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Physique-Changing Scripture

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It's said that the Physique-Changing Scripture (Yi Jin Jing), one of the traditional Qigong exercises in China, was brought in by Dharma and then spread in the Shaolin Temple. Yi means accommodate, change or shed, Jin refers to bones and muscles, and Jing is guide or code, which together means the way to change your physiques. Practice of the Physique-

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