Riding with Chi: Your Pathway to Energy Mastery DVD with Mark Russell

 Riding with Chi: Your Pathway to Energy Mastery An Artistic and Inspirational Instructional and Exercise Program recommended by R Dressage Judge Lisa K. Schmidt for Riders of all ages, all experience levels, and all disciplines. The Chinese character chi represents the life-process or energy flow that sustains all living things. In Chinese culture, the practice to Tai Chi and Qi Gong (chee kung) evolved, in part, as a way of enhancing the flow of chi within the human body. In Riding with Chi, the elements of efficient energy flow − low breathing, relaxation, spinal alignment, and balance − are discussed and demonstrated in terms of these time-honored exercises and their application to the rider’s position (Disc 1). Disc 2 teaches several short, easy-to-follow Tai Chi and Qi Gong routines. You will learn to lower your breath, relax and supple your body, and achieve a stable and balanced position while in motion, as when you are riding. Additional exercises to relieve facial and jaw ten