Master Liao takes you on a step-by-step journey allowing you to reconnect with your feeling of life energy. Once you can feel your Chi, you can learn to flow your life energy and strengthen it, using it to help yourself and others through healing, feng shui, spiritual readings, and more. Through the ancient wisdom of the Tao, explained in simple terms, Master Liao offers specific instructions in breathing techniques and moving meditation. Armed with the truth about Chi, you can regain your lost connection to your life energy and restore your True Self.
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Customer Rating: Summary: A bargain at ten times its price Comment: The transformative effect this book initiated in my Tai Chi/ Qigong practice of thirteen years has been invaluable. Master Liao's emphasis on chi awareness and cultivation stands in sharp contrast to that of many teachers who focus on a sequence of memory - stretching postures, i.e., placing quantity above quality. That being said, I would foreworn readers that at least several weeks to months of consistent practice may be necessary for most individuals to begin to realize the benefits of Master Liao's teaching. Customer Rating: Summary: Nice overview but maybe too abstract Comment: To start with I cannot claim authority in Chi perception. I have had little experience of feeling my own chi energy through Taiji and Qigong practice over the past 4 years. So I am pretty much a novice. I have also practiced karate in the past and kenjutsu for a while but I stuck with taiji.
Being a novice could imply that I am generally impatient, but I do strive to put in hours of practice to feel my chi. However I do like PRACTICE instead of WORDS.
So, when it comes to books, I like those that cut through the generic comments and get to the point. I found that the book "Chi: how to feel your life energy" was a bit obfuscated with generic descriptions regarding how good it will be when I feel again my life energy. I found that the book would even get artistic at times describing the feeling of the chi. Comments like "Like a crystal of extremely pure diamonds, very dense and clear, when you reach high intensity of mind, it will be capable of reflecting light at full strength." (p. 88) are nice but kind of useless... I think. I would rate that the most important part of the book makes up for 50% of its volume. The practical exercises are effective but still very few and only appear at the very end of the book. I would expect this book to be filled with more exercises, but then I am warned in the book (p. 97) that I can "order a video or DVD " to help me learn these forms and others from [..] etc.
This latter part is also something I sensed about this book: it feels like a commercial teaser. You get the basics and you have to start buying more and more to learn more (if you, like me, live very far away from taichitaocenter's location). I do not like books that function as teasers. They seem to come again and again to the same point and never to the core theme.
I would expect a book like this to be probably slightly bigger in volume, cut some of the generic descriptions (we get the point alright?) and show more practice photos and descriptions to be taken on by the readers that want to try things out. Then maybe a DVD could come in handy and welcome if the reader cannot get the rhythm or other details for the exercises.
Maybe other people (like the other reviewers) feel differently... so make your own opinion ;-)
Kind regards
Ilias Customer Rating: Summary: Great book. Comment: Easy read. I like the lay out of the book. It is very well organized and concise. It gets to the important stuff fast. Customer Rating: Summary: I'll recommend this book to anyone interested in improving your life and inner strength!!! Comment: I have been involved in several Martial Arts (=that always include the harmony of your inner spirit/Chi/QI/"Your Trueself" for over 30 years...
This book is easily read and yet comprehensive to understand for anyone (also readers without MA experience). Interesting, clarifying in a simple way, written by a master and if you use the recomended applications - they
will change your road in life forever.
Mats Fondelius, from USA/Sweden
Customer Rating: Summary: For Taichi players, meditators, chi healers, Tao seekers, et al .... Comment: This book is probably the only one I've found that answers the real questions: "What is chi? Where did it come from? and, what can you do with it?" While the last section of the book illustrates some basic taichi exercises that anyone can do at home, the content would be valuable to those studying acupuncture, herbal medicine, meditation, or chi healing as well -- not just taichi students. Warning: This book looks and sounds deceptively simple, but inside are some pretty intense statements about the Tao, the nature of life and mind and the soul which aren't the usual stuff. It will definitely challenge you to expand your views on taichi and Taoism. Since I like that type of challenge, I give this five stars.
