The Dao of Healing

The Dao of Healing
Author: Lai Pak-Wah
Publisher: Graceworks
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2018-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9811166641

The last 50 years have seen the popularity of Chinese medicine grow exponentially. In China, Korea, Japan and Singapore, Chinese medicine has been incorporated into their healthcare systems to varying degrees. In the West, it is no longer uncommon for patients to consult Chinese medicine doctors, many of whom are non-Chinese. However, among Christians in many parts of the developed world, Chinese medicine is still viewed with suspicion and negativity. Are these fears justified? How can we better understand the roots and practices of Chinese medicine? The Dao of Healing takes us on an in-depth exploration of the histories and philosophies that have shaped both Western biomedicine and Chinese medicine in order that we might make informed judgements about them. If our call is to “love our neighbours”, we need to be able to dialogue with them on the basis of mutual respect and understanding. Let this book be the catalyst for meaningful and productive conversations across the divide.

Dao of Chinese Medicine

Dao of Chinese Medicine
Author: Donald E. Kendall
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Explores the ancient system of physiological medicine in China, and the system's applications in the field of modern medicine.

The Dao of Healing

The Dao of Healing
Author: Pak-Wah Lai
Publisher:
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2018
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9789811166631

The popularity of Chinese medicine has been growing, however, amongst Christians, it is still viewed with suspicion and negativity. How can we better understand its roots and practices? This book explores the histories & philosophies that shape Western biomedicine and Chinese medicine in order that we might make informed judgements about them.

Basic Practices of the Universal Healing Tao

Basic Practices of the Universal Healing Tao
Author: Mantak Chia
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2013-04-05
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1594775141

A comprehensive reference guide to the foundational Taoist practices taught by Master Mantak Chia • Organized by level and chi kung system for quick reference during practice or teaching • Includes 220 exercises from more than 20 of Master Chia’s practice systems, including the Inner Smile, the Six Healing Sounds, the Microcosmic Orbit, Chi Self-Massage, Cosmic Detox, and Iron Shirt Chi Kung • Covers all of the basic exercises in the Universal Tao’s first 6 levels of instruction Organized progressively by level and system for quick reference during practice or teaching, this illustrated guide covers all of the foundational exercises in the Universal Healing Tao’s first 6 levels of instruction. Keyed to the corresponding book for each complete practice, such as Healing Light of the Tao and Chi Self-Massage, this guide includes 220 exercises from more than 20 of Master Mantak Chia’s practice systems, including the Inner Smile, the Six Healing Sounds, the Microcosmic Orbit, Iron Shirt Chi Kung, Wisdom Chi Kung, Tao Yin, Chi Nei Tsang, Cosmic Detox, Bone Marrow Nei Kung, Cosmic Healing, Tendon Nei Kung, and Karsai Nei Kung. Offering a comprehensive reference to the beginning and intermediate practices of the Universal Healing Tao, this book allows you to build a regular Taoist practice combining internal and external chi and sexual energy exercises from the full range of Master Chia’s teachings, enabling you to purify, transform, regenerate, and transcend not only your own energy but the energy around you as well.

Chinese Healing Exercises

Chinese Healing Exercises
Author: Livia Kohn
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2008-09-30
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0824832698

Daoyin, the traditional Chinese practice of guiding the qi and stretching the body is the forerunner of Qigong, the modern form of exercise that has swept through China and is making increasing inroads in the West. Like other Asian body practices, Daoyin focuses on the body as the main vehicle of attainment; sees health and spiritual transformation as one continuum leading to perfection or self-realization; and works intensely and consciously with the breath and with the conscious guiding of internal energies. This book explores the different forms of Daoyin in historical sequence, beginning with the early medical manuscripts of the Han dynasty, then moving into its religious adaptation in Highest Clarity Daoism. After examining the medieval Daoyin Scripture and ways of integrating the practice into Tang Daoist immortality, the work outlines late imperial forms and describes the transformation of the practice in the modern world. Presenting a rich crop of specific exercises together with historical context and comparative insights, Chinese Healing Exercises is valuable for both specialists and general readers. It provides historical depth and opens concrete details of an important but as yet little-known health practice.

The Complete Book of Chinese Health and Healing

The Complete Book of Chinese Health and Healing
Author: Daniel Reid
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 489
Release: 1994-12-05
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 083482373X

Here is the first complete manual of Chinese medicine specifically written for the layperson. Filled with illustrated exercises and recipes, this book offers a unique, integrated system of preventive health care so that now anyone can promote good health, longevity, and spiritual awareness using these traditional techniques. Included are: • Key concepts of Chinese medical theory • Dozens of illustrated T'ai Chi and Chee-gung exercises • The Chinese approach to healing common ailments • Authentic secrets of Taoist sexual yoga • Therapeutic food recipes and herbal tonics • Alternative treatments for diseases such as AIDS and cancer • Resource listings: teachers, schools, centers, stores, and mail-order suppliers

Healing Light of the Tao

Healing Light of the Tao
Author: Mantak Chia
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2008-05-27
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1594778515

The guide to engaging and directing the three primordial forces of Earth, Heaven, and Higher Self to achieve enlightenment and immortality • Explains how to circulate the life force, or chi, by balancing yang (male) and yin (female) currents of bioenergy • Includes an overview of the complete Taoist body/mind/spirit system along with newly refined methods of activating the life force • The sequel to the classic Awaken Healing Energy Through the Tao In 1983, Mantak Chia introduced the “Microcosmic Orbit” to the West. Prior to that time, most of the Eastern energy practices transmitted to the West were incomplete, dealing only with the ascending yang/masculine channel, which shoots life-force energy up the spine. The Microcosmic Orbit showed practitioners how to establish the descending yin/feminine channel of the life-force energy loop. Within Taoist systems, cultivating feminine energy has always been seen as the key to gaining balance and wholeness. Healing Light of the Tao presents the more advanced methods of chi cultivation in the Microcosmic Orbit, offering a full understanding of Taoist spiritual theory through its comprehensive overview of the complete Taoist body/mind/spirit system. The book also includes more advanced meditation methods for absorbing the higher frequencies of Earth Force, Cosmic Force, and Universal Force (Heavenly chi) into the basic orbit. It establishes a spiritual science that not only emphasizes practical benefits to health, sexual vitality, and emotional balance, but also shows how changes made in the energy body can lead to physical rejuvenation that the Taoists called immortality.

Healing Love through the Tao

Healing Love through the Tao
Author: Mantak Chia
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2005-07-15
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 159477983X

A new edition of the bestseller • The first book to reveal in the West the Taoist techniques that enable women to cultivate and enhance their sexual energy • Reveals Taoist secrets for shortening menstruation, reducing cramps, and compressing more chi into the ovaries for greater sexual power • Teaches the practice of total body orgasm For thousands of years the sexual principles and techniques presented here were taught by Taoist masters in secret only to a small number of people (sworn to silence), in the royal courts and esoteric circles of China. This is the first book to make this ancient knowledge available to the West. The foundation of healing love is the cultivation, transformation, and circulation of sexual energy, known as jing. Jing energy is creative, generative energy that is vital for the development of chi (vital life-force energy) and shen (spiritual energy), which enables higher practices of spiritual development. Jing is produced in the sexual organs, and it is energy women lose continually through menstruation and child bearing. Mantak Chia teaches powerful techniques developed by Taoist masters for the conservation of jing and how it is used to revitalize women's physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Among the many benefits conferred by these practices are a reduction in the discomfort caused by menstruation and the ability to attain full-body orgasm.

The Tao of Trauma

The Tao of Trauma
Author: Alaine D. Duncan
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2019-01-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1623172233

Explains trauma using a combination of the Five Elements (from Traditional Chinese Medicine) and a touch perspective; for practitioners of a variety of modalities, including acupuncturists, somatic therapists, massage therapists, and mental health providers. Combining Eastern and Western trauma physiology, clinician-educators Alaine Duncan and Kathy Kain introduce a new map for acupuncturists, medical practitioners, mental health providers, and body-oriented clinicians to help restore balance in their patients. Using concepts from Acupuncture and Asian Medicine (AAM), alongside descriptions of the threat response from Western bio-behavioral science, they describe common physical symptoms, emotional presentations, and paths for healing for five survivor "types" detailed by the authors and correlated to the Five Elements of AAM. This ancient/modern integrative lens illuminates the diverse manifestations of traumatic stress in its survivors--chronic pain, autoimmune illness, insomnia, metabolic problems, and mental health disorders--and brings new hope to survivors of trauma and those who treat them.

The Tao of Healing

The Tao of Healing
Author: Haven Treviño
Publisher: New World Library
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1577313151

The profound, poetic wisdom of the Tao Te Ching lends itself beautifully to the subject of healing. Haven Trevino's modern adaptation of this ancient work captures the essence of the original in language accessible to all. The Tao of Healing gives wonderful insight and hope to both healers and those in need of healing. Trevino, a student of the Tao Te Ching for many years, began this inspirational work after he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, an event that motivated him "to bring into focus a whole range of creative skills, experiences, lessons, and visions." Haven Trevino spent more than 12 years studying alternative healing methods and shamanism, and his gentle, accepting spirit shows through every verse of this wonderful book.