As many practitioners of Acupuncture and TCM know,
Yang Sheng is the practice of nourishing life. The branch of TCM knowledge called Qi Gong provides practitioners with a large number of internal and external practices that were developed over the centuries to promote physical, emotional and spiritual health.
When practiced regularly and consistently, Qi Gong techniques allow for increased energy, more robust health and graceful aging. In my training over the years, I have been exposed to many styles of Qi Gong and have linked the concept of Yang Sheng to these practices of Qi Gong. The ultimate purpose, I was taught, was to create personal health and thus avoid premature death. That was until I took the course on Yang Sheng with Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallée here in Vancouver last November...
