This comprehensive volume covers the key practices of medical healing, breathing, diets, exercises, sexual practices, qigong, and taiji quan. Each presentation places the practice in its historical and cultural context and relates its current application and efficaciousness. Ultimately
aiming to energetically transform the person into a spiritual and transcendent being, Daoist cultivation techniques have proven beneficial for health time and again and can make an important contribution in the world today. The book provides a deeper understanding of the practices in their cultural and historical contexts, bridging the gap between healing and religion
- ISBN13 9781365524219
- Publish Date 5 June 2017 (first published 1 December 2011)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English