Feeling the Way Touch Qi Gong healing and the Daoist tradition

138 Pages·2016·5.74 MB·English

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FEELING the WAY
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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
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Copyright © Rob Long 2017
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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