Healing From Within With Chi Nei Tsang by Marin, Gilles -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Notes Foreword by Master Mantak Chia Introduction One. Chi Nei Tsang

Chi Nei Tsang Is the Art of Listening

Chi Creating a Field for Healing The Chi Follows the Mind but the Conscious Mind Does not Direct the Chi

Chi Nei Tsang Is the Inner Path of Self-Cultivation Chi Nei Tsang Is “Applied Chi-Kung” or the Art of Abdominal Massage Hands-On

Guiding the Breath Observing the Navel Initiating the Detoxification Process Particular Care and Contraindications

Chi-Kung

Making Contact with the Rhythm of the Chi The Bone-Breathing Meditation The Practice

Two. Self-Cultivation in Chi Nei Tsang

Self-cultivation Self-Cultivation for Practitioners

Developing Mental Clarity Raising Healing Energy through Taoist Alchemy Encouraging Entrainment Developing Chi Flow Developing a Professional Attitude

Ways Practitioners Can Cultivate Themselves

Everyday Activities Self-treatment Developing Knowledge about Health, Therapeutic Techniques, and Healing Approaches Receiving Chi Nei Tsang Treatments Developing a Regular Practice of Meditation and Chi-Kung

Self-cultivation for Clients How Practitioners Help Clients in Self-cultivation Hands-On

Different Touch Techniques Used in Chi Nei Tsang

Chi-Kung

The Good Standing Position

Three. Understanding Healing

Understanding Symptoms as Messages

The Meaning of Pain Chronic Pain

Treating the Whole Person: Personalizing the Body Why We Don’t Hear the Messages

Symptoms as a Bad Reflex

A Non-Medical View of Symptoms: A Truly Wholistic Approach to Health Understanding the Difference Between Healing and Curing Hands-On

Abdominal Pressure Release Exploration and Definition of the Abdomen Making Contact with the Large Intestine

Chi-Kung

The Bone-Packing Chi-Kung

Four. The Mental Attitude That Creates a Listening Touch

Thinking and Feeling in the Healing Process

Differentiating the Brain and the Mind Differentiating Emotions from Thoughts The Abdominal Brain Emotions Are the Food of Our Souls The Price of Awareness

A Nonjudgmental Attitude

Growing from Blame to Support Listening without Judgment to Begin the Healing Process A Work of Diplomacy Maintaining Nonjudgment during Treatment

Working in the Present Attitude of Exploration and the Spirit of Inquiry The Art of Gentleness Hands-On

Touch and Breath A Soft and Gentle Touch

Chi-Kung

Earth-Relationship Chi-Kung

Five. Breath and Being “In Touch”

Breath and Movement Breath and Awareness Breath and Feelings Breath, the Digestive System, Emotions, and Posture Breath as a Diagnostic Tool: What to Look for Breath, Chi Nei Tsang, and Communication Hands-On

Lateral Expansion of the Breath Working with the Large Intestine

Chi-Kung

Cellular Breathing

Six. Detoxifying

Clean, Clean, Clean! Why We Allow Ourselves to Get Toxic Helping the Body Detoxify

Toxicity and Addictions

Toxic Thoughts and Feelings Healthy Stress and Toxic Stress

Stress and the Endocrine System

Sleep as Our Best Means of Detoxifying

It Takes Energy to Sleep Sleep Deprivation Sleeping and Light Exercise as Detoxifying Modalities

Chi Nei Tsang Promotes Detoxifying Another Aid to Detoxification: Parasite Cleanse Hands-On

Working with the Liver The Spleen Pump Detoxifying and Protecting the Kidneys

Chi-Kung

The Nine Turns and the Sleeping Loop

Seven. Strengthening Organs and Balancing Appetites

Strength

Strength, Muscles, and Chi Chi, Guts, Joints, and Spirit

Organs, Strength, and Tone Coaching Our Internal Organs and Building Internal Cooperation Love and Lust; Appetite and Craving The Inner Guidance of the Appetite

Dietary Hygiene The First Principle: Regularity and Consistency The Second Principle: Mindfulness to Promote Discernment The Third Principle: Proper Food Combination—Food as the Best Prescription Drug

Comfort and Habitat Exercise Hands-On

Stabilizing the Earth Element, Resetting the Pancreas The Manipulation

Chi-Kung

Space and Boundaries Chi-Kung (Formula One)

Eight. Emotional Releases and Integration of Treatment

Understanding Emotional Processing The Guardian and Resistance to Healing The Six Conditions for Healing Dealing with Emotional Releases The Three Stages of Healing: Pain, Confusion, Change

“Now I Feel, and It Hurts” A Necessary Stage: Being Confused Integration

Hands-On

Simple Emotional Release Routine

Chi-Kung

The Microcosmic Orbit Meditation—The Human Potential Meditation The Practice

Nine. Global Body Attitude and Working with Structural Alignment

Global Body How Structural Misalignments Occur The Large Intestine, the Diaphragm, and Iliopsoas Muscle Junction Working at The Navel—Addressing Structural Problems Through the Fasciae Realigning Ourselves in the World Hands-On

Opening the Wind Gates Accessing the Structural Patterns of Tension at the Roots of the Navel Working the Fasciae at the Iliacus Muscle

Chi-Kung

Space and Boundaries Chi-Kung (Formula Two)

Ten. Chi Nei Tsang and Sexual Energy Management

Practitioners’ Sexual Energy

Being able to Discern a Cry for Help Dealing with Sexual Energy: Comfort of Clients, Comfort of Practitioners Particular Care and Contraindications

Working with Victims of Sexual Abuse Hands-On

Emotional Verbal Support Routine

Chi-Kung

Sexual Chi-Kung: Perineum Exercise Sexual Pressure Release Chi-Kung

Eleven. Giving Treatments

Creating a Treatment Space Getting Information from Clients The Professional Contract Working with Friends and Family Planning Treatment Strategy Understanding Different Phases of Treatment The Four Technical Approaches to Healing The Chi Nei Tsang Back to Good Health Program Hands-On

The Detoxifying Routine

Chi-Kung

The Golden Fish

Twelve. Employing Chi Nei Tsang as Therapeutic and Healing Modality

Chi Nei Tsang’s Therapeutic Uses Perspectives on Disease Combining Chi Nei Tsang with Other Therapeutic Modalities

Chi Nei Tsang and Surgery Chi Nei Tsang and Acupuncture Chi Nei Tsang and Traditional Chinese Medicine Chi Nei Tsang and Allopathic Drugs Chi Nei Tsang and Nutrition Chi Nei Tsang with Herbal and Other Nutritional Supplements Chi Nei Tsang and Colonic Irrigations Chi Nei Tsang and Visceral Manipulations Chi Nei Tsang and Other Massage Therapy Modalities Chi Nei Tsang and Naturopathy Chi Nei Tsang and Psychotherapy

Chi Nei Tsang, Martial Arts, and Spiritual Practice

Health and Life Purpose Enlightenment

Chi Nei Tsang Is Healing for Humanity Hands-On

Chi Nei Tsang Self-Help Routine

Chi-Kung

Inner Smile Shower/Inner Smile Bath

Notes Bibliography

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