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Chi Self-Massage: The Taoist Way of Rejuvenation Kindle Edition

by Mantak Chia (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Energetic massage techniques that dispel negative emotions, relieve stress, and strengthen the senses, internal organs, and nervous system

• Shows how Chi Massage employs one’s own internal energy to promote rejuvenation

• Presents Chi Massage techniques for every organ and bodily system

• Provides a daily practice routine that requires only 5 to 10 minutes to complete

The Western concept of massage primarily concerns muscle manipulation. In the practice of Chi Massage, internal energy, or Chi, is manipulated to strengthen and rejuvenate the sense organs--eyes, ears, nose, tongue, teeth, and skin--and the internal organs. The Taoist techniques in this practice are more than 5,000 years old and, until very recently, were closely guarded secrets passed down from master to student with each master often knowing only a small part of the complete method.

In Chi Self-Massage Master Mantak Chia pieces together the entire system of Chi Massage into a logical routine, revealing the methods used by Taoist masters to maintain their youthfulness. He explains the energetic theory behind Chi Massage and how negative emotions affect the organs and nervous system. By practicing the exercises outlined and following the daily routine that requires only 5 to 10 minutes to complete, readers can strengthen their senses--most notably vision, hearing, and taste--detoxify their internal organs and glands, help control negative emotions, relieve stress and constipation, and improve their complexion, teeth and gums, and overall stamina.

Review

"Written with clarity and purpose, these pages offer readers a solid introduction to the principles of chi self-massage. . . . [Chia's] logical progression of ideas allows readers to quickly grasp this new information and to build on it as the pages turn. . . . For such a short book, the overall explanation of this system is explicit, providing a most impressive view of these techniques. Chi Self-Massage presents a wealth of information that can positively impact the health of readers." (Curled up with a Good Book, Aug 2006)

"Master Mantak Chia pieces this system into a logical routine any can duplicate, using methods used by the masters to explore the theory and purposes behind Chi Self-Massage. Spirituality blends with practical application in an easily-followed guide." (Diane C. Donovan, California Bookwatch, Oct 2006)

"Spirituality blends with practical application in an easily-followed guide." (The Midwest Book Review, Oct 2006)

"If you have any recurring pain in your day-to-day life I recommend getting this book, I've found it very helpful." (Amanda Bugeaud, Timeless Spirit Magazine, July 2007)

About the Author

A student of several Taoist masters, Mantak Chia founded the Healing Tao System in 1979. He has taught tens of thousands of students from all over the world and tours the United States annually, giving workshops and lectures. He is the director of the Tao Garden Integrative Medicine Health Spa and Resort training center in northern Thailand and is the author of 25 books, including the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man.

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HEALTH / MARTIAL ARTS

The Western concept of massage primarily concerns muscle manipulation. In the practice of Chi Self-Massage, internal energy, or Chi, is manipulated to strengthen and rejuvenate the sense organs--eyes, ears, nose, tongue, teeth, and skin--and the internal organs. The Taoist techniques in this practice are more than 5,000 years old and, until very recently, were closely guarded secrets passed down from master to student with each master often knowing only a small part of the complete method.

In Chi Self-Massage Master Mantak Chia pieces together the entire system of these techniques into a logical routine, revealing the methods used by Taoist masters to maintain their youthfulness. He explains the energetic theory behind Chi Self-Massage and how negative emotions affect the organs and nervous system. By practicing the exercises outlined and following the daily routine that requires only 5 to 10 minutes to complete, readers can strengthen their senses--most notably vision, hearing, and taste--detoxify their internal organs and glands, help control negative emotions, relieve stress and constipation, and improve their complexion, teeth and gums, and overall stamina.

A student of several Taoist masters, MANTAK CHIA founded the Healing Tao System in 1979. He has taught tens of thousands of students from all over the world and tours the United States annually, giving workshops and lectures. He is the director of the Tao Garden Integrative Medicine Health Spa and Resort training center in northern Thailand and is the author of 25 books, including the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man and Sexual Reflexology. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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from Chapter 3

Head, Neck, and Shoulders

EyeMassage
The eyes are the doorways to the soul. They are connected to the entire nervous system, which gives them a special importance. In Taoism the eyes are regarded as yang energy that guides all chi flow in the body.

The different areas of the eyes correspond to different organs of the body, so they reveal the health of your entire body: You can tell which organs are weak or toxic by looking at your eyes. Nowadays people use their eyes much more than in the past to read, watch television, and work with computers, other electronic devices, and microscopes. This strains them a great deal and allows much of the energy of the connected organs to be drained out. Massaging the eyes will reenergize the vital organs.

Performing Eye Massage
Begin with the procedure for bringing energy to the hands and face, contracting the middle, left, and right sides of the anus. When your hands and face are hot, direct the chi to both eyes until you feel them filled with energy.

1. Close your eyes. Use your fingertips to gently massage your eyeballs through your closed eyelids, six to nine times clockwise, then six to nine times counterclockwise. Then gently massage the area around the lids the same number of times. Be aware of painful spots and massage those places until the pain goes away. Pay special attention to the inner and outer corners of the eyes. Massaging these points of the Gall Bladder meridian will relieve eye ailments. However, when rubbing near the corners of the eyes, do not rub too hard, because you can make the corners of the eyes droop down. Finish with rubbing the corners of the eyes upward.

2. Pull up the eyelids to increase the fluid. Use the thumb and index finger to gently pinch and pull up the eyelids then release them. Do this six to nine times.

3. Massage the eye sockets by bending your index fingers and using the lower section to rub the upper and lower bones of the eye sockets six to nine times.

4. The next step is to get a tear out of your eyes, which will strengthen them. Hold an index finger up about eight inches from your eyes (or put a dot on the wall five or six feet away from you). Stare at it intently without blinking until you feel like a fire is burning in your eyes. The Taoists believe that this technique burns the toxins out of the body through the eyes.

5. Bring chi to your eyes by rubbing your hands until they are warm, then closing your eyes, and covering your eye sockets with your palms. Feel the chi from the hands being absorbed into the eyes. Rotate your eyes six to nine times, first in a clockwise direction, then counterclockwise.

Eyeball Exercise
The eyes have many muscles that we typically do not exercise very much. This causes them to become weak, contributing to poor eyesight. In addition, the eyes are closely connected with certain organs and nerves. Exercising the eyeballs is not only the best exercise for the eye muscles but will also exercise these linked areas by putting pressure on them:

• Contracting the middle of the eyeballs strengthens the back of the eye muscles and the inner ear.

• Moving the eyeballs upward by looking toward the crown strengthens the upper eye muscles and stimulates the pituitary and pineal glands.

• Moving the eyeballs from side to side strengthens the side eye muscles as well as the ear canals, eardrums, tear ducts, and the nose.

• Moving the eyes downward strengthens the lower eye muscles as well as the lower parts of the ear canals and the nervous system.

Performing the Eyeball Exercise
This exercise begins with closing the eyes and becoming aware of them.

With the eyes still closed, cup your palms over them, inhale, and contract the sexual organ and the part of the anus as directed, while looking straight ahead, to the left, above, to the right, and below.

1. Contract the middle of the anus, and pull the eyeballs back into their sockets.

2. Contract the left side of the anus and the left sides of the eyeballs.

3. Contract the front of the anus and the tops of the eyeballs.

4. Contract the right side of the anus and the right sides of the eyeballs.

5. Contract the back of the anus and the bottoms of the eyeballs.

Staring Practice
If you have difficulty maintaining eye contact when you are talking with someone because you feel nervous and frightened, this can be caused by weakness of the gallbladder and kidneys. You may also experience that your voice becomes very low and hard to hear. To improve this, you can use the Inner Smile, Six Healing Sounds, and Chi Self-Massage as described above, plus the practice of staring.

To perform the practice of staring, look at your face in a mirror for two to five minutes each day for the first week. After ten days you can begin to stare at your eyes and increase your confidence by looking at your irises. Gradually you will lose the fear of looking into other people’s eyes. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

Review

"Written with clarity and purpose, these pages offer readers a solid introduction to the principles of chi self-massage. . . . [Chia's] logical progression of ideas allows readers to quickly grasp this new information and to build on it as the pages turn. . . . For such a short book, the overall explanation of this system is explicit, providing a most impressive view of these techniques. Chi Self-Massage presents a wealth of information that can positively impact the health of readers." ― Curled up with a Good Book, Aug 2006

"Master Mantak Chia pieces this system into a logical routine any can duplicate, using methods used by the masters to explore the theory and purposes behind Chi Self-Massage. Spirituality blends with practical application in an easily-followed guide." ― Diane C. Donovan, California Bookwatch, Oct 2006

"Spirituality blends with practical application in an easily-followed guide." ― The Midwest Book Review, Oct 2006

"If you have any recurring pain in your day-to-day life I recommend getting this book, I've found it very helpful." ― Amanda Bugeaud, Timeless Spirit Magazine, July 2007 --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

From the Author

A student of several Taoist masters, Mantak Chia founded the Healing Tao System in 1979. He has taught tens of thousands of students from all over the world and tours the United States annually, giving workshops and lectures. He is the director of the Tao Garden Integrative Medicine Health Spa and Resort training center in northern Thailand and is the author of 25 books, including the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004DNW60W
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Destiny Books; 2nd edition (June 5, 2006)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 5, 2006
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Mantak Chia (Chinese: 謝明德, Pinyin: Xiè Míngdé, born April 24, 1944 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Taoist Master. He is best known for his teaching Taoist practices under the names of Healing Tao, Tao Yoga, Universal Healing Tao System and Chi Kung. Throughout decades of teaching, he has run numerous workshops, written a series of books, and published a number of training videos. For this reason, some people call him an author, a teacher or a healer. He views himself primarily as a teacher, "who helps his students empower themselves through cultivation of their chi (Chinese: 氣，Wade-Giles: ch'i) energy."
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Easy to use and understand to empower yourself for better health

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2006

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Master Chia and his wife have a collection of books based on Chinese healing, specifically dealing with massage, Chi energy or both. This book is an easy-to-use guide even for someone without any background knowledge on the subject and provides a good introduction that is brief and easy enough to understand so the healing can start nearly immediately.

Broken into chapters according to anatomy, there are simple drawings showing location and technique accompanied by step-by-step instructions that guide your hands and explanations that detail the benefit. Be aware these are not necessarily 'cures' or immediate fix-its for everything that ails you, but rather a way of healing and prevention to promote overall health. By massaging the body's organs, which work flawlessly for decades without much attention (and we often take for granted), we can expel toxins, help them work more efficiently and bolster our immune system without drugs, side effects or expensive doctor visits.

Also, by empowering ourselves, we take more control of our health and our lives.

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I see this book is expanding according to the needs of the reader. I wish there was a DVD/Video of this book and that I will continue to look for. I have read several of Mantak Chia's books and I did find the exercises and the explanations refreshing. They exercises are energetic and I am grateful for Chia bringing forth the teachings of the Masters.

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A unique and informative book on the Taoist Way massage techniques for health.

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This very interesting and unusual book has specific information on various massage techniques for the entire body. They are all based upon the Taoist techniques developed more than 5000 years ago. The numerous illustrations showing each technique are clear and easy to follow with the instructions given. Even though I am more of a scientific minded person, the fact that these techniques have been used for thousands of years successfully to rejuvenate people makes this 112 page text a compelling read.

This book is organized into seven parts detailing each technique. Part one begins by showing movements to prepare you for Chi-Self-Massage. Part two explains healing hands. Part three gets into massage techniques for the head, neck and shoulders. Part four deals with exercises to detoxify the organs and glands. "Relieving constipation: a major cause of ill health" is covered in section five. Section sex shows how to massage the knees and feet. The final section focuses on the daily practice of Taoist Rejuvenation techniques.

This fully illustrated short book has a lot of information within its pages for those interested in the Taoist way massage techniques. This book has such detailed instructions on the Taoist rejuvenation techniques that it can be used as an excellent reference source for those into this esoteric practice. An enjoyable and interesting read.

Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: The Samurai Soul: An old warrior's poetic tribute).

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Practical book with detail, illustration, and well described exercises. Helpful practice. Will make you feel good.

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Easy to read and the diagrams are excellent. Thank you!

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Great book very easy step by step directions. And this stuff really works an so happy I am able to get t this information and us

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I am committed to doing this program for at least 3 to 5 times a week we are very lucky to live in a day and age when these secrets are so readily available to lay people.. I have found the other authors books to be a difficult read but not this one. It is short and sweet and cuts to the chase, no fillers. There is a lot here that is useful.

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Great book! Lots of practical advice on general self-care. Stuff we should be learning as teens. This is my 2nd time buying this book. Its that good.

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This book has a number of exercises. It discusses preparatory exercises, massage of head, neck, shoulders, detoxing organs and glands, constipation, other massage, taoist rejuvenation, and so forth. This book is comparable to The Complete System of Self-Healing: Internal Exercises , The Art of Chi Kung: Making the Most of Your Vital Energy , and some other books by the author. This is a useful book.

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O livro traz técnicas de auto-cuidados que vale a pena ter o conhecimento.

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Very informative

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This is a fairly small book but well worth reading. Is extremely clear and concise with diagrams as well as written instructions. Easy to read. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in self massage and being proactive in looking after their own health.

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Livro muito importante, é necessário comprometimento diário com os ensinamentos e colocar em prática os exercícios propostos. O inglês não chega a ser um problema pois é muito bem ilustrado.

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