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Mimi Kuo-Deemer

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Biography

Mimi Kuo-Deemer, MA, is the author of Qigong and the Tai Chi Axis and Xiu Yang: The Ancient Chinese Art of Self-Cultivation. A sixth-generation lineage holder in Baguazhang, she teaches qigong, meditation, and internal martial arts to students around the world. She is a graduate of Stanford University and SOAS, where she received a distinction in her MA in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation. Drawing inspiration from Buddhist and Daoist teachings, she explores how movement and embodiment can serve as pathways for living these philosophies. An authorised Insight Meditation teacher, she supports students in shifting from conceptual understanding to direct, lived experience. Originally from the United States, she spent 13 years in China before settling in Oxfordshire.

Photo credit: Aaron Deemer

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This book presents the ancient Chinese practices of qigong – or energy cultivation – as an art of nourishment. The idea of nourishment lies at the heart of qigong. Just as trees and animals seek substances that ensure their steady growth and health, the human body and spirit thrives on receiving proper nourishment.

Qigong’s approach to ensuring ample nourishment is based on nature and the idea of the Chinese Five Elements/Phases of wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Each element in nature relates to an organ and meridian system in the body. Qigong: Nourishing Practices for Body, Mind and Spirit will explore each of these elements as they relate to our physical, mental and emotional health. It will offer readers accessible practices, insights wisdom that support our natural capacity for energy, balance and wellbeing.

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Xiu Yang: Self-cultivation for a healthier, happier and balanced life

Mimi Kuo-Deemer

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“Qigong is a new word that describes ancient Chinese practices that help us use our bodies to achieve goals greater than just physical health, including spiritual…”

– Ian Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao