Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health: The Eight Pieces of Brocade (1988)

Improve health in only 10–20 minutes a day!

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 2H 47M

Director : Yang Jwing-Ming

Synopsis

Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming explains, demonstrates, and discusses the Eight Pieces of Brocade (jian shen ba duan jin), a qigong practice for health and wellbeing. The Eight Pieces of Brocade is a sequence of eight movements intended to build qi, promote blood circulation, assist the immune system, strengthen the internal organs, and energize the body. Dr. Yang teaches both sitting and standing variations of the practice.

Actors

Yang Jwing-Ming
Yang Jwing-Ming
Himself / Presenter
Jeff Warmouth
Jeff Warmouth
Narrator

Crews

Yang Jwing-Ming
Yang Jwing-Ming
Director
Yang Jwing-Ming
Yang Jwing-Ming
Writer

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