Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa or Lian Gong 18 Form (練功十八法) is a comprehensive system of Chinese health exercises. It is a set of stretching, breathing, and self-massaging exercises designed to prevent and relieve stress and acute pains around the neck, shoulders, back, hips, legs, joints, and connective tissues. Even though it is relatively new […]
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An Introduction to Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa (練功十八法)
February 2011
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View from the Balcony: Tale of Two Cultures and Two Countries – Part III
February 2011
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When my parents and their five children first moved from Canton, China to Hong Kong in mid 1949, we moved into a second floor of an old, two-story house that was rented by my second maternal uncle whose family had been living in Hong Kong for some time. There were many people living in this […]
A Comprehensive Review of Health Benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi
December 2010
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On and off I have written about the health benefits of Taiji [1] and Qigong. Recently an article “A Comprehensive Review of Health Benefits of Qigong and Tai Chi” was published in the American Journal of Health Promotion. [2] The authors are Roger Jahnke – OMD, LInda Larkey – Ph.D., Carol Rogers – Ph.D., J. […]
A Most Unique Diplomat: Anson Burlingame
Those of us who are familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area have all heard of and drove by the city of Burlingame just a few miles south of the San Francisco International Airport. However, most of us do not know that more than 100 years ago the city was named after a most unique […]