Simple Qigong for Health: The Eight Pieces of Brocade (YMAA Qigong Book 1)
Dr. Yang, Jwing-Mingamazon.com
Simple Qigong for Health: The Eight Pieces of Brocade (YMAA Qigong Book 1)
Three Wisdom Tools To take this journey inward, we’re going to engage the three prajnas, or “wisdom tools,” of hearing, contemplating, and meditating.6 Hearing, or reading, about something leads to contemplating upon it, which leads to meditating on it. By reading and thinking about this material, you will be engaging the first two wisdom tools. In
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16.Finish without startling spirit. To come out of Wuji, move slowly so as not to startle the spirit. Begin by lifting through the center of the body; hold one wrist with the other hand behind your back and massage the bottoms of the feet by rolling your weight across one foot and then the other. Circle on your feet 3–5 times in one direction, and
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