Simple Fitness Exercises: Traditional Chinese Movements for Health & Rejuvenation - Softcover

Miao, Jiawen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1567184952 ISBN 13: 9781567184952

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

Learn how to reach the highest level of physical fitness you can achieve, in just five minutes a day with Simple Fitness Exercises by Jiawen Miao.

Simple Fitness Exercises is a set of movements easier to learn than Tai Chi and Qigong, and just as effective for improving your health as aerobics and yoga. The author, Jiawen Miao, has practiced Kung Fu, Qigong, and Chinese fitness exercises since he was a teenager. He studied at the famous Ermei School of Martial Arts in China for four years and has taught Tai Chi Chuan and fitness exercises throughout the United States. In Simple Fitness Exercises he presents techniques where you don't need a teacher, great physical strength, or even much flexibility.

All of the exercise combinations emphasize the importance of circulating chi, the life-force linked to the breath that plays a vital role in Tai Chi and in East Asian martial arts. A series of photographs illustrates each set of exercises. The techniques consist of dynamic standing and even sitting poses that use slow transitional movements from one posture to another.

·Learn exercises that are easy to remember and simple to perform, yet carry significant health benefits
·Rehabilitate from injuries, rejuvenate the body, gain flexibility, and restore movement
·Activate the power of chi without extensive training or a high level of physical fitness
·Reach a state of harmony between the spiritual mind and physical body
·Energize, straighten your posture, stimulate the internal organs, strengthen muscles, and improve circulation

Whether you're nine or ninety, these simple exercises are the perfect workout for your body and mind. Get Simple Fitness Exercises today.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Here is a set of exercises that is easier to learn than Tai Chi and Qigong, and is just as effective for improving your health as aerobics and Yoga. What's more, you don't need a teacher, great physical strength, or much flexibility- just five minutes a day and a focused mind.

All of the exercise combinations emphasize the importance of circulating chi, the life-force linked to the breath that plays a vital role in Tai Chi and in East Asian martial arts. A series of photographs illustrates each set of exercises, which consist of dynamic sitting and standing poses that require slow transitional movements from one posture to another.

Whether you're nine or ninety, these simple exercises are the perfect workout for your body and your mind!

About the Author

Since he was a teenager, Jiawen Miao has practiced Kung Fu and Chinese fitness exercises. For four years, he studied the famous Ermei school of martial arts in China. He has taught Tai Chi Chuan and fitness exercises around the United States.

Edition details

• Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1567184952
• ISBN 13: 9781567184952
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 111