Shibashi Qigong Newsletter - Issue V.12 Summer 2009
 

Instructor Training Workshop:

I will be teaching a Comprehensive Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi Training Course at Toronto, Canada on October 17-18, 2009.  For details, please visit http://www.taichi18.com/workshop_toronto2

Benefits of Each Movement:

Many students often ask me about the benefits associated with each individual movement in the first and second set of Tai Qigong Shibashi.  My initial response to them was not to relate specific benefits to individual movements.  Students obtain optimal benefits when they focus on practicing Shibashi as a whole as opposed to thinking about each movement individually.

However, since there has been so much interest in the health benefits of each movement, I will provide such information in this newsletter.  The information is based on the translation of Professor Lin’s book Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi. While Shibashi does bring with it numerous health benefits, it is not a replacement for any of the treatments prescribed by your medical doctor.

Benefits of Each Movement:

1. Improves conditions related to the heart and liver and high blood pressure.

2. Improves conditions related to the heart, lungs and nervous system.

3. Relieves back pain and decreases the fat around waist.

4. Relieves shoulder pain and boosts stamina.

5. Relieves shoulder, elbow and wrist pain and improves conditions related to the lungs.

6. Helps the digestive system and increases mental clarity.

7. Improves conditions related to the kidney and increases spiritual energy.

8. Helps digestion, improves conditions related to the stomach and spleen and increases weight loss.

9. Helps digestion, improves conditions related to the stomach and spleen, strengthens waist and boosts stamina.

10. Helps digestion, improves conditions related to the nervous system and increases spiritual energy.

11. Improves conditions related to the kidney and stomach, increases weight loss and relieves waist and leg pain.

12. Improves conditions related to spleen, liver and lungs and decreases the instances and severity of insomnia.

13. Improves conditions related to the heart, liver, lungs and nervous system.

14. Increases lung capacity and improves conditions related to the lungs, nervous system and decreases the instances and severity of insomnia.

15. Relieves anxiety and headaches.

16. Promotes blood circulation, boosts stamina, increases weight loss and relieves waist and leg pain.

17. Improves body coordination, decreases the instances and severity of insomnia and fatigue.

18. Improves conditions related to the heart, stomach, high blood pressure and calms the mind.

The benefits of the 1st set Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi are much more than the above mentioned.  Just remember, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

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