Iron Shirt Chi Kung » (Revised Edition)

A student of several Taoist masters, Mantak Chia founded the Healing Tao System in North America in 1979 and developed it worldwide as European Tao Yoga and Universal Healing Tao. He has taught and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors from all over the world and tours the United States annually, giving workshops and lectures. He is the director of the Tao Garden Health Spa and the Universal Healing Tao training center in northern Thailand and is the author of thirty-one books, including Inner Smile, Cosmic Fusion, Sexual Reflexology, and the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man.

Long before the advent of firearms, Iron Shirt Chi Kung, a form of Kung Fu, built powerful bodies able to withstand hand-to-hand combat. Even then, however, martial use was only one aspect of Iron Shirt Chi Kung, and today its other benefits--strengthening the internal organs, establishing roots to the earth’s energy, and unifying physical, mental, and spiritual health--remain vitally significant for anyone seeking better health, a sound mind, and spiritual growth.

Acknowledgments

Putting Iron Shirt Chi Kung into Practice

1. Iron Shirt Chi Kung and the Universal Tao

2. Preparations for Iron Shirt Chi Kung

3. Principles and Practices for Iron Shirt Structural Alignment and Chi Circulation

4. The Importance of Rooting

5. The Iron Shirt Chi Kung Postures

6. Structural Alignment and Taoist Yoga

7. Iron Shirt Body Construction

8. Developing a Daily Practice

About the Author

The Universal Tao System and Training Center

Resources

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