Chi Nei Tsang: Chi Massage for the Vital Organs

by Mantak Chia

An ancient Taoist system for detoxifying and rejuvenating the internal organs

• Presents techniques to clear blockages in the body’s energy flow

• Includes illustrated exercises to relieve common ailments, revitalize the organs, and enable readers to take charge of their own health and well-being

• Focuses on the navel center, where negative emotions, stress, and illness accumulate

The techniques of Chi Nei Tsang evolved in Asia during an era when few physicians were available and people had to know how to heal themselves. Many people today have symptoms that modern medicine is not able to cure because a physical source for the problem is not easily found. The energies of negative emotions, stress, and tension--all common in modern life--and the weight of past illness accumulate in the abdominal center, causing energy blockages and congestion. When this occurs, all vital functions stagnate and myriad problems arise. By practicing the techniques of Chi Nei Tsang, this stagnation is removed and the vital organs surrounding the navel center are detoxified and rejuvenated.

Master Chia teaches readers how to avoid absorbing negative energies from others and take full charge of their health through the self-healing techniques of Chi Nei Tsang. He offers fully illustrated exercises that show how to detoxify the internal organs and clear the energy (chi) channels throughout the body. He also presents methods for balancing emotions, managing stress, and observing the body in order to recognize, ameliorate, and prevent maladies before they become a problem.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Reference

416 pages, Paperback

Published December 26, 2006

About the author

Mantak Chia is a Taoist Master. He is best known for teaching his Taoist practices under the names of Healing Tao, Tao Yoga, Universal Healing Tao System and Chi Kung. Throughout decades of teaching, he has run numerous workshops, written a series of books, and published a number of training videos. For this reason, some people call him an author, a teacher or a healer. He views himself primarily as a teacher, "who helps his students empower themselves through cultivation of their chi energy." (-wiki)

Reviews

[B. Jay · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's hard to know how to feel about Chi Nei Tsang. Half of the book seems to be a very competent overview of applying Eastern philosophy and teachings to modern-day anatomy and medicine; the other half just seems like kooky mumbo-jumbo. There are very scientific diagrams, and common sense applications of massage to physical health. These diagrams are often followed by a picture of a dude sending energy to trees with galaxies spinning out of his head.
Bottom Line: If you buy in at least 50% to the idea that it's possible to cultivate and send healing energy through meditation and massage, then you'll probably find the practice of Chi Nei Tsang pretty interesting. A lot of the book is clearly meant as text to be used in unison with in-person instruction, but I've experimented with the basic concepts of abdominal massage and felt some benefit.
At the very least, a lot of the pics are pretty trippy.

[Karla Cauldwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book about the healing art of chi nei tsang. Many exercises both physical and meditation.

[Derek Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I own this but haven't read it, I've only skimmed through it. It looks like you could learn a lot about the body and healing through internal organ massage by working through this book.

[Martakurniawan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not yet finish read,...
I have known something about it from my father
It's real, healing fast .... and no payment
I happy to be healty and make other be healty

[Melinda]

wonderful transforming info

[J.T.K. Gibbs]

had to archive this one on my Nook. It's not something to take in large doses.