The Internal Structure Of Cloud Hands

Author : Robert Tangora
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781583947371

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The Internal Structure of Cloud Hands by Robert Tangora Pdf

An in-depth exploration of T'ai Chi through the practice of Cloud Hands, a foundational exercise common to all schools of this popular martial art Part theoretical treatise, part training manual, this book facilitates a deeper understanding of "internal" movement and training for students of T'ai Chi and other internal martial arts. Step-by-step exercises help to bring the theoretical into concrete practice and application. Author Robert E. Tangora, an accomplished practitioner and teacher of several different styles of T'ai Chi, places a heavy emphasis on the development of internal structure and building a solid foundation in the art's most basic movements. Intermediate and advanced practitioners will discover a deeply interconnected world of practice; beginning students will learn basic training methods that can help them bypass years of incomplete training and erase incorrect habits already formed. Tangora also stresses the importance of meditation and its crucial relationship to the art's health and martial aspects, as well as how to use the spine to integrate movements—especially important for practitioners with back problems who wish to learn how to move without inducing pain. Readers will learn to: • Cultivate internal power • Discover the inner workings of Tai Chi Ch'uan • Understand the meaning of the T'ai Chi classics • Move without injury • Relieve back pain

Author : Michael Gelb,Kelly Howell
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781608680733

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Brain Power by Michael Gelb,Kelly Howell Pdf

Drawing on the knowledge of physicians, gerontologists and neuroscientists, as well as the habits of men and women who epitomize healthy aging, the authors help readers activate unused brain areas, tone mental muscles and enliven every mental faculty. Original.

Author : Michael J. Gelb,Kelly Howell
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781608680740

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Brain Power by Michael J. Gelb,Kelly Howell Pdf

Virtually everyone fears mental deterioration as they age. But in the past thirty years neuroscientists have discovered that the brain is actually designed to improve throughout life. How can you encourage this improvement?Brain Power shares practical, state-of-the-evidence answers in this inspiring, fun-to-read plan for action. The authors have interviewed physicians, gerontologists, and neuroscientists; studied the habits of men and women who epitomize healthy aging; and applied what they describe in their own lives. The resulting guidance; along with the accompanying downloadable Brain Sync audio program; can help you activate unused brain areas, tone mental muscles, and enliven every faculty.

Author : Pao K. Wang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107005563

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Physics and Dynamics of Clouds and Precipitation by Pao K. Wang Pdf

New textbook on microphysics, thermodynamics and cloud-scale dynamics of clouds and precipitation, for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, researchers and professionals.

Author : United States. Environmental Science Services Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Weather control
ISBN : MINN:31951D03296359W

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Weather and the Hand of Man by United States. Environmental Science Services Administration Pdf

Author : Douglas R Hofstadter,Emmanuel Sander
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780465021581

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Surfaces and Essences by Douglas R Hofstadter,Emmanuel Sander Pdf

Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize -- winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over thirty years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making complex ideas vivid, he has partnered with Sander to put forth a highly novel perspective on cognition. We are constantly faced with a swirling and intermingling multitude of ill-defined situations. Our brain's job is to try to make sense of this unpredictable, swarming chaos of stimuli. How does it do so? The ceaseless hail of input triggers analogies galore, helping us to pinpoint the essence of what is going on. Often this means the spontaneous evocation of words, sometimes idioms, sometimes the triggering of nameless, long-buried memories. Why did two-year-old Camille proudly exclaim, "I undressed the banana!"? Why do people who hear a story often blurt out, "Exactly the same thing happened to me!" when it was a completely different event? How do we recognize an aggressive driver from a split-second glance in our rearview mirror? What in a friend's remark triggers the offhand reply, "That's just sour grapes"? What did Albert Einstein see that made him suspect that light consists of particles when a century of research had driven the final nail in the coffin of that long-dead idea? The answer to all these questions, of course, is analogy-making -- the meat and potatoes, the heart and soul, the fuel and fire, the gist and the crux, the lifeblood and the wellsprings of thought. Analogy-making, far from happening at rare intervals, occurs at all moments, defining thinking from top to toe, from the tiniest and most fleeting thoughts to the most creative scientific insights. Like Gö, Escher, Bach before it, Surfaces and Essences will profoundly enrich our understanding of our own minds. By plunging the reader into an extraordinary variety of colorful situations involving language, thought, and memory, by revealing bit by bit the constantly churning cognitive mechanisms normally completely hidden from view, and by discovering in them one central, invariant core -- the incessant, unconscious quest for strong analogical links to past experiences -- this book puts forth a radical and deeply surprising new vision of the act of thinking.

Author : Arne J. Berre,Asunci=n G=mez-ptrez,Kurt Tutschku
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642158766

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Future Internet - FIS 2010 by Arne J. Berre,Asunci=n G=mez-ptrez,Kurt Tutschku Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third Future Internet Symposium, FIS, held in Berlin, Germany in September 2010.The aim of this symposium was to bring together scientists and engineers from academia and industry and from various disciplines to exchange and discuss their ideas, views, and research results towards a consolidated, converged and sustainable future internet. The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics such as future internet architectures and protocols; semantic technologies; and internet of services, things and content.

Author : A. Pier Siebesma,Sandrine Bony,Christian Jakob,Bjorn Stevens
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781107061071

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Clouds and Climate by A. Pier Siebesma,Sandrine Bony,Christian Jakob,Bjorn Stevens Pdf

Comprehensive overview of research on clouds and their role in our present and future climate, for advanced students and researchers.

Author : Akademii͡a nauk SSSR.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Atmosphere
ISBN : UOM:39015024235247

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Izvestiia by Akademii͡a nauk SSSR. Pdf

Author : Gilles Chabrier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521887793

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Structure Formation in Astrophysics by Gilles Chabrier Pdf

A unique reference for graduate students and researchers addressing common problems and methods in studying galaxy, star and planet formation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Computer network architectures
ISBN : UIUC:30112050708988

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IEEE Open Architectures and Network Programming Proceedings by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 865 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781543467536

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Marvin Smalheiser Legacy with Tai Chi by Anonim Pdf

This book is an accumulation of Master Marvin Smalheisers writing in the Tai Chi magazine from its inception in 1977 till 2016. Master Smalheiser was the editor and the owner of Tai Chi magazine, and he published only an article related to tai chi. He was a practitioner as well as a teacher. He lived what he thought was the best way of lifehelpful, humble, and down-to-earth. This book covers many aspects and benefits of tai chi as a martial art that Master Smalheiser felt to write about. Some of the topics are meditation, relaxation, self-defense, the types of tai chi, history, health, personal interviews with masters in the US and abroad, and more. It was Master Smalheisers wish to write books about tai chi, but his untimely death did not allow him to get the books done. I do not know much about tai chi; therefore, I gathered some of his writings and made this book to benefit all the tai chi practitioners as Master Smalheiser wanted. It is my wish that the tai chi enthusiasts will enjoy the book and remember Master Marvin Smalheiser.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : MINN:31951P00610001T

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Monthly Weather Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : UOM:39015027730020

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JPRS Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : FRANCEIS HOBART HERRICK, PH.D.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE AMERICAN LOBSTER: A STUDY OF ITS HABITS AND DEVELOPMENTS by FRANCEIS HOBART HERRICK, PH.D. Pdf