Traditional Chinese Therapeutic Exercises - Standing Pole
By Wang Xuanjie and J.P.C. Moffett
English
Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1994
Paperback, 89 pages
ISBN 7119006967

A Table of Contents

1. Respiratory Techniques
2. Circulating "Vital Breath"
3. Meditation Techniques
4. The Dao-yin Tradition of Moving Exercises
5. Standing Pole - Zhan Zhuang

1. Theoretical Basis
2. Essentials of Practice: Relaxation, Concentration and "Entering a Quiet State," Posture, Breathing
3. Certain Points to Be Noted in Practice
4. The Standing Pole Exercises: Standing Postures, Sitting Postures, Lying Postures, Moving Exercises, Walking Forms, Some Supplementary Exercises

1. Preliminary Investigations into the Physiological Basis of the Therapeutic Value of the Standing Pole Exercises: Effects on the Cerebral Cortex and Central Nervous System, Blood Circulation, Respiration, Fatigue
2. The Special Physiological Characteristics of the Standing Pole Exercises: A Highly Adaptable Form of Mental and Physical Education, A Non Oxygen-Debt Exercise, The Effects on Blood Circulation, Posture, A Form of Diagnosis and Treatment Combined