Daoist Body Cultivation is a comprehensive volume by a group of dedicated scholars and
practitioners that covers the key practices of medical healing, breathing, diets, exercises,
sexual practices, Qigong, and Taiji quan. Each presentation places the practice in its historical
and cultural context and relates its current application and efficaciousness. Ultimately
aiming to energetically transform the person into a spiritual and transcendent being, Daoist
cultivation techniques have proven beneficial for health time and again and can make an important
contribution in the world today. The book provides a deeper under
standing of the practices in their cultural and historical contexts, bridging the gap between
healing and religion.