<p>A reading guide by Frances Garrett for an article by Shigehisa Kuriyama, "Pneuma, Qi, and the Problematic of Breath," in The Comparison Between Concepts of Life-Breath in East and West (Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on the Comparative History of Medicine - East and West, August 26-September 3, 1990), Edited by Yosio Kawakita, Shizu Sakai, and Yasuo Otsuka. Ishiyaku EuroAmerica, Inc, 1995, Pages 1-32. This episode of Footnotes was a lecture produced by Frances Garrett for a 2019 University of Toronto undergraduate course called Biohacking Breath.</p>

Footnotes on "Qi cultivation in qigong and taiji quan"

Footnotes is a series of short lectures or conversations on research in the field of Buddhist Studies. Created by Frances Garrett, a professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto, with co-host Tony Scott, most episodes are summaries or discussions of articles or book chapters from academic work in the field, with some episodes featuring guest lectures or guest hosts from events and courses at the University of Toronto. We aim to make Buddhist Studies research freely accessible to students and the public.

Footnotes was made possible by a grant from eCampusOntario and also receives support from the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto. Audio editing has been done by Jesse Whitty and Frances Garrett.