Healing from Within with Chi Nei Tsang Applied Chi Kung in Internal Organs Treatment

by Marin, Gilles; Chia, Mantak

• ISBN13: 9781556433092
• ISBN10: 1556433093
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Summary

Chi Nei Tsang is a Taoist visceral manipulation body-work and massage which emphasizes moving chi energy to the abdominal organs. Developed by Taoist Master Mantak Chia as part of his Healing Tao System, it works on internal dysfunctions and energy blocks using the breathing exercises of chi-kung, therapeutic manipulations, and meditation. Students learn how to recycle negative energy, recognize personal patterns of tension, and use simple manipulations to restore vitality to parts of the body.

Author Biography

Gilles Marin has practiced massage therapy since 1976. He directs the Chi Nei Tsang Institute in Berkeley, CA. Originally from France, he is one of the senior students of Mantak Chia.

Table of Contents

Notes	xix
Foreword	xxi
Master Mantak Chia
Introduction	xxiii
Chi Nei Tsang	1	(24)
Chi Nei Tsang Is the Art of Listening	4	(4)
Chi	5	(2)
Creating a Field for Healing	7	(1)
The Chi Follows the Mind but the Conscious Mind Does not Direct the Chi	7	(1)
Chi Nei Tsang Is the Inner Path of Self-Cultivation	8	(1)
Chi Nei Tsang Is ``Applied Chi-Kung'' or the Art of Abdominal Massage	9	(2)
Hands-On
Guiding the Breath	11	(1)
Observing the Navel	11	(5)
Initiating the Detoxification Process	16	(1)
Particular Care and Contraindications	17	(1)
Chi-Kung
Making Contact with the Rhythm of the Chi	17	(1)
The Bone-Breathing Meditation	18	(2)
The Practice	20	(5)
Self-Cultivation in Chi Nei Tsang	25	(26)
Self-cultivation	27	(1)
Self-Cultivation for Practitioners	28	(3)
Developing Mental Clarity	28	(1)
Raising Healing Energy through Taoist Alchemy	28	(1)
Encouraging Entrainment	29	(1)
Developing Chi Flow	29	(1)
Developing a Professional Attitude	30	(1)
Ways Practitioners Can Cultivate Themselves	31	(5)
Everyday Activities	31	(1)
Self-treatment	31	(1)
Developing Knowledge about Health, Therapeutic Techniques, and Healing Approaches	32	(1)
Receiving Chi Nei Tsang Treatments	32	(1)
Developing a Regular Practice of Meditation and Chi-Kung	33	(3)
Self-cultivation for Clients	36	(3)
How Practitioners Help Clients in Self-cultivation	39	(2)
Hands-On
Different Touch Techniques Used in Chi Nei Tsang	41	(4)
Chi-Kung
The Good Standing Position	45	(6)
Understanding Healing	51	(22)
Understanding Symptoms as Messages	53	(3)
The Meaning of Pain	53	(2)
Chronic Pain	55	(1)
Treating the Whole Person: Personalizing the Body	56	(1)
Why We Don't Hear the Messages	57	(4)
Symptoms as a Bad Reflex	58	(3)
A Non-Medical View of Symptoms: A Truly Wholistic Approach to Health	61	(1)
Understanding the Difference Between Healing and Curing	62	(1)
Hands-On
Abdominal Pressure Release	63	(1)
Exploration and Definition of the Abdomen	64	(1)
Making Contact with the Large Intestine	64	(4)
Chi-Kung
The Bone-Packing Chi-Kung	68	(5)
The Mental Attitude That Creates a Listening Touch	73	(20)
Thinking and Feeling in the Healing Process	75	(4)
Differentiating the Brain and the Mind	75	(1)
Differentiating Emotions from Thoughts	76	(1)
The Abdominal Brain	77	(1)
Emotions Are the Food of Our Souls	77	(1)
The Price of Awareness	78	(1)
A Nonjudgmental Attitude	79	(5)
Growing from Blame to Support	80	(1)
Listening without Judgment to Begin the Healing Process	81	(1)
A Work of Diplomacy	82	(1)
Maintaining Nonjudgment during Treatment	83	(1)
Working in the Present	84	(1)
Attitude of Exploration and the Spirit of Inquiry	85	(1)
The Art of Gentleness	86	(1)
Hands-On
Touch and Breath	87	(1)
A Soft and Gentle Touch	88	(2)
Chi-Kung
Earth-Relationship Chi-Kung	90	(3)
Breath and Being ``In Touch''	93	(14)
Breath and Movement	95	(2)
Breath and Awareness	97	(1)
Breath and Feelings	98	(1)
Breath, the Digestive System, Emotions, and Posture	98	(1)
Breath as a Diagnostic Tool: What to Look for	99	(1)
Breath, Chi Nei Tsang, and Communication	100	(1)
Hands-On
Lateral Expansion of the Breath	101	(2)
Working with the Large Intestine	103	(2)
Chi-Kung
Cellular Breathing	105	(2)
Detoxifying	107	(28)
Clean, Clean, Clean!	109	(2)
Why We Allow Ourselves to Get Toxic	111	(2)
Helping the Body Detoxify	113	(2)
Toxicity and Addictions	114	(1)
Toxic Thoughts and Feelings	115	(1)
Healthy Stress and Toxic Stress	116	(2)
Stress and the Endocrine System	118	(1)
Sleep as Our Best Means of Detoxifying	118	(4)
It Takes Energy to Sleep	119	(1)
Sleep Deprivation	119	(2)
Sleeping and Light Exercise as Detoxifying Modalities	121	(1)
Chi Nei Tsang Promotes Detoxifying	122	(1)
Another Aid to Detoxification: Parasite Cleanse	123	(1)
Hands-On
Working with the Liver	124	(2)
The Spleen Pump	126	(1)
Detoxifying and Protecting the Kidneys	127	(2)
Chi-Kung
The Nine Turns and the Sleeping Loop	129	(6)
Strengthening Organs and Balancing Appetites	135	(26)
Strength	137	(2)
Strength, Muscles, and Chi	137	(1)
Chi, Guts, Joints, and Spirit	138	(1)
Organs, Strength, and Tone	139	(2)
Coaching Our Internal Organs and Building Internal Cooperation	141	(1)
Love and Lust; Appetite and Craving	142	(2)
The Inner Guidance of the Appetite	144	(9)
Dietary Hygiene	148	(1)
The First Principle: Regularity and Consistency	148	(1)
The Second Principle: Mindfulness to Promote Discernment	149	(2)
The Third Principle: Proper Food Combination---Food as the Best Prescription Drug	151	(2)
Comfort and Habitat	153	(1)
Exercise	153	(1)
Hands-On
Stabilizing the Earth Element, Resetting the Pancreas	154	(3)
The Manipulation	157	(1)
Chi-Kung
Space and Boundaries Chi-Kung (Formula One)	157	(4)
Emotional Releases and Integration of Treatment	161	(38)
Understanding Emotional Processing	163	(1)
The Guardian and Resistance to Healing	164	(3)
The Six Conditions for Healing	167	(2)
Dealing with Emotional Releases	169	(4)
The Three Stages of Healing: Pain, Confusion, Change	173	(4)
``Now I Feel, and It Hurts''	173	(1)
A Necessary Stage: Being Confused	174	(1)
Integration	175	(2)
Hands-On
Simple Emotional Release Routine	177	(2)
Chi-Kung
The Microcosmic Orbit Meditation---The Human Potential Meditation	179	(12)
The Practice	191	(8)
Global Body Attitude and Working with Structural Alignment	199	(18)
Global Body Attitude	201	(2)
How Structural Misalignments Occur	203	(3)
The Large Intestine, the Diaphragm, and Iliopsoas Muscle Junction	206	(2)
Working at The Navel---Addressing Structural Problems Through the Fasciae	208	(1)
Realigning Ourselves in the World	209	(1)
Hands-On
Opening the Wind Gates	210	(3)
Accessing the Structural Patterns of Tension at the Roots of the Navel	213	(1)
Working the Fasciae at the Iliacus Muscle	213	(1)
Chi-Kung
Space and Boundaries Chi-Kung (Formula Two)	214	(3)
Chi Nei Tsang and Sexual Energy Management	217	(14)
Practitioners' Sexual Energy Management	219	(5)
Being able to Discern a Cry for Help	220	(1)
Dealing with Sexual Energy: Comfort of Clients, Comfort of Practitioners	221	(2)
Particular Care and Contraindications	223	(1)
Working with Victims of Sexual Abuse	224	(3)
Hands-On
Emotional Verbal Support Routine	227	(1)
Chi-Kung
Sexual Chi-Kung: Perineum Exercise	228	(2)
Sexual Pressure Release Chi-Kung	230	(1)
Giving Treatments	231	(18)
Creating a Treatment Space	233	(2)
Getting Information from Clients	235	(2)
The Professional Contract	237	(1)
Working with Friends and Family	238	(1)
Planning Treatment Strategy	239	(2)
Understanding Different Phases of Treatment	241	(1)
The Four Technical Approaches to Healing	242	(2)
The Chi Nei Tsang Back to Good Health Program	244	(1)
Hands-On
The Detoxifying Routine	245	(1)
Chi-Kung
The Golden Fish	246	(3)
Employing Chi Nei Tsang as Therapeutic and Healing Modality	249	(26)
Chi Nei Tsang's Therapeutic Uses	251	(1)
Perspectives on Disease	252	(1)
Combining Chi Nei Tsang with Other Therapeutic Modalities	253	(12)
Chi Nei Tsang and Surgery	254	(1)
Chi Nei Tsang and Acupuncture	254	(1)
Chi Nei Tsang and Traditional Chinese Medicine	255	(1)
Chi Nei Tsang and Allopathic Drugs	256	(1)
Chi Nei Tsang and Nutrition	257	(1)
Chi Nei Tsang with Herbal and Other Nutritional Supplements	257	(2)
Chi Nei Tsang and Colonic Irrigations	259	(2)
Chi Nei Tsang and Visceral Manipulations	261	(1)
Chi Nei Tsang and Other Massage Therapy Modalities	262	(2)
Chi Nei Tsang and Naturopathy	264	(1)
Chi Nei Tsang and Psychotherapy	264	(1)
Chi Nei Tsang, Martial Arts, and Spiritual Practice	265	(5)
Health and Life Purpose	268	(1)
Enlightenment	268	(2)
Chi Nei Tsang Is Healing for Humanity	270	(1)
Hands-On
Chi Nei Tsang Self-Help Routine	271	(2)
Chi-Kung
Inner Smile Shower/Inner Smile Bath	273	(2)
Notes	275
Bibliography	277