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| Dedication | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why Meditate? | |
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| Integrating the Experiences of Your Life | |
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| What Is Meditation? | |
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| Lao Tse's Tradition | |
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| Balancing Expectations | |
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| An Education about Your Inner World | |
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| The Water Tradition of Taoist Meditation | |
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| Inner versus Outer Wealth | |
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| The Water Tradition | |
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| Balance, Then Compassion | |
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| The 70 Percent Rule | |
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| Old View for the New World | |
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| Accepting the Here and Now | |
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| The Dissolving Method | |
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| Breathing and Body Awareness | |
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| The Stress Response | |
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| Longevity Breathing | |
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| Personal Practice Session 1 | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 1 | |
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| Becoming Present | |
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| Physiology of the Breath | |
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| The Internal Organs of the Body | |
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| Personal Practice Session 2 | |
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| Greatest Transformative Benefit with the Least Effort | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 2 | |
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| Body Alignments for Sitting Meditation | |
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| Physical Mechanics | |
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| Find Your Alignments | |
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| Know Thy Kwa | |
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| The Solution: Stretch and Keep the Kwa Open | |
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| Exercises to Stretch the Kwa | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 3 | |
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| Sit Well, Be Grounded | |
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| Blockages: Recognizing the Four Conditions | |
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| Strength | |
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| Personal Practice Session 3 | |
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| Tension | |
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| Personal Practice Session 4 | |
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| When Something Doesn't Feel Quite Right | |
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| Personal Practice Session 5 | |
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| Contraction | |
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| Personal Practice Session 6 | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 4 | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Personal Practice Session 7 | |
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| The Present Is Freedom | |
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| Make Time Anytime | |
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| The Dissolving Method: A Process of Letting Go | |
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| The Eight Energy Bodies | |
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| Nervous Tension | |
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| Letting Go into Happiness | |
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| Outer and Inner Dissolving | |
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| Letting Go Externally and Internally | |
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| Personal Practice Session 8 | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 5 | |
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| Let Go, Chi Flows | |
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| Personal Practice Session 9 | |
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| Deepening Your Dissolving Practice | |
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| The Value of Outer Dissolving | |
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| The Value of Inner Dissolving | |
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| What Should I Let Go Of? | |
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| Cutting the Root of an Agenda | |
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| Applying the Mind's Intent | |
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| Beyond Past, Present and Future | |
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| Personal Practice Session 10 | |
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| Beyond Ordinary Conscious Thought | |
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| Personal Practice Session 11 | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 6 | |
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| Freedom Is Space | |
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| The Descending Current of Chi: From Heaven to Earth | |
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| Targeting Specific Blockages | |
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| Your Intuition Is the Guide | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 7 | |
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| Penetrating the Core of a Blockage | |
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| How to Train the Monkey Mind | |
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| Calming the Monkey | |
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| Distraction after Clearing Blocks | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 8 | |
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| Dissolving a Psychic Itch | |
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| Dissolving Emotions and Shock | |
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| Feeling Emotions below the Surface | |
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| Personal Practice Session 12 | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 9 | |
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| Letting Go Begins with Your Intention | |
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| The Courage to Practice | |
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| Dissolving Shock | |
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| Dissolving Fog and Depression | |
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| Deceptive Internal Dialogue | |
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| Face or Happiness-It's Your Choice | |
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| Depression Is a Black Hole | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 10 | |
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| Oh, You Think Life Is Fair?! | |
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| Ten Thousand Agendas and the Greatest Poverty in Existence | |
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| Formulating an Agenda | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 11 | |
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| The Beast of Greed | |
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| Loneliness | |
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| The Antidote to Greed | |
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| Anxiety: The Disease of the Modern Age | |
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| The Energy of Overwhelmingness | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 12 | |
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| The Mentality of an Overachiever | |
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| Find the Joy that's Already Here | |
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| Perfection in Imperfection | |
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| Finding Space with Clarity | |
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| Anger and Frustration as Agendas | |
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| Don't Wait for an Explosion | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 13 | |
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| When Everyone Is the Enemy | |
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| Personal Practice Session 13 | |
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| Denial Is Anger's Partner | |
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| Fear as an Agenda | |
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| Confronting the Fear of Not Existing | |
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| Dissolving Fear as an Agenda | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 14 | |
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| Spacing Out and Internal Fog | |
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| Unexpressed Fear | |
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| Bodily Fear | |
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| The Three Aspects of Fear | |
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| The Root of All Fear | |
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| Pain as an Agenda | |
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| Physical Pain | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 15 | |
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| Becoming a Mature Human Being | |
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| The Pain of Thought | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 16 | |
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| Emotional Pain | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 17 | |
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| Loss of a Loved One | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 18 | |
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| Other Kinds of Loss | |
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| Dissolving Your Pain | |
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| Love and Compassion | |
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| Meditation Is a Circular Process | |
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| The Greatest Gift You Can Give Yourself | |
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| Opening to Your Soul | |
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| Author-guided Practice Session 19 | |
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| Cultivate Compassion | |
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| The World May Go Crazy, but You Don't Have To | |
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| TAO Meditation for Health | |
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| Every Body Is Different | |
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| Chi Travels through the Nerves | |
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| Is the Dissolving Process Working for Me? | |
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| Energy Flow Follows Toxin Release | |
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| Cultivate Your Chi Slowly and Safely | |
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| Meditation for Stress Management | |
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| Practicing Meditation and Use of Prescription Drugs | |
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| Practicing Meditation and Use of Recreational Drugs | |
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| Medical Advice | |
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| Practice Sessions | |
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| Personal Practice Sessions | |
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| Author-guided Practice Sessions | |
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| Ancient Chinese Chanting | |
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| Coordinate Your Personal and Guided Practice Sessions | |
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| Taoism: A Living Tradition | |
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| The Frantzis Energy Arts System | |
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| Core Chi Gung Practices | |
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| Longevity Breathing Program | |
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| Dragon and Tiger Medical Chi Gung | |
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| Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body Chi Gung | |
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| Marriage of Heaven and Earth Chi Gung | |
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| Bend the Bow Spinal Chi Gung | |
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| Spiraling Energy Body Chi Gung | |
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| Gods Playing in the Clouds Chi Gung | |
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| Tai Chi and Ba Gua as Health Arts | |
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| Longevity Breathing Yoga | |
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| Healing Others with Chi Gung Tui Na | |
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| Training Opportunities | |
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| Instructor Certification | |
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| Train with a Certified Instructor | |
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| Contact Information | |
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| Bibliography | |