Chi: Discovering Your Life Energy Kindle Edition
by Waysun Liao (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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 martialarts.
135 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Shambhala
Publication date
July 14, 2009
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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.
Publisher : Shambhala; Original edition (July 14, 2009)
Publication date : July 14, 2009
Print length : 135 pages
Customer Reviews: 4.5 out of 5 stars 135 ratings
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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.” This reference 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 at Taichitao.tv. The videos preserve the ancient temple teachings on moving meditation, the Tao, and internal energy development.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2020
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This book is awesome. I am a christian who just starting to learn taoism. This books explains Chi and toism so well that i start to understand christianity and taoism are basically talking about the same thing. One-Chi which nurtures the cosmo, is really one and only one GOD. Christianity and Taoism really just use different language to talk about the same thing. Wow. My mind is open.
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christopher drozd
5.0 out of 5 stars Gets the ball rolling
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2020
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You can find longer and deeper treatments of Chi, T’ai Chi, etc., but few succinctly get to the point. This short booklet does. Ultimately, though, it’s the actual practice that matters. This gets the ball rolling.
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Dom D. Salcido
5.0 out of 5 stars Simple Beauty
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2017
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This book is incredibly appealing in terms of aesthetics! It is small, compact, and written in a way that lets you understand its concepts without overwhelming you with bulky, futile information. I would consider it a very strong component in the core curriculum for anyone who is interested in learning about life energy.
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Teri Hopkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Good info
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2019
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Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2018
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Excellent book!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2018
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Great resource book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2018
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Excellent book. Definitely recommend this book for those seeking their life energy.
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mwm9r
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2011
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This is one of those books that you will want to read again, or just open up and start reading from any point. It is a very relaxing book to read and teaches you how to understand your life energy and how day to day life can drain it into non-existence. Then Waysun Liao teaches ways to feel and preserve your chi in a very simplistic way. It is a great book for setting the basics. It made me want to search out other books to further explore life energy.
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Carsten Nielsen
5.0 out of 5 stars Developmental assistance bible
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2013
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This book is nothing less than great and may put all other personal development books out of interest for serious people. There seems so many books that are discussing how to get what one wants, by becomming what one is not yet ... This book learn one about, that consiousness is developed from sensationing of what is and with realisationing of what is real and what one biologically consist of. This book seeks to align the energystructures so, that one can move freely in ones life, beeing an observer that all happens to the traditional ways of what the ancient chinese talked about beeing manhood at its best... Just a "worthwhile-evrybodys-time-to-read-book", for sure - and ofcourse the best pages are left out of the preview!
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The Tai Chi Club
5.0 out of 5 stars Good reference source
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2012
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To some extent, we all feel Chi (Qi). This is a guide from an expert and represents a grounded approach for those interested in the subject of Qi and Tai Chi theory. Chi: Discovering Your Life Energy
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Mark
4.0 out of 5 stars Chi Made Easy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2009
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I have studied this type of material with several authors and teachers and I have to say I really like the way that this material is presented. It is easy to read and written with a great deal of humility and spiritualty. Well worth getting.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2017
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sstflo
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good insight on Chi
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2013
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I like very intense and now need to practise the exercises. Different from western thinking and I found it interesting I will recommend it.
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