Download or read book The Swimming Dragon written by Tzu Kuo Shih and published by Station Hill Press. This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most accessible of the ancient Qi Gong practices, Swimming Dragon is a series of graceful, serpentine movements with the unique ability to stimulate health, improve muscle tone and skin quality, increase joint flexibility, and balance energy and metabolism to control weight. Investing only 15 minutes a day, people of all ages and abilities can easily master the movements, which are presented here with straightforward directions and clear illustrative photographs. As laid out in this comprehensive guide, the exercises not only boost general fitness, but induce a sense of peacefulness and well-being. The revised edition offers supplementary exercises, a fascinating history of the practice, and illuminating commentaries by longtime practitioners.