“Bodhidharma travelled to the East to teach these two Yi Jin and Xi Sui classics. A bird like the crane is able to live long, an animal like the fox can be immortal, a human who cannot learn from these classics is worse than the birds and animals.”
Yi Jin Ying is a natural progression from the 8 Treasures Qigong. As I get older, I’m drawn to these Qigong forms because our ancestors taught us that they are a natural way to prevent our body from ageing. They strengthen our muscles and tendons to lessen their shrinkage and harmonise our internal organs so that our body functions optimally. With an optimal body, our mind is happy and peaceful
I don’t drive, but many of my friends do, and when they get their car serviced, they tell me that it operates more efficiently and with less effort. It's the same with our body. Our internal organs are the engine. If we are internally weak, our car will not drive efficiently. Yi Jin Jing fine-tunes our body. It gives our muscles and tendons power and quality. It stimulates the meridians in the same way acupressure or acupuncture would, and as a result, we have an increase in energy.
Technology is supposed to save us time but it can potentially kill our time by damaging our body. We need an antidote or a medicine to prevent this from happening. Yi Jin Ying restores and nourishes our body.
This form is the original and authentic Qigong I learned at the Shaolin Temple in China. It uses the same type of static tension we use in the 8 Treasures Qigong. There is power to the movement. I really want my students to understand the health philosophy of the Shaolin Temple. You can’t just do internal training like Qigong and you can’t just do external training like Kung Fu or any other aerobic exercise. For true health, you need to combine authentic Qigong with external training. It’s essential to understand this and incorporate it into your workout.
This is why in my Yi Yin Ying online course, I don’t just teach this form, I also teach some external training so that you can discover for yourself, how your Qigong practice gives an effortless power to your Kung Fu. You can then use this power with any activity that you do.
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