Pi Gu Chi Kung

by Chia, Mantak; Harkness-giles, Christine

• ISBN13: 9781620554258
• ISBN10: 1620554259
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-04-22
• Publisher: Destiny Books

Summary

A step-by-step guide to the Taoist fasting practice of Pi Gu

• Explains how you do not stop eating with this fasting practice and details the simple pi gu diet

• Illustrates the chewing and chi kung practices to accompany pi gu, for natural chi energy production

• Reveals how Pi Gu Chi Kung activates the body’s natural healing abilities, accelerates the elimination of toxins, reduces appetite and cravings, and enables you to draw energies from the Earth and Universe

Pi gu is an ancient Taoist method of fasting for spiritual and healing purposes. Unlike traditional fasting, you do not need to stop eating when practicing pi gu. Used by ancient Taoist masters during their months or years of solitary retreat in pursuit of enlightenment, the practice centers on a simple diet of fruits, teas, nuts, and eggs paired with special chewing techniques and chi kung exercises.

During the pi gu state, the need for food decreases yet the body’s energy levels actually increase. The body gathers chi not from food but from chi kung and the “golden elixir” produced by the pi gu chewing practices. The chi produced through pi gu charges your internal organs, activating the body’s natural healing abilities and enabling you to draw energies from the Earth and Universe. In the pi gu state the body automatically balances itself, the mind is more relaxed, and sleep improves. The pause in normal eating makes the body’s cells more sensitive, accelerating the elimination of toxins. The stomach reduces in size, flattening the belly, eliminating cravings, decreasing appetite, and naturally producing weight loss. The body’s meridians stay open, making it easier to attune to meditation, chi kung, and energies from the cosmos.

Providing a step-by-step guide to Pi Gu Chi Kung, Master Mantak Chia and coauthor Christine Harkness-Giles explain the pi gu diet, provide immortality tea recipes, detail the pi gu chewing exercises, and illustrate the corresponding chi kung energy exercises. They also explain the use of pi gu during darkness retreats to enhance spiritual awareness and increase mental powers and wisdom.

Author Biography

Mantak Chia, world-famous Inner Alchemy and Chi Kung master, founded the Universal Healing Tao System in 1979 and has taught tens of thousands of students and trained instructors all over the world. The director of the Tao Garden Health Spa and Resort in northern Thailand, he is the author of more than 50 books, including Chi Self-Massage and Healing Light of the Tao. Christine Harkness-Giles is a certified Universal Healing Tao instructor, feng shui consultant, and astrologer. She teaches and consults in feng shui as part of the Feng Shui Research Centre network and leads Inner Alchemy Astrology classes in London, Brussels, Paris, and Hawaii.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Putting Pi Gu Chi Kung into Practice

Introduction

1    Pi Gu Theory

2    Changing Your Diet through the Pi Gu Experience

3    Pi Gu in the Darkroom Retreats at Tao Garden

4    Chewing Chi Kung

5    Basic Pi Gu Chi Kung

6    Harmonizing Chi with Alignment Chi Kung

7    Shrinking the Stomach

8    Golden Elixir Chi Kung

9    Using Pi Gu to Reset the Body’s Wisdom

Recommended Reading

About the Authors

The Universal Healing Tao System and Training Center

Index