Tan Tien CHI Kung: Foundational Exercises for Empty Force and Perineum Power » (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.

Tan Tien Chi Kung is the art of cultivating chi in the lower abdomen--the tan tien. Known as the Ocean of Chi, this lower abdominal area holds the key to opening the body to the free and continuous movement of chi. Included are exercises to develop chi for increased vitality and the mind-body balance essential for spiritual growth and well-being.

Acknowledgments

Putting Tan Tien Chi Kung into Practice

Introduction

1 • Chi and the Lower Tan Tien
Chi Pressure
Tan Tien Power
The Lower Tan Tien and Second Brain
Chi and Transformation

2 • Unlimited Potentialities
Our Bodies and the Body of
the Universe
The Chi Kung State and the Sense
of Wonder
Higher Cultivation
Energy Transformation and the
Lower Tan Tien

3 • Smiling and Laughing Chi Kung
Body Sensing
The Inner Smile
Smiling and Laughing Energy Practices

4 • Squatting Chi Kung
A Natural Posture
Squatting and the Psoas
Squatting Practices

5 • Breathing, Dancing, and Bone Chi Kung
Natural Breathing
Abdominal Breathing
Skin Breathing
Inner and Outer Dancing
Bone Marrow Nei Kung

6 • Closing the Three Gates
Anus-Body Connections

7 • Empty Force and Perineum Power
Building Pressure in the Lower
Tan Tien
Perineum Power Exercises
Dragon and Tiger Breath
Bladder Area Exercise
Solar Plexus Area Exercise
Bladder Area Exercise
Exercise for the Sides of the Lower
Tan Tien
Exercise for the Sides of the Body
Kidneys Exercise
Door of Life Exercise
Chest Exercise
Total Tan Tien Breathing
Exercise to Increase Chi Pressure
and Vibration
Working with a Partner
Releasing Tension in the Chest
Diaphragm

8 • Tan Tien Chi Kung Animal Postures
Tan Tien Chi Kung Warm-Up
The Eleven Animal Postures
Rabbit
Crane
Bear
Swallow
Dragon
Eagle
Monkey
Elephant
Rhinoceros
Horse
Bull
Ending Exercise for Animal Postures

9 • Chi Kung, Health, and Healing
The Body’s Wisdom
Subtle Wonders
Chi Kung as Active Energy Meditation
Self-Healing and Wholeness
Consciousness and Relaxation
Reactivation and Regeneration

10 • Chi and the Tao
The Lower Tan Tien and Chi Kung
Wisdom Mind
Chi Kung as Self-Actualization
Surrender and the Chi Kung State

About the Author

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