Simple Fitness Exercises: Traditional Chinese Movements for Health & Rejuvenation

by Jiawen Miao

Learn how to reach the highest level of physical fitness you can achieve, in just five minutes a day with Simple Fitness Exercises by Jiawen Miao.

Simple Fitness Exercises is a set of movements easier to learn than Tai Chi and Qigong, and just as effective for improving your health as aerobics and yoga. The author, Jiawen Miao, has practiced Kung Fu, Qigong, and Chinese fitness exercises since he was a teenager. He studied at the famous Ermei School of Martial Arts in China for four years and has taught Tai Chi Chuan and fitness exercises throughout the United States. In Simple Fitness Exercises he presents techniques where you don't need a teacher, great physical strength, or even much flexibility.

All of the exercise combinations emphasize the importance of circulating chi , the life-force linked to the breath that plays a vital role in Tai Chi and in East Asian martial arts. A series of photographs illustrates each set of exercises. The techniques consist of dynamic standing and even sitting poses that use slow transitional movements from one posture to another.

·Learn exercises that are easy to remember and simple to perform, yet carry significant health benefits
·Rehabilitate from injuries, rejuvenate the body, gain flexibility, and restore movement
·Activate the power of chi without extensive training or a high level of physical fitness
·Reach a state of harmony between the spiritual mind and physical body
·Energize, straighten your posture, stimulate the internal organs, strengthen muscles, and improve circulation

Whether you're nine or ninety, these simple exercises are the perfect workout for your body and mind. Get Simple Fitness Exercises today.

111 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Kenneth · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are some basic exercises, but the bulk of this book is taken up by two different versions of the 8-section brocade. Both had differences to the form I practice and I felt the book was worthwhile. Still, I find myself thinking that books on exercise are going to go the way of encyclopedias, maps and antique guides. Those are all still around, but have been mostly replaced by online versions. Seeing these forms is much more useful than static pictures, and that goes for all forms of physical movement.