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| Chi Walking: The Five Mindful Steps for Lifelong Health and Energy | 
 enlarge | Authors: Danny Dreyer, Katherine Dreyer
Publisher: Fireside
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 12119
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0743267206
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7176
EAN: 9780743267205
ASIN: 0743267206
Publication Date: March 21, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 good information January 1, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this as a gift for my husband and he's been able to incorporate the information right away.
 Excellent approach to walking October 27, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is interesting and well written. Along with its companion book, Chi Running, it provides a well-thought-out approach to walking to improve fitness and avoid injuries. My walking is easier, with better posture and less stress on my legs. I highly recommend both books.
To get more out of your walking May 15, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book. It really addresses the importance of good posture and the correct stance for walking. I am in my late 60s and am training for a 10k walk. This book is helping me to ready for the 6.2 miles.
20 million Tai Chi practitioners, 80 million walkers, this book creates a bridge February 1, 2007
36 out of 39 found this review helpful
Principles:
1. Allow yourself to be drawn forward by the pull of gravity.
2. Don't lock your knees as you swing your legs forward
3. Roll forward off the balls of your feet, lift your knees forward without pushing off
4. Swing your elbows to the rear as a counterbalance
5. Tilt you statue while walking, instead of maintaining an upright posture
6. Swing your arms faster and let your cadence increase as you walk faster
Work to achieve 75 strides per minute.
7. Allow your spine to twist and your pelvis to rotate while you walk faster. The twist at T-12 allows more chi to enter your body and thus energize the walk.
8. Hold your pelvis level and don't lead with your hips as you walk.
Focus: Try refocusing fifteen times while chi walking. Focus on getting aligned, engaging your core (upward chi spiral)(create more and more energy in your life), creating balance, and moving forward. "In Chi walking you'll learn a walking form that offers you greater potential to make lifelong health and energy a reality in our life."
Gravity: "Moving with the pull of gravity requires that you keep your body aligned but relaxed. In this way gravity can pull your body forward without meeting with any stiffness, which inhibits easy flow." Take shorter strides and plant your foot underneath your center of gravity as you step forward.
Align with good posture. Chi moves more easily through a body that is both aligned and relaxed. Master Xu says, "your pelvis is like a bowl holding water. When it tilts down in front, all the water (your chi) will spill out. So keep it level and you'll gather energy to your center." Strong abdominals allow your back to flaten out. The C posture keeps the pelvis level: Core strength, Centerness, and Container of chi. Tilt your stature 1/4 inch. Memorize good posture. Master Xu required his students to practice standing for 90 minutes twice a week. The aligned posture accumulates chi at the center.
Don't lock your knees. "In Chi Walking straighten your knees as you finish your stride behind your body." This takes the impact off the knees and your heels. "Your core is engaged by leveling your pelvis. This holds your body directly over the foot striking the ground. Your lifting your trailing foot forward with your foot forward with your knee, gently rolling off your toes (not pushing off), and then landing on the front of your heel instead of the back of the heel, thus reducing impact to your knees and hamstrings."
a walker's must have January 11, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book inspires walking. I first read it in the library and wanted my own copy for multiple reads. Chi Walking will change your life. Fantastic.
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