Barbara Matsuura - Ba Duan Chin

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> Within our Tai Chi lessons we also studied a very very good exercise

called in chinese 'Ba Duan Chin " . it

> translates as 'The Eight Pieces of Brocade'. It is older than Tai Chi

Chuan and was created for good health and longevity/as oppsoed to a martial

art. It was made for regular people to perform. It is a

> set of 8 simple exercises. Easy to remember and to do but with very

profound meaning and therapy for the body and spirit. If the challenge of

the Tai Chi is too strenouos for you, at present, you might

> want to look into 'Ba Duan Chin'. It takes hardly any space to perform,

you can do it almost anywhere, (I always do it on the airplane when I

travel), and with just simple rythmical breathing you can

> accomplish relaxation and exercise all parts of the body as well as

benefit the internal organs. I can recommend a book for you to read about

it, but of course you need someone to teach you. I bought

> the book through amazon.com, but perhaps you can find it in the UK. The

title of the book is 'Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health " 'The Eight

Pieces of Brocade' by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming. He is the

> founder of YMAA (Yang's Martial Arts Academy) in Boston, Mass. USA This

book is published by YMAA.

 

This is fascinating information. Would it be possible for you to post some

of the breathing exercises here in a simplified form for us to do for

ourselves and state which parts they relax and exercise?

 

Moira, the Faerie Godmother

[Guest guest]

Dear Moira,

I'm happy to see that you are interested about the benefits of the Ba

Duan Chin exercises, but I'm afraid that the is not the

place to discuss or teach it. We must

concentrate here on aromatherapy and it's benefits.

Perhaps I can e-mail you personally and tell you some things. I will be out of

town for the next three weeks, so if you think this is a good idea I will tell

you more about it on my return to Tokyo, and

my computer.

with warmest regards,

Barbara, in Tokyo

 

Moira de Swardt wrote:

 

> > Within our Tai Chi lessons we also studied a very very good exercise

> called in chinese 'Ba Duan Chin " . it

> > translates as 'The Eight Pieces of Brocade'. It is older than Tai Chi

> Chuan and was created for good health and longevity/as oppsoed to a martial

> art. It was made for regular people to perform. It is a

> > set of 8 simple exercises. Easy to remember and to do but with very

> profound meaning and therapy for the body and spirit. If the challenge of

> the Tai Chi is too strenouos for you, at present, you might

> > want to look into 'Ba Duan Chin'. It takes hardly any space to perform,

> you can do it almost anywhere, (I always do it on the airplane when I

> travel), and with just simple rythmical breathing you can

> > accomplish relaxation and exercise all parts of the body as well as

> benefit the internal organs. I can recommend a book for you to read about

> it, but of course you need someone to teach you. I bought

> > the book through amazon.com, but perhaps you can find it in the UK. The

> title of the book is 'Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health " 'The Eight

> Pieces of Brocade' by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming. He is the

> > founder of YMAA (Yang's Martial Arts Academy) in Boston, Mass. USA This

> book is published by YMAA.

>

> This is fascinating information. Would it be possible for you to post some

> of the breathing exercises here in a simplified form for us to do for

> ourselves and state which parts they relax and exercise?

>

> Moira, the Faerie Godmother

>

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