Index
All page numbers are refer to the print edition of this title.
acquired emotions, 83–84
Acupressure Practice, 125–32
balancing sequence of, 125–26
Bladder’s Vitals, 126–27
Bubbling Spring, 131, 132
Calm Sleep, 132
Curved Bone, 128, 129
Gate of Origin, 128, 129
guidelines, 125
Joining Valley, 126
Kidney Shu, 126, 127
Mingmen, 126, 127
Rushing Gate, 128–29
Sea of Blood, 129–30, 131
Sea of Nourishment, 130, 131
Sea of Qi, 127, 129
Shining Sea, 130–32
Three Yin Crossing, 130, 131
Yin Wrapping, 129, 131
adrenal glands, 166
affirmations, with sounds, 92–93
Alternate Hip Thrusting, 228
ancestral healing practice, 143–46
aura breathing, 68–69
Back-to-Back Orbit Breathing, 339
Ball of Joy, 344–46
beauty facial, 121–23
Beauty Walk, 287–88
Belt Channels, 274, 275
birth control, natural, 44–46
birthing, orgasmic, 51–52
Birthing Butterfly, 231
Black Pearl practice, 142–43
body image, 36–37
Bone Breathing, 6, 55, 309, 311–14,
357
Bone Packing, 55–56, 314–17
bone(s)
compression, 317–18
light touches, 316
packing qi into, 55–56, 314–17
rocking and shaking, 311
Bone Toning, 310–21
Bone Venting, 312
Breast Breathing, 162
breast cancer, 175–76
breast massage, 156–63
alternating channels with, 238–39
benefits of, 156–57
Cloud Hands, 162
in-depth practices, 163
as energy medicine, 174–76
five element, 172–74
for hormonal balance, 56
love bud massage, 164–67
as pregnancy practice, 51
preparation for, 158–63
purging channels, 169–72
quickies, 162–63
with Six Healing Sounds, 167–68
testimonial, 174
when and how to practice, 157–58
Breast Stretch, 163
breathing. See specific types of breathing
brush down, 112
Bubbling Springs, 202, 206
burning up delusions, 141
Butterfly, 114, 115, 230–32
centering, 110
centering breath, 69
Central Channel, 234, 237
cervical mucus observation, 45–46
cervical orgasm, 187, 188
Chalice for Celestial Qi, 316–17
channels, opening, 94–113
childbirth, 48–49, 52–53
circle practice, 17–18
“Classic of the White Madam,” 20, 21
clitoris, 182–84, 188
Cloud Hands breast massage, 162
Cobra Opens Its Throat, 117
conception, 44–53
birth control and, 44–46
birthing and, 51–52
natural, four steps to, 46
post-childbirth, 52–53
pregnancy and, 48–51
preparing womb for, 46–47
control cycle, 72–73
cords, releasing, 146, 149–50
Core Channel, 15, 70–71, 202
cosmic healing sounds, 92
Crane Neck, 114
creation cycle, 71–72
Crouching Tigress, 116–17
Crystal Bliss toning, 194
daily practice, 355–58
dance drama, 33–35
Dantian Breathing, 55
dantian fire, 139–40
dantians, 61–63, 98, 224–25
daytime practice, 356–57
Deer Breast Massage, 161
Deep Sea Turtle Breathing, 55
dietary support, 120–21
Divine Feminine, emergence of, 15–57
Divine Union meditation, 349–50
Dolphin, 117
Door of Life, 7
Double Eagle, 340
Dragon Awakens, 115
Dragon Stretches Her Tail, 240
Dragon Washes Her Face, 55
dual cultivation, 44–45
dual Orbits, 50
Durga Rides the Tiger, 280–81
earth, drawing from, 69–70, 159–60
earth bath, 294
earth element, 154, 168, 172, 219–20
Elixir of Life, 22
Embracing the Tree, 306–8
emotional development, 36
emotional harmony, 71–94
emotions, 71–73, 82, 83–84
endocrine glands, 164, 165
energy
balancing, 7
collecting, 110–12
cooperation with, 7
earth, building, 50
exchanging, 340–44
feminine, 16
kidney, 295–96
energy massage, 331–33
essence, 22–23, 27–28, 35
evening practice, 357–58
Fan Your Fire, 228
female initiatresses, 23–24
feminine and masculine
attributes of, 26–27
essence, 27–28
spiritual practices, 29
feminine archetypes, 30–35
Ferris Wheel, 270, 271
fertile ground, preparing, 47
fertility celebrations, 38
filling deep yin pools, 301–2
Fire and Water Breathing, 339
fire cycle, 95–96
fire element, 154, 167, 172, 219
First Aid point, 7
Five Element Breast Massage, 172–74
five elements, 29, 71–73
five magic points, 188–89
Flowering Women, 56–57
Flying Crane, 284–85
Fountain of Life, 344
Fountain of Sound, 278
Fountain of Yin, 275–76
Four-Leaf Clover, 264
Full Vase Breath, 357
goddess
awakening, 185–86
full-spectrum, 31–32
snake, 262
Goddess Rebirthing, 242–44
golden light, shower of, 77
golden pearl, 111
golden triangle, 5
Golden Turtle, 265–66
G-spot orgasm, 184–85, 188
healing
ancestral practice, 143–46
from sexual trauma, 146–47
sounds, 25, 80–94
heart
breathing, 136–38
earth’s, 161
embracing, 162
fire, 140
laughter and, 135
love and compassion and, 134–35
opening, 76
as palace of the spirit, 133–34
in perception/communication, 134
purging channels, 169
yoni breathing and, 138–39
Heart Blossoming, 202–3
heart’s flower, 136, 137
heart sound, 89
heaven, drawing from, 70, 160
heavenly shower, 167
high priestess, 195
hinge up, 67–68
hook-up from core, 251–53
hot flashes and insomnia, 54–55
infinity Orbits, 342–43
Inner Smile meditation, 25, 73–80
benefits of, 74–76
defined and illustrated, 73–74
practice, 77–79
with sound or music, 80
variations on, 79–80
in wake-up practice, 355–56
Inner Sun and Moon Channels, 118–19
Internal Ocean Breathing, 68
jade egg
alternating channels with, 237–38
bathing bliss with, 246–50
caring for, 211–12
choosing, 210–12
communing with, 258–59
dancing with, 232
empowering, 216
illustrated, 211
inside, sleeping with, 213–14
playing with, 213–17
putting in, 216–17
removing, 258–59
jade egg practices, 208–59
bathtub, 246–50
benefits of, 209
emerging butterfly, 229–31
goddess rebirthing, 242–44
for hormonal balance, 56
internal dance, 231–33
Left and Right Channels, 233–34
pelvic motion, 223–33
preparing for, 214–17
qi weight lifting, 250–59
raising the mound of venus, 227–29
riding the wave, 240–42
rock my world, 223–27
secret of, 24
self-healing with, 176, 212–13
switching tracks with, 234–40
See also specific practices
Jade Fountain, 177–79, 196–207, 358
Jade Gate, 179
jing, 59–60, 206–7
Kali Stretches Her Tongue, 278–80
Kan and Li Meditation, 350–52
Kidney-Bladder Rock, 229
Kidney Breathing, 55, 298–99
kidney energy, 295–96
Kidney Neigong, 298
Kidney Packing, 299–300, 356
kidneys
balancing, 296–97
replenishing, 297–98
supporting, 295–305
yin and yang, 296
kidney sound, 88
Kundalini, 61
laughter, 135
Left Channel, 233–34, 236
life cycle stages, 5
life pulses, feeling, 186–87
light, circulation/generation of, 97
Light-Filled Skeleton, 315–16
linking Orbits, 338–39
liver sound, 88–89, 176
longevity practice, 99
Lotus Bud Breathing, 202, 263
lotus meditation, 80
Lotus Sublimation, 201–4
love
alchemy of opposites, 322–54
generation of, 98
growing in your life, 323–31
heart and, 134–35, 136
love bud massage, 164–67
lovemaking
conscious, 322–54
energetic, keys to, 327–29
enlightenment and, 323
harmonious exchange, 335–46
multiorgasmic potential, 346–52
sapphic, 330–31
sexual massage practices, 331–35
stairway to bliss, 324–25
lower dantian, 61
lunar alignment, 40–41
lung sound, 87–88
Macrocosmic Orbit, 109
meditation
breathing practices, 68–69
Divine Union, 349–50
entering, 68–71
Inner Smile, 73–80
Kan and Li, 350–52
Lotus, 80
posture, 68
Six Healing Sounds, 86–90
Three Fires, 139–41
Water Wheels, 348–49
menopause, 53–57
menstrual health, 39–43
meridians, stroking, 113
metal element, 154, 168, 173, 219
Microcosmic Orbit, 6, 24, 56
adrenal pump, 102–3
circulating qi in, 105–7
closing meditation, 112–13
cranial pump, 103–4
crown/pineal point, 104
dorsal pump, 103
empowering, 225–26
energy points and pumps of, 99–105
heart center, 105
kidney point/Mingmen, 102
navel, 99–101
Ovarian Palace, 101
perineum, 101
practice, 95–99
sacral pump, 101–2
solar plexus, 105
third eye/master gland, 104
throat center, 104–5
variations on, 107–9
Wing point/Shendao, 103
middle dantian, 62–63
minds, 63–64
Mingmen fire, 140
Minke’s Journey of Rebirth, 8–14
moonlight practice, 56
moon Qigong, 290–93
multiorgasmic potential, 346–52
nature, connecting with, 286–95
Ocean Breathing, 260, 264
ocean of compassion, 343–44
organs
emotional cleansing from, 218–20
emotional spectrum of, 83–84
relieving stress on, 80
tugging to activate, 220–21
tugging to pack, 221–22
Orgasmic Impulses, 233
Ouroboros, 108–9
ovarian breathing, 46–47
Ovarian Compression, 201
Ovarian Palace, 101, 214, 264
ovaries, 166
pancreas, 166
partner breathing, 335–40
Peeing Practice, 190
pelvic floor toner, 189
pelvic motion exercises, 223–33
Pelvic Tilt, 227
Phoenix Washes Her Feathers, 281–84
pineal gland, 164
Pine Tree, 119
pituitary gland, 165
Playing the String, 232
Power Lock, 254–56
practices
beginning, 64–68
body as temple and, 120–32
daily, inspiring, 355–58
for emotional harmony, 71–94
entering meditation, 68–71
for hormonal balance, 55–57
notes and cautions, 5–7
for opening channels, 94–113
pillars for, 4
progression of, 7–8
sexual massage, 331–35
Tao Tantric Yoga, 113–20
for warming up the qi, 65–68
See also specific practices
pregnancy, 48–51
premenstrual syndrome (PMS), 41
prenatal breathing, 50, 95
psychic detoxification, 81–82
Pulleys from the Hip, 236
Purging Channels Breast Massage, 169–72
qi
circulating in Microcosmic Orbit, 105–7
collecting, 249
cultivating, 2, 286–321
jing and shen interdependence, 59–60
Microcosmic Orbit and, 97
self-massage, 123–25
shaking, 261
shower, 113
waves of, 341–42
qi ball, 302–3
Qi Belt, 300, 301, 308–9
Qi Fountains, 274–78
Qigong
laughing, 135
moon, 290–93
nature, 288–95
sunlight, 293–94
Three Sources, 71
tree, 288–90
Qi Self-Massage, 56
Qi Weight Lifting
feeling the power of, 254–58
overview, 250
playing with swing bag, 253–54
preparing for, 251–53
weight-swinging bag creation, 250–51
Raise the Mountain, 227–28
Raising Ecstasy, 241–42
Rap and Shimmy, 229
reflexology massage, 333–35
resolution prayer, 145–46
Restorative Bone Breathing, 314
reverse breathing, 193, 301–2, 303
Riding the Pulsations, 232
Right Channel, 233–34, 237
ring muscles, strengthening, 192–95
Ripple Rock, 226
Rising Tide, 262–63
rites of passage, 37–38
Rocking Child, 118
Rushing Gates, 128–29, 230
sacred space, preparation of, 86
sapphism, 16, 330–31
seasons, archetypes of, 30
self-cultivation, principles for, 5
self-expression, 29, 35–57
self-healing practices, 176, 212–13
self-intercourse, 351
self-love, 2, 187–88, 212–13
summary of ritual, 358
self-massage, qi, 123–25
Seven Pools Breathing, 206
sexual alchemy, 346–52, 353
sexual energy
awakening of, 6
cultivating, 196–207
existence of, 35
Inner Smile meditation and, 76
as primal power, 354
as sacred, 322–23
Six Healing Sounds and, 81
streaming, 351
yin and yang of, 197–99
Sexual Healing Practice, 147–50
sexual Kung Fu, 325
sexual massage practices, 331–35
Sexual Palace. See womb
sexual reflexology, 180–81
sexual trauma, healing, 146–47
sexual vitality, 260–64
shen, 60
Shower of Bliss, 223
Shower of Yang, 276–77
Shower Practice, 246
Side Rocking, 230
Six Healing Sounds, 25, 80–94
benefits of, 80–84
breast massage with, 167–68
energetic protection of, 85–86
eye movement with, 84
meditation, 86–90
variations on, 90–94
Skene’s glands, 185, 186
Skin and Hair Breathing, 68
smile down, 79
soul gazing, 340–41
soul mating, 326
soul orgasm, 325–26
sounds
affirmations with, 92–93
cosmic healing, 92
healing, 80–94
healing sexual issues with, 90
Inner Smile with, 80
power of, 176
Spinal Cord Breathing, 66, 356
Spinal Pelvic Clock, 226
Spinal Pelvic Rock, 224
Spinal Skipping Rope, 228
Spinning Dragon Pearl, 108
Spinning Wheel, 303–4
spiritual practices, 29
spleen sound, 89, 91
Stroking Channels, 254
sunlight Qigong, 293–94
Swimming Dragon, 270–73
Swimming Snake, 229, 247
Swinging Bear, 357
Swing Ups, 256–57
Tao energy practices, 58–132
Taoist sexual practice, 18–25
Tao Tantric Yoga, 114–20, 121
Tao Trantric Qigong, 260–85
Tao Yoga practices, 51
tapping practice, 318–19
third eye opening, 203
three dantians, 61–63
three fires, 139–41
thymus gland, 166
thyroid/parathyroid glands, 165
Tiered Fountain, 222–23, 248–49
Torus Fountain, 278
transformation, three fires of, 139–43
Tree of Light, 257–58
tree Qigong, 288–90
Triple Purification, 236–37
triple warmer sound, 90, 92, 113, 358
Triple Warmer Sound, 56, 113, 358
Tug of Love, 220–22
Turtle and Buffalo, 265–67
Turtle Breathing, 118, 305
Turtle Neck, 114–15
Turtle Rises from the Water, 249–50
unconditional love, 76–77
unwinding, 320–21
Up and Down the Mountain, 160–61
upper dantian, 63
Upward Draws, 204–7
uterus
emotional cleansing from, 218–20
in love bud massage, 166
refreshing, 219–20
uterus lift, 190–92
vital energy channeling, 306–10
Volcano Rises from the Sea, 119–20, 121
Wake-Up Practice, 79, 355–56
Wands of Healing Light, 153–54
Warm Stone Stroking, 245–46
Water Buffalo, 266, 267
water cycle, 95–96, 107
water element, 154, 168, 173, 219
water prayer, 294–95
Water Wheels, 50, 348–49
Wei Qi Field Breathing, 309–10
Wheel of Light, 342
Wild Cat, 115–16
wind gates, 93–94, 215
Wind Stirring the Clouds, 67
womanhood, 36–57
womb
alchemical transformation of, 154
breathing, 43
cleansing, 152
healing, 151–54
hurtful feelings and, 217
as Palace of creative power, 180
wrapping, 43
wood element, 154, 168, 173, 219
Wu Wei Qigong, 320–21, 357
Wu Yi Taoist Shamans, 18–19
yeast infections, 213
Yellow Emperor’s Classic, The, 19–25
yin and yang
attributes of, 26–27
cultivation of, 198–99
dance of, 25–26
pelvic rocks, 261
of sexual energy, 197–99
true and false, 28–29
yoni
breathing, 138–39, 199–200
cultivating, 177–207
elevator, 194
exercises, 188–95
sunbathing, 294
three gates of, 182–88
toning, 192
Yoni Whirlpool, 230