Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body: Chi Gung for Lifelong Health (Tao of Energy Enhancement)
by Bruce Frantzis
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Author: Bruce FrantzisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-12-23
ISBN: 1583941460
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
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Book Review: Pure Gold
Summary: 5 Stars
This beautiful book is pure gold! Using very clear language with precise details, Bruce Frantzis takes you from an overview of the field of Chinese energy arts to a step by step series of exercises designed to help you feel your energy at progressively more subtle levels and improve the flow of energy through your body.
One of my favorite chapters is about how to drop your energy, to lower the center of
your energy focus. For me this meant especially sinking energy from my head neck and shoulders so it falls into my belly and down into my feet and through my feet into the earth. This practice has improved my ability to focus in general, to be calm, and also - along with the work on body alignments - relieved pain in my knees and feet.
I have now worked with Bruce Frantzis and students of his, and I find this book is a very faithful representation and recording of how a personal teacher instructs, including warnings about working too fast or pushing too far, and how to tell when you are doing the practice correctly. This work is in a way quite simple, but profound. And it works! I use the book as a reference all the time now that I study Chi Gung regularly.
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Summary of Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body: Chi Gung for Lifelong Health (Tao of Energy Enhancement)
Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body introduces the key concepts of chi gung in a manner both accessible and understandable to Westerners. With fascinating insights gained from years of training in Asia as a warrior, healer, and priest, Bruce Frantzis demystifies the concept of "chi," the body's vital energy life force, and shows why this 3000-year-old system of self-healing works. The book provides a set of enjoyable, low impact exercises that readers can learn on their own, including standing chi gung, a core exercise that effectively boosts performance for martial artists, athletes, business people, and others. Body alignments and Taoist breathing, fundamentals that are the foundation of all Taoist energy practices, are also taught, with special alignments that benefit those who must sit for long periods of time. The book also reveals how chi gung can enhance other forms of exercise, from yoga and Pilates to golf and basketball.Tai Chi & Qi Gong Books
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