Cloud Hands - Yun shou
March 20, 2004
Quotations Links Bibliography Notes
Bibliography and LInks
Subtle Body, Esoteric Body
Aligned,
Relaxed, Resilient: The Physical Foundations of
Mindfulness. By Will Johnson.
Boston, Shambhala, 2000. 137 pages. ISBN: 1570625182.
MGC.
The Art
of Happiness: Teachings of Buddhist Psychology. By Mirko Fryba.
Translated from
the German by Michael H. Kohn. Foreward by Claudio Naranjo. Boston,
Shambhala,
1989. Index, notes, 301 pages. ISBN: 0877734666.
MGC.
Awareness
Through Movement; Health Exercises for Personal Growth. Easy to Do
Health
Exercises to Improve Your Posture, Vision, Imagination and Personal
Awareness.
By Moshe Feldenkrais. San Francisco, Harper Collins, 1972, 1977. 173
pages.
ISBN: 0062503227. MGC.
The
Best Guide to Meditation. By Victor N. Davich. Los
Angeles, CA, Renaissance Media,
Inc., 1998. Index, bibliography, appendices, 350 pages. ISBN:
1580630103.
The
Book of Charkra Healing. By Liz Simpson. Foreward by
Teresa Hale. New
York, Sterling Publishing Co., 1999. A Gaia Original. Index,
glossary, bibliography,
143 pages. MGC. ISBN:
0806920971.
Breathing Practices - Taijiquan, Qigong and Yoga
Chakras
for Starters. By Savitri Simpson. Nevada City, CA,
Crystal Clarity Publishers.
144 pages. ISBN: 1565891562.
The
Complete Book of Chinese Health and Healing. By Daniel Reid.
Random House,
1994. 484 pages. ISBN: 0877739293.
The
Complete Guide to Chi-Gung: Harnessing the Power of the Universe.
By Daniel Reid.
Illustrations by Dexter Chou. Boston, Shambhala, 1998.
Appendix, index, 326 pages.
ISBN: 1570625433. MGC.
Conscious
Breathing: Breathwork for Health, Stress Release, and Person Mastery.
By Gay Hendricks. Bantam Books, 1995. 189 pages. ISBN:
0553374435.
Eight Section Brocade Qigong Eight Treasures
Chi Kung. By Michael P. Garofalo.
Instructions, notes,
links, bibliography, quotations, and charts. 180Kb+.
The
Essence of Tai Chi Chi Kung: Health and Martial Arts. By Yang
Jwing-Ming. Jamaica
Plain, Massachusetts, 1990. Glossary, 148 pages. ISBN:
0940871106.
Gardening and Meditation:
Quotes, Bibliography, Links
The
Healing Promise of Qi: Creating Extraordinary Wellness Through Qigong and
Tai Chi.
By Roger Jahnke, O.M.D.. Chicago, Contemporary Books, 2002.
Index, notes, extensive
recommended reading list, 316 pages. ISBN: 0809295288.
Living
Chi: The Ancient Chinese Way to Bring Energy and Harmony Into Your Life.
By Gary Kohr. Charles E. Tuttle, Co., 2001. 152 pages. ISBN:
0804832749. Includes
material on Shibashi, Lotus and Lohan Qigong.
Meditation: Links,
Bibliography, Notes, Quotes.
Mind
Over Matter: Higher Martial Arts. By Shi Ming with Siao Weijia.
Translated by Thomas
Cleary. Berkeley, California, Frog, Ltd., 1994. 102 pages.
ISBN: 1883319153.
Nature Mysticism: Quotes,
Bibliography, Links.
The
Natural Science of Kriya Yoga. By Goswami
Kriyananda. Chicago, The Temple of
Kriya Yoga, 1976, 2002. Index, 367 pages. ISBN: 0961309911.
MGC.
The
Practice of Happiness: Exercises and Techniques for Developing
Mindfulness,
Wisdom and Joy. By Mirko Fryba. Translated by Michael H.
Kohn. Boston,
Shambhala, 1995. Index, 214 pages. MGC. ISBN:
1570621233.
Qigong
Empowerment: A Guide to Medical, Taoist, Buddhist, and Wushu Energy
Cultivation. By Liang, Shou-Yu and Wu, Wen-Ching. Way of the
Dragon, 1996.
348 pages. ISBN: 1889659029.
Relaxation (Sung)
and T'ai Chi Ch'uan Quotes, links, bibliography, notes.
Silk Reeling
(Chan Ssu Jin): Links, bibliography, quotes, notes.
Sun Style Tai Chi Chuan Links,
bibliography, notes, quotes.
The
Tai Chi Book: Beginning and Enjoying a Lifetime of Practice. By
Robert Chuckrow, Ph.D..
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, YMAA
ISBN: 1886969647.
Chapter 9 on health and healing.
T'ai Chi Ch'uan - Breathing Practices
Tantra:
The Path of Ecstasy. By Georg Feuerstein. Boston, Shambhala,
1998. Index,
bibliography, notes, 314 pages. ISBN: 157062304X. MGC.
The
Taoist Body. By Kristofer Schipper. Translated by Kare C.
Duval. Foreward by
Norman Girardot. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1972,
1993. Index,
bibliography, notes, 273 pages. ISBN: 0520082249. MGC.
Taoist
Qigong for Health and Vitality: A Complete Program of Movement, Meditation
and
Healing Sounds. By Hon, Sat Chuen. Boston, Shambhala,
2003. 208 pages.
ISBN: 1590300688.
Thirteen Treasures
Walking Qigong. 35Kb.
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.
Yoga - Links, bibliography, quotes, notes.
The
Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosphy and Practice. By
Georg Feuerstein,
Ph.D. Foreword by Ken Wilber. Prescott, Arizona, Hohm Press,
1998. Index, bibliography,
glossary, chronology, 686 pages. ISBN: 0934252831.
MGC.
Subtle Body, Esoteric Body
"Any single repetitive pattern tends to distort the open-ended flexibility
of the entire
system. Let us be on our guard against adopting any particular posture,
mode of
exercise, or repetitive discipline as being perfect, or ideal, or best.
Only constant
variation calls the full alertness of the system into being. It is,
after all, constant
variation that we are called upon to cope with throughout our lives, a condition
from
which we can only partially insulate ourselves no matter how hard we many try
to
cling to models, and no matter how "right" those models appear to be
from a
particular theoretical point of view.
Any set pattern, no matter how good it looks on paper, is a fixation that
threatens
to be crushed by its own existence to the onrush of things and events. The
goal
of bodywork should not be to impose universalized standards of posture and
movement upon an individual, but rather to help the individual to cultivate the
mental awareness and flexibility to continually adapt to the changing needs
of
the moment."
- Dean Juhan, Job's Body: The Handbook for Bodywork, 1987, p.
142.
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