Download or read book 5 Minute Chi Boost written by Sifu William Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When thinking about acupressure, most of us think about complicated procedures and never try using it. If they ever try, most people give up quickly. However, acupressure (the ancient art of healing by the simple use of hands and fingers) as described in this book is a well-proven self-healing process that anyone can quickly learn. The author (Master of the traditional Chinese art of Chi Kung, Sifu William Lee) reveals simple techniques that you can easily apply, so that you can enjoy an immense energy boost that you (most probably) need! Quickly get relief from headaches, lack of energy, colds, the flu, insomnia, inability to concentrate, chronic pains, and many other common health disorders. This 5-Minute Chi Boost method is all about providing maximum results in the simplest possible way. Using photos and detailed descriptions, this book explains all that one needs in order to know about why and how to apply the ancient Chinese art of Chi Kung, without the aid of anything else. This simple yet powerful method helps people get more energy, heal faster, stay healthy, and feel great.

Download or read book Everyday Chi Kung with Master Lam written by Master Lam Kam-Chuen and published by HarperThorsons. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of Chi Kung builds physical and internal stamina, strengthens the immune system, banishes stress, and speed recovery frjom illness, injury and surgery. The book makes thes benefits of Chi Kung available to anybody with 15 minutes to spare at work or home.

Download or read book Qigong and the Tai Chi Axis written by Mimi Kuo-Deemer and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reduce stress, release pain, and create bodily harmony with this introduction to qigong and tai chi. Includes practical information, insights, and widely practiced sequences and forms that lead to improved health.

Download or read book Qigong Meridian Self Massage written by William Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy to Learn, Complete Program (book + video) for Improved Health, Pain Annihilation, and Swift Healing For those interested in Traditional Chinese Medicine, relaxation techniques, and Chi (Qi) healing methods - don't pass up the chance to get the chi flowing and enjoying in long list of health benefits. Through 99 photos, easy to follow guidelines and a 30 min long video, Sifu William Lee explains how very simple self-massage methods can maximize your energy and reduce symptoms of ill health - from arthritis to allergies, back pain to weight loss. These methods are practical and effective, not theoretical - work through them at your own pace, depending on the level of effect that you need. From your eyelids to the bottom of your feet, self-massaging those important meridian points can release your stress and allow you to live fully and drink deeply of life and its natural healing power. THIS IS PROBABLY MOST COMPLETE AND FASTEST TO LEARN QIGONG MERIDIAN SELF MASSAGE GUIDE - CHECK YOURSELF WHY

Download or read book 7 Minutes of Magic written by Lee Holden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quick fitness routine, designed to help practitioners to jump-start a day and relax better at night, draws on three Eastern fitness disciplines as well as Western exercise techniques to outline a seven-minute workout for weekdays, in a guide that is complemented by longer weekend exercise recommendations.

Download or read book Healing Chi Meditation written by Sifu William Lee and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-04 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide covers all one needs in order to master Chi Meditation. From the basics of Chi flow and abdominal breathing techniques, to Dan Tian centering, to the 'Beauty of 8 Moons', to the Little Universe Micro Cycle. Those familiar with William Lee's other guides (5-Minute Chi Boost, 5-Minute Stress Management, Total Chi Fitness) know that theory will be turned to practicality, and that every reader's philosophy and walk of life is welcome. Also, the simple style makes it easy for new and experienced practitioners to engage in the exercises, whether or not you understand the meaning and placement of the Du Meridian and Ren Meridian. Lee explains the importance of preparation (cleanliness, environment, mental calming, and stretching), so that each Chi meditation session can become a building block for the success of the next session. Free Total Chi Fitness video is provided as well. If you are experiencing a chronic lack of energy, or a need to boost your health or work performance, it may be time for Healing Chi Meditation.

Download or read book The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi written by Peter M. Wayne, PhD and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A longtime teacher and Harvard researcher presents the latest science on the benefits of T’ai Chi as well as a practical daily program for practitioners of all ages Conventional medical science on the Chinese art of T’ai Chi now shows what T’ai Chi masters have known for centuries: regular practice leads to more vigor and flexibility, better balance and mobility, and a sense of well-being. Cutting-edge research from Harvard Medical School also supports the long-standing claims that T’ai Chi also has a beneficial impact on the health of the heart, bones, nerves and muscles, immune system, and the mind. This research provides fascinating insight into the underlying physiological mechanisms that explain how T’ai Chi actually works. Dr. Peter M. Wayne, a longtime T’ai Chi teacher and a researcher at Harvard Medical School, developed and tested protocols similar to the simplified program he includes in this book, which is suited to people of all ages, and can be done in just a few minutes a day. This book includes: • The basic program, illustrated by more than 50 photographs • Practical tips for integrating T’ai Chi into everyday activities • An introduction to the traditional principles of T’ai Chi • Up-to-date summaries of the research on the health benefits of T’ai Chi • How T’ai Chi can enhance work productivity, creativity, and sports performance • And much more

Download or read book Chi Boost How to Revive Life Energy and Heal Yourself Fast written by John McLaughlin and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chi Boost - How to Revive Life Energy and Heal Yourself Fast Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art that dates back several centuries. It has movements which are similar to other forms of martial arts, but the movements are done slowly and rhythmically, with a control over breathing. The art of Tai Chi is used to focus one's energy, bringing relief of stress for the mind, body and spirit. It can also be considered as another form of meditation. This eBook will provide an insight into tai chi. 5 reasons why you must buy this ebook is: 1.To learn what tai chi is 2.To know its benefits 3.To leant how to boost your Chi naturally 4. To know what foods will boost your Chi 5. To learn how to boost your immunity and revive your life energy with tai chi

Download or read book Pocket Tai Chi for Beginners written by Tri Thong Dang and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pocket Tai Chi for Beginners is the perfect introduction to this popular exercise discipline--now in a handy, inexpensive format! This book presents the "Simplified Tai Chi" method created by China's Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports. Unlike traditional Tai Chi, which has over 80 complicated movement sequences or forms, Simplified Tai Chi has 24 short and easy-to-remember movement forms which provide all the health benefits but are far easier for ordinary people to learn and practice on a daily basis. This book provides everything you need--step-by-step instructions and over 160 clear and simple illustrations. Tai Chi is the fastest-growing martial art in the world today--due to its physical, mental and spiritual benefits--combining low-impact exercise, self-healing, meditation and a philosophy of life all in one. Benefits of Tai Chi include: Reducing falls by improving flexibility and balance Relieving joint pain Reducing stress and anxiety Lower blood pressure Strengthened core, legs and upper body Master Tri Thong Dang is one of America's most respected Tai Chi instructors who has trained many thousands of practitioners. His easy-to-follow method highlights the spiritual essence of Tai Chi and at the same time its graceful simplicity.

Download or read book Your Hands Can Heal You written by Master Stephen Co and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if one of the most effective tools you have to restore your health is not surgery or medications, but your own hands? Incredibly, your hands can heal you -- with the "energy medicine" of Pranic Healing. A powerful system that is rapidly increasing in popularity, Pranic Healing works with your own natural, vital energy -- which is also called prana -- to accelerate your body's innate self-healing ability. Amazingly easy to learn and apply, Pranic Healing uses a series of powerful but simple methods to generate energy, including non-touch hand movements; energetic hygiene, the practice of keeping your personal energy tank clean and full; breathing; and brief meditations. Using these unique techniques, you can identify, clear, and purify unhealthy, imbalanced energy and replace it with fresh energy that helps your body heal itself from a wide range of physical, psychological, and emotional symptoms and disorders. A self-healing guide for 24 ailments, including physical and sports injuries, chronic arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia, hypertension, headaches, backaches, congestion and colds, menstrual cramps, even depression and stress-related disorders, is included. With step-by-step instructions, line drawings, and numerous real-life medical stories, Your Hands Can Heal You demonstrates and explains a revolutionary program that anyone can use to harness the energy of body, mind, and breath to produce health and facilitate repair. Personally trained by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, who developed Pranic Healing, the authors, Master Co and Dr. Robins, provide the same detailed guidance in Your Hands Can Heal You as in the popular Pranic Healing workshops. Additionally, they present, for the first time in any book, the Grandmaster's special modifications to the breathing practices that can dramatically increase your power and energy and rejuvenate and balance your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual body. This exciting new mind-body heath reference proves that you can heal yourself -- with your own two hands.

Download or read book What Is Chi written by Judith Smallwood and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explanation of Chi with 149 art pieces (pictures, charts, illustrations and photos). It is 308 pages; written by Master Gaofei Yan and Jude Brady Smallwood, Tai Chi Instructor for 30+ years. The Book, and e-book soe sale soon was copywritten in 1999 and being published in 2013.

Download or read book Wu Qin Xi written by Chinese Health Qigong Association and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wu Qin Xi: Five-Animal Qigong Exercises is an accessible guide to a particular qigong exercise that imitates the movements of animals and birds. Each routine is described step-by-step, and is illustrated with photographs and key points. The authors also point out common mistakes and offer advice on how to correct these.

Download or read book Waking the Qi written by John Munro and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Qi is the energy of life. Where qi flows there is health, vitality, strength, and wellbeing. Unfortunately, for various reasons this 'qi' can become inactive in people, like going to sleep. This can be due to stress, injury, ill health, long periods of inactivity and other factors. When this happens, the energy withdraws to the centre and it is much harder to identify and feel its flow. Weakness, sickness, injury, general illness, and low energy results. Waking the Qi presents a series of twenty qigong exercises designed to activate your life force energy and get it flowing through your body again. When the qi is flowing, not only are you healthier, stronger and feel better, but you can also actually feel your living energy more easily. This makes it easier for you to get the benefits fromTaiji (Tai Chi), Qigong, and other energy arts you may practice, as when you can actually feel your energy you are more able to assess whether your practice is achieving its intended results, and make changes as necessary. In Waking the Qi, the role of the Mind, Body, and Breath is explained for each exercise so that students can gain a practical understanding of what they are doing and how it works. The practices in this book are particularly useful for anyone who has become weak and debilitated from prolonged illness, has a stiff or sore back and neck, weak legs, suffers from stress and anxiety, wants a stronger immune system, better digestion, improved circulation, easier breathing, or simply to have more energy. Whatever your circumstances waking your qi is sure to enhance your health, vitality, and awarenes of your own energy.

Download or read book The Burst Workout written by Sean Foy M.A. and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here from Sean Foy—exercise physiologist and coauthor of the million-copy bestseller The Daniel Plan—is The Burst! Workout, a complete program for 10-minute interval and circuit workouts that can be done practically anywhere, anytime. Study after study proves the effectiveness of high-intensity interval training. Now, here’s exactly how to do it: four minutes to raise the heart rate and metabolism; three minutes of resistance training to strengthen muscles and bones; two minutes of core movements for the abs and back; one minute of deep breathing and stretching (a vital component missing from other popular highintensity circuit programs). The book features three four-week programs: Level 1, with no equipment required, perfect for the office (and fighting the “sitting disease”); Level 2, with minimal equipment; and Level 3, which brings interval training to the gym. The simple, scientifically devised exercises are illustrated with step-by-step photographs and are easy to master. The results are astonishing: The workouts boost metabolic rate, promote weight loss, target all the major muscle groups, increase cardiovascular endurance, have a positive effect on cholesterol levels and blood pressure, and deliver a sense of well-being. All in just a few minutes a day.

Download or read book Behave written by Robert M. Sapolsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • One of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year “It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read.” —David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal "It has my vote for science book of the year.” —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "Immensely readable, often hilarious...Hands-down one of the best books I’ve read in years. I loved it." —Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post From the bestselling author of A Primate's Memoir and the forthcoming Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will comes a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Behave is one of the most dazzling tours d’horizon of the science of human behavior ever attempted. Moving across a range of disciplines, Sapolsky—a neuroscientist and primatologist—uncovers the hidden story of our actions. Undertaking some of our thorniest questions relating to tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, and war and peace, Behave is a towering achievement—a majestic synthesis of cutting-edge research and a heroic exploration of why we ultimately do the things we do . . . for good and for ill.

Download or read book Qigong Self Massage and Chi Washing written by Al J. Simon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give yourself a quick "energy boost" with this beginner's guide to "chi manipulation" ... --- A three-time Hall-of-Fame Tai Chi and Qigong Master divulges his easiest and fastest "Chi life energy" techniques to give you a quick boost to improve your health, relieve stress, and feel great. * NO difficult exercises ... * NO long practice sessions ... * NO moves to memorize ... * NO fluff or filler ... * NO experience needed ... These quick-and-easy Chi manipulation, acupressure, and "emitted Chi" practices can be done while watching TV, reading a book, or sitting at your computer! --- The term Qigong (also spelled "chi kung" and pronounced "chee gung") literally means "energy practice." It refers to a family of practices for health, fitness, energy development, and stress relief. Originally from China, but now practiced the world over, more than 80 million people practice Qigong daily to keep themselves fit, healthy, stress-free, and full of energy. Most Qigong practices take time to learn and practice before you can really see and feel all of these amazing benefits. But what if you could learn a few simple Qigong techniques in just a few minutes that will give you a quick health, stress relief, and energy boost? What if I told you that you can practice these techniques while you are watching TV, reading a book, or even sitting at your computer? If you have even just one minute during the day when your hands are free, then you can learn a few simple techniques to give yourself a quick Chi boost to help you look and feel your best! --- In this book, you'll discover: * Why Qigong ("chi life energy" practice) is called "the world's most popular exercise" (page 2) * The "catch" that makes Qigong difficult to learn, and what you can do about it (page 2) * How to make Qigong fit our busy schedules, when we don't even have time for exercise (page 3) * The type of Qigong that can be learned in just a few minutes - and practiced even more quickly (page 4) * Qigong styles that can be done anytime, anywhere - standing, sitting, or lying down (page 5) * The chi exercises that help Qigong and Tai Chi students get more chi flow from their practice, but are completely "beginner friendly" (page 6) * Why these exercises are a great place to start your exploration of Qigong (page 7) * The benefits of Qigong, reported by doctors, hospitals, research students, and students around the world (page 9) * Confused about "chi" - here's a non-mystical, no-nonsense approach to life energy (page 11) * What is the difference between "active" and "passive" qigong, and how "chi manipulation" splits the difference (page 12) * Two ways you can manipulate chi using your hands (page 15) * The easiest method of chi manipulation (page 16) * How to stimulate your chi system's "access points" (page 17) * How to use your hands to affect the "chi field" that surrounds you (page 19) * Your chi field protects you against pathogens, daily stress, and negative emotions from others (page 20) * Where your body's main "energy reservoir" is located (page 21) * Seven special access points to energy pathways that are located in just one body part (page 25) * While reflexology uses the feet, Qigong uses a different part of the body as "microcosm" (page 33) * Four simple chi massages you can use to benefit all the organs of the body (page 35) * Working with internal organs - four simple Qigong "torso massages" (page 39) * Acupressure and massage to keep your feet healthy, toned, and relaxed (page 45) * Using your hands to emit chi and manipulate your chi field (page 51) * A simple exercise to feel chi emissions from your palms (page 53) * The scientifically measurable component of chi emission (page 56) * The technique for sensing and strengthening your natural "energy shield" (page 659) * Giving yourself a "chi wash" and how to make it work more quickly (page 61)

Download or read book Presentation Zen written by Garr Reynolds and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.