Complete Physique Prayer is an interesting memoir by Yan Ming Li, a Qigong grasp. It tells the story of his hardships throughout his upbringing in a working-class household in Communist China in the course of the cultural revolution. He had a pure affinity for Qigong, and it blossomed into therapeutic talents with some coaching. He finally migrated to the West, changing into a instructor and healer in Atlanta. There are some superb tales of therapeutic within the guide. After telling his personal story, he teaches his self-healing strategy of whole-body prayer.

Grasp Li has ecumenical non secular beliefs equal to the perennial philosophy which many declare are on the core of all of the World’s main religions, and that is talked about all through the guide. Readers who’re skeptical of such beliefs could discover this a stumbling block, however I appreciated his clear dialogue of this.

In a nutshell, his self-healing method is meditation in a standing pose. It entails visualizing power flowing in the direction of part of your physique from the non secular middle (Dantian in Chinese language, Hara in Japanese, generally taught in numerous martial arts). I discovered the method stress-free, though it entails an arm place I discovered a bit awkward. I modified {that a} bit to make it extra snug. I intend to offer it a strive, visualizing therapeutic power directed towards my knee. Who is aware of?

I’ve expertise with Yoga-based actions initially from India, however comparatively little with these of Chinese language origin reminiscent of Tai-chi and Qigong (word that Qi is pronounced like “chi”, and the Chi in Tai-chi is identical as Qi). This attention-grabbing learn makes me need to look into them extra.