Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Introduction 1
Step 1 Practice Developing Your Inner Vision 9
Step 2 Practice Warming Up Your Energy System 15
Step 3 Practice Filling the Jade Pond 20
Step 4 Practice Empty Vessel Meditation 24
Step 5 Practice Bellows Breathing 27
Step 6 Practice Primal Mother Meditation 31
Step 7 Practice Belly Breathing 34
Step 8 Practice Water Meditation 38
Step 9 Practice Taoist Lifestyle Advice 41
Step 10 Practice Guarding the One Meditation 45
Step 11 Practice Alchemical Dantian Breathing 50
Step 12 Rractiee Organ Balancing Meditation 53
Step 13 Practice Expansion Meditation 57
Step 14 Practice Embracing the One 60
Step 15 Practice Stillness and Movement 64
Step 16 Practice Sitting and Forgetting 67
Step 17 Practice Letting Go 71
Step 18 Practice Experiencing the Unlimited Self 74
Step 19 Practice Head Knowledge Versus Belly Knowledge 77
Step 20 Practice Great Mother Meditation 81
Step 21 Practice Inner Knowing 85
Step 22 Practice Standing like a Tree 87
Step 23 Practice Six Healing Sounds 91
Step 24 Practice Inner Releasing 95
Step 25 Practice The Path of the Sage 97
Step 26 Practice Rooting and Grounding Practic 101
Step 27 Practice The Path of Refinement 104
Step 28 Practice Learning Your Balance Point 108
Step 29 Practice Useful Versus Mindless Activity 112
Step 30 Practice Journaling Your Journey 115
Step 31 Practice Not Wielding Weapons 118
Step 32 Practice Life Review Practice 122
Step 33 Practice Knowing Yourself Through Gongfu 125
Step 34 Practice The Wordless Journey 128
Step 35 Practice Becoming Who You Really Are 130
Step 36 Practice The Soft Overcoming the Hard 133
Step 37 Practice Change, Transformation, and the Art of Imperfection 136
Step 38 Practice The I Ching 139
Step 39 Practice Full Moon Meditation 143
Step 40 Practice Returning to Source 146
Step 41 Practice Sense of Humor Is Essential 149
Step 42 Practice Nonviolence Toward Yourself 153
Step 43 Practice Road Rules 156
Step 44 Practice Strengthening Your Spleen's Earth Energy 159
Step 45 Practice Tranquil Sitting 162
Step 46 Practice The True Heart 166
Step 47 Practice The Inner Journey 169
Step 48 Practice Letting Go 172
Step 49 Practice Becoming the Watcher 175
Step 50 Practice Heavenly Dew 179
Step 51 Practice Living from Your Childlike Heart 183
Step 52 Practice Turning the Light Around 186
Step 53 Practice Pain as Medicine 190
Step 54 Practice The Palace of Inner Observation 194
Step 55 Practice Guarding the Jing 198
Step 56 Practice Stillness in the Midst of Activity 203
Step 57 Practice One Thing at a Time 206
Step 58 Practice The Hall of Light 210
Step 59 Practice Tree Chi Gong 213
Step 60 Practice Hungry Ghosts 217
Step 61 Practice Balancing Yin and Yang 220
Step 62 Practice Clarity and Quiescence Practice 224
Step 63 Practice The Wu Wei Way of Effortless Effort 228
Step 64 Practice Looking Up Practice 231
Step 65 Practice The Journey to Wholeness 236
Step 66 Practice Gathering Chi from the Earth and the Sun 240
Step 67 Practice Slow Breathing 244
Step 68 Practice The Warrior's Breath 249
Step 69 Practice Gathering Chi from the Four Directions 253
Step 70 Practice In the Garden 258
Step 71 Practice Applying Your Knowledge 261
Step 72 Practice Working with the Spirits 263
Step 73 Practice Swallowing the Sun and Moon 267
Step 74 Practice Taking Up the Tools of the Master 270
Step 75 Practice Walking Meditation 274
Step 76 Practice Staying Young Chi Gong 277
Step 77 Practice The Way of Tea 282
Step 78 Practice Spontaneous Chi Gong 287
Step 79 Practice Giving Up the Need to Be Right 291
Step 80 Practice Taoist Advice for Modern Times 294
Step 81 Practice Small Heavenly Orbit 298
Afterword 304
Acknowledgments 305
About the Author 306