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Chinese Healing Exercises
The Tradition of Daoyin
- First published2008
- TraditionTaoism & Chinese Religion
- Shelf119 books
A history of daoyin, the Chinese gymnastic and breathing exercises behind modern qigong, from the medical manuscripts of the Han dynasty through medieval Taoist texts to the present. Kohn translates and explains many of the exercises and their theories of qi.
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