The Art of Breathing - Softcover

Nancy Zi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 818056097X ISBN 13: 9788180560972

Publisher: B. Jain Publishing, 2002

According to the ancient Chinese discipline of chi kung (pronounced chee gung), the body's energy is released by the air breathed into it. Zi, a classically trained American singer raised in China, has adapted that idea in an intriguing method she calls chi yi. (Chi means breath, breathing or air.) Her premise is that controlled breathing can create new sources of life-enhancing energy. In six concise, uncomplicated lessons she shows how to tap into that energy through a range of exercises (accompanied by line drawings), imagery and situational applications. Her techniques for using the body's inner dynamics (the Chinese "core") will be especially valuable in relieving stress, building stamina and engaging in sports.

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From the Publisher:

Nicely detailed and beautifully demonstrated. the technical quality of the video is consistently high. This book/tape set is highly recommended.

From the Author:

Breath is life! Breathing is our most important act because we do it every moment of our lives, some 20,000 times each day. We are born breathing correctly but many people have become shallow breathers. Because of my bicultural upbringing, I have been able to combine age-old inwardly oriented Eastern disciplines with outward results-oriented Western techniques into an easy-to- learn system of abdominal deep breathing where most anyone can achieve better health, vitality, and performance.

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