Once a sport for elderly, pandemic and government support give baduanjin younger profile, Chen Nan reports. "The popularity of baduanjin among young people is increasing, especially since people spent so much time at home during COVID-19," says 28-year-old Li Jianlin, who works as a fitness content creator for Keep, one of the most popular apps for sports lovers in China, …
Celebrities like David Beckham, Manisha Koirala and Nargis Fakhri have embraced a 5,000-year-old Chinese practise for preserving mental and physical health – it’s called Qigong. By bringing our bodies back into harmony with Nature, Qigong practises activate the body’s internal self-healing mechanism,” says Sifu Shiv. It is a coordinated system of body posture and movement, breathing,and meditation used for health, …
