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May 15, 2025 30 mins

Dao Yin or "Guiding and Pulling" has a long history in China stretching back thousands of years to the occult shamanic traditions of ancient times, and its influence is still very much present in modern Qigong practices. The Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun, or the "Treatise on the Origins and Symptoms of Medical Disorders" was a Sui dynasty Chinese medical text that was innovative due to it being the first textual attempt at a comprehensive classification of different diseases and well as the first text to prescribe Dao Yin exercises for specific diseases.

In this episode, we talk to Dolly Yang again about her new wonderfully illustrated book translating these exercises, Exercise Prescription in Sui China, delving into some of her favourite exercises from the text. 

This book is currently available for purchase on the Purple Cloud website: https://purplecloudinstitute.com/product/exercise-prescription-in-sui-china-581-618-ce/

Dolly's online study group exploring the daoyin exercises in Zhubing yuanhou lun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayeYztV78aE&t=21s

 If any listeners are interested in joining, please get in touch with Robert Coons at events@daoi.org. https://purplecloudinstitute.com/product/exercise-prescription-in-sui-china-581-618-ce/

 

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