apprenticeship with his father's brother, a well-kn

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Station Hill Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 178mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9780882681382
• ISBN-10: 0882681389
• Artikelnr.: 22240216