Ba Duan Jin · 八段锦 · 8 Brocade Read the description first by Shi Heng Yi.

Instructions on the practice: What to do? / How to practice?

Copy the movements! In each final position use any type of power to tense the body and make the posture become strong. It’s no problem to use muscle power in the beginning!

Stay in each posture and slowly deep breath! (Full inhalation – Full exhalation) Minimum should be around 4 breathing cycles (any number above is perfectly fine). 

Try to keep the power / strength in each posture steady, regardless of in- or exhalation. Keep Focus and direct your intent in the proper direction.

For what should I aim for? / What is the goal of the practice?

Easy is: Do it for the pleasure of doing it!

Useful is: Make the postures become more powerful / stronger by every week!

Purposeful is: Observe and become aware of your transformation.

The names of the postures are:

ENGLISH / GERMAN:

Opening · 00:00

1) Pressing up to the Heavens / Beide Hände in den Himmel pressen · 01:30

2) Drawing the Bow / Den Bogen spannen · 02:40

3) Separating Heaven and Earth / Himmel und Erde spalten · 05:05

4) Wise Owl gazes backwards / Die weise Eule starrt zurück · 06:55

5) Big Bear turns from Side to Side / Der große Bär bewegt sich von Seite zu Seite · 08:50

6) Touching the toes and bending backwards / Die Zehen berühren und nach hinten beugen · 11:40

7) Clenching fists with an angry gaze / Die Fäuse ballen und grimmig Schauen · 13:25

8) Stretching the body / Den Körper dehnen · 18:40

Closing · 20:05

Why are there so many variations of this routine?

Practicing without clear intent is useless, no matter which form you choose.

This video is one of the more simple forms that I practice. Easy to remember, clear to execute.

You want more beautiful variations, go ahead. But understand the purpose of simplicity first.

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Shi Heng Yi belongs to the 35th Generation of Shaolin Masters and is the headmaster of the Shaolin Temple Europe 歐洲少林寺 located in Germany. Learn more about the training methods to develop unity of body and mind, merging internal and external power.

Every year there are several retreats that are taking place in the Shaolin Temple Europe 歐洲少林寺, the monastery where I am living.

A retreat can either be a 3-day Retreat (Friday – Sunday) or a 6-day Retreat (Monday – Saturday). Every retreat is held under a specific topic, such as: Gong Fu, Qi Gong (e.g. Ba Duan Jin, Yi Jin Jing, 13 Luohan), Meditation retreats and Rou Quan retreats.

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Around in a Storm Shi Heng Yi belongs to the 35th Generation of Shaolin Masters and is the headmaster of the Shaolin Temple Europe located in Germany. For more than 30 years, Master Shi Heng Yi has been involved in the Shaolin Arts and the studies of Human potential. In his first appearance at the TEDxVitosha event 2020, he shared his profound insights on the 5 Hindrances to Self-Mastery.

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This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

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