The Healing Promise of Qi: Creating

Unlocks the secrets of one of the most powerful of Chinese healing artsDeveloped over millennia in China, qigong (literally,life force+mastery, orrefinement) is a set of techniques used to increase your vitality, longevity, and sexual potency as well as achieve and maintain optimal health and inner peace. In the groundbreakingThe Healing Promise of Qi, Dr. Roger Jahnke, internationally respected doctor of Chinese medicine and author of the bestsellingThe Healer Within, clearly and simply explains the concepts of qigong in practical terms.With the help of 125 superbly rendered illustrations, he describes a multitude of simple qigong tools, practices, and techniques for accessing and utilizing the incredible power of qi. Rather than focus on a particular form of qigong, Dr. Jahnke presents concise, easy-to-follow techniques from among the more than 25 traditional and modern forms that he has mastered and taught to thousands of people across the United States and Canada.

Roger Jahnke, O.M.D., has been practicing traditional Chinese medicine for more than a quarter century. He has traveled and studied extensively throughout China and the Far East, and he was among the first to introduce the ancient Chinese healing arts to the West. He directs the Integral Institute of Tai Chi and Qigong and is the chair of the Qi cultivation department at the Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine. Dr. Jahnke teaches at such venues as the Esalen Institute and the Omega Institute and is the cofounder and chair of the National Qigong Association. He leads training sessions at hospitals, corporations, and community organizations and speaks internationally on self-healing, stress mastery, and the positive transformation of health care. Dr. Jahnke is a key Chinese medicine authority for numerous websites including the popular HealthWorld.

Acknowledgments

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Introduction

xiii

I The Promise

The Promise of Qi

3

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Simple yet Profound

21

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The Three Treasures: Unity, Harmony, Diversity

49

(28)

II Cultivation and Mastery of Qi

The Ten Phases of Cultivating and Mastering Qi

77

(18)

Phase 1: Discover Qi

95

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Phase 2: Gather Qi

103

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Phase 3: Circulate Qi

111

(8)

Phase 4: Purify Qi

119

(12)

Phase 5: Direct Qi

131

(10)

Phase 6: Conserve Qi

141

(18)

Phase 7: Store Qi

159

(8)

Phase 8: Transform Qi

167

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Phase 9: Dissolve in Qi

175

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Phase 10: Transmit Qi

183

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III The Deeper Promise

The Practice: Your Qigong and Tai Chi Owner's Manual

217

(20)

The Light of Science on Qi

237

(30)

The Supreme Ultimate

267

(12)

Notes

279

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The Healing Promise of Qi: Creating Extraordinary Wellness Through Qigong and Tai Chi

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