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\n\"Yang-Sheng-cover-Jan-Feb-2015_for_WEB\"<\/a>Yang-Sheng\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>(Nurturing Life;\u00a0ISSN: 2326-277X)\u00a0is an E-magazine and a network for all healthcare professionals of preventive medicine, practitioners of\u00a0 mind-body exercise (such as meditation, Qigong, Tai Chi, Yoga, Reiki, and mindfulness), true health seekers, and spiritual cultivators. It promotes philosophy and methods of self-healing, positive mind and health preservation, and shares knowledge and experiences with those who are interested in the subjects\u00a0and their applications in everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yang-Sheng<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0merges traditional life-nurturing knowledge with modern scientific research and clinic evidence, and combines ancient wisdom with our own experience to support our daily practice and well-being, \u00a0and to reach true meaning of health in body, mind and spirit\u2026\u00a0Your contribution, participation, sharing and suggestions are truly appreciated.<\/p>\n

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Highlights of \u00a0Current Issue of \u00a0Yang-Sheng (Vol 5, No 1)\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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[From the Editor\u00a0<\/strong>\u7f16\u8005\u7684\u8bdd]<\/a> \u00a0Michelle Wood welcomes you to the first issue for 2015 with the theme Harmony with Nature! \u00a0We welcome your input and share, and call for more contributions from our readers and practitioners.<\/p>\n

\"Ron-Davis\"<\/a>[Qi Cultivation & Dao \u70bc\u6c14\u4e0e\u9053] \u00a0<\/strong>adapted from \u201cQigong Through The Seasons<\/strong> <\/a>\u2013 How to Stay Healthy all Year Long with Qigong, Meditation, Diet and Herbs\u201d by Dr. Ronald Davis. Spring, as the Wood Phase\u2028\u2028, is a heady, invigorating, sometimes disturbing season with wild fluctuations of energy surging throughout nature as birth, arousal, and movement. As an infusion of energy, the rising Qi carries benefits as well as the potential for problems. The practice of Spring Qigong centers on using qigong exercises, foods, herbs, and meditation to nourish the Liver.<\/p>\n

\"SalCasano_small\"<\/a>[Book Review \u4e66\u8bc4] Eternal Spring<\/a><\/strong> by Michael W. Acton, Reviewed by Sal Casano ,\u00a0 Ph.D.(Holistic Health), Taijiquan\/Qigong Instructor. Michael Acton has written a very insightful and inspiring book.\u00a0 He distills his 30 plus years of qigong and taijiquan\u00a0 experiences into a flowing informative narrative. Utilizing Daoist teachings and concepts the author shows how the practice of qigong and taiji increase one\u2019s ability to live in accordance with a nature filled environment, eating natural foods and practicing harmonious techniques to connect the mind, body and spirit.<\/p>\n

\"Christina<\/a>[Spirituality of Dao \u9053\u4e4b \u795e] Nurture Life, Discover Who You Are<\/strong> <\/a>By Christina J Barea, DP, MMQ. Like the flower, we should be who we are, embracing our essence, honoring our roots yet living to our fullest potential; And that, like the flower, when we nurture life, all of it, we allow our true nature to blossom and manifest all the colors of the rainbow. For most of mankind however, this simple instruction is defiantly evasive. So, how do we discover our essence, what does our \u201cfullest potential\u201d look like, and how do we apply the simple wisdom of yangsheng?<\/p>\n

\"Ellasara<\/a>[Seasonal Harmony \u5b63\u8282\u7684\u548c\u8c10]<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 <\/a>Ellasara Kling relates that\u00a0we can open to the idea that we are not separate from Nature<\/strong> and actualize that awareness in our daily living in ways that are unique to each individual<\/em>. We can attune ourselves to Seasonality and use this attunement to assist ourselves in attaining and maintaining true health… We can utilize Five Element theory to assist ourselves in harmonizing with the seasons and experiencing the flow within ourselves, as we also see it reflected \u201coutside\u201d ourselves.<\/p>\n

\"Kinzer\"<\/a>[Experience Exchange \u7ecf\u9a8c\u4ea4\u6d41]<\/strong> Marianne Kinzer’s I Have Come To See All Living Beings As Water-beings <\/strong><\/a>essay shows the integral connection we humans have in common with each other, other beings and the environment. How can we understand on an experiential level that we humans are part of nature? Read her discoveries on the ways our bodies are built and our landscape shaped as patterns of flow.<\/p>\n

\"lilian_kluivers-zw-klein_thumb\"<\/a>[Featured Article \u7cbe\u9009\u6587\u7ae0] A Reflection of Nature<\/strong><\/a> by Lilian Kluivers. Following the wisdom of Chinese medicine and Tao\u00efsm, we would say that living in harmony with nature is the best way to take care of our chi, our life energy. But how to live in harmony? How do we read the messages that nature sends us and adapt them to our daily life? Insights from Do-In provide us with a series of simple but accurate stretchings. If you regulate your energy flow like this on a daily basis, this will help you to adapt to nature.<\/p>\n

\"Brian_Griffith\"<\/a>[Daoist Stories \u9053\u5bb6\u6545\u4e8b] Brian Griffith’s Deities of Living Lands and Seas<\/a>, <\/strong>an excerpt from his book\u00a0 A Galaxy of Immortal Women: The Yin Side of Chinese Civilization, <\/em><\/strong>transports us to an ancient past when most Chinese people felt that wild nature was closer to the sacred. They saw their connection to the land through their devotion to local Nature Deities, mystical goddesses, and Daoist Immortals.<\/p>\n

\"As<\/a>[East West Perspective \u4e1c\u897f\u65b9\u4e4b\u89c2\u70b9] The Virtue of Patient Care <\/strong><\/a>by Gary Greer describes how the Daoist root of traditional <\/em>Chinese medicine has been virtually erased and replaced by Westernized TCM. He illustrates through the verses of the Daodejing that it is time that TCM return to its humble beginnings, and how to do that.<\/p>\n

\"Kevin<\/a>[Research Update \u79d1\u7814\u52a8\u6001] Meditation Can Change Your Brain for Better and Longer<\/strong><\/a> compiled by Kevin W Chen, Ph.D. summary reports on how meditation could slows the aging process, rewires the brain, and how meditation can lead to actual structural changes in the brain! \u00a0This can be seen in brain imaging research even after a simple 20-minutes meditation.<\/p>\n

\"Raven-Cohan\"<\/a>[A Comedy Moment \u5f00\u5fc3\u4e00\u523b]<\/a><\/strong> Raven Cohen tells a fun little tale of qi cultivation through her trickster persona Huck Twin! Hurry, before Coke or Pepsi buys her out!!!<\/p>\n

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