Yangsheng (Daoism)
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Yangsheng (Daoism)
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In religious Daoism and traditional Chinese medicine, yangsheng, refers to various self-cultivation practices aimed at enhancing health and longevity. Yangsheng techniques include calisthenics, self-massage, breath exercises, meditation, internal and external Daoist alchemy, sexual activities, and dietetics. Most yangsheng methods are intended to increase longevity, a few to achieve "immortality"— in the specialized Daoist sense of transforming into a xian. While common longevity practices can i
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Daoist self-cultivation practices
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangsheng_(Daoism)
date created:
2022-08-01T02:02:11Z
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2024-09-02T14:44:15Z
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