Daoist Body Cultivation
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A01=Louis Komjathy
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Author_Bede Bidlack
Author_Catherine Despeux
Author_Lonny Jarrett
Author_Louis Komjathy
Author_Michael Winn
Author_Shawn Arthur
Author_Stephen Jackowicz
Category=QRRL5
Category=VFMG
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Product details
- ISBN 9781931483056
- Weight: 377g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2006
- Publisher: Three Pines Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Daoist Body Cultivation is a comprehensive volume by a group of dedicated scholars and practitioners that covers the key practices of medical healing, breathing techniques, diets and fasting, healing exercises, sexual practices, Qigong, and Taiji quan. Each presentation places the practice in its historical and cultural context and relates its current application and efficaciousness. Ultimately aiming to energetically transform the person into a spiritual and trancendent being, Daoist cultivation techniques have proven beneficial for health time and again and can make an important contribution in the world today. Daoist Body Cultivation provides a deeper understanding of the practices in their cultural and historical contexts, bridging the gap between healing and religion and allowing both scholars and practitioner to reach a deeper understanding and appreciation.
Livia Kohn, Ph.D., is professor emerita of Religion and East Asian Studies at Boston University. The author or editor of over 40 books, she now lives in Florida, serves as the executive editor of the Journal of Daoist Studies, and runs various workshops and conferences. Her specialty is medieval Daoism and the study of Chinese longevity practices. She has written and edited numerous books and is a long-term practitioner of taiji quan, qigong, yoga, and meditation.
