Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xiii |
What is Chi Kung? | p. 1 |
Introducing Chi Kung | p. 3 |
The Benefits of Chi Kung | p. 6 |
The Origins and History of Chi Kung | p. 7 |
The Tao | p. 9 |
Buddhist Chi Kung | p. 12 |
Energy and Life | p. 14 |
A Language of Energy | p. 14 |
Chi Kung and its Applications | p. 16 |
Inner Alchemy and Spiritual Development | p. 20 |
Immortality | p. 22 |
Chi Kung Today and Scientific Research | p. 24 |
Your Energy System | p. 27 |
Chi and the Energy System | p. 29 |
Understanding Chi | p. 29 |
The Anatomy and Physiology of the Energy System | p. 31 |
The Eight Diagrams | p. 44 |
The Meridians and Points | p. 47 |
The Twelve Major Organ Meridians | p. 47 |
The Eight Extraordinary Meridians | p. 55 |
The Twelve Primary Chi Kung Points | p. 60 |
The Master and Coupled Points | p. 62 |
Jing Chi Shen | p. 65 |
An Overview of the Channels and Pathways | p. 66 |
Energy, Feelings, and Emotions | p. 69 |
The Chi Kung of Feelings and Emotions | p. 69 |
Other Energy Systems | p. 72 |
Activating Your Energy | p. 77 |
Preparing for Chi Kung | p. 79 |
Your Attitude and Approach | p. 79 |
Meditation in Chi Kung | p. 83 |
Breathing | p. 86 |
Beginning Practices | p. 89 |
The Healing Smile | p. 89 |
The Energy Shower | p. 91 |
Focusing at your Body-Energy Center | p. 95 |
The Microcosmic Orbit: Small Heaven Meditation | p. 99 |
The Macrocosmic Orbit: Big Heaven Meditation | p. 102 |
Lying, Sitting, Standing, and Moving | p. 104 |
More Chi, More Life | p. 109 |
Advanced Practices | p. 111 |
The Eight Extraordinary Meridians | p. 112 |
The Master and Coupled Points | p. 116 |
The External Energy Field (Wei Chi) | p. 121 |
The Five Animal Frolics | p. 124 |
Cultivating Sexual Energy | p. 129 |
Ovary and Testicle Breathing | p. 132 |
Clinical Chi Kung Treatment | p. 136 |
Chi Kung Healing | p. 136 |
Medical Qigong Therapy | p. 142 |
Chi Kung as Therapy | p. 145 |
Chi Nei Tsang (Internal Organ Chi Massage) | p. 146 |
Everyday Chi Kung | p. 147 |
Chi Kung in Everyday Life | p. 149 |
24-Hours-a-day Chi Kung | p. 150 |
24 Hours, 12 Meridians | p. 152 |
Waking Up | p. 155 |
Chi Kung at Work | p. 158 |
Chi Kung at Leisure | p. 162 |
Chi and the Environment | p. 163 |
Sleep | p. 167 |
Social Chi Kung | p. 169 |
Babies and Children | p. 169 |
Chi Kung and Schools | p. 172 |
Chi Kung and the Elderly | p. 174 |
Chi Kung for Special Needs | p. 178 |
Developing your Energy with Partners and Groups | p. 180 |
Chi Kung--Healing for the World | p. 182 |
Afterword: Your Life as an Energy Event | p. 184 |
Appendices | p. 186 |
About the Contributors | p. 186 |
Useful Addresses | p. 197 |
Glossary | p. 199 |
Further Reading | p. 202 |
Index | p. 204 |
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