Chia - Advanced Chi Nei Tsang: enhancing chi energy in the vital organs

Advanced

Chi Nei Tsang

Enhancing Chi Energy

in the Vital Organs

Mantak Chia

Destiny Books

Rochester, Vermont

Acknowledgments

We extend our gratitude to the many generations of Taoist masters who have passed on their special lineage, in the form of an unbroken oral transmission, over thousands of years. We wish to especially thank Taoist Master Yi Eng for his patience and openness in transmitting the formulas of Taoist Inner Alchemy. We also wish to thank the thousands of unknown men and women of the Chinese healing arts who developed many of the methods and ideas presented in this book.

We offer our eternal gratitude to our parents and teachers for their many gifts to us. Remembering them brings joy and satisfaction to our continued efforts in presenting the Universal Tao System. As always, their contribution has been crucial in presenting the concepts and techniques of the Universal Tao.

We thank the many contributors essential to this books final form: The editorial and production staff at Inner Traditions/Destiny Books for their efforts to clarify the text and produce a handsome new edition of the book and Victoria SantAmbrogio for her line edit of the new edition.

We wish to thank the following people for their assistance in producing the original edition of this book: Claire Spector for transcribing and editing the first draft of the manuscript; Marga Vianu, Annette Derksen, Sarina Stone, and Colin Campbell for preparing, editing, and proofreading the first draft; Chong Mi Mueller for her many good suggestions; and Dr. Angela Wu and Gilles Marin for their input in the process of transcribing the practice into manuscript form.

A special thank you goes to our Thai Production Team: Raruen Keawpadung, Computer Graphics; Saysunee Yongyod, Photographer; Udon Jandee, Illustrator; and Saniem Chaisarn, Production Designer.

Finally, we wish to thank our certified instructors, students, and sponsors throughout the world for their ongoing contributions to the system and for preserving the vitality of the Universal Tao practices.

Putting Advanced Chi Nei Tsang into Practice

The practices described in this book have been used successfully for thousands of years by Taoists trained by personal instruction. Readers should not undertake these practices without receiving personal transmission and training from a certified instructor of the Universal Tao, since some of these practices, if done improperly, may cause injury or result in health problems. This book is intended to supplement individual training by the Universal Tao System and to serve as a reference guide for these practices. Anyone who undertakes these practices on the basis of this book alone does so entirely at his or her own risk.

The meditations, practices, and techniques described herein are not intended to be used as an alternative or substitute for professional medical treatment and care. If any readers are suffering from illnesses based on mental or emotional disorders, an appropriate professional health care practitioner or therapist should be consulted. Such problems should be corrected before training begins.

Neither the Universal Tao nor its staff and instructors can be responsible for the consequences of any practice or misuse of the information contained in this book. If the reader undertakes any exercise without strictly following the instructions, notes, and warnings, the responsibility must lie solely with the reader.

This book does not attempt to give any medical diagnosis, treatment, prescription, or remedial recommendation whatsoever, in relation to any human disease, ailment, suffering, or physical condition.

Introduction

Advanced Chi Nei Tsang is one of the most profound therapeutic massage forms found in classical Chinese and Thai medicine. Chi Nei Tsang practitioners assist those they work with in maintaining their health through tissue and organ massage and wind release techniques. It is essentially a facilitated form of self-care, since the highest form of its practice is teaching people to maintain their health and optimize their energy. The final goal is to allow people to set themselves freephysically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

Negative and sick energies affect the physical body. The greater part of all disciplines of Chinese and Thai medicine involves treatments for neutralizing the destructive power of these sick and destructive energies. If properly addressed, the destructive impact of these immaterial and invisible wind forces can be avoided and considerable harm prevented. Another important part of the procedure is to teach students to sense and release the winds by themselves through healing exercises, meditations, and self-massage techniques.

The highly effective Advanced Chi Nei Tsang techniques for mastering the winds are the subject of this book. This advanced practice deals with the winds in the body, their blockages, and the ways to release them. Using these techniques, we are able to assist students with chronic and acute challenges in internal tissues, organs, and energy systems, improving and restoring their health. The procedures presented here build on the information and techniques contained in the first Chi Nei Tsang book; we assume that you have already integrated that information. This book is not a substitute for training from a qualified Chi Nei Tsang instructor.

Most of the work in Chi Nei Tsang is done on the abdominal area. The navel is a particularly intimate and important place. At conception, the first cell of the body is formed in the umbilicus, and every part of the body evolves in a spiral around this first cell. The navel is connected directly to every other part of the body; by working on the navel we can affect the whole body.

Those internal organs that are gathered in the abdominal area are protected by a cage of bones formed by the pelvis and the ribs. Emotions and wind accumulate in this area, and when it is congested and full of gas, all the natural functions of the body are impaired.

Trapped wind is heavy, gray, and sick, like a damp room with no ventilation. Using Advanced Chi Nei Tsang is akin to opening the right windows to let the stagnant wind go out and to assist in reestablishing a healthy flow of vital energy. When successful, Advanced Chi Nei Tsang can help energy to flow freely again.

The treatment always begins with the procedures included in the first Chi Nei Tsang book. Once the knots and tangles in the abdomen have been released and the organs have been detoxified over one or several sessions, you can just work on the wind by itself. At this stage, you will release the winds through sensitive and skilled use of the elbow directly on reflex points in the navel area. Begin by working on the reflex points that affect the organs. Then use the elbow and knuckles to stimulate certain key points that are the exit passages for the winds on limbs, back, and head to chase and release harmful trapped winds.

When we understand the origin of winds and the problems they create in the body, we will be able to restore health by working closely together with the student. In order to restore the proper balance and circulation of energy in the body, throughout this book we will explain the techniques to chase and release the winds trapped in the body.