Archive for August 2022

During the time of the writing of the Zhuangzi 莊子, there is much evidence that there was a vibrant culture of 養生 yangsheng or Nourishing Life. Yangsheng can be roughly defined as a system of macrobiotic practices designed to increase one’s life span, including breath work 服氣, fasting 辟穀 “guiding and pulling” daoyin physical exercise…