Simple CHI Kung

Within every person there is a place full of energy, health, and happiness. Practicing Chi Kung allows us to visit this place of inner vitality and harmony, clearing physical and mental stress, detoxifying the body and mind, and helping us return to our natural state of abundant health, calmness, and mental clarity. An ideal complement to the treatment of chronic pain, asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, headaches, and even heart disease and cancer, Chi Kung is a way to take control of your physical, mental, and spiritual health and live a long and healthy life. In Simple Chi Kung, Taoist master Mantak Chia distills thousands of Chi Kung practices into one simple daily routine perfect for beginners and ideal as a warm-up to more advanced practices. Designed to relax our muscles, loosen the joints, improve circulation, and develop flexibility, strength, resiliency, and suppleness, the gentle, flowing movements of Chi Kung mirror the movements of nature and help practitioners connect to their own inner flow of chi, clearing blockages and stagnation in our life-force energy and tapping in to our natural powers of healing and disease prevention. Walking readers step-by-step through each exercise, from movement work with the knees, hips, and spine to internal energy work through controlled breathing, Master Chia explains how daily practice of Chi Kung cultivates life-force energy, a stronger immune system, emotional balance, and spiritual awareness, transforming the patterns and assumptions that limit our body and mind as well as enhancing our connection to nature and the universe.

Mantak Chia, world-famous Inner Alchemy and Chi Kung master, founded the Universal Healing Tao System in 1979. He has taught and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors all over the world and is the author of 40 books, including Chi Self-Massage and the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man. Lee Holden is an instructor in meditation, Tai Chi, and Chi Kung who teaches workshops in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The author of several books on Chi Kung, he lives in the southern San Francisco Bay area.

Acknowledgments Putting Simple Chi Kung into Practice Introduction 1 The History of Chi Kung 2 The Meaning of Chi Kung 3 Basic Terms and Concepts 4 The Styles and Forms of Chi Kung 5 Chi Kung and Abundant Health 6 Simple Chi Kung Exercises 7 Guidelines for Simple Chi Kung Appendix 1. Supplementary Practice: Laughing Chi Kung Appendix 2. Scientific Research on Universal Tao Practices About the Authors The Universal Healing Tao System and Training Center Index