Roger Jahnke

'Understand Qi, Access Qi, Ckultaivate Qi,. Master Qi. It is the essental fuel behind all intention and action. It is the awesome power of the Universe within you...Qi is your edge in sports, business, relationships, and personal performance. Tai chi and qigong are powerful tools, profound yet simple, that will assist you in fulfilling your intentions, needs, goals-even your dreams!'-Roger Jahnke, O.M.D.

Developed over millennia in Chinese monasteries, hospitals, and imperial courts, Tai Chi and qigong (literrrally life-force and mastery) are profound yet simple methods for increasing vitality, longevity, and sexual potency; achieving and maintaining optimal health and inner peace; and healing both minor and major illnesses. Long kept a carefully guarded secret from the Chinese public, tai chi and qigong have recently come into widespread use throughout the Far East. They are now a health and human performance enhancement breakthrough in the West as well-ancient power tools for self-improvement and a safe, gentle, and proven approach to treating pain and disease.

In The Healing Promise of Qi, Roger Jahnke, O.M.D., internationally respected doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine and best-selling author of The Healer Within, clearly and simply explains tai chi and qigong principles and practices. Rather than focusing on one particular method or form, Dr. Jahnke distills the best and most important lessons learned from Chinese teachers with whom he has studied. With the help of more than one hundred superbly rendered illustrations, Dr. Jahnke teachers you easy-to-learn techniques drawn from among twenty-five traditional and modern forms of tai chi and qigong that he has mastered and taught to thousands of people in workshops, retreats, and health-care institutions throughout North America and China. Instead of offering a one-size-fits-all program, he provides guidelines for tailoring a self-healing and empowerment regimen to your unique goals, age, body type, personality, and medical condition.

Roger Jahnke, O.M.D., has been practicing traditional Chinese medicine for more than a quarter century. He has traveled and studied extensively throughout China and the Far East, and he was among the first to introduce the ancient Chinese healing arts to the West. He directs the Integral Institute of Tai Chi and Qigong and is the chair of the Qi cultivation department at Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine. Dr. Jahnke teaches at such venues as the Esalen Institute and the Omega Institute and is the cofounder and chair of the National Qigong Association. He leads training sessions at hospitals, corporations, and community orgainizations and speaks internationally on self-healing, stress mastery, and the positive transformation of health care. Dr. Jahnke is a key Chinese medicine authority for numerous websites, including the popular HealthWorld.com.

'Qi-the energy that sustains all life-holds the key to health and longevity. The Healing Promise of Qi shows you how to access this potent force. And that's very good news, indeed.'-Christiane Northrup, M.D. Author, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and the Wisdom of Menopause

'The Healing Promise of Qi has the power to change your life. Dr. Jahnke not only practices Oriental medicine, he lives it authentically. His teaching is pure and potent, combining mind and heart to give you the practical skills you need to be your best self. This book is a gem that you will treasure for the rest of your life.'-Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. Author, Minding the Body, Mending the Mind and Inner Peace for Busy People

'The ancient tradition of tai chi and qigong is masterfully revealed in this book. Whether you are new to qigong or a seasoned practitioner, Dr. Jahnke's insights will add new understanding and depth to your practice.'-Larry Dossey, M.D. Author, Healing Beyond the Body, Reinventing Medicine, and Healing Words

'A timely book of gentle persuasion and clear understanding, with easy-to-follow instructions to guide the readers, step by stap, toward the success of achieving health and well-being.'-Chungliang Al Huang Living Tao Foundation, Author, The Essential Tai Ji and Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain

'A fine comprehensive overview of tai chi and qigiong theory and practice. I look forward to referring to this book-and using it-for years to come.'-James S. Gordon, M.D. Founder and Director, Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Washington, D.C. and author, Manifesto for a New Medicine

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I The promise
The promise of qi
Simple yet profound
3 The three treasures: Unity, harmony, diversity
II Cultivation and mastery of Qi
The ten phases of cultivating and mastering qi
Phase 1 Discover qi
Phase 2 Gather qi
Phase 3 Circulate qi
Phase 4 Purify qi
Phase 5 Direct qi
Phase 6 Conserve qi
Phase 7 Store qi
PHase 8 Transform qi
Phase 9 Dissolve in qi
Phase 10 Transmit qi
III The deeper promise
The practice: Your qigong and tai chi owner's manual
The light of science on qi
The supreme ultimate
Notes
Recommended reading (bibliography)
Resources
Index… (mehr)

Release your natural powers for healing, endurance, and longevity

With this guide, you will learn foru simple and remarkably effective technqies to release your natural powers for healing. The methods-gentle movement, self-applied massage, breathing exercises, nd meditation-are drawin from the ancient Chinese healing system of Qigong (chi kung) and are easily adaptable to every lifestyle. You can practice them almost anywhere-in the car, in line at the bank, at your desk, while walking, even in bed. Using these methods for as little as ten minutes a day can dramatically increase your endurance, vitality, and longevity. Self-care has never been so easy!

'This book is a gem: it is full of simple yet profoundly effective practices that anyone can use to regain or maintain optimal health.'-Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

'Practical and inspiring.'-Deepak Chopra, M.D.

'Both inspirational and immensely practical....The kind of book you will keep close at hand, make notes in, and actually use.'-Body, Mind & Spirit

'The wisdom in this book will lead you not just to better health but to greater serenity and peace as well.'-Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Prayer is Good Medicine and executive editor of Alternative Therapies

Roger Jahnke, O.M.D., an internationally known doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, has lectured on Mind/Body medicine for nearly twenty-five years. He directs the Health Action Clinic in Santa Barabara; leads training at hospitals, corporations, and communtiy agencies; and speaks throughout the world on self-healing, Taiji (tai chi), and Qigong (chi kung). He is a key Chinese medicine authority for the popular 'HealthWorld' site on the World Wide Web. You can visit The Healer Within site at Http://www.healerwithin.com

Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface Declaration of health independence
Introduction Making a miracle
Part 1 The medicine
Chapter Our power of self-healing
Chapter 2 Placebos, remissions, and miracles
Part 2 The tools and the methods
Chapter 3 Your personal practice
Guidelines for your practice
Applications and benefits
The sensation of the healer within
Four methods, one integrated practice
Weaving the practices into your day
Chapter 4 Method 1: Gentle movement
The preliminary posture
The flowing motion
Right and left bending of the spine
Front and back bending of the s;ine
Reaching upward, strateching outward
Spontaneous movement practice
cahpter 5 Method 2: Self-applied massage
Two simple approaches to self-massage
Massage technique
Massging the hands
Massaging the feet
Massaging the ears
Massaging the neck and shoulders
Tracing the acupuncture energy channels
Massaging the abdomen
Energizing the organs
Massaging the face and eys
Massaging reflexes firt, then finding the pain
Connecting the spots, then wiggling
Chapter 6 Method 3: Breathing practices
The essential breath
The remembering breath
A sigh of relief
In, in, out: two inhalations,one exhalation
The gathering breath
Chapter 7 Method 4: Deep relaxation and meditation practices
Progressive relaxation
Gathering nature's healing resources
Mindfulness and insight
Part 3 The practice
Chapter 8 Bringing the methods into your life
Chapter 9 Deepening your practice
Part 4 The way of nature
Chapter 10 Declaration of interdependence
Chapter 11 The empowering influence of mind and spirit
Part 5 The future
Chapter 13 What could be
Appendix
Bibliography and suggested reading
Resources
Index… (mehr)

The supreme essence of the Asian traditional systems of medicine, the self applied health maintenance practices: Qigong and yoga/pranayama. Contents Part I Qi gong: Awakening and mastering the profound medicine that lies within Introduction What is qigong-Cultivating the boielectrical field Hostory and roots of light alchemy Chinese physiology of qi production and circulation-The cycle of the transformation of the qi Basic biodynamics of qigong practice The bioenergetic circuitry network of the qi in the channels Qigong and pranayama The kinds of qigong Myriad of applications: One coherent system The various paths of qigong Qigong in the healthy: Peak performance Qigong in the unwell: Profound medicine Qigong doctor: Qi projection Qigong in the martial arts: Iron shirt and dragon flying Qigong in extraordinary human faculties Qigong and transcendence: Light body of pure energy Qigong as remembrance Part II Physiological mechanisms operating in the human system during the practice of qi gong and yoga/pranayama Introduction I Oxygen metabolism Energy generation Water production Immune function Free radical balance II Lymphatic system Lymph generation Lymph propulsion-Aerobic production; Intrinsic smoothe muscle contraction; Movement of striated skeletal muscle; Gravity; Breath apparatus Immune function Cerebrospinal fluid Nutritive function III Nervous system Initiation of the relaxation response Neurotransmitter profile Peripheral microcirculation Brain/nervous system interface wth immune system Right/left hemisphere balance Alpha and theta brain wave frequency Neuroreflex stimulation Hypothalamus, pituitary, pineal, third ventricle IV Chart V Conclusion VI References (bibliography)… (mehr)

With this revolutionary guide, you will learn four simple and remarkably effective techniques to release your natural powers for healing. The methods--gentle movement, self-applied massage, breathing exercises, and meditation--are drawn from the ancient Chinese healing system of Qigong (Chi Kung) and are easily adaptable to every lifestyle. You can practice them almost anywhere--in the car, in line at the bank, at your desk, while walking, even in bed. Using these methods for as little as ten minutes a day can dramatically increase your endurance, vitality, and longevity. Self-care has never been so easy!… (mehr)