The Complete Idiot's Guide to T'ai Chi & QiGong Illustrated, Fourth Edition
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Published by DK
By Angela Wong Douglas, Bill Douglas
RRP: CA$31.95
"Sometimes Chinese culture can be difficult to explain. Sifu Bill Douglas successfully uses American culture to explain the art of T'ai Chi Chuan. He simplifies difficult concepts, making them easier to understand. This book takes the best parts of T'ai Chi and makes them understandable [to Westerners] without requiring a grounding in Chinese culture and history."
"Douglas has achieved for QiGong what Apple did for the computer. He's brought it to the people ... great place to start for beginners. ... Teachers may also find this an excellent manual 'on how to explain these concepts to the general public ...."
"Visionary! If you only buy one book on T'ai Chi, then this is the book. This book is all you ever needed to know to change your life. I have taught T'ai Chi for several decades myself, yet I have now read Bill's book from cover to cover seven times, and still get something new from it each time."
About The Complete Idiot's Guide to T'ai Chi & QiGong Illustrated, Fourth Edition
T'ai Chi-a martial art used for health, meditation, and self-defense-and QiGong-a large variety of physical and mental training methods based on Chinese philosophy-are widely recognized to heal physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. T'ai Chi has demonstrated its health benefits by being linked with everything from slowing the aging process and increasing balance and flexibility to lowering stress levels and enhancing the body's natural healing powers. In this fourth edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to T'ai Chi & QiGong, the authors have streamlined the book, giving it a clearer how-to focus. Helpful video content that complements the 300 illustrations in the book by demonstrating a complete T'ai Chi exercise will be available exclusively to the readers through the authors' website.
