ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

For providing me with the finest instruction and patience, I must thank Ch’an master Hsuan Hua, t’ai chi ch’uan master Tung-tsai Liang, Zen master Dainan Katagiri, dharma master Chen Yi, and master healer Oei Kong-wei.

Special thanks to Patrick Gross for all his early editing and formatting of the text, and to Richard Peterson for the incredible cover photo collage and the photos that illustrate each exercise.

“People’s natures are basically the same;

it is their practices which set them far apart.”

—Confucius