{"product_id":"2940196727245","title":"Still Body, Moving Energy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if Qigong could meet your body exactly where it is?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStill Body, Moving Energy\u003c\/strong\u003e is a gentle, accessible introduction to Qigong for people with limited, restricted, painful, or changing mobility. Whether you use a wheelchair, spend much of your time seated or reclining, are recovering from illness or injury, live with chronic pain or fatigue, or simply need a gentler way to practice, you belong here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou do not need to stand. You do not need full use of your arms or legs. You do not even need to perform every movement physically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, this book opens four different doors into practice:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Available movement\u003cbr\u003e* Micro-movement\u003cbr\u003e* Imagined movement\u003cbr\u003e* Attention and breath\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from traditional Qigong concepts while clearly distinguishing them from modern scientific explanations, \u003cstrong\u003eStill Body, Moving Energy\u003c\/strong\u003e explores Qi, the dantian, yin and yang, grounding, breath, visualization, motor imagery, and stillness in straightforward, approachable language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside you'll find adaptable practices for:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Seated, reclined, and mobility-restricted bodies\u003cbr\u003e* Calming stress and overwhelm\u003cbr\u003e* Gentle engagement during low-energy moments\u003cbr\u003e* Breath and body awareness\u003cbr\u003e* Imagined movement when physical movement isn't available\u003cbr\u003e* Emotional heaviness and winding down\u003cbr\u003e* Creating a personal practice that changes with your body\u003cbr\u003e* Days when doing almost anything feels like too much\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no perfect posture to achieve here. No requirement to push through pain. No competition over who can move farther.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd no promise that Qigong will cure illness or restore lost mobility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, this book offers something quieter: another way to be in relationship with the body you have today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraditional Qigong language is respected as traditional Qigong language. Scientific findings are presented as scientific findings. Personal sensations are allowed to remain personal sensations. You are invited to explore without being asked to turn curiosity into certainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause adaptation isn't cheating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA smaller movement isn't a failed larger movement. Imagined movement isn't pretending. Rest isn't laziness. Support isn't weakness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd stillness isn't absence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYour practice doesn't begin when your body becomes capable of performing the \"right\" movements.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith whatever is available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne breath.\u003cbr\u003eOne movement.\u003cbr\u003eOne imagined movement.\u003cbr\u003eOne moment of stillness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBegin where you are.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"3vi3","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48534041493745,"sku":"2940196727245","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940196727245_p0.jpg?v=1786329137","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940196727245","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}