L.V. Carnie
Autor(a) de Chi Gung: Chinese Healing, Energy and Natural Magick
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Now this knowledge can be yours, with Chi Gung. By learning this ancient Chinese art of breath, postures and sensory awareness, you can direct your flow of chi to help you achieve ultimate health and the things you've only dreamed of.
Look and feel younger, and add many healthy years to your life.
Develop your psychic abilities...heal at a distance...talk with spirits...move objects with your mind.
Increase your fitness level and become a better athletic.
Help damaged tissue to heal more quickly.
Progress faster in your martial arts training.
Increase your sexual performance and send sensations to your partner that the or she never dreamed existed.
Control your body temperature to warm you up or cool you down.
Bond with animals in the wild or in your home.
In this book you will find a variety of exercises that will open your flow of chi as they open you to a whole new world of possibilities. No other Chi Gung book in print covers such a broad range of material or presents the actual training techniques for achieving the more advanced skills.
'L.V. Carnie presents a fresh perspective on chi kung which, as far as I know, no other writers have done before-a perspective that is helpful to both beginners and masters alike.'-Wong Kiew Kit Shaolin Wahnam Chi Kung Institute, Malaysia author of Chi Kung for Health and Vitality
'As Chi Gung enters into the mainstream of the West, it needs translators who can help us demystify it and relate it to our everyday lives. L.V. Carnie has achieved this more than any other book on the subject. Just reading this book will fill you full of energy.'-James MacRitchie Founding president of The Chi Kung/Qigong Association of America author of The Chi Kung Way: Alive with Energy
L.V. Carnie (Seattle, Washington) has devoted her life to the study of the practice of Two Spirit (Berdache) Shamanism and Chi Gung. She has found that the two esoteric discipines have helped her to realize her potential as both a healer and as an energy specialist.
Contents
List of exercises
Part One
1 Introduction
History and definitions of chi gung
Is this the real chi gung?
Ways to learn chi gung
Is chi gung the only way to master energy?
Is chi gung magick?
What can you do with chi gung?
2 Training sequence
3 Baginning principles and theories
What are wai dan and nei dan?
What are meridians and cavities?
What are yin and yang?
What are the five elements?
4 The three regulations
Regulating your mind
Regulating your body
Regulating your breath
5 Beginning exercises
What does chi feel like?
Warm-up exercises
How to do still wai dan chi gung
How to do moving wai dan chi gung
How to do nei dan chi gung
Warm-down exercises
Part Two
1 Physical training
Walking barefoot
Swimming underwater
Massaging with chi
Whirling
Zhan zhuang
Freestyle tai chi chian
Cold water swimming and bathing
Snow baths
Belly dancing
2 Mental training
Record our dreams
Develop yoiur intuuition
Discover multiple solutions to problesm
Think positively
Master skills using visualization
3 Emotional training
Cultivate patience
Explore your sexuality
Develop your self-confidence
Form friendships based on the person
Expose yourself to as much as possible
Spend time with children
4 Health training
Follow a proper diet
Exercise
Stretch
Limit smoking, drinking, and drugs
5 Activity training
Play musical instruments
Listen to music
Color, draw, and paint
Play games
Collect things based on intuition
Fly kites
Train with martial arts weapons
Go fly fishing
Carry a chi bag
Limit television watching
Play video games
Vacation in high-energy locations
Llive or vacation in high altitudes
Enhance the energy of your house
Work with candles
Work with paper
6 Sensory training
Touch
Smell
Hearing
Taste
Sight
Colors
Proper clothing
Human speech
Nonverbal communication
Smiling and laughing
7 Nature training
Take care of plants
Connect with rocks and minerals
Take care of pets
Identify different animal chi
Track animals
Learn about weather and climate
Lie on the ground and watch the sky
Part Three
1 Advanced ch gung
Slowing down aging
Healing yurself and others
Moving objects with yiour mind
Dreaming your world
Predicting the future
Traveling through your dreams
Withstanding heat, cold, and pain
Reading the thought vibrations of a place or an object
defending yourself with chi gung
Reading people's minds
Reading people's spirits
Becoming one with everything
2 Tips, tentations, and tales
Controlling body temperature
Stopping hiccups
Stopping sneezing
Healing broken bones
Bonding with cats
Sensing bad chi
Mastering the night
Spontaneous experimentation
Chi gung exacts a price
Mastering the flow
Glossary
Suggested reading (bibliography)
Index
Exercises
1 Centering exercise
2 Chi familiarization exercise
3 Warm-up exercises-Body turning; Sideways tilting; Forward and backward bending; Neck turning; Neck tilting; Nodding your head; Arm circles; Squats; Leg swings; Lateral leg raises
4 The cormorant spreads his wings
5 The beautiful flower opens and closes her petals
6 Hugging a tree
7 Parting the tall grass
8 The monkey walks the vine
9 The monkey picks fruit
10 Looking at the sky
11 Turning to look at the moon
12 Warm-down exercises-Eye palming; Head tapping; Teeth clicking; Face and scalp rubbing; Neck rotations; Joint rubbing; Palm and sole massaging; Kidney massage
13 Zhan zhuang positions
14 Tai chi chuan fan exercise
15Tai chi chuan ball exercise
16 The crawl
17 Supporting the sky
18 Stretches… (mais)