Taoist Yoga Closing Body Massage

Master Pan Shaozu (alias Xuantong zi), born 1923, from Gansu Province, China,is deeply versed in Taoist and Buddhist health preserving disciplines, as well as various martial practices. Apparently, at nearly 90 years of age he can still competently swing a heavy broadsword!

Even if you do not believe in chi, this is a great way to close any exercise or meditation routine - martial arts, chikung/qigong, yoga, etc. It gets the blood circulating all around the body and gradually brings the various organs to a state whereby they are functioning 'normally' again.

Notice he spends a lot of time on the area where the back of the head meets the neck. The acupressure points at this location can be massaged to counter depression.

For a more rigourous massage, closed fists can be used while keeping the wrists loose, instead of the open palms. More pressure can be applied as desired, also, but be careful on the areas with fragile or smaller bones.

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• Taoist
• yoga
• chikung
• qigong
• chi
• massage
• martial
• arts
• kung
• fu
• taichi
• warming
• down
• closing
• cooling
• circulation
• chinese
• dude

[jaskasz]

any idea about the music in first part?

I'm impressed considering he was born in 1923

thanks dude

[Erime]

it's the Heart Sutra in the first part (not very Taoist, I know).

[44magLover]

Combing ? What hair ... old dude is bald. Less magic and more training magic wannabes.

[Erime]

Lol. What magic? Massage is good for the body, is it not? Gets blood circulating well, etc.

[9shadowstyle]

someone said. "Real kung fu isnt pretty" but they didnt say it in english, Its pretty cool though, I feel great n relaxed, more clean emotionally, and happy, thank you.

[Erime]

It's often the more simple and less attractive practices that hold the most value - so people overlook them - I don't think anyone can deny the increased feeling of wellbeing one experiences after copying this guys actions... :)

[1952YOU1320TUBE1952]

Look within, then look again. Look until you see the Sight. If you say you see Nothing, I say you're bang on right. You see the True Location, The place where all are One. You see the Void that spins the world, Suspends the stars, and shines the sun. Here you see what wasn't born, Nor lives, nor breathes, nor dies. Stay with this One Awareness. See how

[PierreSeattle]

absolutely splendid. Thank you. I've notice that several teachers hit harder and for an older crowd this gentle approach under the auspicious gaze of this wise man is endearing

[Anorthos1]

Its like a kung fu master fighting with his evil iner self...

[Naraku1987]

Wonderfull exercises. However, I'm a bit confused about the "patting" ones. How hard should you pat yourself? Thanks in advance.

[tomlovegod]

It's super great for office man.

[DimStep17]

NEW MUSIC GROUP CAN DIN SKY 

[sabrinastar2005]

I like the music.

[dejstil1974]

you all. STOP COMMENTING THIS AND START DOING IT.tss.

[eljazmindenotre]

Hermoso video muy creíble la música sonadora gracias Master

[jimanHK]

great video,thank you for it,Master is great

[eljazmindenotre]

Con 90 anos ,que bien se ve ,es un ejemplo de buena salud gracias a la sabiduría oriental...

[ratworks89]

@elson32 - I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but if you mean 'do I have to do every move exactly to be doing qigong?' the answer would be yes and no. Each move is defined individually so you could do just a few of the moves and still technically be doing qigong, but if you change the movements you are doing something like unto qigong, but not technically qigong. It may then have similar effects, but probably not as effective. Breathing is always deep and slow, let it flow with the movements.