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FEELING the WAY of related interest Daoist Reflections from Scholar Sage Damo Mitchell and his students ISBN 978 1 84819 321 5 eISBN 978 0 85701 274 6 Intuitive Acupuncture John Hamwee ISBN 978 1 84819 273 7 eISBN 978 0 85701 220 3 Shiatsu Theory and Practice Carola Beresford-Cooke ISBN 978 1 84819 308 6 eISBN 978 0 85701 260 9 The Way of the Five Elements 52 Weeks of Powerful Acupoints for Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Health John Kirkwood ISBN 978 1 84819 270 6 eISBN 978 0 85701 216 6 F E E L I N G the WAY TOUCH, QI GONG HEALING, AND THE DAOIST TRADITION ROB LONG LONDON AND PHILADELPHIA First published in 2017 by Singing Dragon an imprint of Jessica Kingsley Publishers 73 Collier Street London N1 9BE, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.singingdragon.com Copyright © Rob Long 2017 Front cover image source: Cassie Corby. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. Warning: The doing of an unauthorised act in relation to a copyright work may result in both a civil claim for damages and criminal prosecution. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Names: Long, Rob, 1962- author. Title: Feeling the way : touch, qigong healing, and the Daoist tradition / Rob Long. Description: London ; Philadelphia : Singing Dragon, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016016276 | ISBN 9781848192980 (alk. paper) Subjects: | MESH: Therapeutic Touch--methods | Qi | Qigong--methods | Religion and Medicine Classification: LCC RA781.8 | NLM WB 890 | DDC 613.7/1489-- dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/201601627 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 84819 298 0 eISBN 978 0 85701 248 7 This book is dedicated to my daughter, Sally. Whatever the Way may be, make it yours. Contents Acknowledgements 9 Disclaimer 10 Preface 11 Introduction 13 How Qi Sensitivity Healing came about 17 Everybody is a healer 19 Chapter 1 What Is a Daoist? 22 The practical and mystical become one 23 Understanding the world through personal experience 24 Limitations of language 29 Chapter 2 Breathe! 31 Breathing as a technology 33 The ancient Chinese paradigm 36 Breathing and the Dan Tien 39 Chapter 3 The Basic Mechanics of Healing 43 Subtle anatomy 45 Deeper flows 46 The ‘trinity’ 47 Energy gates 49 Chapter 4 Intention Is Everything 56 The ‘monkey mind’ 57 Two very different approaches 60 Chapter 5 Hands Off! 65 The structure and functions of the extended energy field 69 The extended energy field and intuition 71 Chapter 6 Going Deeper 76 Technique versus ‘feel’ 76 Wu-Wei – the interface between action and non-action 78 Zu Ran 79 What you see is what you get: uses of visualization 80 The mind: searchlight or daylight? 81 Chapter 7 QSH Techniques Part 1: Turning Theory into Therapy 85 De Qi: what it is and how to achieve it 87 A few thoughts about hand direction… 95 Chapter 8 QSH Techniques Part 2: Going Inside 96 Healing hands or healing hand? 96 Engaging with the meridian system 97 Encouraging Qi to ascend or descend 104 Chapter 9 Integration 112 Applying Qi Sensitivity Healing in the clinic 112 Vulnerable patients 115 Some final thoughts… 123 References 124 Further Reading 125 Appendix: Acupoints 128 Index 130
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