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Chi: Discovering Your Life Energy
Chi is the invisibleenergy of life that flows in and around us throughout the universe. Usedskillfully, it can have a remarkable effect on health and vitality—to thedegree that you’d be tempted to call it magical, if it weren’t so completelynatural. Here is a perfect introduction to chi that explains in a direct andsimple way what it is and why it is essential to a healthy and vital life. It providesan easy-to-understand explanation of chi, and then helps readers recognize,develop, and strengthen their own chi through specific breathing techniques andbasic exercises, all demonstrated by the author.
Thereare many books on chi development through t’ai chi and qigong practice, but thisone goes deeper to enable you to understand the fundamental principles as youcultivate it. This book is a reference for alternative health professionalssuch as acupuncturists and shiatsu therapists and their patients, as well asfor anyone who practices t’ai chi, qigong, aikido, and other chi-based martial arts.
About the Author
From the age of twelve, Master Waysun Liao studied with a wandering Taoist and in a Taoist temple in Taiwan until he became a full Taichi and Tao master. Considered one of the world's foremost authorities on traditional Taoist wisdom and Chi arts, he is the founder and master of one of the oldest Taichi centers in North America. The Taichi Tao Center, founded in 1971, remains the worldwide teaching headquarters for Master Waysun Liao and is located in Oak Park, Illinois.
Master Waysun Liao is the last of a heritage of Tao masters carrying and transmitting the ancient oral traditions concerning the nature and the power of Tao. He shares his wisdom with students across the world. Other Taichi instructors, learning centers, martial arts masters, spiritual teachers, and Taichi group leaders around the world today learned Taichi from the Taichi Tao Center, and call him "Grandmaster Waysun Liao." It means that they see the unlimited potential within this wisdom and the amazing benefits in learning Taichi through Master Liao, and want to claim a part of that powerful legacy!
The good news is that now everyone can learn from Waysun Liao as their own grandmaster!
In addition to several leading books on Taichi, Chi and Tao, he has compiled a complete Taichi learning system on streaming online video, preserving the ancient temple teachings on moving meditation, the Tao, and internal energy development.
Product details
Publisher : Shambhala; Original edition (July 14, 2009)
Language : English
Paperback : 144 pages
ISBN-10 : 1590306953
ISBN-13 : 978-1590306956
Item Weight : 6 ounces
Dimensions : 4.99 x 0.45 x 7.22 inches