VHS: Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health

"...thousands of illnesses vanish into dust."

In the new edition of this best-selling video, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming demonstrates "The Eight Pieces of Brocade", one of the most popular sets of Chinese healing exercises. These gentle breathing, stretching and strengthening movements activate the Qi energy and blood circulation in your body, helping to stimulate your immune system, strengthen your internal organs, and give you abundant energy. With both a sitting and standing set, anyone can practice these simple and effective exercises in as little as 20 minutes a day. Known in Chinese as the Ba Duan Jin, the Eight Pieces of Brocade has been practiced for over 1,000 years.

Also included are the 'secret words'-poems and songs that have been used to pass this knowledge down from generation to generation, which contain the key to each of these ancient medical qigong movements.

• Two complete sets of exercises
• Time-tested, traditional Chinese healing art
• Modern scientific explanation of healing principles
• Narrated in English, with original Chinese poetry narrated by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, Ph.D.

AUTHOR(S)

Yang, Jwing-Ming Ph.D., is a renowned author and teacher of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. Born in Taiwan, he has trained and taught Taijiquan, Qigong and Chinese martial arts for over forty-five years. He is the author of over thirty books, and was elected by Inside Kung Fu magazine as one of the 10 people who has "made the greatest impact on martial arts in the past 100 years." Dr. Yang lives in Newton, Massachusetts.