Eight Brocades Seated Ch'Ikung

This book includes both simple health exercises,breathing and meditation methods. With easy to follow photographs and discriptions of each exercise. Also included are complete translations of the Eight Brocades texts and commentaries along with the original illustrations. Some of these 250-year-old Chinese texts are being translated for the first time into English. Anyone interested in Chinese internal arts such as T'ai Chi, and Ch'i-kung will find this book very informative whether a beginner or a long-time practitioner.