"Energy arts." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
An overview of Bagua and Tai Chi -- Qigong and Neigong in Bagua and Tai Chi -- What is Taoism? --The relationships of the I Ching to Taoist meditation -- Bagua's martial and spiritual traditions -- The art of Tai Chi -- Sophisticated health exercises -- Arts of meditative movement -- Profound methods of Taoist meditation -- Finding a good teacher -- Appendix A : Bagua for lifelong health and maximum performance -- Appendix B : why Buddhism and Hinduism are well known, but Taoism is not -- Appendix C : the energy anatomy of the body -- Appendix D : lineages and training chronology -- Appendix E : transliterations and meanings of Chinese terms -- Appendix F : glossary -- Appendix G : Taosim, a living tradition.
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