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Purchase Tian Gan & 8 Mother Palms dvds 

Spirals are a great way to walk around in circles and still get somewhere!

I'll soon finish this page but right now I've got two dvds with the Tian Gan exercises and the eight mother palms. Price is $25 for the two! Shipping included if in USA. These are great to work out with or just study the movements. Contact Colorado Internal Arts with an email to burkai@montrose.net and put 'dvds' in the header.... We accept check, money order or paypal. Mail to Lee Burkins, 64856 Kourtney Lane, Montrose, CO. 81401

Lee

Heavenly Stem exercises, called Tian Gan are for assisting the development of  the foundational and complex body connections and energies of Ba Gua Zhang. Once the basic movements of these exercises are learned they can be practiced at myriad levels of skill.

Keeping it simple in the beginning, practice will development the follow functions:

1. Dynamic alignment of skeletal structure 

2. Relaxation/Releasing of soft tissues 

3. Pulsing of joints 

4. Elongation and wrapping of connective tissue 

5. Spiraling, Twisting and Coiling

6. Structural Peng

7. Strengthening of muscles, tendons, ligaments

8. Quiet mind

9. Calm heart

10. Aerobic capacity

In more advanced practice of Tian Gan the nei gung aspects are developed as in Master Frantzis's 16 part Nei Gung system.