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This comprehensive introduction to Tai Chi includes a discussion of all the main Tai Chi styles and explains the difference between the various lineages.
Introductory guide to the correct methods of practice, and how Tai Chi will improve and increase your energy, health, and personal and spiritual development.
The hardest battles we fight aren't just physical -- they're with our mind and our spirit, our weaknesses and our desires. But we can reach enlightenment and calm through the body by practicing the internal martial arts, in which a pre-arranged series of movements flow smoothly one into another, requiring virtually no muscle tension at all. Train in one of these remarkable disciplines -- from the well-known tai chi chuan to lesser-known methods like Hsing I Chuan -- and experience the incredible difference it will make in your body, mind, and spirit. You'll discover, in this rich and detailed discussion, a variety of philosophies, approaches, and techniques, accompanied by photographs of pos...
An account of the location of black intellectuals in the modern world following the end of racial slavery. The lives and writings of key African Americans such as Martin Delany, W.E.B. Dubois, Frederick Douglas and Richard Wright are examined in the light of their experiences in Europe and Africa.
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Interest in German Idealism--not just Kant, but Fichte and Hegel as well--has recently developed within analytic philosophy, which traditionally defined itself in opposition to the Idealist tradition. Yet one obstacle remains especially intractable: the Idealists' longstanding claim that philosophy must be systematic. In this work, the first overview of the German Idealism that is both conceptual and methodological, Paul W. Franks offers a philosophical reconstruction that is true to the movement's own times and resources and, at the same time, deeply relevant to contemporary thought. At the center of the book are some neglected but critical questions about German Idealism: Why do Fichte, Sc...
He argues that the triumph of the image spells death to politics and reduces people to mere symbols."--BOOK JACKET.
Meditation and Movement is an accessible series of structured relaxation and self-awareness sessions to help strengthen students' self-control, resilience and respect for both themselves and others. This course of fourteen one-hour structured sessions is suitable for groups of children, teens and youths, and especially beneficial for, but not limited to, use in schools with pupils with disabilities, special educational needs, self-esteem issues or behavioural difficulties. The course combines skills from different disciplines, and includes: meditation practices; therapeutic writing and talking tasks; movement and psychodrama play activities; and breathing, posture and movement techniques found in some martial arts. Complete with clear and full instructions and photocopiable worksheets, Meditation and Movement is straightforward enough for any enthusiastic non-'expert' leader to use with ease. An ideal course text for school teachers, school counsellors and psychologists, these structured sessions will also appeal to a variety of societies and associations, such as Buddhist, martial arts and drama groups.
"Will add a depth to your life that you have never known before."—Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now Discover the Secrets of Healing and Spiritual Growth This step-by-step approach to physical and emotional health shows how to use the body's energy centers to speed healing. In Energy Work, Robert Bruce offers a, simple, easy-to-learn, approach to self-healing, based on his breakthrough system of Body Awareness Tactile Imaging energy work. Bruce explains how to use tactile imaging, based on one's sense of touch, rather than visualization, to stimulate the flow of vital energy throughout the body. This is a system that anyone can use, regardless of age, health, or previous experience....