Chinese Health Qigong: 5 Animal Frolics for Beginners By Jesse Tsao
This simplified routine was created by Professor Yu Dinghai for the Chinese Health Qigong Association. Five Animal Frolics is called Wu Qin Xi in Chinese. In this short routine, each frolic consists of two movements and embodies the essence of the traditional long form. Master Tsao studied this routine directly from Professor Yu, who was his Ph.D. advisor in Shanghai University of Sport. Master Tsao demonstrates the complete form in both front and back view, along with detailed instruction in posture-by-posture lessons. It is a good reference for home study, or a resource for instructor’s teaching preparation. Suggest 30 class hours. (Difficulty: Beginner Levels) DVD-R, (62 minutes)
What is health?
In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO)Trusted Source defined health with a phrase that modern authorities still apply.
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
In 1986, the WHOTrusted Source made further clarifications:
“A resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.”
This means that health is a resource to support an individual’s function in wider society, rather than an end in itself. A healthful lifestyle provides the means to lead a full life with meaning and purpose.
In 2009, researchers publishing inThe LancetTrusted Source defined health as the ability of a body to adapt to new threats and infirmities.
They base this definition on the idea that the past few decades have seen modern science take significant strides in the awareness of diseases by understanding how they work, discovering new ways to slow or stop them, and acknowledging that an absence of pathology may not be possible.
Chinese Health Qigong: 5 Animal Frolics for Beginners By Jesse Tsao
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