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From the Editor<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Welcome to the September issue of <\/span>Yang-Sheng<\/em>! It is my pleasure to introduce\u00a0 this issue as the new editor-in-chief of <\/span>Yang-Sheng<\/em>.\u00a0 Many thanks to Solala Towler, for doing a wonderful job\u00a0 as Yang Sheng\u2018s previous editor-in chief, and\u00a0 for recommended to Kevin Chen that I step into this role. Our theme for this issue\u00a0 is “secrets of longevity.” This subject becomes less academic and more personal,\u00a0 very personal for us, as we grow older.\u00a0 If we like our lives, we want to extend\u00a0 them, to live longer. However, longevity is more than just extending our lives. It is\u00a0 adding quality of experience, good health and well-being to those extra years.\u00a0 Having a healthy, strong and flexible body; a clear mind; retaining or restoring our\u00a0 youthful zest and passion for life; having joie de vivre, joy of living, is the essence\u00a0 of the real “secrets of longevity.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Qigong came into my life as a way to heal from injuries, the result of an auto accident. Trying to escape for a\u00a0 few quiet minutes and build up my energy to deal with the chronic pain and endless visits to the doctor’s\u00a0 office that had become my life; one day, I was hiding out in a bookstore …did I mention that I have somewhat\u00a0 of an addiction to books? I was browsing among the section of books on eastern wisdom and a book on\u00a0 qigong fell off the shelf and landed on my foot! Although I did yoga and had followed a daily meditation<\/span>
\n practice since I was a teenager, I had never heard of qigong before. I picked up that book! Even I can\u00a0 recognize a gift from the universe when it lands on my foot! What I learned led to a more in depth study of\u00a0 qigong and then developing a daily practice that led to my recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back then, I never\u00a0 thought of the longevity, the anti-aging benefits of practicing qigong every day.\u00a0 Qigong\u00a0 and living a Yang Sheng type lifestyle gave be back my body, free of pain; gave me back my life.\u00a0 Just not\u00a0 being in pain was miracle enough! Now, here I am, 20 years later, a senior citizen, the elder generation in my<\/span>
\n family and a great-grandmother – and I feel even better than I did before that auto accident. I feel like I did\u00a0 when I was\u00a0 twenty years old! Another miracle? Well yes, but its also simply the natural unfolding of what happens when we just do the practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

As more and more scientific research becomes available on the mechanisms of retaining health and vitality\u00a0 while extending our normal human lifespan to advanced old age; following the teachings of the ancient\u00a0 Chinese masters is revealed as an important key to the secrets of longevity. In the parables of the old sages;\u00a0 meditation techniques; Qi practices; and dietary guidelines lies hidden the fountain of youth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cover of Yang-Sheng, Sept. 2011. Click it to view a turning-page version online....<\/p><\/div>\n

We have many articles in this issue presenting various “secrets of longevity” including the life nurturing\u00a0 regimen of a centenarian; Dr. Deepak Chopra\u2018s 7 secrets to grow younger, live longer; selected secrets and\u00a0 maxims of longevity translated by Kevin Chen; a special excerpt on longevity and immortality from The\u00a0 Healing Promise of Qi by Dr. Roger Jahnke; exploring the key to long life with Michelle Wood; Phoenix Liu,\u00a0 Ph.D., shares the storey of her mother and the secrets of the world’s longest lived people and our TCM\u00a0 nutrition doctor, Dr. Helen Hu has some special recipes for Eight Treasure Longevity Congee. With gratitude\u00a0 and appreciation to our contributors and our growing number of readers, our Yang Sheng community;\u00a0 I hope\u00a0 you enjoy this issue…please share it with your friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Follow the daily practice that is just right for you. Just do it\u2014 and expect a miracle!<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebecca Kali<\/span>
\n Editor-in-Chief<\/span><\/p>\n

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