Zhongxian Wu - Chinese Shamanic Cosmic Orbit Qigong: Esoteric Talismans, Mantras, and Mudras in Healing and Inner Cultivation

About the Author

Master Zhongxian Wu was born on Chinas eastern shore in the city of Wenling in Zhejiang Province, where the suns rays first touch the Chinese mainland. He began practicing Qigong and Taiji at an early age. Inspired by the immediate strengthening effects of this practice, Master Wu committed himself to the life-long pursuit of the ancient arts of internal cultivation. For over thirty years, he has devoted himself to the study of Qigong, martial arts, Chinese medicine, Yijing science, Chinese calligraphy, and ancient Chinese music, studying with some of the best teachers in these fields.

In China, Master Wu served as Director of the Shaanxi Province Association for Somatic Science and the Shaanxi Association for the Research of Daoist Nourishing Life Practices. In this capacity, he conducted many investigations into the clinical efficacy of Qigong and authored numerous works on the philosophical and historical foundations of Chinas ancient life sciences.

In 2001, Master Wu left his job as an aerospace engineer in Xian, China, to teach in the United States. For four years he served as Senior Instructor and Resident Expert of Qigong and Taiji in the Classical Chinese Medicine School of the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) in Portland, Oregon. In addition to his work at NCNM, Master Wu was a sub-investigator in a 2003 Qigong research program sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIH).

Since he began teaching in 1988, Master Wu has instructed thousands of Qigong students, both eastern and western. Master Wu is committed to bringing the authentic teachings of Chinese ancient wisdom traditions such as Qigong, Taiji, martial arts, calligraphy, Chinese astrology, and Yijing science to his students. He synthesizes wisdom and experience for beginning and advanced practitioners, as well as for patients seeking healing, in his unique and professionally designed courses and workshops. He also offers a long-term Qigong training program which provides a strong foundation for the study of shamanic Qigong, internal alchemy, Taiji and Qi-healing skills (including classical Chinese energy techniques, Chinese calligraphy, medical Qigong, and martial arts applications). Please visit www.masterwu.net for further details about his teachings.

Master Wu has published eight books (five of which were written and published in China), and numerous articles on the philosophical and historical foundations of Chinas ancient life sciences, including the first the first Chinese Shamanic Qigong book in English, Vital Breath of the DaoChinese Shamanic Tiger Qigong (Laohu Gong) , also published by Singing Dragon.

Master Wu and his wife, Karin, currently reside in Virginias Blue Ridge mountains where they founded Blue Willow Health Center (www.bluewillowhealthcenter.com).

Acknowledgments

In 2001, I decided to share my traditions with the Western audience and accordingly, planned to write a series of books on Chinese wisdom written in English. I see this book as an unforeseen special bonus! In my tradition, Wu (Chinese Shamanic) Cosmic Orbit Qigong is one of the most secret practices, and I originally did not intend to write about it. I knew that it would take great skill to effectively relay the inner nuances of this powerful and empowering form to any student. Additionally, when it comes to the complete transmission of knowledge to students, I am well aware that words alone will never suffice. A decade has now passed. Inspired by years of enthusiasm from my students and from other Qigong practitioners, I now realize that words can indeed rouse the spirit, be motivation for our inner cultivation practice, and help awaken our consciousness. Through this book, I hope to encourage people to seek out teachers who are upholding traditional Chinese wisdom cultivation techniques.

I would like to thank Deidre Orceyrethe first to encourage me to write about this form (and who created the earliest version of the Quick Review Chart found in Appendix I), and all those who have given me feedback along the way and supported my teachingboth live and in written form.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the spirit of Wu lineage and to my masters. They are the unlimited source of wisdom that guides my writing.

I extend many thanks to Jessica Kingsley and her Singing Dragon for her continued support of my work.

I also have great appreciation for Helena Strm Taylor. It is through her creative talent that my calligraphy and drawings are transformed into book-ready form.

And, of course, I offer special acknowledgment to my precious wife, Karin Elizabeth Taylor Wu, for her outstanding skills as my Editor-in-Chief, and for her gentle spirit of love, care, and support in our daily life together.

Harmonious Qi,

Zhongxian Wu
December 2, 2010

A PPENDIX I

Quick Review Chart of the Wu (Chinese Shamanic) Cosmic Orbit Qigong

A PPENDIX II

Quick Review of Movements

Please refer to the pages referenced in parenthesis for full information about the movement.

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