Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture Practice: Zhan Zhuang, Yi Qi Gong and the Art of Painless Needle Insertion de Ioannis Solos

Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture Practice: Zhan Zhuang, Yi Qi Gong and the Art of Painless Needle Insertion

Autor Ioannis Solos

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 iun 2014

Considerăm că practica acupuncturii în Occident a fost adesea redusă la o simplă mecanică a inserției acelor, pierzând din vedere fundamentul energetic esențial. Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture Practice vine să corecteze această perspectivă, oferind un regim de antrenament intern complet pentru practicantul modern. Abordarea amintește de The Living Needle de Justin Phillips prin accentul pus pe abilitățile fundamentale privite dintr-o perspectivă energetică, dar adaugă o dimensiune istorică și practică rară: accesul direct la manuscrise clasice și exerciții de Yi Qi Gong specifice rafinării sensibilității tactile.

Notăm cu interes modul în care Ioannis Solos integrează teoria cu exerciții practice precum Zhan Zhuang. Dacă în lucrarea sa anterioară, Gold Mirrors and Tongue Reflections, autorul se concentra pe rigoarea diagnosticului limbii prin texte istorice, aici el transferă atenția către corpul și intenția terapeutului. Structura cărții este remarcabil de logică, pornind de la conceptul de „control al spiritului” și avansând spre exerciții fizice de tip „Holding the Balloon”, culminând cu tehnici avansate pentru forța încheieturii și inserția acelor fără durere.

Credem că valoarea acestui volum rezidă în autenticitatea sa; nu este doar un manual de instrucțiuni, ci o punte între tradiția orală a maeștrilor chinezi și nevoile clinice contemporane. Ilustrațiile alb-negru și comentariile detaliate transformă lectura într-o experiență de cultivare personală, esențială pentru oricine dorește să treacă de la execuția tehnică la măiestria energetică în medicina tradițională chineză.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781848191839
ISBN-10: 1848191839
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: illustrations (black and white)
Dimensiuni: 228 x 152 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Colecția Singing Dragon
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte se adresează acupunctorilor și studenților care doresc să își îmbunătățească rata de succes clinic prin dezvoltarea propriei energii interne. Cititorul câștigă acces la tehnici autentice de Qi Gong care reduc oboseala terapeutului și cresc precizia tratamentului. Este un instrument practic pentru a învăța cum „intenția” influențează direct fluxul energetic al pacientului, oferind un avantaj competitiv prin stăpânirea inserției nedureroase a acelor.

Despre autor

Ioannis Solos este un cercetător și practicant respectat al medicinii tradiționale chineze, cunoscut pentru eforturile sale de a traduce și contextualiza texte clasice obscure pentru publicul occidental. Cu o formație solidă în artele marțiale și medicina internă chineză, Solos a publicat lucrări de referință precum Gold Mirrors and Tongue Reflections, sub egida editurii JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS. Expertiza sa combină rigoarea academică cu practica clinică, fiind un promotor al integrării metodelor de cultivare a energiei interne (Neigong) în practica medicală cotidiană.

Descriere

Drawing on ancient Chinese knowledge and tradition, this book teaches practitioners of acupuncture how to develop their internal energy and sensitivity to energy in order to improve their practice. Understanding and working with energy flow is essential to becoming a good acupuncturist and regular qigong practice helps the acupuncturist to direct energy flow within the patient more accurately and effectively. This book presents a complete training regime for Western acupuncturists and features qigong exercises dating back centuries. With images from the original manuscripts and the Chinese text alongside an English translation and commentary, Western readers are introduced to unique exercises and internal cultivation texts in a truly authentic way. This book provides essential internal training for acupuncture practitioners and students and will be of interest to a wide array of martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.

Recenzii

Ioannis Solos has given us a beautiful book pointing to the heart of Chinese medicine. He recognizes that it is the practitioner's own level of cultivation that forms the foundation of efficacy and that all technique and theory is in service to that. Supporting this perspective with many sources from the primary literature, he goes on to offer us practical exercises that may help us cultivate proper intention. This material will be an excellent supplement to the knowledge of those whose medical practice is already complemented by training in the martial arts. Further, it offers those practitioners wishing to learn qigong a way to do so in the context of their clinical practice. Finally, Ioannis transmits a deep love and respect for the medicine that is moving and inspiring. I take this as further evidence that not only is Chinese medicine flourishing, it has never been doing better.
Ioannis Solos has written a book which deserves to become required reading for anybody embarking upon a study of Chinese medicine. The link between acupuncture, Qi Gong and indeed martial arts is absolute; in this book Ioannis manages to eloquently show how their unifying principle of cultivating the Spirit is of key importance for those wishing to take their “needling” skills to a deeper level.
Qi cultivation practices are a treasure from China. Many significant Chinese medical physicians, including Hua Tuo, Ge Hong, Tao Hongjing, Sun Simiao and Li Shizhen, emphasized the practice of qi cultivation for their personal health, and to obtain a deeper understanding of Chinese medicine. Ioannis Solos does a superb job of presenting Zhan Zhuang and I Quan qi cultivation. He provides a clear, deep and comprehensive teaching about the relationship between qi cultivation and Chinese medicine. I highly recommend Developing Internal Energy for Effective Acupuncture Practice to anybody wanting to learn qi gong, tai chi chuan, meditation and energy healing, and especially to acupuncturists. Solos has written an excellent book that brings to life the qi within Chinese medicine.
This book is well-presented, with clear instructions and a logical progression from the basic principles to application in acupuncture-specific form... Solos writes with admirable simplicity and concision. He is clearly speaking from his own experience... It is to be hoped (...) he might be encouraged to share more of his unique and valuable perspective in the future.

Cuprins

Preface. Part I. Introduction. 1. The concept of 'controlling the spirit'. Part II. Yiquan Exercises. 2. Exercise Basics. 3. The Great Balloon. 4. Holding the Balloon. 5. Moving the Balloon. 6. Acupuncture and Zhan Zhuang. 7. Training of the 'Wrist Force' and discussion on other needling skills. 8. Essentials of Zhan Zhuang practice. Conclusion. Bibliography. Purple Cloud Master's Essential Methods for Painless Needle Insertion. Detailed Exposition of the 'Intention and Qi Exercise'.

Notă biografică

Ioannis Solos studied Traditional Chinese Medicine at Middlesex University and the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. He enjoys researching, teaching, practicing and critically interpreting the ancient philosophy and culture of China, internal martial arts, health preservation practices, classic medical texts and lesser-known Chinese esoteric traditions. He is the author of Gold Mirrors and Tongue Reflections, also published by Singing Dragon.

Descriere scurtă

Providing essential internal training for acupuncture practitioners and students, this book teaches acupuncturists to develop their internal energy. Fully illustrated and with explanatory commentaries, the author presents authentic Chinese internal cultivation texts and qigong exercises to help improve the acupuncturist's practice.