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Born A Healer: I Was Born a Healer. You Were Born a Healer, Too!

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THE TRUE STORY OF A JOURNEY THAT HAS LED OVER 300,000 PEOPLE TO FIND INNER PEACE AND HEALING Born A Healer is the inspiring life story of Master Chunyi Lin. It chronicles his journey from an often-terrifying childhood during the tumultuous Cultural Revolution in his native China to becoming the renowned healer and teacher he is today. Discover the events that led him to energy healing, the challenges he faced within his mind and body, and the beautiful formation of Spring Forest Qigong . Born A Healer was written for anyone searching for… … all told through the true-life stories of ordinary people who have experienced the extraordinary, life-changing results possible from the simple, yet powerful techniques of Spring Forest Qigong.

279 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

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7 reviews1 follower
August 30, 2015
Be prepared to be impressed. This man is truly one of the world's great, great Masters.
There are 3 parts to this book: first is his fascinating life story, then an intro to how to practice Qigong (healing energy work), followed by a very impressive section of testimonials.
A former university professor in China, Master Lin turned his life to the practice of Qigong - and to helping us all to learn how simple it can be to live healthier, more fulfilling lives.
To accomplish this, Master Lin has taken away the thousands of years of mystery connected to the practice of Medical Qigong/Healing Qigong - and built a solid practice that delivers results in terms that are totally in sync with our modern world. Everyone can do this, everyone can understand this, and it works even if you don't fully buy into it.
If I could have everyone in the world read just one book, it would be any book written by Master Chunyi Lin - not for literary distinction, but for the power to form and re-form people's minds and lives.
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18 reviews1 follower
July 29, 2012
Master Lin has written a very compelling story of how he had an injury as a child and it was healed through Qigong. He came to the United States because of the oppression of Qigong in China. He is my master Qigong teacher and a man of great kindness. You will come to understand who he is and how he wants to teach you how to heal.
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144 reviews6 followers
April 26, 2010
Interesting book - I knew nothing about Qigong and learned about Chunyi Lin's story, how to do some basic qigong and what it is used for as well as some testimonials regarding how it helped others. I did some contracting work there so was very helpful.
68 reviews4 followers
November 8, 2013
I want to learn Qigong. It fascinates me and I know there is so much power in the human body that we know nothing about.
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February 9, 2020
Qigong. This book is about the journey of Master Chunyi Lin's efforts to bring Qigong to everyone. The ability to heal one's self, others, and the world resides within the energy of which we are all connected. A worthwhile, inspiring read for the skeptics and believers.
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August 4, 2025
Spring Forest Signing Healing

This is a wonderful book for everyone to read and learn from. D
I do wish that I could go to him in person, but that is not possible as I live too far away. But reading And practicing his lessons are making a difference in my life.
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January 28, 2023
Life changing discovery

There is nothing I disagreed with. It made me even more determined to attain the highest level of healing as many people as I can
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248 reviews1 follower
December 29, 2024
This book helped me to understand the foundation of Qigong. However, I didn't really need the testimonials.
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91 reviews1 follower
November 5, 2023
wonderful book if it was not in pdf format

The pdf format makes this book so hard to read on my phone… might be better on an iPad!

Content is so good I wish I could read it in kindle format!
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472 reviews46 followers
November 12, 2012
Here are just a few of the topics Chunyi Lin teaches in this excellent book.

Qi (pronounced chee)is the universal energy or life force. Gong is the practice that leads to mastery. (p. 66)

The breathing technique involves slowing the breathing and pulling the stomach in slightly while inhaling and extending the stomach slightly while exhaling. (p. 70)

Love, kindness, and forgiveness promote healing. Thoughts and feelings emit energy determined by frequency, vibration, and resonance. (p. 104)

Healing love is selfless, unconditional, pure, and is all about giving. (p. 126)

Qigong has been used on a pets to relieve arthritis and other symptoms. I would like to see a map of the energy points for our pets. Chunyi Lin offers three excellent full-page diagrams of the human energy points.

This was my first sip into the spiritual and healing energy of Qigong. It left me thirsting for more. I will be checking into more books by Chunyi Lin and will be visiting his websites. I highly recommend Born a Healer.
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August 2, 2019
I just bought this new, redesigned edition of a classic biography that first came out in 2003. It's a fascinating story of a man who grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution, and all the hardships and danger of that time period. He went on to become a Qigong Master, a healer, and then came to America to share.

It's pretty cool, because in addition to an incredible story line, he shares real techniques for you to heal yourself, as well as others. There are also many testimonials from clients who have experienced sometimes miraculous healing from all different kinds of issues, from heart disease, to anxiety/stress, breast cancer, alcoholism, allergies, etc.

Amazing book and a really good read!!!
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October 22, 2019
I loved it.

An excellent book on the introduction to qigong. I am looking forward to more books by this author. Effective and fundamental, just what I needed to start learning qigong.
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July 29, 2008
An inspiring story and a great intro into Qigong.
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