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Yang Sheng: The art of Chinese self-healing

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In the fable about Lord Wenhui (文惠君) coming to understand the Dao while watching Cook Ding (庖丁) cut up an ox, he exclaims how wonderful it is "that skill can attain such heights!

I'll certainly use some of the book as reference, but I'll be seeking out more information on a number of the topics covered. The Mawangdui manuscripts were found in a tomb dated 168 BCE, while Harper places the redaction of the manuscripts in the third century BCE (1998: 4). The number of medical texts increased significantly from 36 in the Catalog of the Imperial Library of the Han to 256 in the Catalog of the Imperial Library of the Sui (Yang 2002: 111-112). Information about yangsheng "nourishing life" health cultivation was traditionally limited to received texts including the Chinese classics, until this corpus was augmented by some second-century BCE medical manuscripts discovered in the 1970s. The erratic time schedule and intense work pressure of millennials prompted many to seek an easy way out, through "punk health"— a term used to describe the desire to both pursue a healthy lifestyle and instant pleasure.

Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong therefore has three aspects which make it such a valuable contributor to health care. CE Lunheng ("Critical Essays") criticizes many Daoist beliefs particularly yangxing (養性, "nourishing one's inner nature") (Despeux 2008: 1149). In this book, Katie Brindle teaches readers how to harness this powerful natural healing system to improve every aspect of their life. The "Taoist Untruths" chapter describes Daoist grain-free diets in terms of bigu (辟穀, "avoiding grains") and shiqi (食氣, "eat/ingest breath"). Their idea is that, if the blood vessels in the body be not always in motion, expanding and contracting, an obstruction ensues.

This is particularly important at the end of each day when we should be unwinding and preparing for a good nights’ sleep.Stand with your shoulders relaxed, arms lose at your sides, palms facing backwards, knees slightly bent, feet hip-width apart. As I am already familiar with Daoism I personally would have loved a little bit more explanation of the theoretical backgrounds of the exercises - but I also see that I am not the typical target audience and that the theory described in the book is probably enough for the majority of readers.

Pull out the roots of a plant or a tree, and separate them from the soil, and the plant will wither, and soon die. The polymath Ji Kang (223-262), one of the Daoist Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, wrote a text titled Yangsheng lun (飬生論, "Essays on Nourishing Life"). percent of people aged 18 to 25 plan to increase their spending on health management, making it the second most important area of spending for the age cohort besides traveling. According to man’s original nature his body is supple of itself, and his vital force lasts long of its own accord.Simon Watson welcomes enquiries from anyone - beginner or experienced practitioner - who wishes to learn more about Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong. Zunsheng bajian (遵生八笺, "Eight Essays on Being in Accord with Life") described yangsheng diets, breathing methods, and medicines. Yang sheng means to nourish life fostering your own health and wellbeing by nurturing body, mind and spirit.

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