Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: The way of Qi Gong(its health.imho.)Comment: This is a great dvd one of the better ones I have, relaxing easy & clear. not overly fast! not to much unneeded info. lets you put your mind to techniques!
Customer Rating: Summary: Time Tested Techniques For Mind And Body HealthComment: Possibly the most popular Qi Gong exercise in the world, the Eight Treasures (or Ba Duan Jin as it is known in China) has an ancient tradition which stretches back to the founder of Zen Buddhism; Bodhidharma. Seeing that his monks were tired from extensive meditation, Bodhidharma composed a set of exercises to give them energy and strengthen their bodies.
Customer Rating: Summary: DisappointingComment: After reading the other reviews, I was really looking forward to getting this DVD and improving my fitness and stress levels.
Customer Rating: Summary: Sober, good "follow me" courseComment: I really like the no-nonsense approach of this DVD. The shifu shows the exercises and tells you how to synchronize breathing and movement. It's the 'follow me' approach to qi gong and martial arts. Try to follow the shifu's moves as closely as you can and you'll discover the rest for yourself.
Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent, Easy to Follow, Easy to Do, Very InspiringComment: I'd never done Qi Gong before but have recently heard of the health and mental benefits so was determined to give this a go. Its basically a series of movements synchronised with breathing. The DVD starts with an outdoor scene showing Shifu doing Qi Gong while a voice-over covers the history and benefits of the art. The next section is a full demonstration of Qi Gong followed by a section on zen meditation and massage to do afterwards. Then it moves on to the 8 sections where Shifu gives commentary while he does the movements. The commentary gives continuous instructions on breathing telling you when to inhale and exhale as synchronisation of breathing is an essential part of the art. Shifu also gives additional tips now and then such as "push elbows back as far as possible". The first time I played the 8 sections which you follow for your workout I was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting a big learning curve whereby I would be stood with dvd remote in hand having to constantly pause play to see exactly what Shifu was doing. Thankfully this turned out not to be the case. I was able to follow and do everything Shifu was demonstrating without pausing once. Obviously I was not able to stretch as far as Shifu and my technique left something to be desired but the main thing was I was able to do all the movements in the workout straight away without pausing. Afterwards I felt it had done me good. I cannot recommend this DVD enough. Very easy to follow and very inspiring. There are also a few extras which are advertising other DVDs but which in themselves are also enjoyable and inspiring.
