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Bibliography, Links and Resources
Realms of the Dragons
Alphabetical Subject Index to the Cloud Hands Taijiquan and Qigong Website
American Dragon Gate Taoist Lineage.
Qigong and Daoist Training Center.
Michael Rinaldini is the director of the Qigong and Daoist (Taoist) Training Center
in Sebastopol, California. It is an affiliate branch of BaGua Xun Dao Gong Qigong Center
in Beijing, China. He is also a Certified Teacher of Master Wan Sujian's Bagua Xun
Dao gong qigong system. Shifu Rinaldini is an acupressure and Tuina therapist (CMT).
Shifu Rinaldini
was ordained as a 22nd generation Daoist Priest in the Longmen Dragon Gate
Taoist Sect in 2003, and authorized to train and ordain Taoist Priests in 2007. He was given the name "Dao Li-Chang."
Shifu Rinaldini is the founder of the American Dragon Gate Lineage. His trainings in qigong include
three study trips to China. He is a Level IV Qigong Teacher and
member of the National Qigong Association.
The Carp Leaps Through the Dragon's Gate
Chi Kung (Daoyin, Qigong):
Bibliograpy, Resources, Links, Lessons
Chinese Healing Exercises: The Tradition of Daoyin. By Livia Kohn.
University of Hawaii Press, 2008. 268 pages. ISBN:
0824832698. History of Daoist health practices.
Chronicles
of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master. By Deng, Ming-Dao.
Harper
San Francisco, 1993. 496 pages. ISBN: 0062502190. VSCL.
Cloud Hands Taijiquan
and Qigong
Cloud Hands Mind/Body Movement Arts
Blog
Correspondences and Alchemical Associations for the Dragon
Daoism: Bibliography, Links,
Resources, Quoations, Lessons
Dao of Dragon Chi Kung. Presentation by Shihfu Jiang JianYe.
Instructional VHS, 121 minutes. "A good series of Chi Kung exercises from
other than WuDang Daoism. Inlcudes many dragon based exercises and
Swimming Dragon moves. The movements require you to be limber. The
include some squatting and twisting. The theme of the entire series is
dragon motions."
Source 1,
Source 2 Wayfarer.
"By Jiang Jian-ye. He has combined forms from many Taoist sects into one
form that contains stretching and whole body twisting to open key energy
channels in the body. There is step-by-step teaching and multiple repetitions
and views, plus reviews of segments and demonstrations at the beginning and at
the conclusion. 118 Min."
Daoist
Body Cultivation: Traditional Models and Contemporary Practices.
Edited by Livia Kohn. University of Hawaii Press, 2006. 243 pages.
ISBN: 1931483051. VSCL.
Daoist Studies and
Practices: Ripening Peaches
DaMo Qigong and Taoist Inner Alchemy
The Dragon and the Tiger The Inner Alchemy of Water
and Fire
Dragon and Tiger Qigong:
A Miracle Health System for Developing Chi.
Master Bruce Frantzis. North Atlantic Books, 2010. 262 pages.
ISBN: 1556439210. Energy Arts
Curriculum. "Dragon and Tiger is a 1500-year old self-healing
medical
Chi Gung (Qi
gong or chi kung) system based on acupuncture. It is sometimes called meridian
line chi gung because it helps free you of energetic (chi) blockages by
balancing the chi flow that runs through the acupuncture meridians or channels
of the body. Invigorating, yet calming, Dragon and Tiger helps you to release
stress and mitigate pain and illness."
Dragon Door Chi Kung. Presentation by Shihfu Jian JianYe.
Instructional VHS, 121 minutes. "There
is a great deal of emphasis here on gathering energy and spinal twisting (light
and safely done). A very decent and reasonable regimen for those looking for Chi
Kung. Some difficulties but anything in the routine can be modified to the
beginner. Some very logical and well planned sections." VSCL (VHS).
Source One: Plum
Publications. Source Two: Wayfarer Publications: "By
Jiang Jian-ye. This video teaches a Taoist qigong method from the famous Wu Dang
Mountain. There is a demonstration followed by step-by-step teaching of the 14
postures, which include subroutines. It is taught at slow and regular speed with
multiple repetitions and views. There are reviews of segments and at the end
there is a demonstration from the front and rear. 112 Min."
Dragon Gate Cave Taoist Temple
Dragon Gate Chi Gong Daoyin
Therapy. A combination of traditional Chinese
Chi Gong and Daoyin Techniques. Master Tao Dawson.
Dragon Gate Chi Kung.
Featuring Dr. Gordon Xu. Instructional VHS videotape, 64 minutes.
China's Living Treasures Series, Volume 26. This webpage includes a 3:41
minutes UTube Video. "Doctor Gordon Xu (Xu Guo Rong) of Shanghai is a
doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. He received training at the Shanghai
Medical Institute. He worked at the Huang Pu District Central Hospital and the
Shanghai Tui Na Center Hospital. He studied acupuncture and traditional Chinese
medicine under head of staff, Dr. Lee Yan Fong, top student of Dr. Lu Shou Yan,
China's foremost acupuncturist prior to the communist revolution. At the
Shanghai Tui Na Hospital he studied under head of staff, Dr. Wan Ming Ming. In
addition to mastering five systems of tui na (chinese therapeutic massage), he
is also a master of the Dragon Gate Chi Kung system. His teacher Master Yi Chien
Liang 1895-1986, nicknamed "one flower that faces heaven", was a Taoist monk
from the Wan So Temple (10,000 years Longevity Temple). Dr. Xu was Master Yi's
primary student and named by him as the 22nd generation successor to the Taoist
Dragon Gate (Chuan Zhen Pai) system. This system, founded by Wan Chong Yang,
dates back to the Sung dynasty (960-1127). On this tape Doctor Xu demonstrates
three levels of chi kung practice."
The
Dragon in China and Japan. By Marinus Willem De Visser (1876-1930).
Originally published in 1913. Edited with an introduction by
cryptozoologist Loren Coleman. Cosimo Classics, 2008. 258 pages.
ISBN: 1605204099. VSCL.
Dragon
Lore from Taiwan An excellent overview of myth and lore about
the Chinese Dragon.
Dragon Qigong,
Eight Dragons Qigong, Ba Long Qigong, Presented by Mike Garofalo, M.S.
Instructions and descriptions of the eight movements.
Dragon Qigong,
Long Qigong, Presented by Mike Garofalo, M.S.
Instructions and descriptions of Dragon Qigong movements.
Dragon Terms: 1) In Sanskrit, in India, Naga is the term for all
serpentine creatures, including the dragon. 2) The Chinese world for
"dragon" is Lóng, 龍. 3) The Chinese word for a "blue/green
dragon" is Qinglóng, 青龍 . In the Japanese language the word for
"dragon" is Ryu 龍 or 竜, or Tatsu 辰; a blue/green dragon is Seiryu 青龍, and
a Dragon King is Ryu-o, Ryuu-ou 龍王, 竜王. In Korean, the term for "dragon"
is Yong, 용.
Dragons and Tigers:
The Daoist Inner Alchemy of Water and Fire
Dragons, Dragon Art
and Dragon Lore in Japan and China
Dragon's Gate: The Carp Leaps Through the Dragon's Gate
Dragon's Play: A New Taoist Transmission of the Complete Experience of Human
Life. By Charles Belyea and Steven Tainer. Illustrations by
Xiao-Lun Lin. Berkeley, California, Great Circle Lifeworks, 1991.
196 pages. ISBN: 0962930814. VSCL.
Eight
Section Brocade Qigong, Ba Duan Jin
The Emperor's Seal of the Dragon
Enter the Dragon Gate
行大道 : The blog of Shen Laoshi and the Neidan methodologies of
Longmen (Dragon Gate) Pai (Sect, Lineage) from Wang Liping.
Five
Dragon Qigong Master
Zhongxian Wu. Five Dragon Qigong, Wulong Qigong is "based on
the ancient Chinese cosmological principle of the Five Elements. From the
perspective of this philosophy, the universe is constructed of five elements:
water, wood, fire, earth, and metal. Each element contains its own
characteristic qi and a natural cycle exists through which the qi of one element
is transformed into another. Peace and harmony exist when the qi of the five
elements flows freely through this cycle. As part of the natural world, a person
will maintain health if five element qi flows well in their body and is in
harmony with the environment. The Wulong Qigong form has five different postures
related to the five organ systems. Through daily practice, one is able to
work with each elemental qi in his or her own body and transform one element
of qi into another. The harmonious state
acquired through daily practice of Wulong gong can help to release disease and
maintain health."
Flying Dragon Qigong, Nine Dragon
Baguazhang, Official Jiulong Baguazhang Website, Dr. John Painter
Four Guardians of
the Four Compass Directions
Leaping Through the Dragon's Gate The
carp leaps over the dragon's gate and becomes a dragon. The scholar passes
the highest examination.
Looking into "Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon" from Perspective of Chi, Tao, Chan & Compassion.
By Michael Chung.
Muscle and Tendon Changing Qigong - Yi
Jin Jing
Nourishing
the Essence of Life: The Outer, Inner and Secret Teachings of Taoism.
Translated with and Introduction by Eva Wong. Boston, Shambhala, 2004. 104 pages.
ISBN: 1590301048. VSCL.
One Old Druid's Final
Journey: Notebooks of the Librarian of Gushen Grove
Opening
the Energy Gates of Your Body (The Tao of Energy Enhancement). By Bruce
Kumar Frantzis. Illustrated by Husky Grafx. North Atlantic Books,
1993. Second
Edition. 174 pages. ISBN: 1556431643.
VSCL.
Opening the Dragon Gate: The Making of a Modern Taoist
Wizard. By Chen Kaiguo and Zheng Shunchao.
Translated by Thomas Cleary. Cheng Kaiguo and Zheng
Shunchao are students of the modern Taoist master Wang Liping
and live in Beijing. Tuttle Publishing, 1998. 288
pages. ISBN: 0804831858. VSCL.
Qi
Dragon Health and Healing
Featuring Julia Liping Julia Zhu. San Francisco. She
is a certified Qigong instructor from China and a disciple of Taoist Master Yu Anren. She is the Qigong instructor at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a licensed acupuncturist, and a Zen student
of the San Francisco Zen Center.
Qigong and Daoism: Bibliography, Resouces, Links, Lessons
Qigong
Empowerment: A Guide to Medical, Taoist, Buddhist, and Wushu Energy
Cultivation. By Liang, Shou-Yu and Wu, Wen-Ching. Edited by
Denise Breiter-Wu.
Rhode Island, Way of the Dragon Publishing, 1997. Index, glossary,
348 pages. ISBN: 1889659029. VSCL.
Qi: Bibliography,
Links, Resources and Quotations
Qigong
Teachings of a Taoist Immortal: The Eight Essential Exercises of Master Li
Ching-Yun. By Stuart Alve Olson. Heavenly Arts Press. 192 pages.
ISBN: 0892819456.
Excerpts VSCL.
Qigong (Chi
Kung): Bibliography, Links, Quotations, Instructions, Lessons, Notes
Subject Index to the Cloud Hands Taijiquan and
Qigong Website
The Swimming Dragon: A Chinese Way to
Fitness, Beautiful Skin, Weight Loss and High Energy. By Tzu Shi Kuo and
T. K. Shih. Edited by Charles Stein. Station Hill Press, 1999.
160 pages. ISBN: 0882680633. VSCL.
Swimming
Dragon Qigong UTube Video, 3:42
Swimming Dragon Qigong: Google
Swimming Dragon Tai Chi. Julia Liping
Zhu L.Ac., San Francisco.
Taoism: Bibliography, Links,
Resources, Quoations, Lessons
The Taoist Body. By Kristofer Schipper. Translated by Karen C.
Duval. Foreword by Norman Girardot. Berkeley, California, University of California
Press, 1993. Originally published in French in 1982 as Le Corps Taoiste.
Notes, bibliography, index, xx, 273 pages. ISBN: 0520082249. VSCL.
Taoist
Classics. The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary. Boston,
Shambhala Press. Four Volumes:
Volume
One, 296 pages, 2003.
Volume
Two, 640 pages, 1999. Volume Three, 304 pages, 2001.
Volume
Four, 464 pages, 2003.
Taoist Meditation and Longevity Techniques. Edited by Livia
Kohn. Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies, 1989. 398 pages.
ISBN: 0892640855. VSCL.
Taoist Studies and
Practices: Ripening Peaches
Tigers and Dragons: The
Daoist Inner Alchemy of Fire and Water
Valley Spirit Center,
Red Bluff, California
VSCL = Valley Spirit Center Library, Red Bluff,
California
The Way
of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing. By Kenneth
S. Cohen.
Foreword by Larry Dossey. New York Ballantine Books, 1997. Index,
notes, appendices,
427 pages. ISBN: 0345421094. One of my favorite books:
comprehensive,
informative, practical, and scientific. VSCL.
Water and Fire,
Dragons and Tigers, The Taoist Inner Alchemy of Water and Fire
The Web
That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine. By Ted J.
Kaptchuk,
O.M.D.. Chicago, McGraw Hill Contemporary Books, 2nd Edition, 2000.
Index, bibliography,
appendices, notes, 500 pages. Foreward by Margaret Caudill, M.D., and by
Andrew
Weil, M.D. ISBN:
0809228408. An excellent introduction to traditional
Chinese medicine and modern research on the topic. VSCL.
Wudang Mountain Qigong,
Taijiquan, and Baguazhang
Wu Qin Xi, Five Animal Frolics Qigong
Wuji
Swimming Dragon Francesco and Daisy Lee-Garripoli, Qigong:
Beginning Practice
Yi Jin Jing - Muscle and Tendon Changing
Qigong
Yoga:
Bibliography, Links, Quotations, Notes
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Dragons, Naga, Lóng, 龍, Qinglóng, 青龍, Ryu 龍 or 竜, or Tatsu
辰, Seiryu 青龍, Ryu-o, Ryuu-ou 龍王, 竜王, Yong, 용.
Dragons in the West, Dragons in the East
European Dragons,