Craniosacral Chi Kung by Chia, Mantak -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Image Title Page Acknowledgments Table of Contents List of Practices Covered in Craniosacral Chi Kung Putting Craniosacral Chi Kung into Practice Introduction

CHI KUNG AND CRANIOSACRAL WORK HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

Part One: Physical Flow

Chapter 1: Working with Cosmic Flow: Western and Taoist Approaches

TAOIST COSMIC FLOW CRANIOSACRAL FLOW THE PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF FLOW THE BROADER BENEFITS OF FLOW OPTIMAL FLOW CRANIOSACRAL METHODS OF TRACKING THE FLOW BACK-TO-THE-BODY WISDOM AWAKE, AWARE, APPRECIATE ANCIENT TAOIST WISDOM ABOUT FLOW

Chapter 2: Awakening the Major Pumps

THE RESPIRATORY PUMP THE CARDIAC PUMP HOW THE CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY PUMPS WORK TOGETHER THE CRANIAL PUMP THE SACRAL PUMP THE CRANIOSACRAL SYSTEM OPENING THE SACRAL PUMP AWAKENING THE CORE LINK BETWEEN THE CRANIUM AND SACRUM

Chapter 3: Building Awareness and Appreciation

BUILDING AWARENESS APPRECIATING THE FLOW

Part Two: Emotional and Mental Flows

Chapter 4: Everything Is Connected to the Flow

ACCESSING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF OUR EMOTIONS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE HEAD BRAIN, HEART BRAIN, AND GUT BRAIN

Chapter 5: Balancing Emotional and Mental Flows

CRANIOSACRAL METHODS OF APPRECIATING MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL FLOWS APPLYING CONCEPTS OF FLOW TO THE TAI CHI CHI KUNG PRACTICE BALANCING EMOTIONAL FLOW BALANCING THE MENTAL FLOWS ACCESSING GREATER HARMONY

Part Three: Spiritual Flow

Chapter 6: Everything Is Energy

WISDOM IN THE BONES BONE MOBILITY AND MOTILITY CONNECTING ALL THE PARTS TO FEEL ENERGY FLOW MERIDIAN FLOW

Chapter 7: Becoming Liquid Light: The Endocrine System and Spiritual Practice

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM THE CRYSTAL PALACE NATURAL SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE JOINING THE FLOW THE WORLD LINK MEDITATION

Chapter 8: Cosmic Flow: The Art and Skill of Nondoing

PREPARE, AIM, AND RELEASE BECOMING THE COSMIC FLOW

Appendix 1: Cosmic Cranial-Elemental Connections Appendix 2: Additional Pumps Footnotes Endnotes Bibliography Online Resources About the Authors About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Books of Related Interest The Universal Healing Tao System and Training Center

THE UNIVERSAL HEALING TAO SYSTEM THE UNIVERSAL HEALING TAO TRAINING CENTER RESOURCES