Tai chi ball qigong training is an important component of proper tai chi chuan practice Once kept secret in martial arts societies, Tai Chi Ball training has the potential to help develop internal strength, whole body connections, yielding and neutralizing skills, and promotes abundant qi flow. For decades, this training was widely unknown. Dr. Yang has taken the original 24 patterns and extended them to 48 patterns in order to expand the health benefits and to target the needs of martial artist...
DISCOVER THE MARTIAL ESSENCE OF TAI CHI CHUAN Here's your chance to take the next step in your tai chi journey. Martial applications found within tai chi chuan are a direct link to your tai chi as a form of self-defense. When you study the martial side of tai chi, you can become proficient in a variety of high-level skills, including sensing, neutralizing, yielding, striking, chin na, and even throwing. If you know a tai chi form, you are going to discover the essence of your movements by becom...
Welcome to the mat. We’re glad you’re here. Yoga has proven benefits for strength, flexibility, mental health and even sex drive. And yoga is for everyone, and for every body. You can do yoga if you’re inflexible. You can do yoga if you love the gym – or if you hate it. You can do yoga if you run, cycle, or if your only hobby is box sets. Yoga will help you if you suffer from low self-esteem, stress, depression or anxiety. The Power of Yoga for Men offers: - complete guidance through 40+ key...
Improve physical performance and overall health with these simple 15-minute stretches. Do you need quick yet effective stretches for a leaner, more flexible, stronger you? Then you’ll love these four 15-minute workout plans for beginners. This exercise book is filled with easy workouts to improve posture, strengthen muscles and help with injury recovery — and it includes sciatic stretches! Here’s what you’ll find inside: • Four illustrated step-by-step sequences: morning stretches, postu...
Yoga is a restorative, mindful and gentle practice that can strengthen your body while helping you centre yourself in the moment.Use yoga to relax, improve your flexibility, focus your mind and connect with your spiritual side just by gently easing your body into poses that boost your physical and mental wellbeing. With 50 poses to choose from and guidance on how to select the poses that suit your needs and how to move between them smoothly, the Little Book of Yoga teaches you how to wake up fee...
You're sitting like a prawn right now, aren't you?It's time to trade your screens for stretches and desks for deep squats in this guide to achieving a happier, healthier body. Mobility training is your secret weapon to improving flexibility, strength, stamina, and posture - for life. Whether you're new to exercise or total gym buff, these quick and easy exercises will change your game. The Mobility Method is your ultimate guide to breaking free from stiffness and pain. Whether you want to tackl...
Since ancient times Tai Chi Chuan has been practiced as a holistic mind/body fitness system, bringing immense benefits for practitioners in health, longevity, relaxation, and concentration. But Tai Chi Chuan was also practiced as an effective and deadly martial art. Because of this, the ancient masters rarely disclosed their secrets, guarding them as closely as they would military secrets. They preserved their profound insights in obscure\ songs, poems, and classics, revealing only to those the...
Anatomy and 100 Essential Stretching Exercises
by Guillermo Seijas Albir
"Anyone who wants to improve his or her overall flexibility, feel great, and look great too will want this comprehensive guide. It features over 100 stretching exercises to help you improve your range of motion, decrease discomfort, and prevent sporting or other injuries. Easy-to-understand exercises are clearly illustrated and contain precise instructions, making them simple to follow."--provided by publisher.
Whatever your running goals, reach them and beat them with coaching advice from Olympic marathon gold medallist, Frank Shorter. Frank's common-sense approach to coaching gives you all the tools you need to train effectively and safely. Running for Peak Performance's eight training programmes cater to every ambition and experience level: first-timers aiming to get fit, charity fun-runners with an upcoming 5km race, and even experienced runners ready to tackle their first marathon. With a new pro...
In this book, Dr. Kuhn effectively explains and demonstrates how Therapeutic Qigong is a valuable and important adjunct to good health care. Her helpful directions and clear illustrations demonstrate this simple yet powerful Qigong routine that anyone can use to improve and then maintain their health. Therapeutic Qigong is a form of medical Qigong that was created in the early 1970's, by Dr. Zhuang Yuanmin and other expert Chinese Medical Doctors at the University of Sports Medicine in Shanghai...
Winner - 2009 Eric Hoffer AwardFinalist - 2009 IP'S Highlighted Title AwardFinalist - 2008 Book of the Year Award by ForeWord MagazineFinalist - 2008 USA Best Book Award Tai Chi Dynamics is intended for intermediate and advanced tai chi students.The author Robert Chuckrow, PhD, is a tai chi practitioner of more than forty years and holds a Ph.D. in experimental physics. He applies logic and basic scientific principles* Anatomy* Physiology* Physics In order to create a deeper understand of * Musc...
Gold Winner - 2011 IP's Living Now AwardsGold Winner - 2011 eLit AwardFinalist - 2011 Eric Hoffer AwardFinalist - 2011 USA Best Book Award Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) is a slow and relaxed moving meditation. It is also a sophisticated martial arts system. Through practicing Taijiquan, you are able to calm down the mind, locate your spiritual center, and consequently find your entire being. From the relaxed moving exercise, you can bring your physical body into an ultimate level of relaxation and n...