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A truly remarkable story of Zen medicine and how you can bring its
practices into your own life. Author Shi Zxinggui began studying
Zen medicine-a combination of meditation, gentle physical activity
and medicine-as a child under the tutelage of the Shaolin Temple's
Master Dechan. She carried it with her, eventually going on to
lecture on the subject in both China and abroad for several
decades. When she was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer,
Zxinggui returned to the Shaolin Temple, hoping the Zen medicine
she'd spent so long teaching others about would help her. After
careful nursing and appropriate mind and body exercises, her cancer
went into remission. Since her own cancer battle, Zxinggui has
helped many other cancer patients, devoting her life to this work.
This book, which draws on the author's 20 years as a cancer
fighter, 50 years as a doctor and life-long wisdom as a Zen
practitioner, provides insight into how readers can implement these
strategies, which emphasize daily health care and cultivation of
the body and soul, into their own lives-not only to help with
physical diseases, but also to ease mental anxieties and inspire
others to live a clean, healthy life. Ailments addressed in the
book are varied, and include: IBS Lumbar disc herniation Back and
leg soreness High blood pressure Asthma And many others
Authentic qi gong as practiced in the Shaolin Temple where this
discipline originated centuries ago
- Reveals the fundamental spiritual principles and includes both a
short and long form of the daily exercises
- Explains the benefits of mastering energy in the body, such as
organ strengthening
- Includes a 53-minute DVD of exercises performed by the author, a
Shaolin monk
The great teacher Bodhidharma is credited with the creation of
Shaolin Temple qi gong and kung fu in the 6th century CE. Motivated
by the terrible physical condition of the monks who spent all their
time meditating or copying scrolls, his two-part system promoted
physical as well as spiritual fitness and became the basis for all
the martial and meditative arts taught in the Shaolin Temple. These
ancient practices increase physical health and vitality, enhance
creativity, and can be practiced well into old age.
Author Shi Xinggui, a Shaolin monk, explains the fundamental
principle of qi gong--the art of mastering energy (qi) and moving
it through the body--and provides clear demonstrations of all the
positions and movements. In order to develop qi attentively, it is
necessary to cultivate the art of slowness in both movement and
breathwork. Shi Xinggui provides both a short form and a long form
of the daily exercises, with lessons on heart centering, organ
strengthening, and balancing the energy using the three
dantians--the three energy centers of the body. A 53-minute DVD of
the exercises performed by the author is also included.
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