![]() Practicing Qigong also helps build body awareness and proprioception (how it moves through space). Movement combinations stretch the body’s muscles, tendons and ligaments for improved range of motion, mobility, resiliency, balance, and coordination. The movements are continuous and focus on tendon stretching, bone flexing, and combining both softness and strength.As well, these exercises improve the movement of the fluids of our bodies such as blood, synovial fluid and lymph. Yin Jin Jing is well known for relieving pain in the muscles, ligaments and tendons in the neck, shoulders and back. Though it is considered a form of Qigong, it is quite dynamic with the aim of not only strengthening the muscles and tendons, but also building stamina. Yi Jin Jing is a very popular Qigong because it is easy to learn and suitable for people of all ages. The form can change depending on the shape of the body, time of practice, and the practitioners general health. Movements focus on the spine, vertebrae, ligaments and the spinal cord as they twist and stretch. The upper body is active and moves in all directions. Movements are slow, graceful, and relaxed. Movements are done either standing or bending forward. Palms are open with fists used only for stretching the tendons. Some common elements that you will find in the different Yi Jin Jing forms: Today, Wang Zuyuan’s form of 12 exercises has been adopted by the Academies of Chinese Medicine in China. Many experts contend that 18 (instead of 12) should be the correct number of exercises (based on the 18 Arhats), but it can vary from 10 to 24, to 30. The many translations and distinct sets of exercises today are said to be derived from the original. No matter the origin, it is clear that the monks of the Shaolin Temple played a significant role in the evolution of Yi Jin Jing exercises. The written text was thought to be composed by the Taoist priest Zining in 1624, with the earliest surviving edition dated by Ryuchi Matsuda in 1827. However, as usual, there is some debate about the true origin. Legend said that Yi Jin Jing was left behind by Bodhidharma after his departure from the Shaolin Monastery. Stronger bodies were also considered a way to ensure spiritual cultivation. ![]() ![]() Yi Jin Jing was developed as a way to cultivate body, mind, and spirit, which allowed the Shaolin Temple monks to develop stronger bodies which would not deteriorate. According to legend, credit for it’s development is given to Da Mo (Bodhidharma), an Indian monk who lived in the Song Mountains (middle China). Yi Jin Jing is thought to originate in primitive shamanistic rituals. It is also part of the New Health Qigong Exercise Series which was compiled and published by the Chinese Health Qigong Association. It is considered a Qigong, an internal gongfu, and part of Chinese medicine for self-healing. The purpose of Yi Ji Jing is to turn “flaccid and frail sinews and tendons into strong and sturdy ones”. “Yi” means change, “Jin” means bones and muscles, “Jing” means method. Yi Jin Jing (also spelled Yijin Jing) is known as Muscle and Tendon Changing Classic and Tendon-Muscle Strengthening Exercises. ![]()
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