Vol 13, Issue 3/2003
Care for the joints, quiet the mind
Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa – The eighteen-fold method of practice. By Joachim Stuhlmacher
One of the methods introduced to Germany by Dr. Josephine Zöller, a pioneer of Qigong in German-speaking regions, is Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa. This is a sequence of exercises specially compiled for the prevention and treatment of joint complaints; practised regularly, however, it can have a beneficial effect in all areas. Joachim Stuhlmacher presents the progressively structured phases of this Qigong method and, taking two exercises as an example, demonstrates the typical combination of simple external movements and awareness of the internal flow of energy.
