Health & Fitness

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 becoming aware of their martial applications.
  
• If you are practicing tai chi pushing hands, you will greatly improve your skills with this understanding of martial applications.
  
• If you are ready, you are going to love the amazing tai chi fighting set. This fully choreographed set (requires a partner) will combine all your tai chi skills into one 5-minute routine.
  

This book includes :

• Martial applications for the Yang-style long form
• Martial applications for Yang-style tai chi pushing hands
• The complete Yang-style tai chi fighting set

For any style of tai chi chuan, this book will be important for practitioners who wish to develop a deeper understanding and advanced skills.

• Learn how to analyze the forms and defense applications in your tai chi, gaining higher-level knowledge of your style.
• Discover the martial applications of Yang style. These insights will give you greater understanding of your own art.
• Find inspiration. Master Yang's writing will inspire you to investigate the martial applications of your tai chi style.

This edition includes an easy-to-follow layout. Each technique is presented in four to six large photographs with detailed instructions on how to perform the movements. Motion arrows are used on the photographs to help you execute the movements correctly.

The Tao of Bioenergetics is the first comprehensive study of the use of Energetics as a scientific model (paradigm) in both western and eastern thought.

This book traces the history and uses of Qi (Chi), the bioenergy of China, from the I-Ching through physics, astrology, Feng Shui and alchemy.

The author demonstrates how the findings of the ancient Chinese Qigong masters were paralleled and confirmed in the early works of Hippocrates, Parclsus and Mesmer. He then shows the confirmation of Qigong theory in the modern clinical and experimental discoveries of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Wilhelm Reich and Alexander Lowen. Also included are extensive excerpts from the published works of notable eastern scholars such as Yang, Ni, and Lu.

Special attention is given to the experiments of Wilhelm Reich to show the objectivity of the energy paradigm, and his experiments are quoted at length as scientific confirmation of eastern Qigong.

Finally, a synthesis is suggested and conclusions drawn for the future use of the broader energy paradigm in global science and human development.

Massage is one of the essential foundations of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Tui Na, literally "Push Grab" has been practiced by Chinese martial artists, Qigong practitioners and healers for thousands of years. Specializing in injury repair and curing illness, Tui Na massage can also maintain your health by adjusting your Qi in order to flow smoothly. It will increase your Qi and blood circulation in particular areas or throughout your entire body, removing blockages and stagnations caused by injuries, exercise and/or aging. Tui Na massage is also a wonderful way to relieve stress and recover from a hard day on the job or a tough workout.

Chinese Tui Na Massage is systematic, concise, practical and easy to read. Originally published in China, this re-edited edition (the 4th book in our Practical TCM series) provides both theory and practical techniques.

• Prevent illness by improving Qi and blood flow.
• Recover quickly from fatigue, aches, and soreness.
• Repair injuries, relieve stress and physical tension.
• Ideal for professional therapists, martial artists and anyone with an active lifestyle.

A SIMPLE LYING DOWN EXERCISE ROUTINE FOR EVERYONE

Each morning before getting out of bed, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming practices a series of gentle stretching movements designed to improve energy, and rejuvinate the body. Based on decades of experience, these Meridian Qigong Exercises are his special daily exercise routine.

Follow along and learn how a unique combination of simple yoga stretches, qigong movements, and acupressure techniques can relieve energy stagnation and rejuvenate your entire body.

All the exercises can be performed lying down or sitting, if preferred. Meridian qigong will quickly improve your general health, by reducing stress, boosting your immune system, and preventing many range of motion injuries. With regular practice you will notice your entire body feels loose and comfortable. You will react to stress with a greater sense of calm, and your circulation will increase.

With this book you will:

• Understand the link between yoga and qigong
• Learn basic acupressure with traditional tui na (pushing and grabbing) and dian xue (cavity pressing) techniques
• Supplement your qigong practice with yoga stretches
• Know which acupoints and meridians to stimulate
• Relieve many common ailments, including insomnia

“In this book, I have compiled this qigong practice from my more than fifty years of practicing and teaching experience,” Dr. Yang writes. “I sincerely hope that Meridian Qigong Exercises are able to inspire you and make your life healthier.”

Dr. Yang is among the world’s most respected instructors of martial arts, tai chi, and qigong. Meridian Qigong Exercises is a profound addition to his incredible body of work.

Combines the best that Eastern and Western medicine can offer in the understanding, treatment, and prevention of heart disease and hypertension.

Over a decade has passed since Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.) and Energy Medicine (Donna Eden) seminal books shed light on taking more control of person health through lifestyle changes. Now, Drs. Kurosu and Kuhn offer a step-by-step guide to optimal heart health and care. True Wellness for Your Heart combines the best that Eastern and Western medicine have to offer in the understanding, treatment, and prevention of heart disease and hypertension. By blending modern research with ancient practices, this book will help readers along their journey toward better cardiovascular health and overall well-being.

The authors have helped thousands of people through the use of surgery, pharmaceuticals, acupuncture, herbs, qigong, tai chi, meditation, and life-style counseling. They explain how Western medicine has substantiated a long-held understanding of the heart held by Eastern medicine – that heart health is significantly impacted by sleep, emotions, movement, food, and social support. The authors discuss how sleep, exercise, nutritious food, stress management, acupuncture, and qigong favorably impact the cardiovascular system. These modalities restore balance in the nerves, hormones, and neurotransmitters that influence the heart and blood vessels.

• Drs. Kuhn and Kurosu strongly recommend a collaborative approach, encouraging readers to engage with their Western healthcare providers so that serious conditions can be addressed safely.
• The authors share ideas about how the reader can create a multidisciplinary care team, involving practitioners of both Eastern and Western healing systems.
• The science behind meditation, acupuncture, and qigong are explained.
• Readers are offered recommendations of proven Eastern and Western therapeutic interventions that will calm the mind, decrease stress, improve sleep and nutrition, and strengthen the heart.
• True Wellness for Your Heart includes a step-by-step guide and qigong exercises designed to promote overall cardiovascular health.

The authors recognize that cardiovascular disease is complex and requires a multifaceted approach for successful treatment. By blending the ancient wisdom of Eastern Medicine with cutting-edge Western discoveries, True Wellness for Your Heart will help readers achieve optimal heart health, whether through prevention or treatment of this condition.

Chin Na is the art of seizing and controlling, it is a major element of all Chinese martial arts including Tai Chi Chuan.

Today, most people practice Tai Chi Chuan to maintain health or cure sickness. For the last fifty years the martial aspects of Tai Chi Chuan have been ignored, and the art is now incomplete. Most practitioners no longer understand the martial applications of Tai Chi Chuan, or even that it is a martial art. For example, the concept and training methods of Tai Chi Jin (or Tai Chi martial power), and how to apply internal Qi in the martial arts have become an unfamiliar subject in Tai Chi societies today. As a result, actual martial applications of Jin and Qi, such as Chin Na or Cavity Strikes, are currently not popularly known or studied.

To preserve Tai Chi's martial aspect, this book presents numerous Tai Chi Chin Na (Qin Na), the art of controlling an opponent through joint locks and cavity strikes.

Tai Chi Chin Na is one of the four main martial training categories of Tai Chi Chuan (the other three categories are striking, kicking, and wrestling/downing the opponent). Of all these four, Chin Na is the most effective, practical, powerful, and easiest to learn. Once you have mastered Tai Chi Chin Na, you will be able to apply the theory and techniques to any other martial style you practice. If you are a Tai Chi beginner, Tai Chi Chin Na could offer you a key to enter the door of martial Tai Chi.

This book provides a solid and practical approach to learning Tai Chi Chin Na accurately and quickly. You will learn specific techniques that flow from each movement, the proper hand forms to use when striking or pressing cavities, and the locations for targeting cavities on the body. Includes 858 photographs with motion arrows!

• General concepts of Chin Na
• Basic Chin Na theory and training
• 51 Chin Na techniques for peng, lu, ji, and an
• 41 Chin Na techniques for cai, lei, zhou, and kao
• 103 Chin Na applications for the 37 primary Tai Chi postures
• 17 Chin Na techniques for Tai Chi Pushing Hands

No matter your age or martial prowess, Tai Chi Chin Na is a necessary and enjoyable way to explore the depths of Tai Chi—a formidable martial art.

"By massaging acupoints on the scalp and face one can treat the entire body. The head is the capital of the human body and is the confluence of all the Yin and Yang Meridians"- from The Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine (Huang Di Nei Jing)

HEALTH AND LONGEVITY BEGIN WITH A SINGLE TOUCH

Did you know that, the internal health of the human body can be influenced and balanced by massaging acupoints, meridians, and trigger zones of the head, neck, and face? In fact, this not only helps to balance the entire body, it also has a significant cosmetic and anti-aging effect!

In this definitive book, Dr. Bin Jiang Wu presents an easy-to-follow head massage program that was developed as a response to computer syndrome and other stress related illnesses that are rapidly increasing in our modern society. In less than thirty minutes, you can relieve stress and tension from your spouse, friend or patient, while promoting smooth skin, healthy organs, and overall peace and tranquility.

This sixty-step sequence is based upon Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and its theory is rooted in the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine (Huang Di Nei Jing). Wu's Head Massage can be performed in its entirety, or you can choose your favorite techniques for quick relief.

• Great for reducing headaches
• Works for shoulder and neck tension
• Reduces facial wrinkles
• Stimulates the 'energy channels' in the entire body
• Improves facial skin complexion
• Provides an instant mental boost, naturally
• And more!

Tai Chi Chuan Martial Power is the next level in Tai Chi Chuan training. 

This book is written especially for those who have learned the Tai Chi form, have begun Pushing Hands, and now want to develop and refine their Tai Chi skills.

Tai Chi Chuan Martial Power focuses on the martial essence of Tai Chi Chuan, an aspect many other books ignore. This book goes in-depth and explores the subject of Jing (internal martial power), general Tai Chi theory, and the application of Chi (Qi) in the Tai Chi form.

Because Jing training is essential to martial art Tai Chi, this work is a valuable reference that no serious practitioner should be without.

Contents include:

• A comprehensive training plan for Jing (power) development.
• Understand the difference between true Jing (internal power) and Li (muscular power).
• Learn how to accumulate Chi and Jing in the Tai Chi postures.
• Discover the essential role your mind plays in Tai Chi and Jing practice.
• Includes a special selection of Tai Chi poems (the place the ancient masters hid their theory), translated and explained with commentary by Dr. Yang.

A must for advanced students.

This edition includes an easy-to-follow layout. Each technique is presented in four to six large photographs with detailed instructions on how to perform the movements. Motion arrows are used on the photographs to help you execute the movements correctly.

Especially designed for learning Tai Chi at home

Tai Chi in 10 Weeks is designed to guide beginning students through the fundamentals of tai chi in only ten weeks. Dr. Aihan Kuhn teaches you an easy to learn twenty-four-step Yang-style tai chi form.

Tai chi is best known as a gentle full body exercise that has been proven effective for reducing stress, calming your mind, and boosting your immune system. No wonder, millions of people around the world practice tai chi for health and wellness.

Dr. Aihan Kuhn is a master instructor of tai chi and qigong. In this book she shares the lessons she’s learned in a lifetime of studying and teaching. She is warm and encouraging, making readers of all ages and backgrounds feel welcome.

This book features:

• A ten-week calendar to guide you through your introduction to tai chi
• Over 200 beautiful full-color photos
• Warm, welcoming instruction from a master of tai chi and qigong

With this book you will:

• Learn the twenty-four-step Yang-style form
• Understand the fundamentals of tai chi
• Discover not just the physical postures of tai chi, but also its psychological, emotional, and spiritual benefits

“Tai chi is a life journey,” Dr. Kuhn writes. "Part of my success is from my patients and students that understand that prevention requires participation. They practice tai chi and qigong on a regular basis, which is key to their health and healing. Can you really learn tai chi in 10 weeks? Yes, you can learn the fundamentals of tai chi. You can build the foundation for this life-changing journey. Tai Chi in 10 Weeks is your road map."

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 artists.

For martial artists, tai chi ball qigong training can strengthen the torso, condition the muscles, and increase physical power by using the mind to lead the qi. It can be a major training tool to enhance pushing hands ability.

As a health exercise, tai chi ball qigong training will improve movement of the spine, increase energy through various breathing techniques, and aid in moving many joints of your body properly, and at different angles.

"In all my years of teaching, I believe that Tai Chi Ball Qigong is one of the most powerful exercises I have ever seen to rebuild the entire body's health."—Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

This book includes

• History of tai chi ball
• Theory of tai chi ball qigong
• Tai chi ball warm-ups
• Tai chi ball fundamentals
• Tai chi ball breathing
• Tai chi ball exercises
• Tai chi ball partner exercises
• Tai chi ball advanced practice

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 becoming aware of their martial applications.
• If you are practicing tai chi pushing hands, you will greatly improve your skills with this understanding of martial applications.
• If you are ready, you are going to love the amazing tai chi fighting set. This fully choreographed set (requires a partner) will combine all your tai chi skills into one 5-minute routine.

It's like having three books in one. Includes:

1. Martial applications for the Yang-style long form
2. Martial applications for Yang-style tai chi pushing hands
3. The complete Yang-style tai chi fighting set

For any style of tai chi chuan, this book will be important for practitioners who wish to develop a deeper understanding and advanced skills.

• Learn how to analyze the forms and defense applications in your tai chi, gaining higher-level knowledge of your style.
• Discover the martial applications of Yang style. These insights will give you greater understanding of your own art.
• Find inspiration. Master Yang's writing will inspire you to investigate the martial applications of your tai chi style.

This edition includes an easy-to-follow layout. Each technique is presented in four to six large photographs with detailed instructions on how to perform the movements. Motion arrows are used on the photographs to help you execute the movements correctly.

Walking should be one of the most natural things we do.

Most of us have been walking almost all of our lives. However, many have learned walking in a haphazard way. Wearing improper shoes, modeling ourselves after others whose walking is inefficient, and wrong ideas about how our body works are all factors that take their toll on us over time.

Because walking is natural, it is not hard to improve it to the point where it becomes meditation and improves our health at the same time.

For Tai Chi practitioners, walking provides an excellent opportunity to augment, refine, and reinforce Tai Chi principles and bridge the gap between formal practice and everyday life.

For non-practitioners, Tai Chi Walking trains us in walking concepts for improving health, balance, peace-of-mind and safety.

• If you hurt after a long day on your feet, this book is for you.
• Learn how to walk properly and naturally.
• Discover why poor walking posture can damage your health.
• Understand how proper walking can increase longevity and vitality.

Tai Chi Dynamics is intended for intermediate and advanced Taiji players.

The author Robert Chuckrow Ph.D. experimental physics, has been a Taiji practitioner for over forty years. He applies logic and basic scientific principles of anatomy, physiology, and physics to muscular action, breathing, and alignment in Taiji movement and push-hands.

He clarifies many perplexing concepts such as "correct force" by utilizing detailed explanations, illustrations, and photographs.

Sayings from the Taiji Classics are quoted throughout, and exercises are provided to give readers a chance to confirm their understanding.

Over a dozen self-defense applications of the basic Taiji movements are illustrated, and the effectiveness and completeness of Taiji as a martial art is candidly analyzed.

Suggestions for many aspects of teaching Taiji are provided, which stem from over three decades of practical experience. A chapter on Zheng Manqing (Cheng Man-ch'ing), with whom the author studied for five years in the early 1970s, sheds light on Zheng and his students.

A special chapter deals extensively with aspects of self development from a personal perspective, discusses how doing Taiji correctly is a precursor to spiritual growth, and compares religion, science, and spiritual teachings.

A detailed chapter on health, self-massage, and healing discusses fasting (including the author's own experience with a twenty-eight-day fast), differences between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, and provides exercises and methods of self-massage for head, legs, feet, and back.

There is even a section on how to make your own footwear suitable for practicing Taiji.

The book includes personal anecdotes and stories, and has over one hundred photographs and illustrations by the author.

Reach for the highest Level of Tai Chi Practice

You can achieve the highest level of tai chi practice by including Tai Chi Sword in your training regimen.

Here's your chance to take the next step in your Tai Chi journey.

Once you have attained proficiency in the bare hand form and have gained listening ad sensing skills from pushing hands, you are ready for Tai Chi Sword.

The elegant and effective techniques of traditional Tai Chi Sword

Tai Chi sword will help you control your Qi, refine your Tai Chi skills, and master yourself. You will strengthen and relax your body, calm and focus your mind, improve your balance, and develop proper Tai Chi breathing.

This book provides a solid and practical approach to learning Tai Chi Sword accurately and quickly. Includes over 500 photographs with motion arrows!

• Historical overview of Tai Chi Sword
• Fundamentals including hand forms and footwork
• Generating power with the sword
• 12 Tai Chi Sword breathing exercises
• 30 key Tai Chi Sword techniques with applications
• 12 fundamental Tai Chi sword solo drills
• Complete 54-movement Yang Tai Chi Sword sequence
• 48 martial applications from the Tai Chi Sword sequence
• 10 Tai Chi Sword 2-person matching drills

No matter your age, Tai Chi Sword is a wonderful and fun way to improve your health and well-being.

If pain-free joints are the goal, qigong movements can help

According to the Centers for Disease Control, over fifty million Americans struggle with doctor-diagnosed arthritis. Obesity and inactivity are proven aggravating factors, limiting mobility and making everyday activities difficult and painful. For many, arthritis progresses to the point where they will have to manage pain for years to come. Some will have little choice but to rely on prescription medication.

But for the millions of others with joint pain, there is hope. By committing to a series of simple exercises, we can remain loose and flexible. We can prevent and heal injuries to maintain flexible, healthy joints.

Motion is the key, and in this book Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming will get you moving. You will regain natural, pain-free motion, and suppleness with qigong, a timeless Chinese art that promotes healing, flexibility, and balance. The gentle, meditative movements emphasize proper motion in coordination with breath, making qigong the right choice for preventing, treating, and even reversing arthritis.

This book presents 46 movements to help you loosen, stretch, strengthen, heal, and maintain comfortable, flexible joints for a lifetime.

You will learn what qigong is and why it is a good choice for treating arthritis and maintaining healthy joints

• 4 gentle torso-loosening movements
• 9 hand massage movements and techniques
• 6 massage methods for immediate relief
• 3 qigong movements for neck, spine, and waist
• 7 qigong movements for fingers, hands, and wrists
• 8 qigong movements for elbows and shoulders
• 4 qigong movements for toes and ankles
• 5 qigong movements for hips and knees

Many people who live with joint pain rely on acupuncture, chiropractic treatments, and even surgery. By committing to a simple qigong practice, you can begin to take care of your own joints, with less reliance on others.

Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 Posture is one of today’s most popular and easy to learn tai chi forms.

This book presents both the Simplified 24-posture Tai Chi form and the Simplified 48-posture Tai Chi form.

Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 Posture is one of today’s most popular tai chi forms. Once learned, it can be performed in only six minutes. If you are learning tai chi in a school, a fitness club, a community or recreation center, or even the local park, this is the tai chi form you are likely to encounter.

The martial arts applications for each posture are shown so you can understand that every movement has a purpose.

The Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 48 Posture is a popular tai chi form practiced by those who want a longer, more challenging sequence. Once learned, it can be performed in only twelve minutes. The forty-eight posture form is often the next form a student studies after learning the twenty-four posture form.

Here’s what is inside this book:

• Theory to help you understand tai chi’s important tai chi concepts
• Warm up exercises for safe and proper tai chi practice
• Fundamentals so your tai chi movements will be easy and natural
• Foot diagrams so you will know what direction to face
• The complete Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 24 Posture form, step-by-step
• Martial applications for each movement of the 24 posture form
• The complete Simplified Tai Chi Chuan 48 Posture form, step-by-step

This book presents in a modern easy-to-follow layout. Every tai chi movement is presented in 2-4 large photographs with clear instructions, followed by key points to help you learn properly.

No matter your age, tai chi chuan is a wonderful way to improve your health and well-being.

This book has three goals:

• To motivate you choose tai chi as a way of improving your health and increasing your happiness for an entire lifetime.
• To enliven your practice with or without a formal teacher.
• To provide guidance to advance your tai chi practice from a mere act of 'doing' tai chi to a method of "tai chi as a way of following your heart."

Why tai chi? After more than thirty years of practicing tai chi chuan, author Henry Zhuang shares what has kept him with tai chi for so long, and how tai chi evolved to a rewarding path toward improving life and happiness. Step-by-step, the author presents a clear exploration of the benefits of tai chi. Some benefits are physical (strength, balance, vitality), while others are internal (virtue, courage, harmony). This careful examination will help you answer the first big question, "why should I get involved with tai chi practice."

What if I already practice tai chi? If you already practice tai chi, you may need a boost to help you stay on track, or help you over a block in your progress. Simply doing the act (aerobics) is not enough. You must find ways to constantly advance your mindset and your physical body. Knowing what this means and how to do it are important tools for keeping tai chi the most rewarding and enjoyable experience in your life, day after day, year after year.

The author will explain for you:

• The four spirits of tai chi
• How tai chi cultivates the mind and improves character
• Eight important tips for proper tai chi bodywork
• Eight keys to pay attention to when practicing tai chi chuan
• The four principles of tai chi chuan
• Five mindsets for practicing tai chi chuan
• Six points for your tai chi practice so your heart is always in it
• Eight imagery/energy drills to help you get your mind / intent in the proper place

All of these will accelerate your skills, and help incorporate tai chi as part of who you are, so you can use "tai chi as a way of following your heart."

While the bestselling Sunrise Tai Chi offered a program to get energized in the morning, Sunset Tai Chi teaches you how to relax and calm down at the end of the day.

Sunset Tai Chi is a comprehensive introduction to using Tai Chi for stress relief. This mind/body program is designed for beginners and teaches how to calm down and recuperate from the stress of the day, thus preventing and healing numerous stress-related illnesses.

A full mind/body workout is presented, which can be practiced sitting or standing. This workout includes restorative poses from yoga, purifying movements and meditations from qigong, tai chi stances and drills, as well as a short Sunset Tai Chi form.

• Relax and rejuvenate yourself after a long day.
• Incorporate mind/body exercise into your daily activities.
• Increase your lung capacity and increase your oxygen intake.
• Prevent injuries.
• Boost your natural healing of chronic conditions, including arthritis, fibromyalgia, insomnia, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and cancer.

Report from the New England Journal of Medicine

Dr. Chenchen Wang, a Tufts rheumatologist who led the study, said she attributed the results to the fact that "fibromyalgia is a very complex problem" and "tai chi has multiple components — physical, psychological, social and spiritual."

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 artists.

For martial artists, tai chi ball qigong training can strengthen the torso, condition the muscles, and increase physical power by using the mind to lead the qi. It can be a major training tool to enhance pushing hands ability.

As a health exercise, tai chi ball qigong training will improve movement of the spine, increase energy through various breathing techniques, and aid in moving many joints of your body properly, and at different angles.

"In all my years of teaching, I believe that Tai Chi Ball Qigong is one of the most powerful exercises I have ever seen to rebuild the entire body's health."—Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

This book includes

• History of tai chi ball
• Theory of tai chi ball qigong
• Tai chi ball warm-ups
• Tai chi ball fundamentals
• Tai chi ball breathing
• Tai chi ball exercises
• Tai chi ball partner exercises
• Tai chi ball advanced practice

This book is an in-depth guide for learning Tai Chi Chuan.

Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) is a both a relaxed moving meditation and a sophisticated martial arts system. Unique to any other form of exercise, it trains the body (movement), the mind (meditation) and the spirit (confidence).

Through practicing Tai Chi Chuan, you are able to calm down the mind, locate your spiritual center, and consequently find your entire being. From these relaxed moving exercise, you can bring your physical body into an ultimate level of relaxation and natural ease, resulting in smooth Qi (inner energy) and blood circulation. This is a key to maintaining health and recovering from sickness.

This book is an in-depth guide to learn Tai Chi Chuan properly. It offers a general plan for practicing, and goes into great depth, presenting enough content for many years proper learning:

You will learn:

• What Tai Chi Chuan is
• How to practice
• The history of Tai Chi Chuan
• Tai Chi Chuan postures
• About Qi, Qigong, and man
• Fundamental stances
• Categories of Qigong
• Warm-up and get loose exercises
• Tai Chi Qigong
• Qigong training theory
• Qigong and Tai Chi Chuan
• Tai Chi Chuan thirteen postures (eight doors and five stepping)
• The traditional Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Long Form step-by-step

Chin Na is the art of seizing and controlling, it is a major element of all Chinese martial arts including Tai Chi Chuan.

Today, most people practice Tai Chi Chuan to maintain health or cure sickness. For the last fifty years the martial aspects of Tai Chi Chuan have been ignored, and the art is now incomplete. Most practitioners no longer understand the martial applications of Tai Chi Chuan, or even that it is a martial art. For example, the concept and training methods of Tai Chi Jin (or Tai Chi martial power), and how to apply internal Qi in the martial arts have become an unfamiliar subject in Tai Chi societies today. As a result, actual martial applications of Jin and Qi, such as Chin Na or Cavity Strikes, are currently not popularly known or studied.

To preserve Tai Chi's martial aspect, this book presents numerous Tai Chi Chin Na (Qin Na), the art of controlling an opponent through joint locks and cavity strikes.

Tai Chi Chin Na is one of the four main martial training categories of Tai Chi Chuan (the other three categories are striking, kicking, and wrestling/downing the opponent). Of all these four, Chin Na is the most effective, practical, powerful, and easiest to learn. Once you have mastered Tai Chi Chin Na, you will be able to apply the theory and techniques to any other martial style you practice. If you are a Tai Chi beginner, Tai Chi Chin Na could offer you a key to enter the door of martial Tai Chi.

This book provides a solid and practical approach to learning Tai Chi Chin Na accurately and quickly. You will learn specific techniques that flow from each movement, the proper hand forms to use when striking or pressing cavities, and the locations for targeting cavities on the body. Includes 858 photographs with motion arrows!

• General concepts of Chin Na
• Basic Chin Na theory and training
• 51 Chin Na techniques for peng, lu, ji, and an
• 41 Chin Na techniques for cai, lei, zhou, and kao
• 103 Chin Na applications for the 37 primary Tai Chi postures
• 17 Chin Na techniques for Tai Chi Pushing Hands

No matter your age or martial prowess, Tai Chi Chin Na is a necessary and enjoyable way to explore the depths of Tai Chi—a formidable martial art.

Tai Chi offers you the prospects of better health and vitality, peace of mind, and increased stores of personal energy. To realize this potential you must delve into the world of Tai Chi minutia, which is exactly where the essence of Tai Chi lays in wait for those ascribing to its regular and correct practice.

This book looks deeply into Tai Chi's technical intricacies and nuances, offering guidance and practice tips, replete with step-by-step directions, on how to bring your Tai Chi to a higher level of correct execution. Seasoned Tai Chi teacher and author John Loupos offers wise and helpful guidance in a personable tone to help you recognize connections, feel connections and keep connections. Tai Chi Connections will help you to narrow the gap between where your practice is now and where you'd like it to go.

Some of the subjects included:

• Opportunities within slowness
• Attention/Intention as dynamic ingredients
• Tai Chi as a path to congruence
• Tapping into earth force
• Putting the brakes on momentum
• Unspoken nuances of Tai Chi stepping
• Training tips to optimize your Tai Chi experience
• Moral / ethical mandates of being a teacher

Tai Chi Qigong is the essence of Tai Chi Chuan. 

Gently conditioning your body and building an abundance of Qi are the requirements for long lasting health and a solid foundation for Tai chi practice.

Tai chi chuan is an internal martial art that uses soft/round movements to redirect an opponent's incoming force.

Qigong exercises are an internal method of increasing and circulating your body's energy (qi).

This book teaches tai chi qigong exercises that are extremely useful for improving your tai chi skills and overall health.

IF YOU ALREADY KNOW A TAI CHI FORM, here are some ways that you will use tai chi qigong to reach new levels of skill and ability.

• To feel qi
• To regulate body, breathing, and intention
• To learn how to use intention to lead qi
• To learn how to circulate qi
• To learn how to expand qi
• To learn how to use qi to energize muscles
• Accelerates the health benefits of tai chi

IF YOU DON'T KNOW TAI CHI, but want to benefit from qigong exercises, here are some ways tai chi qigong can help you.

• The exercises are short and easy to learn
• They help reduces stress
• They loosens muscles and joints
• They stimulates qi flow
• They can help develop a strong immune system
• They sharpen concentration
• They build a deeper awareness of breath and body coordination

This edition includes an easy-to-follow layout. Each technique is presented in two to four large photographs and clear instructions, followed by a discussion of how the movements aid in improving Tai Chi practice.

Motion arrows are used on the photographs to help you execute the movements correctly.

Reach for the highest Level of Tai Chi Practice

You can achieve the highest level of tai chi practice by including Tai Chi Sword in your training regimen.

Here's your chance to take the next step in your Tai Chi journey.

Once you have attained proficiency in the bare hand form and have gained listening ad sensing skills from pushing hands, you are ready for Tai Chi Sword.

The elegant and effective techniques of traditional Tai Chi Sword

Tai Chi sword will help you control your Qi, refine your Tai Chi skills, and master yourself. You will strengthen and relax your body, calm and focus your mind, improve your balance, and develop proper Tai Chi breathing.

This book provides a solid and practical approach to learning Tai Chi Sword accurately and quickly. Includes over 500 photographs with motion arrows!

• Historical overview of Tai Chi Sword
• Fundamentals including hand forms and footwork
• Generating power with the sword
• 12 Tai Chi Sword breathing exercises
• 30 key Tai Chi Sword techniques with applications
• 12 fundamental Tai Chi sword solo drills
• Complete 54-movement Yang Tai Chi Sword sequence
• 48 martial applications from the Tai Chi Sword sequence
• 10 Tai Chi Sword 2-person matching drills

No matter your age, Tai Chi Sword is a wonderful and fun way to improve your health and well-being.

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, nearly 80 percent of adults experience low back pain at some point in their lives. For many, the condition progresses to the point where they will have to manage pain for years to come. Some will have little choice but to rely on prescription medication.

But for the millions of others with back pain, there is hope. By committing to a series of simple exercises, we can remain loose and flexible. We can prevent and heal injuries to maintain a strong, healthy back.

Motion is the key, and in this book Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming will get you moving. You will regain natural, pain-free motion and balance with qigong, a timeless Chinese art that promotes healing, flexibility, and balance. The gentle, meditative movements emphasize proper motion in coordination with breath, making qigong the right choice for preventing, treating, and healing back pain.

This book presents 54 movements to help you loosen, stretch, strengthen, heal and maintain a strong back for a lifetime.

You will learn

• What qigong is and why it is a good choice for healing and maintaining a healthy back
• 3 back-loosening movements
• 12 back-stretching movements
• 30 back-healing movements
• 7 movements for immediate relief
• 2 back-strengthening movements
• A great regimen for keeping your back healthy.

Many people rely on acupuncture, chiropractic treatments, and even surgery. By committing to a simple qigong practice, you can begin to take care of your own back, with less reliance on others.

Pain-free motion is the goal, and qigong movements will help you accomplish that goal.

True Wellness is a step-by-step guide to optimal health, blending the best of Western and Eastern medical traditions.

The authors have realized the conventional way of managing disease is unsustainable. They recognize that even as the high-tech accomplishments of Western medicine increase, the overall health of the nation continues to decline. In their own practices, however, they have discovered a path to optimal health, even in complicated Western health-care systems.>/p>

The secret is combining the strengths of both Western and Eastern medicine to achieve the unique health goals of each patient.

With this book you will:

• Discover the strengths and benefits of both Eastern and Western medicine
• Use journaling topics, questions, worksheets, checklists, and practical advice to prepare for and begin new, healthy behaviors
• Learn to create a multidisciplinary care team for a strong alliance between your Western health-care providers and Eastern practitioners

True Wellness encourages individual responsibility and prepares you to take the first step on your healing journey. By combining ancient wisdom, cutting-edge scientific discoveries, and practical advice, this book will lead you through a transformation to true well-being in body, mind, and spirit.

Ultimate Fitness Begins with your Mind!

You take care of yourself. You eat the right food, exercise regularly, using all the latest information on stretching, cardiovascular training and weights. And yet, you're not in the best shape you can possibly be. What can you do, short of quitting your job and becoming a professional athlete? You can use the same techniques as the Pros and the Olympians... the Mind/Body Connection.

If you want to improve your performance in any activity, your body is only going to take you so far. You need your mind working with your body in harmony. It has been clinically proven that the mind and body working together can produce better results than previously dreamed possible. Author and medal-winning martial artist Tom Seabourne will show you how, integrating techniques from eastern disciplines such as Martial Arts and Yoga as well as western methods such as visualization and stress-reduction. Whether you're an elite competitor or an overworked, out-of-shape parent, Mind/Body Fitness will work for you!

• Easy-to-Learn Relaxation and Meditation Skills that You Can Practice Anytime and Anywhere.
• Increase Focus, Confidence and Health using Clinically Proven Mind/Body Techniques.
• Dietary Tips to Optimize Your Mental and Physical Effectiveness.
• Easy-to-Use Checklists with Strategies on Mindfulness, Goal Setting and Time Management.

Emotional health, physical health, and sleep are intertwined, each affecting the others.

Learn how to combine the best of Western and Eastern medical traditions to treat sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression.

True Wellness the Mind is a step-by-step guide to better mental health, blending the best of Western and Eastern medical traditions to address

• Sleep Disorders
• Anxiety
• Depression

The authors recognize that the conventional way of managing sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression may not be sustainable for many who continue to struggle with these problems. In their own practices they have discovered a path to optimal mental health by combining the best of Western and Eastern medicine.

“We have seen among our own patients how chronic stress can wear away at their well-being, often first by stealing their sleep, then dampening their mood, and finally disrupting their health.”

With this book you will:

• Discover the strengths and benefits of both Western and Eastern medicine
• Combine Western and Eastern healing methods for sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression
• Use questions, worksheets, checklists, and practical advice to prepare for and begin new, healthy behaviors
• Learn to create a multidisciplinary care team for a strong alliance between your Western health-care providers and Eastern practitioners

The authors explain how exercise, nutritious food, stress management, acupuncture, and qigong affect the body, so you can make healthier choices. To help you move forward on a new path, they provide practical advice and worksheets to start simple daily exercise routines, eat a plant-based diet, and begin qigong practice.

True Wellness the Mind encourages individual responsibility and prepares you to take the first step on your healing journey. By combining ancient wisdom, cutting-edge scientific discoveries, and practical advice, this book will lead you through a transformation to true well-being in body, mind, and spirit.

Bring Balance to Your Life with Qigong!

Stop... Breathe deeply...

When was the last time you gave yourself permission to relax, to focus only on yourself, to truly enjoy your body?

Although there are so many demands on your time and energy, you cannot forget to take care of yourself: physically, spiritually, and emotionally. Qigong is the simple and natural way to ensure that these needs are met. Combining gentle movements with centuries-old meditation techniques, Qigong is the perfect holistic fitness practice for the busy woman who has only a few minutes to herself in the car, at lunch, or just before falling asleep at night.

Yanling Lee Johnson, a survivor of China's Cultural Revolution and a longtime Qigong healer and practitioner, addresses the stresses that women of all stages of life face, as they negotiate modern living. Let her teach you simple techniques for maintaining balanced health.

• Practical Instruction for Specific Exercises
• HerbalRemedies & Diet
• Heal Injuries and Illnesses Within Yourself
• Special Instructions for Mothers and their Babies
• Tips for Weight Loss, Depression & Staying Young and Beautiful

Are you serious about your Tai Chi practice? Then 101 Reflections on Tai Chi Chuan is the book for you! Chock-full of insights, advice, and observations from a long time teacher and champion, designed to help you get the most from your practice. Discover the remarkable health and spiritual benefits that Tai Chi can offer, with this user-friendly, motivational pocket guide. This collection will not only enrich your practice but your entire life.

And it's not only for Tai Chi — whatever your Martial Art, whatever your spiritual path, 101 Reflections into Tai Chi Chuan is a wonderful guide, abundant with great ideas you can use right away!

• Deepen your Understanding for Great Tai Chi.
• Inspiration and Advice for a Lifetime of Practice.
• For All Styles and All Levels of Experience.

108 Insights into Tai Chi Chuan—A String of Pearls, focuses on important elements of Tai Chi: health, breathing, posture, body mechanics, visualization, Chi flow, Pushing Hands, and more. 108 Insights into Tai Chi Chuan is written by Michael Gilman, who has been teaching Tai Chi for more than twenty years. He is also a national Grand Champion competitor in Pushing Hands (Taste of China tournament, 1994).

You'll discover how to get the fullest health benefits from Tai Chi, improve your Pushing Hands with simple exercises and visualizations, and learn tips to keep your body (especially the knees) in tune for a lifetime's worth of Tai Chi.

• Have more fun with your practice!
• Improve your skills!
• Discover helpful insights on teaching others!
• Enjoy the good health that Tai Chi brings!

More and more people all over the world are studying Tai Chi. No matter what style they study, what direction they take, or what level they are at, all agree on one thing: Tai Chi is a limitless journey and there is always more to be learned.

There are so many questions along the way and everyone has them, students and teachers alike, questions that are fundamental to all styles of Tai Chi, fundamental to all learning processes.

Exploring Tai Chi helps students to understand the intricacies of Tai Chi training, as well as the underlying motives and psychological processes involved in any ongoing practice of this ancient discipline.

This book focuses on 'disclosure' and 'empowerment' for the Tai Chi practitioner. What to expect of your training, how to progress in your training, and how to implement the principles of Tai Chi into your everyday life.

From the Preface:

For many practitioners. Tai Chi remains something they merely 'do', as opposed to its becoming an indelible part of who they are. Tai Chi is, on the one hand, a tool for personal development. On the other, it is a metaphor for living life in the clearest, most efficient, and most deliberate way.

Chapter 10: Are You Living Your Tai Chi?

It is one thing to discuss the myriad benefits that Tai Chi has to offer in a theoretical fashion. It is another thing entirely to actually reap those benefits in ways that facilitate your becoming a healthier, more evolved and more fully functional human being. The essence of this book has to do with the quantifiable and qualifiable benefits of Tai Chi, benefits such as rooting, stress reduction, cultivating your Chi, and living heartfully.

• Deepen your understanding for great Tai Chi.
• Inspiration and advice for a lifetime of practice.
• Exercises and training drills to help you develop your Tai Chi.
• For all styles and all levels of experience.

GET FIT WITH CHINESE QIGONG!

Qigong (Chi Kung), the Chinese study of life energy, is an ancient fitness and healing practice. This book presents two complete sets of simple, invigorating Qigong exercises that improve the flow of Qi (Chi) in your body, tone and stretch the major muscle groups, increase your energy, and help you relax.

Unlike many Western exercises that center on mindless repetition and aggressive movements, Qigong is an effective fitness alternative that involves the mind as much as the body. You will learn to gently focus your attention on Qi, breathing, posture, and simple, revitalizing movements. This book also explains the basic concepts of Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Today, thousands of people throughout China practice Qigong every day to stay fit, and more and more Westerners are discovering the value of this timeless practice.

• Enjoy improved health and increased energy.
• Relieve mental and physical stress.
• Discover this refreshing alternative to Western exercise.
• Includes more than 250 photographs to help you practice.

The origins of Liuhebafa (also called Water Boxing) can be traced back to the Daoist sage Chen Tuan (c. 871-989 A.D.). Chen is a mystical figure whose advice and perspective was sought by ancient Chinese Emperors.

Liuhebafa was the last of the internal methods to be taught outside China. Even inside China, Liuhebafa had an almost mythic quality. Among the groups of inner circle students, Liuhebafa was graduate study in the internal arts.

Liuhebafa's Five Character Secrets (of Li Dong Feng) are the original precepts of this rare internal martial art known as Huayue Xinyi Liuhebafaquan. Li Dong Feng discovered aged manuscripts of Chen Tuan, during an expedition to Chen's ancient mountain home. Realizing the importance of what he had found, Li remained on Mount Hua until he mastered the material in the manuscripts.

Li returned to his home and then recorded all he had learned on Mount Hua in one hundred and thirty-four verses now known as The Five Character Secrets of Li Dong Feng. This is the only existing treatise on the original principles of Liuhebafa.

This book contains the original Chinese treatise of Li Dong Feng, Pinyin Romanization of the Chinese characters, word for word translation, literal translation, interpretive translation and the author's commentary on the meaning of each verse.

There is more here than meets the eye. It is wise to approach the Secrets with a beginner's mind. Imagine being beckoned to sit by the fire. Lean a little closer to better hear the master as he recites the lines that will open the doors of your mind and heart.

What's the next step in your Taijiquan journey?

More and more people all over the world are studying Tai Chi. No matter what style they study, what direction they take, or what level they are at, all agree on one thing: Tai Chi is a limitless journey and there is always more to be learned. There are so many questions along the way and everyone has them, students and teachers alike, questions that are fundamental to all styles of Tai Chi, fundamental to all learning processes.

Inside Tai Chi will prepare anyone taking the journey for what to expect along the way, offering practical advice, observations, training exercises and detailed discussions on the learning process. It will help students learn—and teachers teach—more effectively, offering real life tools such as stress reduction along with invaluable Tai Chi specific tools such as advanced rooting exercises. Chock-full of insights, advice, and observations (testimonials too) from a long time teacher, Inside Tai Chi is designed to help you get the most from your practice. Explore all that Tai Chi can be, as a physical discipline, as well as a mental, emotional, and spiritual discipline. Inside Tai Chi will not only enrich your practice but your entire life.

• Deepen your understanding for great Tai Chi.
• Inspiration and advice for a lifetime of practice.
• For all styles and all levels of experience.

Discover the foundation behind the fascinating TCM system of holistic health based on several thousand years of real clinical experience.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a unique, comprehensive, and scientific system, maintaining that the root of a disease must be found, and that a patient must be treated according to their whole being as well as their surrounding natural conditions.

Viewing the human as a single, integrated entity that relates with nature, TCM maintains that the human body is affected by any changes that occur in nature, and must be treated as such.

Since its beginnings, not only has TCM been well preserved and documented but it has also been continuously developing and growing. Having remarkable curative abilities and few side effects, it is an effective means to prevent and treat diseases and to keep yourself strong and healthy. 

Principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine is systematic, concise, practical and easy to read. Originally published in China, this re-edited edition (the 3rd book in our Practical TCM series) will provide you with the principles of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases.

• Discover the principles of treatment and prevention of diseases.
• Learn essential primary theories, such as Yin and Yang and the Five Elements Theory, as well as their use in clinical applications.
• Discover the foundations for diagnostic methods.

Essential for today's alternative health library.

Qigong Massage, one of the oldest methods of healing, is built upon five thousand years of progress and a highly refined, solid theoretical foundation.

Used to improve health, slow down aging, and treat many types of illnesses, Qigong massage is a wide and deep healing science, and the root of many other popular forms of massage therapy.

This comprehensive text by world renowned Qigong scholar, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, presents the fundamental techniques and theory of Qigong massage that therapists can use to enhance their skills, and deepen their knowledge and application of Qi (energetic) healing.

Not only for therapists! Novices will find the instruction and techniques in this book practical and useful for recovering from fatigue, aches and pains, tension and more. A special section on Self-Massage is presented to help those in need of massage treatment benefits, but who lack a partner or therapist.

With over five hundred photographs and illustrations in this book, Dr. Yang will be your guide into the art and science of Chinese Qigong Massage.

Secrets of the Tai Chi Masters Revealed!

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 it was also practiced as an effective and deadly martial art. Because of this, the 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 they considered trustworthy and ready. That is, until now. Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style contains secrets kept hidden in the Yang family for generations and only revealed to the public in the last two decades.

The majority of the secrets found in this book were written directly by Yang, Ban-Hou, second generation lineage of the Yang family, a master well known for his deep understanding of theory and for the manifestation of martial power (Jin). Now you can reap the benefits of this wisdom and practical experience to deepen and refine your own Tai Chi. Discover ways to reach the essence of your Form and take your Push Hands to higher levels. Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming has translated these classics from the original Chinese, and has written commentaries to make them more accessible to contemporary minds.

Immerse yourself in the secrets of the Yang Style, the world's most popular style. You'll find Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style an invaluable resource for understanding your art.

• Can be used with any style of tai chi chuan.
• Sound, practical advice for any martial art.
• Includes commentaries, translation, and original chinese.
• Key points for incorporating the teachings into your practice.

Share the Secrets of Great Tai Chi!

Over the course of several centuries the Ancient Masters practiced and pondered the mystery and purpose of Tai Chi Chuan, preserving their profound insights in songs and poems. Shrouded in secrecy, these songs and poems were closely guarded jewels and have only been revealed to the public this century.

Now, you can reap the benefits of centuries of wisdom and practical experience to deepen and refine your Tai Chi Chuan. Discover ways to reach the essence of your Form and take your Push Hands (and sparring!) to higher levels, for not only has Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming translated these poems from the original Chinese, he has written additional commentaries to make them more accessible to contemporary minds. Insights from the Masters of Tai Chi Chuan is an invaluable resource for students who seek true understanding of their art.

• Can be used with any style of Tai Chi Chuan.
• Sound, practical advice for any Martial Art.
• Includes commentaries, translation, and original Chinese.
• Key points for incorporating the teachings into your practice.
• Poems from Chang San-Feng and other great Masters!

Combines the best that Eastern and Western medicine can offer in the understanding, treatment, and prevention of digestive conditions, diabetes, and obesity. All the while, boosting your immune system!

True Wellness for Your Gut combines the best that Eastern and Western medicine have to offer in the understanding, treatment, and prevention of gastrointestinal disease, diabetes, and obesity. By blending modern research with ancient practices, this book will help readers stay positive and keep motivated along their journey toward better health and overall well-being.

The authors have helped thousands of people through the use of surgery, pharmaceuticals, acupuncture, herbs, qigong, tai chi, meditation, and life-style counseling. They explain how Western medicine has substantiated a long-held understanding of the gut held by Eastern medicine – that digestive health significantly impacts and is impacted by sleep, emotions, movement, food, and social support.

The authors discuss how sleep, exercise, nutritious food, stress management, acupuncture, and qigong favorably impact the gastrointestinal system. These modalities restore balance in the nerves, hormones, and neurotransmitters that improve digestion and metabolism. A special section is devoted to discussing the human gut microbiome, the bacteria we harbor in our intestines, and how the microbiome is essential to our health.

• Drs. Kuhn and Kurosu strongly recommend a collaborative approach, encouraging readers to engage with their Western healthcare providers so that serious conditions can be addressed safely.
• The authors share ideas about how the reader can create a multidisciplinary care team, involving practitioners of both Eastern and Western healing systems.
• The science behind meditation, acupuncture, and qigong are explained.
• Understand how the microbiome is essential to good health.
• Readers are offered recommendations of proven Eastern and Western therapeutic interventions that will calm the mind, decrease stress, improve sleep and nutrition, strengthen digestion, and normalize metabolism.
• True Wellness for Your Gut includes a step-by-step guide and qigong exercises designed to promote overall gastrointestinal health.

The authors recognize that digestive disease is complex and requires a multifaceted approach for successful treatment. By blending the ancient wisdom of Eastern Medicine with cutting-edge Western discoveries, True Wellness for Your Gut will help readers stay positive and achieve optimal health, whether through prevention or treatment of digestives conditions, diabetes, and obesity.

Secrets of the Tai Chi Masters Revealed!

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 they considered trustworthy and ready for such secrets. That is, until this century.

Now, you can reap the benefits of centuries of wisdom and practical experience to deepen and refine your Tai Chi Chuan. Discover ways to reach the essence of your Form and take your Push Hands to higher levels.

Dr. Yang has translated these classics from the original Chinese, and has written commentaries to make them more accessible to contemporary minds. Tai Chi Secrets of the Wu & Li Styles is an invaluable resource for students who seek true understanding of their art, and the Wu and Li Styles, focusing heavily on internal development, are perfect for advanced practitioners.

• Can be used with any style of Tai Chi Chuan.
• Sound, practical advice for any martial art.
• Includes commentaries, translation, and original chinese.
• Key points for incorporating the teachings into your practice.

The Tai Chi Concepts and Experiments book clarifies and makes accessible critical aspects of the art that only a small number of high-level practitioners currently understand and manifest.

Numerous step-by-step experiments are provided for readers to experience and perfect these critical tai chi aspects.

Contents include:

• The meaning and importance of releasing tension in movement for stability, health, and spirituality.
• The differences between contractive and expansive strength including a promising mechanism for the nature of expansive strength.
• Numerous experiments for readers to recognize and experience expansive strength and to confirm that they have achieved it.
• Elucidation of famous master’s sayings on mind, strength, and chi.
• Health and martial advantages of expansion over contraction in tai chi.
• Protocols using expansion including those for helping an excess curvature of the upper and lower spine and for relieving plantar fasciitis.
• Quotes from the classics and how they confirm the interpretations of the principles of tai chi.
• How to achieve optimal balance through an understanding of physical, anatomical, physiological, and mental factors.
• A detailed analysis of “rooting and redirecting” including physical and internal aspects.
• Understanding natural movement from physical, philosophical, health, and martial points of view.

This interdisciplinary book utilizes, elementary physics, physiology, anatomy, psychology, and spirituality. It contains detailed analyses and explanations for achieving internal, expansive strength, known as nei jin, and for attaining optimal timing and natural movement.

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. 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 they considered trustworthy and ready for such knowledge. That is, until this century.

Now, you can reap the benefits of centuries of wisdom and practical experience to deepen and refine your Tai Chi Chuan. Discover ways to reach the essence of your Form and take your Push Hands to higher levels. Dr. Yang has translated these classics from the original Chinese, and has written commentaries to make them more accessible to contemporary minds. Tai Chi Secrets of the Wu Style is an invaluable resource for students who seek true understanding of their art.

• Useful for any style of Tai Chi Chuan.
• Sound, practical advice for any martial art.
• Key points for incorporating the teachings into your practice.

Discover Nature's Secret to a Longer, Healthier Life!

For centuries, Chinese qigong masters have observed the liberating, graceful movements of the Wild Goose in flight and adopted these flowing gestures to improve their own health and well-being. Now you too can benefit from the wisdom of Man and Nature in this easy-to-follow illustrated guide. Not only is Wild Goose Qigong a superb exercise for cultivating and maintaining general health, but it is also highly effective for the cardiovascular, central nervous, and digestive systems; and even your disposition. It also has been known to have positive effects on Cancer and AIDS.

Wild Goose Qigong contains step-by-step instructions for each of the 64 movements of the form, along with an explanation of the various effects of each movement. Along with a concise and clearly written history of Qigong, you'll get the background and understanding you'll need for a lifetime of practice.

Wild Goose Qigong is a holistic mind/body exercise system you can do anytime, anywhere. Whether you are beginner or experienced, man or woman, senior citizen or child, Wild Goose Qigong is perfect for you.

• Relax and Strengthen your Body.
• Concentrate and Quiet your Mind.
• Achieve Integration of Body, Breath, and Consciousness.
• Easy to learn and practice.
• Includes over 150 instructional photo and illustrations.

Discover and Use the Wisdom of the Sages!

There's an old Chinese proverb which states, "Optimism will help you forget sorrow." It is widely believed that an optimistic, stable mood and mental balance calms the body's vital energies and spirit, aiding in the circulation of blood and Qi, thus improving health.

Throughout China's long history, ancient medical texts provided valuable advice on the subject of health: physical, emotional and spiritual. Isn't it time you made use of this wisdom of the sages in your everyday life?

Now you can with this user-friendly guide (a re-edited edition originally published by a university press in China), to maintaining your health through Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Learn to lead a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life — not only for yourself, but for your entire family. Traditional Chinese Health Secrets can show you the way.

• Includes Easy-to-Follow Remedies and Herbal Recipes for General Health, and Healing Specific Ailments and Injuries.
• Add Years to your Life and Expand your Mental and Physical Capabilities.
• Learn to Apply Yin/Yang, Five Flavors and Six Sensations Theory to your Diet.
• Simple to Practice and Easy to Learn!

Push Hands is the “other” part of tai chi that makes your practice a true living art

Tai chi push hands practice is a necessary next step for tai chi practitioners who wish to make their art come alive. Push hands practice requires two people to engage in a variety of “light touch” moving and walking routines. By practicing these movements, practitioners begin to develop tai chi’s sensing, listening, and yielding skills. Combined, these skills are the first step for developing your tai chi as a martial art.

The Dao De Jing classic reminds us that knowing others (an opponent) is important for knowing ourselves. By develop tai chi push hand skills, one begins to obtain a profound sense of feeling of your own body and mind. This ability aids greatly in regulating and controlling body, balance, health, perseverance, compassion, and overall spirit.

It is no mistake that tai chi offers a lifetime of continued learning and progress; the goal is a deep understanding of yourself and your role in nature.

In this book, you will learn

• The theory of tai chi pushing hands
• Tai chi qigong foundation practice
• Tai chi jing (power) practice
• Two-person stationary push hands practice
• Two-person moving push hands practice
• Tai chi rollback and press push hands practice
• International standard push hands routine
• Two-person free style push hands
• Martial art applications in tai chi push hands practice

Dr. Yang reminds us “tai chi chuan was created based on the martial applications which were used for self-defense. Every movement of tai chi chuan has its unique martial purpose. Without this martial root, tai chi chuan practice will limited to a dance, lacking a deeper meaning or a deeper feeling.”

This book is complemented by two companion videos sold separately.

• Tai Chi Pushing Hands 1 - Yang Style Single and Double Pushing Hands
• Tai Chi Pushing Hands 2 - Yang Style Single and Double Pushing Hands

Available wherever DVD and Streaming videos are sold.

Push Hands is the “other” part of tai chi that makes your practice a true living art

Tai chi push hands practice is a necessary next step for tai chi practitioners who wish to make their art come alive. Push hands practice requires two people to engage in a variety of “light touch” moving and walking routines. By practicing these movements, practitioners begin to develop tai chi’s sensing, listening, and yielding skills. Combined, these skills are the first step for developing your tai chi as a martial art.

The Dao De Jing classic reminds us that knowing others (an opponent) is important for knowing ourselves. By develop tai chi push hand skills, one begins to obtain a profound sense of feeling of your own body and mind. This ability aids greatly in regulating and controlling body, balance, health, perseverance, compassion, and overall spirit.

It is no mistake that tai chi offers a lifetime of continued learning and progress; the goal is a deep understanding of yourself and your role in nature.

In this book, you will learn

• The theory of tai chi pushing hands
• Tai chi qigong foundation practice
• Tai chi jing (power) practice
• Two-person stationary push hands practice
• Two-person moving push hands practice
• Tai chi rollback and press push hands practice
• International standard push hands routine
• Two-person free style push hands
• Martial art applications in tai chi push hands practice

Dr. Yang reminds us “tai chi chuan was created based on the martial applications which were used for self-defense. Every movement of tai chi chuan has its unique martial purpose. Without this martial root, tai chi chuan practice will limited to a dance, lacking a deeper meaning or a deeper feeling.”

This book is complemented by two companion videos sold separately.

• Tai Chi Pushing Hands 1 - Yang Style Single and Double Pushing Hands
• Tai Chi Pushing Hands 2 - Yang Style Single and Double Pushing Hands

Available wherever DVD and Streaming videos are sold.

For over one thousand years, Bodhidharma's (Da Mo) timeless qigong classics have been considered the key to enlightenment and long-lasting youth.

This third edition includes

• Updated pinyin that includes diacritical tonal marks (for proper pronunciation of Chinese words).
• Updated Chinese text character font (providing better readability).

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, acclaimed for helping readers better understand qigong concepts, has translated and written commentaries for both the Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic) and the Xi Sui Jing (Marrow/Brain Washing Classic). Using ancient Buddhist and Taoist documents as its foundation, this book analyzes and discusses theory and training methods in a modern, scientific manner, and presents safe ways for you to begin your own practice.

Contents include

• General introduction qigong and practice
• Historical survey of Da Mo and his influence on qigong
• Buddhist and Daoist qigong
• Adjusting qi with kan and li
• Training theory of Muscle Tendon Changing
• Training theory of Marrow Brain Washing

Whatever style of these classics you may practice, making sense of qigong theory and principles is the best way of achieving your goals sooner, more accurately, and deeper.

Qìgōng Small Circulation meditation has been known for centuries to not only promote health and longevity but also to open a path toward spiritual enlightenment.

Small Circulation meditation is the practice of circulating energy within the human body through the two main pathways, the Conception, and the Governing vessels. This practice is considered a foundation of Internal Elixir Qìgōng and was a fundamental step of meditation training in ancient times.

 Practicing Small Circulation meditation will help you to

• Regulate the Qì circulating in your twelve primary Qì channels
• Make Qì abundant throughout your entire body

Building upon a foundation of Embryonic Breathing practice, Small Circulation is the second stage of meditation training for health, longevity, and spiritual enlightenment through meditation. The third step is to practice Qìgōng Grand Circulation.

Dr. Yáng presents translation and analysis of many ancient Buddhist and Daoist documents and offers modern scientific explanations for learning and training safely. This double-edged approach will enable you to quickly achieve a high level of understanding.

Qìgōng Small Circulation is organized into three parts

• Foundations: General Qìgōng concepts and meditation theory
• Meditation training procedures: Four refinements and five regulatings
• The practice of Small Circulation meditation

This second edition includes pinyin tonal marks for pronunciation, modern Chinese fonts, and illustration enhancements.

Long considered a classic text by teachers and students, The Root of Chinese Qigong offers the principles and theories of qigong practice.

This third edition includes

• Updated pīnyīn that includes diacritical tonal marks (for proper pronunciation of Chinese words).
• Updated Chinese text character font (providing better readability).

Dr. Yang is acclaimed for helping readers understand qigong concepts deeper and more clearly by expressing them in familiar methods for the Western mind. He takes these ancient concepts and presents them in a logical way that helps practitioners stay on the right path to deepen knowledge and skill.

In this book Dr. Yang teaches sitting and standing meditation, demonstrates qi massage techniques, and examines the Qi pathways in your body. He explains correct breathing methods, shares secrets for quieting the mind, and discusses how to increase your body's qi supply. He further explains important concepts such as the Three Treasures and regulating the body, breath, and mind.

Contents include

• Qigong’s history
• Basic concepts of qigong
• Qi and the human body
• The five categories of qigong
• Regulating body, breath and mind
• Regulating your essence, qi and spirit
• Key points for improving practice
• A detailed look at qi channels and vessels in the body

Whatever style of qigong you may practice, making sense of qigong theory and principles is the best way of achieving your goals sooner, more accurately, and deeper.

Long considered a classic text by teachers and students, The Root of Chinese Qigong offers the principles and theories of qigong practice.

This third edition includes

• Updated pīnyīn that includes diacritical tonal marks (for proper pronunciation of Chinese words).
• Updated Chinese text character font (providing better readability).

Dr. Yang is acclaimed for helping readers understand qigong concepts deeper and more clearly by expressing them in familiar methods for the Western mind. He takes these ancient concepts and presents them in a logical way that helps practitioners stay on the right path to deepen knowledge and skill.

In this book Dr. Yang teaches sitting and standing meditation, demonstrates qi massage techniques, and examines the Qi pathways in your body. He explains correct breathing methods, shares secrets for quieting the mind, and discusses how to increase your body's qi supply. He further explains important concepts such as the Three Treasures and regulating the body, breath, and mind.

Contents include

• Qigong’s history
• Basic concepts of qigong
• Qi and the human body
• The five categories of qigong
• Regulating body, breath and mind
• Regulating your essence, qi and spirit
• Key points for improving practice
• A detailed look at qi channels and vessels in the body

Whatever style of qigong you may practice, making sense of qigong theory and principles is the best way of achieving your goals sooner, more accurately, and deeper.

Qìgōng Small Circulation meditation has been known for centuries to not only promote health and longevity but also to open a path toward spiritual enlightenment.

Small Circulation meditation is the practice of circulating energy within the human body through the two main pathways, the Conception, and the Governing vessels. This practice is considered a foundation of Internal Elixir Qìgōng and was a fundamental step of meditation training in ancient times.

 Practicing Small Circulation meditation will help you to

• Regulate the Qì circulating in your twelve primary Qì channels
• Make Qì abundant throughout your entire body

Building upon a foundation of Embryonic Breathing practice, Small Circulation is the second stage of meditation training for health, longevity, and spiritual enlightenment through meditation. The third step is to practice Qìgōng Grand Circulation.

Dr. Yáng presents translation and analysis of many ancient Buddhist and Daoist documents and offers modern scientific explanations for learning and training safely. This double-edged approach will enable you to quickly achieve a high level of understanding.

Qìgōng Small Circulation is organized into three parts

• Foundations: General Qìgōng concepts and meditation theory
• Meditation training procedures: Four refinements and five regulatings
• The practice of Small Circulation meditation

This second edition includes pinyin tonal marks for pronunciation, modern Chinese fonts, and illustration enhancements.

Build a strong foundation for health, longevity, and spiritual enlightenment with the ancient art of Qìgōng Embryonic Breathing (Internal Elixir).

Chinese Qìgōng can be categorized into External Elixir (Wai Dan) and Internal Elixir (Nei Dan). To reach the goals of longevity and spiritual enlightenment, the practitioner must learn Internal Elixir Qìgōng.

The first step, and the focus of this book, is to understand the theory and the method of Embryonic Breathing. Practicing this breathing technique will help you

• Optimize your central energy system
• Conserve your energy
• Store this energy at abundant levels 

Using ancient Buddhist and Daoist documents, Dr. Yáng analyzes and discusses meditation theory and training methods in a modern and scientific manner. This double-edged approach will enable you to quickly achieve a high level of understanding.

It is well acknowledged that without a proper foundation, the root of spiritual enlightenment will not be established and the meditative practice of Qìgōng for spiritual enlightenment, may be in vain.

Qìgōng Embryonic Breathing is organized into three parts

• Foundations: General Qìgōng concepts and meditation theory
• Translations and commentary of ancient documents related to Embryonic Breathing
• The practice of Embryonic Breathing meditation

The necessary second and third steps are to practice Qìgōng Small Circulation and Qìgōng Grand Circulation.

This second edition includes pinyin tonal marks for pronunciation, modern Chinese fonts, and illustration enhancements.

For over one thousand years, Bodhidharma's (Da Mo) timeless qigong classics have been considered the key to enlightenment and long-lasting youth.

This third edition includes

• Updated pinyin that includes diacritical tonal marks (for proper pronunciation of Chinese words).
• Updated Chinese text character font (providing better readability).

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, acclaimed for helping readers better understand qigong concepts, has translated and written commentaries for both the Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic) and the Xi Sui Jing (Marrow/Brain Washing Classic). Using ancient Buddhist and Taoist documents as its foundation, this book analyzes and discusses theory and training methods in a modern, scientific manner, and presents safe ways for you to begin your own practice.

Contents include

• General introduction qigong and practice
• Historical survey of Da Mo and his influence on qigong
• Buddhist and Daoist qigong
• Adjusting qi with kan and li
• Training theory of Muscle Tendon Changing
• Training theory of Marrow Brain Washing

Whatever style of these classics you may practice, making sense of qigong theory and principles is the best way of achieving your goals sooner, more accurately, and deeper.

Build a strong foundation for health, longevity, and spiritual enlightenment with the ancient art of Qìgōng Embryonic Breathing (Internal Elixir).

Chinese Qìgōng can be categorized into External Elixir (Wai Dan) and Internal Elixir (Nei Dan). To reach the goals of longevity and spiritual enlightenment, the practitioner must learn Internal Elixir Qìgōng.

The first step, and the focus of this book, is to understand the theory and the method of Embryonic Breathing. Practicing this breathing technique will help you

• Optimize your central energy system
• Conserve your energy
• Store this energy at abundant levels 

Using ancient Buddhist and Daoist documents, Dr. Yáng analyzes and discusses meditation theory and training methods in a modern and scientific manner. This double-edged approach will enable you to quickly achieve a high level of understanding.

It is well acknowledged that without a proper foundation, the root of spiritual enlightenment will not be established and the meditative practice of Qìgōng for spiritual enlightenment, may be in vain.

Qìgōng Embryonic Breathing is organized into three parts

• Foundations: General Qìgōng concepts and meditation theory
• Translations and commentary of ancient documents related to Embryonic Breathing
• The practice of Embryonic Breathing meditation

The necessary second and third steps are to practice Qìgōng Small Circulation and Qìgōng Grand Circulation.

This second edition includes pinyin tonal marks for pronunciation, modern Chinese fonts, and illustration enhancements.

Awaken, Heal, and Strengthen Your Mind, Body and Spirit

Each day, millions of people worldwide practice Tai Chi Chuan, which has been known for centuries to promote deep relaxation and excellent health, to prevent injuries and illnesses, and to improve martial skills.

Tai Chi has steadily become a popular form of Mind/Body exercise as more and more people in the west discover the rich rewards of living in a holistic way. Tai Chi is a journey through the mind, the body, and the spirit, that can be practiced by everyone. Increasingly, you can see people practicing in the park – moving slowly in a meditative state, or even perfecting their martial arts skills.

But, what is Tai Chi really?

This book clearly introduces the history and underlying principles of Tai Chi Chuan (taijiquan) from a modern and unique perspective. For the beginner, this program is a comprehensive introduction to authentic Tai Chi, allowing you to fine-tune your Mind/Body skills and create balance among them. For the intermediate and advanced, it includes important directions and instructions, helping you improve and expand Mind/Body knowledge. In the end, you will understand and experience the ultimate goal of Tai Chi; the harmonizing of the three forces – human, earth, and heaven.

The Sunrise Tai Chi form is the protocol used at Tufts School of Medicine for the R-21 studies of healing rheumatoid osteoarthritis of the knee with tai chi.

• Develop symmetry and balance between strength and flexibility
• Loosen and strengthen muscles, tendons, and ligaments
• Improve circulation of blood and Qi energy
• Learn how to increase bone density
• Massage internal organs with gentle movement
• Boost your immune system to help heal chronic conditions, including Arthritis, Osteoperosis, Sarcopenia, and Cancer
• Improve your quality of life and daily physical performance
• Tap into the abundant energy of the universe
• Learn and improve your martial arts skills

A complete training guide for beginners and advanced practitioners of Baguazhang.

This revised edition includes a complete redesign with an emphasis on reader usability and modern Chinese typography.

Packed with over nine hundred photographs, this comprehensive text offers theory, martial applications, sequences, Qigong exercises, weapon training, and is an indispensable resource for those serious about Chinese martial arts.

• Translation of ancient Baguazhang documents
• Baguazhang Qigong
• Basic Training
• Body Conditioning
• Eight Palms sequence and fighting set
• Swimming Body sequence and martial applications
• Bagua Deer Hook Sword sequence and martial applications

Profound - In Depth - Taijiquan Theory

In the last seven centuries, many songs and poems have been composed about Taijiquan. These have played a major role in preserving the knowledge and wisdom of the masters, although in many cases, the identity of the authors and the dates of origin have been lost.

For the last twenty years, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming has translated many of these documents and according to him, he believes numerous are incomplete for reasons relating to: forgotten oral secrets, authors personal understandings narrowly focused and many documents are missing.

Taijiquan Theory of Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming is an attempt to join together the various theories on Taijiquan in one complete text. "Based upon my personal background and understanding, I have tried my best to compile the Taijiquan Theory and practice concepts in this book. I have attempted to make this effort as complete as possible".

This book is structured with songs and poems, followed by the original Chinese text and any interpretation of the passage. All of the songs and poems have been written by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming.

• About regulating the Body, Breath, Mind, Qi and Spirit
• About Jin, Pushing Hands and Sparring
• Taiji long and short fighting strategies
• Relationship of Jin and Qi
• Unification of the internal Qi and external physical manifestations of the Qi

This book presents over ten years of research into how and why tai chi benefits health from an evidence-based, medical perspective.

Dr. Peter Anthony Gryffin demonstrates the link between health and metarobics, his term for slow, meditative exercises that enhance blood oxygen saturation, diffusion, and oxygen-based metabolism. Metarobics—including tai chi, qigong, and yoga—focus on relaxation and deep breathing. Dr. Gryffin’s research shows that these exercises offer a wide range of benefits for treating chronic disease.

Dr. Gryffin cites numerous scientific studies as well as testimonials from patients who have experienced the natural healing benefits of metarobic exercise. Many have surmounted chronic health problems to improve their quality of life. Some even overcame grave diagnoses.

This book features:

• More than 120 scientific studies on tai chi and other metarobic exercises
• More than 50 case stories from tai chi qigong, and yoga practitioners
• Clear, straightforward language
• Tested guidelines to improve your metarobic exercise and maximize health benefits

“This book presents over ten years of research into how and why tai chi benefits health from a physiological perspective,” Dr. Gryffin says. “The links I discovered will allow everyone from novice students to veteran teachers to maximize benefits for health and chronic conditions.”

In 1968, Dr. Kenneth Cooper’s book Aerobics changed the world of health and fitness. Mindful Exercise: Metarobics , Healing, and the Power of Tai Chi is the next step in this evolution.

This book is an in-depth guide for learning Tai Chi Chuan.

Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) is a both a relaxed moving meditation and a sophisticated martial arts system. Unique to any other form of exercise, it trains the body (movement), the mind (meditation) and the spirit (confidence).

Through practicing Tai Chi Chuan, you are able to calm down the mind, locate your spiritual center, and consequently find your entire being. From these relaxed moving exercise, you can bring your physical body into an ultimate level of relaxation and natural ease, resulting in smooth Qi (inner energy) and blood circulation. This is a key to maintaining health and recovering from sickness.

This book is an in-depth guide to learn Tai Chi Chuan properly. It offers a general plan for practicing, and goes into great depth, presenting enough content for many years proper learning:

You will learn:

• What Tai Chi Chuan is
• How to practice
• The history of Tai Chi Chuan
• Tai Chi Chuan postures
• About Qi, Qigong, and man
• Fundamental stances
• Categories of Qigong
• Warm-up and get loose exercises
• Tai Chi Qigong
• Qigong training theory
• Qigong and Tai Chi Chuan
• Tai Chi Chuan thirteen postures (eight doors and five stepping)
• The traditional Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Long Form step-by-step

This edition includes an easy-to-follow layout. Each technique is presented in four to six large photographs with detailed instructions on how to perform the movements. Motion arrows are used on the photographs to help you execute the movements correctly.

Tai Chi Chuan Martial Power is the next level in Tai Chi Chuan training. 

This book is written especially for those who have learned the Tai Chi form, have begun Pushing Hands, and now want to develop and refine their Tai Chi skills.

Tai Chi Chuan Martial Power focuses on the martial essence of Tai Chi Chuan, an aspect many other books ignore. This book goes in-depth and explores the subject of Jing (internal martial power), general Tai Chi theory, and the application of Chi (Qi) in the Tai Chi form.

Because Jing training is essential to martial art Tai Chi, this work is a valuable reference that no serious practitioner should be without.

Contents include:

• A comprehensive training plan for Jing (power) development.
• Understand the difference between true Jing (internal power) and Li (muscular power).
• Learn how to accumulate Chi and Jing in the Tai Chi postures.
• Discover the essential role your mind plays in Tai Chi and Jing practice.
• Includes a special selection of Tai Chi poems (the place the ancient masters hid their theory), translated and explained with commentary by Dr. Yang.

A must for advanced students.

This edition includes an easy-to-follow layout. Each technique is presented in four to six large photographs with detailed instructions on how to perform the movements. Motion arrows are used on the photographs to help you execute the movements correctly.

Qigong exercises designed to improve your health in 10 to 20 minutes a day!

This book offers beginners a smart way to learn qigong (chi kung), the ancient Chinese system of gentle breathing, stretching, and strengthening movements.

You will use The Eight Pieces of Brocade, one of the most popular qigong healing exercise sets, to boost your immune system and improve your overall health and well-being.

Choose the sitting set, the standing set, or both. Learn how to 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.

• Clear photographs show you correct postures
• Concise instructions tell you what to do
• Details inform you how the movements help
• Qigong theory explains why the exercises work
• Translations of ancient Chinese poetry provides key concepts to help you improve

No matter your age or your physical condition, the Eight Pieces of Brocade is a wonderful way to improve your health and well-being.

Commonly known in China as the Ba Duan Jin, these exercises have been practiced for over 1,000 years!

This is the anticipated follow-up to the author's previous work, The Mind Inside Tai Chi (YMAA, 2015). In this edition he turns his attention to Yang style, guiding you through the 22-step form with an eye for detail and a love of nuance.

“Tai chi is born from wuji, a state of emptiness,” Zhuang writes. “Empty the mind.There is no yin or yang, no you or others.”

From this state of balance and grace, the author leads you through the Yang form,one step at a time. Illustrations with motion arrows guide your physical movements, while Zhuang's “mind approach” helps you appreciate the subtleties of each posture. Rich descriptions and vivid imagery bring the art to life.

• Begin with “nothing” by stilling the body and mind.
• Channel your intent to stimulate the flow of chi.
• Learn the entire 22-step Yang form.
• Explore the “mind approach,” discovering a deeper understanding of each posture.

The author instructs you on correct physical posture, footwork, weight distribution, and tempo. He also describes subtle aspects of the form,including vision, relaxation, and the flow of chi.

This book includes:

• The history and lineage ofYang style.
• Photographs of the author performing each posture.
• Motion arrows depicting the movements of the entire form.

If you are unfamiliar with Yang style, The Mind Inside Yang Style Tai Chi is the perfect place to begin. If you are a longtime practitioner, Henry Zhuang's insight will deepen your appreciation for this art.

Tai Chi Qigong is the essence of Tai Chi Chuan. 

Gently conditioning your body and building an abundance of Qi are the requirements for long lasting health and a solid foundation for Tai chi practice.

Tai chi chuan is an internal martial art that uses soft/round movements to redirect an opponent's incoming force.

Qigong exercises are an internal method of increasing and circulating your body's energy (qi).

This book teaches tai chi qigong exercises that are extremely useful for improving your tai chi skills and overall health.

IF YOU ALREADY KNOW A TAI CHI FORM, here are some ways that you will use tai chi qigong to reach new levels of skill and ability.

• To feel qi
• To regulate body, breathing, and intention
• To learn how to use intention to lead qi
• To learn how to circulate qi
• To learn how to expand qi
• To learn how to use qi to energize muscles
• Accelerates the health benefits of tai chi

IF YOU DON'T KNOW TAI CHI, but want to benefit from qigong exercises, here are some ways tai chi qigong can help you.

• The exercises are short and easy to learn
• They help reduces stress
• They loosens muscles and joints
• They stimulates qi flow
• They can help develop a strong immune system
• They sharpen concentration
• They build a deeper awareness of breath and body coordination

This edition includes an easy-to-follow layout. Each technique is presented in two to four large photographs and clear instructions, followed by a discussion of how the movements aid in improving Tai Chi practice.

Motion arrows are used on the photographs to help you execute the movements correctly.

How to Get the Most from Your Tai Chi Practice

The Tai Chi Book is a detailed guide for students who've learned a Tai Chi form and want to know more. It also introduces beginners to the principles behind great Tai Chi, and answers common questions that all of us have.

The Tai Chi Book shows you how to use Tai Chi to gain strength in your bones, muscles and vital organs, how to improve your balance and flexibility, and how to achieve remarkable vitality.

The author also introduces complex elements of Tai Chi, including ways to develop the relaxed strength known as sung, how to cultivate and feel Chi, how to train mindfulness, and a helpful chapter on being a student.

In addition, the author explores the debate over Tai Chi breathing patterns, explains in detail proper body alignment, and tells why Pushing Hands is more important than you might think.

The Tai Chi Book is your guide to the fullest health benefits of Tai Chi and to higher levels of skill and ability.

• Like two books in one, basic and advanced Tai Chi training.
• Find out how to choose and relate to a teacher.
• Develop remarkable vitality and longevity.
• Includes the Cheng Man-ch'ing short form.
• More than one hundred photos and illustrations.

The Tai Chi Concepts and Experiments book clarifies and makes accessible critical aspects of the art that only a small number of high-level practitioners currently understand and manifest.

Numerous step-by-step experiments are provided for readers to experience and perfect these critical tai chi aspects.

Contents include:

• The meaning and importance of releasing tension in movement for stability, health, and spirituality.
• The differences between contractive and expansive strength including a promising mechanism for the nature of expansive strength.
• Numerous experiments for readers to recognize and experience expansive strength and to confirm that they have achieved it.
• Elucidation of famous master’s sayings on mind, strength, and chi.
• Health and martial advantages of expansion over contraction in tai chi.
• Protocols using expansion including those for helping an excess curvature of the upper and lower spine and for relieving plantar fasciitis.
• Quotes from the classics and how they confirm the interpretations of the principles of tai chi.
• How to achieve optimal balance through an understanding of physical, anatomical, physiological, and mental factors.
• A detailed analysis of “rooting and redirecting” including physical and internal aspects.
• Understanding natural movement from physical, philosophical, health, and martial points of view.

This interdisciplinary book utilizes, elementary physics, physiology, anatomy, psychology, and spirituality. It contains detailed analyses and explanations for achieving internal, expansive strength, known as nei jin, and for attaining optimal timing and natural movement.

Especially designed for learning Tai Chi at home

Tai Chi in 10 Weeks is designed to guide beginning students through the fundamentals of tai chi in only ten weeks. Dr. Aihan Kuhn teaches you an easy to learn twenty-four-step Yang-style tai chi form.

Tai chi is best known as a gentle full body exercise that has been proven effective for reducing stress, calming your mind, and boosting your immune system. No wonder, millions of people around the world practice tai chi for health and wellness.

Dr. Aihan Kuhn is a master instructor of tai chi and qigong. In this book she shares the lessons she’s learned in a lifetime of studying and teaching. She is warm and encouraging, making readers of all ages and backgrounds feel welcome.

This book features:

• A ten-week calendar to guide you through your introduction to tai chi
• Over 200 beautiful full-color photos
• Warm, welcoming instruction from a master of tai chi and qigong

With this book you will:

• Learn the twenty-four-step Yang-style form
• Understand the fundamentals of tai chi
• Discover not just the physical postures of tai chi, but also its psychological, emotional, and spiritual benefits

“Tai chi is a life journey,” Dr. Kuhn writes. "Part of my success is from my patients and students that understand that prevention requires participation. They practice tai chi and qigong on a regular basis, which is key to their health and healing. Can you really learn tai chi in 10 weeks? Yes, you can learn the fundamentals of tai chi. You can build the foundation for this life-changing journey. Tai Chi in 10 Weeks is your road map."

A SIMPLE LYING DOWN EXERCISE ROUTINE FOR EVERYONE

Each morning before getting out of bed, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming practices a series of gentle stretching movements designed to improve energy, and rejuvinate the body. Based on decades of experience, these Meridian Qigong Exercises are his special daily exercise routine.

Follow along and learn how a unique combination of simple yoga stretches, qigong movements, and acupressure techniques can relieve energy stagnation and rejuvenate your entire body.

All the exercises can be performed lying down or sitting, if preferred. Meridian qigong will quickly improve your general health, by reducing stress, boosting your immune system, and preventing many range of motion injuries. With regular practice you will notice your entire body feels loose and comfortable. You will react to stress with a greater sense of calm, and your circulation will increase.

With this book you will:

• Understand the link between yoga and qigong
• Learn basic acupressure with traditional tui na (pushing and grabbing) and dian xue (cavity pressing) techniques
• Supplement your qigong practice with yoga stretches
• Know which acupoints and meridians to stimulate
• Relieve many common ailments, including insomnia

“In this book, I have compiled this qigong routine from my more than fifty years of practicing and teaching experiences,” Dr. Yang writes. “I sincerely hope that Meridian Qigong Exercises are able to inspire you and make your life healthier.”

Qigong exercises designed to improve your health in 10 to 20 minutes a day!

This book offers beginners a smart way to learn qigong (chi kung), the ancient Chinese system of gentle breathing, stretching, and strengthening movements.

You will use The Eight Pieces of Brocade, one of the most popular qigong healing exercise sets, to boost your immune system and improve your overall health and well-being.

Choose the sitting set, the standing set, or both. Learn how to 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.

• Clear photographs show you correct postures
• Concise instructions tell you what to do
• Details inform you how the movements help
• Qigong theory explains why the exercises work
• Translations of ancient Chinese poetry provides key concepts to help you improve understanding

No matter your age or your physical condition, the Eight Pieces of Brocade is a wonderful way to improve your health and well-being.

Commonly known in China as the Ba Duan Jin, these exercises have been practiced for over 1,000 years!

If a pain-free back is the goal, qigong movements can help!

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, nearly 80 percent of adults experience low back pain at some point in their lives. For many, the condition progresses to the point where they will have to manage pain for years to come. Some will have little choice but to rely on prescription medication.

For millions of others with back pain, there is hope. By committing to a series of simple exercises, you can remain loose and flexible. You can prevent and heal injuries to maintain a strong, healthy back.

Motion is the key, and in this book Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming will get you moving. You will regain natural, pain-free motion and balance with qigong, a timeless Chinese art that promotes healing, flexibility, and balance. The gentle, meditative movements emphasize proper motion in coordination with breath, making qigong the right choice for preventing, treating, and healing back pain.

This book presents 54 movements to help you loosen, stretch, strengthen, heal and maintain a strong back for a lifetime.

You will learn

• What qigong is and why it is a good choice for healing and maintaining a healthy back
• 3 back-loosening movements
• 12 back-stretching movements
• 30 back-healing movements
• 7 movements for immediate relief
• 2 back-strengthening movements
• A great regimen for keeping your back healthy.

Many people rely on acupuncture, chiropractic treatments, and even surgery. By committing to a simple qigong practice, you can begin to take care of your own back, with less reliance on others.

Pain-free motion is the goal, and qigong movements can help you accomplish that goal.

Learn how to combine the best of Western and Eastern medical traditions to treat sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression.

True Wellness the Mind is a step-by-step guide to better mental health, blending the best of Western and Eastern medical traditions to reduce

• Sleep Disorders
• Anxiety
• Depression

The authors recognize that the conventional way of managing sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression may not be sustainable for many who continue to struggle with these problems. In their own practices they have discovered a path to optimal mental health by combining the best of Western and Eastern medicine.

“We have seen among our own patients how chronic stress can wear away at their well-being, often first by stealing their sleep, then dampening their mood, and finally disrupting their health.”

With this book you will:

• Discover the strengths and benefits of both Western and Eastern medicine
• Combine Western and Eastern healing methods for sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression
• Use questions, worksheets, checklists, and practical advice to prepare for and begin new, healthy behaviors
• Learn to create a multidisciplinary care team for a strong alliance between your Western health-care providers and Eastern practitioners

The authors explain how exercise, nutritious food, stress management, acupuncture, and qigong affect the body, so you can make healthier choices. To make this easy, they provide practical advice and worksheets to start simple daily exercise routines, help you increase more plants in your diet, and begin a stress reducing qigong practice.

True Wellness the Mind encourages individual responsibility and prepares you to take the first step on your healing journey. By combining ancient wisdom, cutting-edge scientific discoveries, and practical advice, these tools can lead you through a transformation to true well-being in body, mind, and spirit.

Remember, emotional health, physical health, and sleep are intertwined, each affecting the others.

True Wellness is a step-by-step guide to optimal health, blending the best of Western and Eastern medical traditions.

The authors realize that for many people, the conventional way of managing disease is unsustainable. They recognize that even as the high-tech accomplishments of Western medicine increase, the overall health of the nation continues to decline. In their own practices, they have discovered a path to optimal health, even in complicated Western health-care systems.

The secret is combining the strengths of both Western and Eastern medicine to achieve the unique health goals of each patient.

How to do just that is what this book is about.

You will:

• Discover the strengths and benefits of both Eastern and Western medicine
• Use journaling topics, questions, worksheets, checklists, and practical advice to prepare for and begin new, healthy behaviors
• Learn to create a multidisciplinary care team for a strong alliance between your Western health-care providers and Eastern practitioners

True Wellness encourages individual responsibility and prepares you to take the first step on your healing journey. By combining ancient wisdom, cutting-edge scientific discoveries, and practical advice, these tools will lead you through a transformation to true well-being in body, mind, and spirit.

Combining the best that Eastern and Western medicine can help you understand, treate, and prevent heart disease and hypertension.

Over a decade has passed since Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.) and Energy Medicine (Donna Eden) seminal books shed light on taking more control of person health through lifestyle changes. Now, Drs. Kurosu and Kuhn offer a step-by-step guide to optimal heart health and care.

True Wellness for Your Heart combines the best that Eastern and Western medicine have to offer in the understanding, treatment, and prevention of heart disease and hypertension. By blending modern research with ancient practices, this book will help you along your journey toward better cardiovascular health and overall well-being.

The authors have helped thousands of people through the use of surgery, pharmaceuticals, acupuncture, herbs, qigong, tai chi, meditation, and life-style counseling. They explain how Western medicine has substantiated the long-held understanding of the heart held by Eastern medicine "that heart health is significantly impacted by sleep, emotions, movement, food, and social support".

The authors also explain how sleep, exercise, nutritious food, stress management, acupuncture, and qigong favorably impact our cardiovascular system. These modalities restore balance in the nerves, hormones, and neurotransmitters that influence the heart and blood vessels.

• Drs. Kuhn and Kurosu strongly recommend a collaborative approach, encouraging readers to engage with their Western healthcare providers so that serious conditions can be addressed safely.
• They share ideas about how the reader can create a multidisciplinary care team, involving practitioners of both Eastern and Western healing systems.
• They explain the science behind meditation, acupuncture, and qigong.
• Readers are offered recommendations of proven Eastern and Western therapeutic interventions that will calm the mind, decrease stress, improve sleep and nutrition, and strengthen the heart.
• Includes a step-by-step guide and qigong exercises designed to promote overall cardiovascular health.

Cardiovascular disease is complex and requires a multifaceted approach for successful treatment. By blending the ancient wisdom of Eastern Medicine with cutting-edge Western discoveries, True Wellness for Your Heart will help readers achieve optimal heart health, whether through prevention or treatment of this condition.

Combining the best that Eastern and Western medicine can offer to help you understand, treat, and prevent of digestive conditions, diabetes, and obesity. All the while, boosting your immune system!

By blending modern research with ancient practices, this book will help readers stay positive and keep motivated along their journey toward better health and overall well-being.

The authors have helped thousands of people through the use of surgery, pharmaceuticals, acupuncture, herbs, qigong, tai chi, meditation, and life-style counseling. They explain how Western medicine has substantiated a long-held understanding of the gut held by Eastern medicine "that digestive health significantly impacts and is impacted by sleep, emotions, movement, food, and social support".

The authors discuss how sleep, exercise, nutritious food, stress management, acupuncture, and qigong favorably impact the gastrointestinal system. These modalities restore balance in the nerves, hormones, and neurotransmitters that improve digestion and metabolism. A special section is devoted to discussing the human gut microbiome, the bacteria we harbor in our intestines, and how the microbiome is essential to our health.

• Drs. Kuhn and Kurosu strongly recommend a collaborative approach, encouraging readers to engage with their Western healthcare providers so that serious conditions can be addressed safely.
• They share ideas about how the reader can create a multidisciplinary care team, involving practitioners of both Eastern and Western healing systems.
• The explain the science behind meditation, acupuncture, and qigong.
• You will learn how the microbiome is essential to good health.
• Readers are offered recommendations of proven Eastern and Western therapeutic interventions that will calm the mind, decrease stress, improve sleep and nutrition, strengthen digestion, and normalize metabolism.
• Includes a step-by-step guide and qigong exercises designed to promote overall gastrointestinal health.

Digestive disease is complex and requires a multifaceted approach for successful treatment. By blending the ancient wisdom of Eastern Medicine with cutting-edge Western discoveries, True Wellness for Your Gut will help you stay positive and achieve optimal health, whether through prevention or treatment of digestives conditions, diabetes, and obesity.

If pain-free joints are the goal, qigong movements can help!

According to the Centers for Disease Control, over fifty million Americans struggle with doctor-diagnosed arthritis. Obesity and inactivity are proven aggravating factors, limiting mobility and making everyday activities difficult and painful. For many, arthritis progresses to the point where they will have to manage pain for years to come. Some will have little choice but to rely on prescription medication.

For the millions of others with joint pain, there is hope. By committing to a series of simple exercises, we can remain loose and flexible. We can prevent and heal injuries to maintain flexible, healthy joints.

Motion is the key, and in this book Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming will get you moving. You will regain natural, pain-free motion, and suppleness with qigong, a timeless Chinese art that promotes healing, flexibility, and balance. The gentle, meditative movements emphasize proper motion in coordination with breath, making qigong the right choice for preventing, treating, and even reversing arthritis.

This book presents 46 movements to help you loosen, stretch, strengthen, heal, and maintain comfortable, flexible joints for a lifetime.

You will learn what qigong is and why it is a good choice for treating arthritis and maintaining healthy joints

• 4 gentle torso-loosening movements
• 9 hand massage movements and techniques
• 6 massage methods for immediate relief
• 3 movements for neck, spine, and waist
• 7 movements for fingers, hands, and wrists
• 8 movements for elbows and shoulders
• 4 movements for toes and ankles
• 5 movements for hips and knees

Many people who live with joint pain rely on acupuncture, chiropractic treatments, and even surgery. By committing to a simple qigong practice, you can begin to take care of your own joints, with less reliance on others.

A fun workout for kids, with training tips for students, parents, and teachers

Kung Fu for Kids is an instructional program that teaches children the basics of traditional Kung Fu in a fun and exciting way. It starts with a simple, follow-along workout that introduces calisthenics and the basic stances, blocks, punches and kicks of martial arts using a kid’s curriculum. The activities end with a short cool-down routine to help children improve their balance, breathing, and mental focus.

This video features Kung Fu instructor Ben Warner, leading a group of children of different skill levels. Master instructor Nicholas Yang offers corrections to the students while they perform the varying routines.

Kids viewing the program at home get to follow along, see the corrections, and make their own adjustments.

Parents or older siblings are encouraged to join the workouts and help reinforce the simple corrections.

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming makes a cameo appearance to explain the meaning of the Shaolin sun-and-moon greeting.

A detail section is included with advanced students demonstrating the techniques in greater detail for refined study.

Later sections offer training tips for older students, parents, and teachers, including:

• Safety precautions to follow when practicing Kung Fu.
• Benefits and purpose of Kung Fu training for Kids.
• Appropriate time and place to use what has been learned.

The discipline and focus achieved through training Kung Fu extends to everyday activities in life, including academics, sports, music, and literature.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Easy follow-along workout
• Cartoon interludes starring Shing (star)
• Interviews with Teachers and Parents About the Benefits of Kung Fu for Kids

This program is a real favorite for 7 - 12 year old kids, and parents of all ages too!

Also available: Kung Fu for Kids 2 DVD (young teens and tweens) a next-level workout.

Improve Your Health with Tai Chi

Tai Chi for Women is a simple follow-along workout for beginners. Using exercises that target women’s most common health issues, Master Helen shows you how to stay healthy, flexible, and youthful at any age.

You will learn natural ways to relieve stress, improve your balance, feel energetic, and strengthen your bones. Tai chi uses low-impact moves to stimulate your circulation and cardiovascular system, and can be used to relieve arthritis. The gentle stretching and deep breathing within tai chi help you to feel calm and relaxed

• Easy-to-follow step-by-step instruction
• Mirror view demonstrations from side to side
• Effective ways to heal and prevent the most common ailments

Tai Chi for Women will empower you to lead a healthier and more balanced life.

Content Includes:

• Introduction
• Relaxation Warm Up
• Energy Exercises
• Tai Chi Stepping Exercises
• Tai Chi Form Instruction
• Tai Chi Form - Front View
• Tai Chi Form - Rear View
• Keys to Success
• Conclusion
• Follow-along Workout

Follow-along Workout is a DVD chapter you can use after you’ve watched the whole video lesson a few times. You can instantly practice the follow along exercises with Master Helen, and skip the more detailed instructions when you have limited time.

A deeper conversation about improving immunity

Modern science shows that qigong exercise is good medicine for maintaining health and promoting healing.

Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming teaches us how qigong exercises can directly support the immune system, how to enhance immunity, and qigong for immediate and long term immune health.

In this candid and personal video, Dr. Yang explains a crucial key of protecting your health by increasing your wei qi, also known as guardian energy or aura. He posits that many experiences we have in daily life can affect your bioelectric circulation, including the energetic properties of various foods and how the changing seasons can affect the quality of our immune response.

• Learn various breathing techniques that stimulate immunity

• Understand the importance of the girdle vessel for expanding energy

• Discover the function of your hormones in immunity

• Increase and store qi (energy) for boosting immunity

Master Yang discusses the importance of mind-body exercises for maintaining strong immunity health, and provides exercise examples from traditional healing arts, all filtered through the lens of the latest science.

Contents Include:

Introduction

How to Expand & Contract Your Qi

Qi Structure: Pumps, Chambers, Polarity

Two Minds: Conscious / Subconscious

Qi Network: 12 Meridians and 8 Vessels

Girdle Vessel and Dan Tians

Understand the Foundation / Q & A

Summary of Qigong Theory

Abdominal Breathing Details

Reverse Abdominal Breathing

Recognize Three Crucial Gates

Abdominal Circles

Bone Marrow and the Immune System

Boost Your Immune System – Short Term

• Turtle Shell Breathing

• Stimulate Skin

• Martial Fire / Belt

Condition Your Immune System – Long Term

• Reverse Abdominal Breathing

• Scholar Fire

• Embryonic Breathing Meditation

Qigong for Immune Health Q & A.

DVD comes with online streaming access. 

Improve Your Balance and Prevent Falls

In Tai Chi Fit Over 50 Balance Exercises, master teacher David-Dorian Ross leads you through a simple tai chi lesson. This follow-along routine is shown in a mirror-view format with nothing to memorize. Just follow the moves, and you’ll enjoy the health benefits of tai chi, with a focus on improved balance, strength, and stability.

Perfect for seniors, those with limited mobility, or anyone looking to improve their balance and prevent falls, the OVER 50 balance routine combines basic tai chi moves for an easy, whole-body workout. You’ll feel relaxed and energized afterward.

Tai Chi Fit Over 50 Balance Exercises includes

• Mirror-view tai chi moves to the left and right.
• Low-impact, whole-body exercises to improve balance.
• A beginner-friendly follow-along workout—no experience needed.

Tai Chi Health in 6 Minutes

Simplified Tai Chi 24 for Beginners DVD is the perfect way to experience the amazing health benefits of a shortened Tai Chi form, no matter your current fitness level. The ancient art of Tai Chi is often described as “moving meditation” because it stimulates your mind, body, and spirit.

The simplified 24-posture form is taught and demonstrated in detail by Master Helen Liang in short, easy-to-follow sections. This popular form is shown clearly from multiple angles, with step-by-step instructions.

With this 6-minute Tai Chi form, you’ll feel stronger and more energized. Tai Chi is known for improving balance and keeping the mind sharp and positive. This Tai Chi form is excellent for beginners at any age, those who want a low-impact whole-body exercise, and those with limited time.

• Easy-to-follow step-by-step instruction
• Front and rear view demonstrations
• The most popular Tai Chi form in the world

The Tai Chi 24 form takes only 6 minutes to practice but offers benefits for your entire life.

Enjoy Tai Chi At Any Age

In Tai Chi Fit: OVER 50, Master-Teacher David-Dorian Ross leads you through a simple tai chi lesson. Perfect for any age, this follow-along routine is shown in a mirror-view format with nothing to memorize. Just follow along, and you’ll enjoy the health benefits of tai chi, including improved mobility, balance, strength and flexibility.

Perfect for seniors, those with limited mobility, or anyone looking for some gentle exercise, the OVER 50 workout combines basic tai chi moves and energizing qigong exercises for an easy, whole-body workout. You’ll be relaxed and breathing deep in no time.

Tai Chi Fit: OVER 50 includes:

• Mirror-view tai chi moves to the left and right.
• Low-impact, whole body exercise done sitting or standing.
• No experience needed; beginner-friendly follow-along workout.

Tai Chi Fit: OVER 50 allows anyone to experience the wonderful feeling and benefits of tai chi without the stress of needing to memorize the movements. Just follow along, have fun, and keep smiling!

Learn simple Qi Gong (energy work) for beginners with the most popular teacher in America.

Qi gong combines stretching, strengthening, flow, mindfulness, breath, and energy into one simple practice. Qi Gong 30-Day Challenge is the easiest way to gradually build up your qi gong practice and improve your health and well-being.

This simple series of 30 short daily routines is designed to cut your stress levels and boost your energy as efficiently as possible. Anybody can find a few minutes each day to practice qi gong, and that’s long enough to shift you out of that “fight or flight” stress mode and help you relax deeply.

After 30 days, you’ll have built a healthy habit that helps you improve your mood, clear tension, and recharge quickly every day. This series is also a perfect way to introduce someone you care about to qi gong.

You’ll feel better on day one, and as you continue to progress and revitalize your mind, body, and spirit, you’ll find that wonderful things happen in all aspects of your life.

Contents Include:

• 30 short daily qi gong workouts
• Week 1: Build your foundation of self-discipline
• Week 2: Enliven your Mind, Body and Spirit
• Week 3: Feel abundant Qi (energy) and great health
• Week 4: Express positive energy in all areas of your life

A deeper conversation about qi

Understand the art of qigong, energy work, with insight from ancient Daoist tradition and modern science.

This four-hour video lesson is a rare front row seat experience with qigong master Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming. Everyone can benefit from learning why self-regulating is so important and how to adapt this into your lifestyle. You may improve your health, your business, and your life journey by regulating your body, mind and spirit.

Master Yang explains qi energy regulation through a disciplined science-focused study of your body's energetic circulatory system. You'll experience in meaningful way how qigong works, and what it means to regulate your qi energy.

• Experience how to build and store life-giving qi within your ‘bio battery’

• Learn how physical and mental energy depletes from the body

• Understand how leading the qi feels in every area of your body

• Explore the connection between the Dao De Jing (Book of Changes) and qigong

• Follow-along qigong exercises with Master Yang

DVD comes with online streaming access. 

Tai Chi Chuan is a kind of moving meditation with ancient roots in Chinese martial arts.

In this video, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming teaches you the complete traditional Yang-style long form step-by-step, while explaining the meaning of each movement.

Yang Tai Chi is the most popular style in the world, and it is practiced by millions of people every day. By practicing Tai Chi, you relax the mind and body deeply, which is the key to maintaining and improving your health. When you are calm and centered, your body's natural restorative abilities are most efficient.

Regular practice can benefit your strength, flexibility, bone-density, and muscle mass. The low-impact exercise has been shown to improve symptoms of depression and insomnia, and promote the healing of chronic conditions. Tai Chi is an excellent way to relieve stress, lower your blood pressure, and develop a positive attitude toward life. Tai Chi will increase your circulation of blood, nutrients, and energy throughout the body, resulting in improved vitality and longevity.

Master Yang instructs the complete Tai Chi form from the front, and shows each movement one-by-one from multiple angles. There is also a rear view of the form that you can simply follow-along with once you're familiar with the movements.

Tai Chi will develop your mind's alertness, awareness, and concentration. Most importantly, as you practice, pay attention to the feeling within the movements, so you may appreciate the profound essence of Tai Chi Chuan.

• Learn the form step-by-step
• Low-impact movements; good for all fitness levels
• Every movement explained in detail

Dr. Yang's tai chi lineage can be traced back to the Yang family through Grandmaster Kao, Tao (高濤) and his teacher Yue, Huanzhi (樂奐之), an indoor disciple of Yang, Chengfu (楊澄甫).

The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi says: "regular practice leads to more vigor and flexibility, better balance and mobility, and a sense of well-being. Cutting-edge research from Harvard Medical School also supports the long-standing claims that Tai Chi also has a beneficial impact on the health of the heart, bones, nerves and muscles, immune system, and the mind."

A deeper conversation about tai chi

Delve deeply into tai chi chuan theory with insight from ancient Daoist tradition and modern science.

This four-hour video lesson is a rare front row seat experience with tai chi master Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming. You will watch Dr. Yang's hands-on demonstrations of the many facets of tai chi principles and theory. Master Yang provides breakthrough insights using his physics background to explain the connection between energy (qi), power and relaxation.

Understand the cellular and atomic vibrational nature of the physical body and the spirit (shen) within your practice of tai chi. Master Yang reveals the boundaries between yin and yang through a fresh understanding of the connection between quantum physics, dark matter and his unique revelation of spirit.

• Explore the ancient root of tai chi chuan, ‘grand ultimate fist’

• Understand the distinctions between tai chi philosophy and martial arts

• Study the origin of tai chi styles and the influence of the Book of Change (Dao De Jing)

• Understand the secrets within the fundamental 13 Postures of Tai Chi

• Follow-along tai chi exercises with Master Yang

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Stay active with a new Tai Chi Fit workout every day and get an energizing workout.

The Tai Chi Fit DVD series with David-Dorian Ross includes his very best four bestselling video programs.

1. Tai Chi Fit FLOW
2. Tai Chi Fit STRENGTH
3. Tai Chi Fit TO GO
4. Tai Chi Fit OVER 50.

All Tai Chi Fit moves are shown in mirror-view, repeated to the left and right before a simple transition takes you to the next step in a  follow-along routine with nothing to memorize.

In Tai Chi Fit – FLOW, David-Dorian gently guides you through a simple Tai Chi workout with an emphasis on continuity, connection, and your feeling of FLOW.  This is the absolute best starting place for tai chi beginners who just want to experience the moves and the deep feeling of tai chi for the first time. Tai Chi Fit - FLOW is also an excellent form of tai chi for seniors, as well as those with common medical conditions such as Parkinson’s, fibromyalgia, peripheral neuropathy, hemophilia, diabetes, or obesity. 

The invigorating STRENGTH gradually strengthens the entire body, increases your bone density, and boosts your cardiovascular performance. The workout combines tai chi, qigong and yoga to improve your qi (energy) circulation and your physical endurance. 

Tai Chi Fit: TO GO helps you to find time for your tai chi practice with three different 20-minute workouts. These workouts are portable, ""pocket-sized"" sequences that you can do anywhere.

Tai Chi Fit: OVER 50 is perfect for any age. Just follow along, and you’ll enjoy the health benefits of tai chi, including improved mobility, balance, strength and flexibility. You’ll be relaxed and breathing deep in no time.

Enjoy a Great Seated Tai Chi Workout

In Tai Chi Fit Over 50 Seated Workout, master teacher David-Dorian Ross leads you through a simple tai chi lesson. This follow-along routine is shown in a mirror-view format with nothing to memorize. Just follow the moves, and you’ll enjoy the health benefits of tai chi, including improved circulation, strength, and flexibility.

Perfect for seniors, those with limited mobility, or anyone looking for some seated exercises, the OVER 50 seated routine combines basic tai chi moves for an easy, whole-body workout. You’ll feel relaxed and energized afterward.

Tai Chi Fit: OVER 50 Seated Workout includes

• Mirror-view tai chi moves to the left and right.
• Low-impact, whole-body exercise done while sitting.
• A beginner-friendly follow-along workout—no experience needed.

Learn simple Qi Gong (energy work) for beginners with the most popular teacher in America.

Qi Gong is a time-honored practice that focuses on health, relaxation, energy, and vitality.

Described as the art of effortless power, Qi Gong is easy to follow and effective for improving your health. Combining gentle stretching, energy-activating exercise, simple movements for strength, and flowing movements, Qi Gong gives a complete body/mind workout.

As part of an ancient medicine that focused on prevention, Qi Gong was often used to treat our most common ailments, like stress, pain, fatigue, depression, insomnia, and much more.

Qi means energy. Every system in your body needs energy. Your nervous system and spine conduct a tremendous amount of energy communicating mind to body and body to mind. When the Qi in your body is blocked, the systems don’t run smoothly. This practice will help to insure that all parts of your body have a fresh supply of energy.

Practice these routines and see for yourself how wonderful and enlivened you can truly feel. You will learn:

• Simple stretches for improved flexibility
• Release stress, tension, and tightness
• Activate internal energy
• Flowing movements for deep relaxation and a calm clear mind

Relieve Joint Pain and Feel Better by Learning Easy Tai Chi

Learn tai chi movements to relieve pain in your joints and increase your range of motion and stamina. Joint pain causes you to move less to avoid the irritation. But moving less means that soon you lose your range of motion, which makes you more likely to get hurt or sick. Joint pain also makes you weaker and more likely to injure yourself from normal daily tasks.

If you’re new to tai chi, this is an excellent introduction to its moves and its inner experience. David-Dorian will guide you to the health benefits of tai chi without any routines or sequences to learn or memorize. TaijiFit programs use an easy format designed for you to simply follow along without worrying about getting anything right. Just mimic what you see, and don’t even worry about which direction you’re facing.

By using this short program just a few times per week, your joint health will gradually improve, and you’ll feel stronger and more balanced.

Release Your Body's Own Medicine through Movement, Massage, Meditation, and Breath

Activate your natural powers for healing, endurance, and longevity with pioneering author Roger Jahnke, O.M.D., a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and co-founder of the National Qigong Association (NQA). Dr. Jahnke has dedicated his entire professional life to sharing powerful ancient healing traditions.

For over 40 years, Dr. Jahnke has taught a simple four-part daily practice self-healing program to thousands of people worldwide. This program includes

•       Gentle qigong exercises

•       Acupressure ‘self-massage’ methods

•       Health-giving breathing practices

•       Relaxation and meditation methods to calm and focus the mind

You will learn to release your body’s own healing power with Dr. Jahnke’s expertly guided step-by-step instruction. These simple yet powerful self-healing methods are easily adaptable to various lifestyles, many can be practiced almost anywhere—in a car, standing in a line, sitting in a chair, walking, and even on a bed.

Self-care is made easy with Dr. Jahnke’s guidance

•       Feel better right away and enjoy long-term health improvement

•       Select short or longer techniques for a personalized daily routine

•       Experience powerful results from effective exercises, self-massage, and meditation techniques

Dr. Janke also includes a fascinating explanation of our qi (energy) physiology. He uses detailed animations of the body’s interrelated systems and circulations, bringing to life what happens inside each of us every time we move or breathe.

"Practical and inspiring."" — Deepak Chopra, M.D

Tai Chi for Beginners at Any Age!

According to experts, including Harvard Medical School, one of the most effective and comprehensive forms of exercise is the ancient Chinese art of tai chi. But how do you begin? What are the moves and exercises you need to know when you are a beginner? And is it important to get all the moves right to avoid injury and receive the benefits? David-Dorian Ross answers these questions and more with this simple TaijiFit routine.

Many people believe tai chi is difficult to learn. In reality, a main point of tai chi is to discover how effortless your movements can be. With tai chi, the less effort you apply, the more benefits you’ll receive—quite a bit different from the fitness philosophy of “no pain, no gain.” Ancient Chinese medicine says that when you exert yourself too much, you build up physical tension and mental anxiety. These create a blockage to the circulation of your life energy, known as qi, which is responsible for your health and well-being.

There is nothing to “learn” in this program. You won’t have to memorize a complicated routine or perfect any movements. Just smile, relax, and enjoy this simple tai chi workout.

Experience the Tai Chi 24 Form the Easy Way

Experience the most popular tai chi form in the world with master teacher David-Dorian Ross. His unique teaching method allows you to simply follow the mirror-view movements from side to side and gradually become familiar with the 24 Form without having to memorize anything.

David-Dorian’s teaching emphasizes the pleasant and relaxed feeling of tai chi, leading to a calm, peaceful, and balanced practice.

This format is also an excellent way for those with tai chi experience to work on their symmetry by training to both the left and right, refining
transitions, and getting into the flow. Over time, as the tai chi movements become more familiar, you may choose to transition into practicing the
traditional 24 form. David-Dorian guides you through this tai chi experience while you are immersed in a beautiful and relaxing Hawaiian paradise.
Tai Chi Fit: 24 FORM includes:

• Unique beginner-friendly teaching method
• Easy-to-follow mirror-view instruction
• The basics of all 24 moves

Beginner-Friendly Qigong Designed Especially for Women

Qigong master Daisy Lee guides you through an easy series of healing qigong exercises for women. Qigong (energy cultivation) has been used for centuries to relieve stress, cultivate peace of mind, and improve health. These time-tested methods will rebalance your hormones and organ systems to help you to feel great.

Radiant Lotus Women’s Qigong has helped thousands of women around the world to energize their immunity and vitality. Perfect for beginners and women at all stages of life, these follow-along routines are like a master class in your living room. The movements are simple to follow and can be done sitting or standing.

This 3-disc series includes:

• Shaking and Cupping for Enhanced Immunity
• Self-Massage to Release Stagnant Qi (energy)
• Tibetan Vibrational Sound Healing
• Anti-Aging Medical Qigong Series for Longevity
• 16-Movement Lotus Rises Through the Water Form
• Kwan Yin Closing Meditation and prayer
• Daisy Lee Interview

Radiant Lotus Women’s Qigong was created by Daisy Lee after years of study with several Qigong masters specializing in women’s health.  This medical qigong supports holistic self-care and healing of menstrual and hormonal imbalances, benign breast and uterine tumors/cysts, fibrocystic breast disease, emotional ups and downs, menopausal symptoms, memory loss, and numerous other women’s health issues. Revitalize your radiant health and positive energy using these empowering self-healing tools with Daisy Lee.

Tai Chi Dynamics is intended for intermediate and advanced Taiji players.

The author Robert Chuckrow Ph.D. experimental physics, has been a Taiji practitioner for over forty years. He applies logic and basic scientific principles of anatomy, physiology, and physics to muscular action, breathing, and alignment in Taiji movement and push-hands.

He clarifies many perplexing concepts such as "correct force" by utilizing detailed explanations, illustrations, and photographs.

Sayings from the Taiji Classics are quoted throughout, and exercises are provided to give readers a chance to confirm their understanding.

Over a dozen self-defense applications of the basic Taiji movements are illustrated, and the effectiveness and completeness of Taiji as a martial art is candidly analyzed.

Suggestions for many aspects of teaching Taiji are provided, which stem from over three decades of practical experience. A chapter on Zheng Manqing (Cheng Man-ch'ing), with whom the author studied for five years in the early 1970s, sheds light on Zheng and his students.

A special chapter deals extensively with aspects of self development from a personal perspective, discusses how doing Taiji correctly is a precursor to spiritual growth, and compares religion, science, and spiritual teachings.

A detailed chapter on health, self-massage, and healing discusses fasting (including the author's own experience with a twenty-eight-day fast), differences between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, and provides exercises and methods of self-massage for head, legs, feet, and back.

There is even a section on how to make your own footwear suitable for practicing Taiji.

The book includes personal anecdotes and stories, and has over one hundred photographs and illustrations by the author.

The origins of Liuhebafa (also called Water Boxing) can be traced back to the Daoist sage Chen Tuan (c. 871-989 A.D.).

Chen is a mystical figure whose advice and perspective was sought by ancient Chinese Emperors.

Liuhebafa was the last of the internal methods to be taught outside China. Even inside China, Liuhebafa had an almost mythic quality. Among the groups of inner circle students, Liuhebafa was graduate study in the internal arts.

Liuhebafa's Five Character Secrets (of Li Dong Feng) are the original precepts of this rare internal martial art known as Huayue Xinyi Liuhebafaquan. Li Dong Feng discovered aged manuscripts of Chen Tuan, during an expedition to Chen's ancient mountain home. Realizing the importance of what he had found, Li remained on Mount Hua until he mastered the material in the manuscripts.

Li returned to his home and then recorded all he had learned on Mount Hua in one hundred and thirty-four verses now known as The Five Character Secrets of Li Dong Feng. This is the only existing treatise on the original principles of Liuhebafa.

This book contains the original Chinese treatise of Li Dong Feng, Pinyin Romanization of the Chinese characters, word for word translation, literal translation, interpretive translation and the author's commentary on the meaning of each verse.

There is more here than meets the eye. It is wise to approach the Secrets with a beginner's mind. Imagine being beckoned to sit by the fire. Lean a little closer to better hear the master as he recites the lines that will open the doors of your mind and heart.

Secrets of the Tai Chi Masters Revealed!

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 they considered trustworthy and ready for such secrets. That is, until this century.

Now, you can reap the benefits of centuries of wisdom and practical experience to deepen and refine your Tai Chi Chuan. Discover ways to reach the essence of your Form and take your Push Hands to higher levels.

Dr. Yang has translated these classics from the original Chinese, and has written commentaries to make them more accessible to contemporary minds. Tai Chi Secrets of the Wu & Li Styles is an invaluable resource for students who seek true understanding of their art, and the Wu and Li Styles, focusing heavily on internal development, are perfect for advanced practitioners.

• Can be used with any style of Tai Chi Chuan.
• Sound, practical advice for any martial art.
• Includes commentaries, translation, and original chinese.
• Key points for incorporating the teachings into your practice.

Secrets of the Tai Chi Masters Revealed!

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 it was also practiced as an effective and deadly martial art. Because of this, the 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 they considered trustworthy and ready. That is, until now. Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style contains secrets kept hidden in the Yang family for generations and only revealed to the public in the last two decades.

The majority of the secrets found in this book were written directly by Yang, Ban-Hou, second generation lineage of the Yang family, a master well known for his deep understanding of theory and for the manifestation of martial power (Jin). Now you can reap the benefits of this wisdom and practical experience to deepen and refine your own Tai Chi. Discover ways to reach the essence of your Form and take your Push Hands to higher levels. Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming has translated these classics from the original Chinese, and has written commentaries to make them more accessible to contemporary minds.

Immerse yourself in the secrets of the Yang Style, the world's most popular style. You'll find Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style an invaluable resource for understanding your art.

• Can be used with any style of tai chi chuan.
• Sound, practical advice for any martial art.
• Includes commentaries, translation, and original chinese.
• Key points for incorporating the teachings into your practice.

Secrets of the Tai Chi Masters Revealed!

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. 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 they considered trustworthy and ready for such knowledge. That is, until this century.

Now, you can reap the benefits of centuries of wisdom and practical experience to deepen and refine your Tai Chi Chuan. Discover ways to reach the essence of your Form and take your Push Hands to higher levels. Dr. Yang has translated these classics from the original Chinese, and has written commentaries to make them more accessible to contemporary minds. Tai Chi Secrets of the Wu Style is an invaluable resource for students who seek true understanding of their art.

• Useful for any style of Tai Chi Chuan.
• Sound, practical advice for any martial art.
• Key points for incorporating the teachings into your practice.

Tai Chi Class Specifically for Women

When you look at the balance of fitness routines recommended for health and longevity, it turns out that most of them were designed for men. They fit men’s personalities, muscle structure and physique. Fitness programs for women have often just been watered down men’s workouts. But women have different needs when it comes to health and fitness. In this program, David-Dorian Ross guides you through a Tai Chi workout designed especially for women.

Women, more than men, need a workout that both strengthens the bones and calms the immune system. Women are far more susceptible to autoimmune diseases than men, including

• multiple sclerosis, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and psoriasis
• osteoporosis, or thinning bones, which affects your hormones

This short Tai Chi routine can be a perfect daily workout for women. It promotes balance, coordination, and strength, supports the immune system, and raises your spirit. The best news is that there is nothing to “learn” in this program. You won’t have to memorize a complicated routine or keep working to perfect any movement. Just follow us for fun, and you’ll experience the healing benefits of Tai Chi.

Massage is one of the essential foundations of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 

Tui Na, literally "Push Grab" has been practiced by Chinese martial artists, Qigong practitioners and healers for thousands of years. Specializing in injury repair and curing illness, Tui Na massage can also maintain your health by adjusting your Qi in order to flow smoothly. It will increase your Qi and blood circulation in particular areas or throughout your entire body, removing blockages and stagnations caused by injuries, exercise and/or aging. Tui Na massage is also a wonderful way to relieve stress and recover from a hard day on the job or a tough workout.

Chinese Tui Na Massage is systematic, concise, practical and easy to read. Originally published in China, this re-edited edition (the 4th book in our Practical TCM series) provides both theory and practical techniques.

• Prevent illness by improving Qi and blood flow.
• Recover quickly from fatigue, aches, and soreness.
• Repair injuries, relieve stress and physical tension.
• Ideal for professional therapists, martial artists and anyone with an active lifestyle.