Learning Resources 功課/資料
There is one human body. But there are many ways to tell you how it works in different languages - Western Medicine, Neuroscience and advanced MRI imaging, Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Chinese Taiji breathing, Yogic breathing, etc. Please do not be biased about the person or the label of the method. As long as it is safe and effective, please consider learning those that work for you. And do continue to seek medical treatment and advice from you trusted health care service providers, like family doctors or specialists, while you try wellness exercises to supplement those treatments.
Home Work & Class Materials
Saturday 9AM Introduction to Qigong and Taiji Class
- 5 minutes natural breathing
- 15 minutes reverse breathing
- 10 minutes reverse breathing with 3 points contractions
- 5 minutes natural breathing
- warm down exercises
- walk
Additional from reverse above.
- hold breath and press down to huiyin
- central meridian alignment
- raise arms, do laogong circulation loop
- warm down.
Qigong Practice Diagrams
Taiji Practice - Basic Postures
https://37390b47-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/fitness299/Resources/Taiji%20Posture%201%20page.png?
General Warm Up and Warm Down (all classes)
Breathing
A few English Language Video on Simple Therapeutic Breathing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRw18bu6tv8&feature=g-vrec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=bbSKqkE4EBs&NR=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRPh_GaiL8s
How to Sit for Qigong or Meditation
Taiji
Yang Style Taiji 24-Form Demo 太極 24 式
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBvF6r6DOvc 5 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0ejKcAv2k 9 min (front side)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9OWQMGRSlw 9 min (backside)
https://goo.gl/uPtbaK 6 min (back side)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErHAXHb2MrQ 9 min (Chinese, breath)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xrSyHDu3cM 90 min (Chinese)
Chen Style Taiji New Standard Form
Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa9443SpiTTwsr9A5YJp36aBLU_0oyQVK
Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU4xaAshNAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaN7LOiFVos
Other Taiji Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE5eEpW-Iqc (mau's teacher)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1mDNDQDoiE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSklD1go8Jk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsDPy7zMrA4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdH4yBJbAQY (warm up alternatives)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hMFRlNo9Pc
Other Taiji Sites
Tai Chi Health www.taichihealth.com
Tree of Life Tai Chi Center www.treeoflifetaichi.com
Meditation
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center Audio on Self-Service Meditation
http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMlaSCxZPN4
Samples from Other Meditation Practices
Deepak Chopra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmam_H6AZL4
Andrea Fella, IMC: http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/5369.html
A few English Language Articles and Books on Mindfulness Meditation
Mercury News Article on Meditation Going Mainstream
Always-craving-chocolate-MEDITATION-help-Study-shows
Harvard Medical School on Mindfulness Meditation
Nine Stages of Training Your Mind (Meditation Levels)
Qigong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_qigong
GENERAL ARTICLES / READINGS
Traditional Chinese Medicine
http://www.rentijingluotu.cn/qijingbamai.html
http://www.shen-nong.com/eng/tcm/index.html
Right Food and Exercises Will Cut Risk of Getting and Re-getting Cancer
http://v.163.com/movie/2010/5/ P/0/M81E39NFB_M81LFG3P0.html
http://v.163.com/movie/2010/5/T/U/M81E39NFB_M81LEH6TU.html
A few English Language Articles and Books on Mindfulness Meditation
Mercury News Article on Meditation Going Mainstream
Always-craving-chocolate-MEDITATION-help-Study-shows
Harvard Medical School on Mindfulness Meditation
Integrative Medicine - lifestyle and nutrition
http://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/
About Chakras - Beginer's guide
Practical suggestions: be happy, suffer less, connect better with other people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe1HU4GiF90 (1'-108' main, Q&A follows)
(suggest quick samples: 12'-15', 29'-35', 40'-47') Standford Univ and Thich Nhat Hanh
FAQ from websites and groups that teach Meditation, Yoga, Taiji, and Qigong
http://mcleanmeditation.com/03.html
Supplementary Exercises - Video
Six Hand Taiji Demo 六手太極 (2014)
http://tinyurl.com/lsanwmz 1hour ( 劉老師 教導 一小時)
Buduanjin Eight Brocade Qigong 八段錦示範 （中國體育總局製作）
http://tinyurl.com/pdtn9zh 1 hour (一小時）
Shaolin Yijinjing Homework 少林易筋經功課示範 （2010）
Five Animal Exercise Wuqingxi Demo 健身气功 五禽戏
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lXdDXK-tI0&
Simple Swinging and Stretching Exercises 簡易甩手功
Consciousness
Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight
Power of Consciousness - 5% conscious 95% unconsciousness habits
http://conscious.tv/consciousness.html?bcpid=2439355001&bclid=1683773703&bctid=585654303001
Perception - The reality beyond matter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqnEGu8VF8Y
Places to Find Music for Your Practice at Home
Mixed and Misc Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edZLLmfJjuE&list=PL186B4AA7EC3D8C9C
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f77SKdyn-1Y (longer wave video)
Waves (one we used in class)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1QY8aAWYc4 (one theme flute, piano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1QY8aAWYc4 (mixed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT6M6EWep64 (54 min Taiji medi music0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiQn2PF-rJs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZYbU82GVz4 (3 hours meditative soft)
http://tinyurl.com/noj4hvr (OliverShanti1)
http://tinyurl.com/qy95qt9 (OliverShanti2)
http://tinyurl.com/ouladuh (Relaxing Piano Music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC72L_iyzwc (Kitaro1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOtwSirCTHo (Kitaro2)
http://tinyurl.com/nsfxpyd (Kitaro-WestLake)
http://tinyurl.com/o5k49et (Kitaro-Flying Celestial)
http://tinyurl.com/qbpqb9t (Kitaro-Heaven&Earth)
https://goo.gl/NCL4t7 (Kitaro Faraway Land)
https://goo.gl/nKN3Rj (Relaxing cello and mix instrument)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkfUYcpwjQ (3-hour relaxing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaEvhnb2vDE (6-hour Zen Meditation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX445QJ0fwE (Zen music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8NDRElMWwk (Yoga Meditation music 2 hr)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZbuj3RJcjI (Meditation Relaxing music 3 hr)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecZGsxYG4v4 (Meditation Relaxing music 3 hr repetition)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSpEh4VUy88 (Meditation music 2 hr)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuCF3-BZFq4 (Karunesh)
http://tinyurl.com/p4y6brg (Flute and instruments)
https://goo.gl/EmH2hL (Flute and bowl)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZbuj3RJcjI (3 hr spa music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiqlZZddZEo (3-hour Celtic flute and piano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7mZXwbddWg (Om 8 hrs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMmuChXra_M&t=169s (Om 3hr)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ7XIWgseJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txQ6t4yPIM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D8ezH0iXh8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPni755-Krg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWdEusW6f_o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWv3B-LODSk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ7XIWgseJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJNBgvJyYvU (Deva Premal 58m)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyBBZGfUnMs (Deva Premal 57m)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmar4gh5nIw (Gentle stream sound)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5JAVk3Qwi8 (Metta = Loving kindness)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ps8U_lhjPg (Disney piano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp5hgjD_Y5g (Disney piano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMdbNMq2ifA (Yanni Nightingale 5m)
https://goo.gl/iMNEq7 (Relaxing Piano 3 hr)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58GQx4xEdlY (Relaxing Piano 3 hr)
Taiji and Gigong Practice Music
https://goo.gl/gROlzd (Taiji Music 3 hours)
https://goo.gl/gROlzd (Taiji Music 2:45 hours)
https://goo.gl/9MfQdH (Taiji and Relaxing music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx6xkyi5Ij8 ( 3hour Taiji and meditation music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyBBZGfUnMs (Taiji relax music 47m)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoNai5i0qOI ( 1 hr)
https://goo.gl/JL4qak (Taiji 1 hr. traditional)
Yoga Asana Practice Music
Meditative Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHx4SyN7UWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2OPqrlP0Gc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhsKF4Yo14s&index=24&list=RDOHx4SyN7UWc
Yoga Chants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwTGyO3MdP4 (a few favorite chants)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHx4SyN7UWc
Relaxing Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne5J4bxWypI (Relaxing Piano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjWMeSoNOzs (Pachelbel Relaxing music 45m)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyBBZGfUnMs (Pacifying music 47m)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKStmq6PcJ8&index=25&list=RDOHx4SyN7UWc (Rain and Piano)
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