Taoist Qigong for Health and Vitality: A Complete Program of Movement, Meditation, and Healing Sounds by Sat Chuen Hon Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Taoist Qigong for Health and Vitality: A Complete Program of Movement, Meditation, and Healing Sounds
Book Review: Wonderful Healing Qigong
Summary: 5 Stars
AS I browsed the books on Qigong, this book caught my eyes with its clear photographic illustrations. Each healing sound is demonstrated in detail-one could almost learn the Taoist Qigong movements just from the photographs. As a plain beginner without any background in Qigong, I am delighted with the generous voice of the author in his sharing of his own cultivation as a Chinese doctor, a father and a teacher in Taoist practice. My only wish is of course to find a teacher like him in my home town. But the book is just like a teacher. Read it slowly and follow the instruction, you will reap the benefit of this wonderful Healing Sounds Qigong. It has subtly shifted my relationship to sounds and breathing in just a few weeks.Book Review: Foundation for Taoist Qigong
Summary: 5 Stars
Like a single brush stroke that captures the swaying orchids, this book on the Six Healing sounds integrates all the elements of Taoist Qigong: breath, movement, Taoist meditation and mudras. As a life long Taoist practitioner of the Dragon Gate School, I was taught by my masters that the 6 Healing sounds serves as a gateway, especially for beginner, into the profound universe of Taoist Qigong and its inner alchemy. The detail description on the Qigong instruction reveals the author's depth of knowledge and teaching experience. The heart of Taoist approach is simplicity. The 6 Healing Sounds is in complete alignment with this core Taoist philosophy. After 34 years of Taoist Qigong and Taiji practice, I can say that this book truly presents the core of Taoist cultivation of inner alchemy of transformation and healing. The Healing sounds are like pure pristine water that enhances my own Taoist Qigong practices.Book Review: Good keywords, poor content
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is dissappointing. It is not Taoist Qigong in the strict sense. It is a long tedious description of the 6 Healing Sounds which are supplementary to real Taoist Qigong, which includes physical exercise, breath control and concentration. I wasted my money on this. Anyone that calls this Taoist Qigong is misleading the public. It would take many years to get fit using these techniques. I would be 150 by the time my meridians got clear on this. Healing sounds are SUPPLEMENTARY not CORE to qigongBook Review: Women's Health
Summary: 5 Stars
WOMEN'S HEALTH. I find Hon's book on Qigong extremely crucial for women practice qigong for healing. He points out the physical, energetic and psychological unique of women in applying qigong for health. For example, in the book, he cautions women not to focus their awareness at the point below the naval, the Dantien. In a story, he mentioned how a woman tried to learn meditation from a book ended up having convulsion. As a qigong and Zen practitioner for over 20 years, I have also personally witnessed numerous cases of women having negative reaction to focus too strongly on the Dantien point. Since in Taiji Quan and qigong, students are routinely given the instruction to put their awareness on their belly, I found Hon's work serves as a balancing force in the prevalent masculine cultivation of macho qigong which may cause more harm then good to most women. The photographic illustrations are very detail and easy to follow. I have already learned the first Liver healing sound just in one week after reading Hon's book.Book Review: A work of beauty
Summary: 5 Stars
A work of beautyI just recently attended the author's book signing at a local bookstore. Master Hon gave 1 1/2 hour talk on Taoist Qigong practice. The packed audience was riveted by his inspirational fresh insight on basic concept of Qi. He stood facing the audience without hidding behind the desk. Later as I read the book, the stories, the meditations are as personal as this brief encounter. The book is not only a Qigong instructional manual. In addition, it gives insight into the TCM, Traditonal Chinese Medicine, theory in simple metaphore like making a cup of coca. I was able to follow the instruction and have already learned the first Qigong, The LIver Healing Sounds. I feel wonderfully refresh after the Qigong practice. I am grateful to have such a wonderful gift from Master Hon.