A Cultural Phenomenology of Qigong: Qi Experience and the Learning of a Somatic Mode of Attention

In Chinese body culture, the construct of qi 氣—literally translated as breath or energy—is at the heart of several programs of self-cultivation, as well as other domains of bodily knowledge related to the subjective and inter-subjective realm of everyday life. Also, among Chinese societies and commu...

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Main Author: Lazzarelli, Alessandro (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: American Anthropological Association 2023
In: Anthropology of consciousness
Year: 2023, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 97-129
Further subjects:B Daoist Body Cultivation
B Qi Experience
B Embodied Learning
B Qi States
B Qigong
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