This book is a comprehensive easy-to-read introduction to the Chinese practice of Tai Chi.

The Big Book of Tai Chi: Build Health Fast in Slow Motion

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Frantzis, Bruce

Exercise & Fitness

Thorsons Pub.

Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body: Chi Gung for Lifelong Health

North Atlantic Books

This book's primary focus is on the detailed descriptions of the three main internal boxing methods (Hsing I, Ba Gua, and Tai Chi), as well as many substyles. In-depth comparisons and analyses of the different arts in regard to their methods of movement, principles and philosophies, use of force and energy, body mechanics, and some practical applications, are also described. Frantzis also includes "Personal Odyssey" sections where he recounts many of his interesting encounters with famous martial arts masters. This feature recalls Robert W. Smith's Chinese Boxing: Masters and Methods, from a previous generation of martial arts books. To make this book as accessible to beginners as possible, there are five appendices covering the different styles of tai chi (such as Yang, Chen, Wu, Tung, Hou, and Sun), a history of Ba Gua, energy anatomy of the human body, a summary of Mr. Frantzis's training and lineage, a chapter on Chinese terminology and transliteration, and an extensive glossary.

The Power of Internal Martial Arts: Combat Secrets of Ba Gua, Tai Chi, and Hsing-I

This is the first volume of a two-book series that peels away the metaphors and explains the living tradition of Taoist meditation, which is little known or taught in the West. Most of what people know about Taoism comes from philosophical texts such as the I-Ching or the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tse. However, outside China virtually nothing is known of Lao Tse's living tradition of Taoism. Bruce Frantzis wrote this book so that this great meditation tradition might reach and inspire a wider audience. It is relevant not only to anyone interested in meditation but to anyone who wants to find out how to lessen stress, let go of negative emotions, and rediscover deeper levels of inner peace and stillness. The book includes breathing lessons that help calm your mind and relax your emotions. It also includes fascinating stories of the author’s training in China with Taoist Lineage Master and Sage, Liu Hung Chieh. Now, Frantzis gives us, in two accessible volumes, the theory and practice of the Water Method of Taoist Meditation. This tradition was originally described by Lao Tse in the Tao Te Ching over 2,500 years ago, and has been passed down from teacher to disciple in an unbroken lineage through the Taoist sage Liu Hung Chieh to the author. Relaxing Into Your Being explains the Water Method with its complete internal energy system, and teaches how to slow your breath, use more lung capacity, massage your internal organs, and develop meditative awareness. Frantzis provides tools, unique to the Water Method, to reduce stress and help maintain optimal health in today’s fast-paced computer age. This Taoist meditation series continues in volume two: The Great Stillness.

Relaxing into Your Being: The Taoist Meditation Tradition of Lao Tse, Volume 1 (Water Method of Taoist Meditation)

Religion & Spirituality

This is the second volume of a two-book series that peels away the metaphors and explains the living tradition of Taoist meditation, which is little known or taught in the West. Most of what people know about Taoism comes from philosophical texts such as the I-Ching or the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tse. However, outside China virtually nothing is known of Lao Tse's living tradition of Taoism. Bruce Frantzis wrote this book so that this great meditation tradition might reach and inspire a wider audience. It is relevant not only to anyone interested in meditation but to anyone who wants to find out how to lessen stress, let go of negative emotions, and rediscover deeper levels of inner peace and stillness. The book includes breathing lessons that help calm your mind and relax your emotions. It also includes fascinating stories of the author’s training in China with Taoist Lineage Master and Sage, Liu Hung Chieh. Now, Frantzis gives us, in two accessible volumes, the theory and practice of the Water Method of Taoist Meditation. This tradition was originally described by Lao Tse in the Tao Te Ching over 2,500 years ago, and has been passed down from teacher to disciple in an unbroken lineage through the Taoist sage Liu Hung Chieh to the author. The main focus of The Great Stillness is to explain 'Inner Dissolving' its major mediation technique that helps people overcome deeply bound negative emotions, deepen their spiritual and psychic development, and develop balance and compassion. It is one of the few books that reveals the Taoist traditions of sexual qigong, sexual meditation and the moving meditation practice called Circle Walking that was developed in Taoist monasteries over 4000 years ago. This volume advances on lessons taught in volume one: Relaxing Into Your Being.

The Great Stillness: The Water Method of Taoist Meditation Series, Vol. 2

Sports & Outdoors

As part of my training as a Taoist priest in China, I learned 3,000 ancient liturgies that create vibrations for changing the energetic frequencies in human beings. I use these powerfully effective chants to help my students relax their tension, energetic blockages, emotions and churning thoughts. After decades of being asked to record them, I finally feel the time has come to share them with you. —Bruce Frantzis Listen to the music of the spheres—ancient audio technology developed by the Taoists thousands of years ago to help people activate and weave together their eight energy bodies. These songs of the TAO can help you: • Enhance your ability to breathe fully into your entire body • Align your body to ensure uninhibited chi flow for optimal health • Deepen your meditation, tai chi, chi gung, martial arts, or yoga practice • Become present and experience Fourth Time • Transform fear, rejection and depression into awareness, freedom, and joy • Relax into the Heart-Mind to allow love and compassion to flow freely Before performing each song, Frantzis explains its intended use. This set includes two bonus CDs—discs 4 and 5—with songs only. Practice with them to master your inner world. DISC 1 Fundamentals &amp; Breathing 1: Origin of the songs 2: How to use the songs 3: Explanation of the sounds 4-5: Becoming present 6-7: Feeling your energy 8-9: Activating the breath 10-11: Breathing with the diaphragm and sides 12-13: Breathing from the back and kidneys 14-15: Connecting the belly, lower back, and organs 16-17: Breathing with the lungs and upper back 18-19: Breathing with the spine 20-21: Longevity Breathing® DISC 2 Alignments &amp; the Heart-Mind 1-2: Alignments for meditation 3-4: Upper body alignments 5-6: Middle body alignments 7-8: Lower body alignments 9-10: Attention and the Heart-Mind 11-12: Finding the Heart-Mind 13-14: Expectations and Fourth Time DISC 3 Balancing Your Emotions 1: Letting go 2-3: Releasing anger and frustration 4-5: From fog to enthusiasm and joy 6-7: Dissolving depression 8-9: Moving past fear to awareness 10-11: The freedom beyond rejection 12-13: Relaxing anxiety 14-15: Releasing pain 16-17: Love &amp; compassion DISC 4 Breathing &amp; Alignments 1: Becoming present 2: Feeling your energy 3: Activating the breath 4: Breathing with the diaphragm and sides 5: Breathing from the back and kidneys 6: Connecting the belly, lower back, and organs 7: Breathing with the lungs and upper back 8: Breathing with the spine 9: Longevity Breathing® 10: Alignments for meditation 11: Upper body alignments 12: Middle body alignments 13: Lower body alignments DISC 5 Balancing the Emotions 1: Attention and the Heart-Mind 2: Finding the Heart-Mind 3: Expectations and Fourth Time 4: Releasing anger and frustration 5: From fog to enthusiasm and joy 6: Dissolving depression 7: Moving past fear to awareness 8: The freedom beyond rejection 9: Relaxing anxiety 10: Releasing pain 11: Love &amp; compassion

Ancient Songs of the TAO: Music of the Spheres

Arts & Photography

Music

Let Go to Reclaim Your Inner Life Listen to this 6-CD set to learn powerful methods to let go of your tension, fear, anger, and pain. Calmly turn inward to awaken the great human potential in yourself. Bruce Frantzis’ books, CDs, and DVDs are unique in their practicality and relevance to modern life. The Water Method of Taoism has been transmitted for thousands of years from teacher to disciple in an unbroken chain. The Taoist lineage to which Frantzis belongs is directly linked to that of Lao Tse, author of the Tao Te Ching, the second most translated book in the world. Now Frantzis shares these ancient teachings to help you move closer to feeling truly alive and joyful. Disc One Meditation Fundamentals 1. Introduction 2. Why meditate? 3. Overview of meditation 4. Taoist meditation 5. A new view of the world 6. Breathing and body awareness 7. Fire and Water methods 8. Body alignments for sitting meditation Disc Two Becoming Present 1. Becoming present 2. Recognizing tension 3. Recognizing strength 4. Something that doesn’t feel quite right 5. Recognizing contraction 6. Putting everything together 7. Breathing and meditation Disc Three Letting Go 1. How to let go 2. The dissolving process 3. What should I let go of? 4. Letting go internally and externally 5. Beyond past, present, and future 6. Dissolving practice session 7. Dissolving emotions 8. Resolving and using shock 9. Dissolving review Disc Four Fear, Fog &amp; Greed 1. The 1,000 agendas 2. Fear 3. Dissolving fear 4. Fog 5. Multiple releases into emptiness 6. Deceptive internal dialogue 7. Depression 8. Greed 9. Expectations Disc Five Anger and Pain 1. Anger and frustration 2. Physical pain 3. The pain of thought 4. Emotional pain 5. The loss of a loved one 6. Other kinds of loss Disc Six Putting It All Together 1. Love and compassion 2. Anxiety 3. Perfection 4. The monkey mind and distraction 5. Distraction after clearing blocks 6. Always dissolve downwards 7. Feeling your energy 8. Review: four signs of a blockage 9. Meditation is a circular process 10. A liturgy to help you meditate

TAO of Letting Go: Meditation For Modern Living

Alternative Medicine

What is known from the Tao Te Ching, I Ching, and other Taoist texts is almost entirely literary. When Bruce Frantzis studied these texts with his main teacher, Grandmaster Liu Hung Chieh, he was taught their practical application: “This is what they say; this is what they mean; this is how to do them.” In the TAO of Letting Go, Frantzis offers a bridge to this pragmatic approach for living a spiritual life. Spirituality is not just an aspiration for which people strive, he says, but a genuine, accomplishable reality. Frantzis shows how to expend maximum effort and yet not use force—the gentle way of the Water method—to enrich personal health and energy systems. The Water tradition continues the work of releasing inner conflicts, a process that begins with the Dissolving Method, passed down by Lao Tse in the Tao Te Ching over 2,500 years ago. The author shows how to completely let go of the blockages that bind and prevent the seeker from reaching full spiritual potential. Short, direct chapters and exercises cover such topics as breathing and awareness; Taoist meditation; fog and depression; modern anxiety; love and compassion; and more.

TAO of Letting Go: Meditation for Modern Living

Practiced by millions in China to release stress and maintain robust health, Dragon and Tiger qigong is also used to help prevent and heal cancer and to mitigate the effects of radiation and chemotherapy. Frantzis chose Dragon and Tiger from among several hundred sets he researched because its seven simple movements are easy to learn and offer about 80 percent of the health benefits found in the more complex sets of 50–100 movements. Dragon and Tiger qigong uses simple body movements to accomplish the same chi balancing as acupuncture. Each movement is designed to stimulate not just a single meridian but groups of meridians. In Chinese medicine, the tiger is a metaphor for a strong, healthy liver and powerful muscles, and the dragon is a metaphor for healthy and strong lungs. The Dragon and Tiger form accomplishes three major changes in the body necessary for healing: it releases stagnant chi energy; increases the speed, strength, and evenness of the circulation of chi, blood, and other fluids; and quickly raises the body’s energy levels to boost its natural healing capacities. With over 150 illustrations accompanying clear, thorough instructions, Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong offers an accessible and effective path to health and healing.

Dragon and Tiger Medical Qigong, Volume 1: Develop Health and Energy in 7 Simple Movements

According to Time Magazine, tai chi is “the perfect exercise.” Tai chi’s incredible powers are reflected in its popularity. Over 200 million practitioners worldwide—young, old, athletic, sedentary, chronically ill, overweight—are using tai chi’s slow, graceful movements as a potent preventative health care practice to regain control of their health, boost high performance, manage stress and reverse the effects of aging. Tai Chi Health for Life is in effect a comprehensive consumers’ guide to tai chi, by international authority and teacher of Taoist health, martial arts and spiritual practices, Bruce Frantzis. Citing clinical studies and the practical experience of practitioners, this inspiring book persuasively argues why everyone should consider taking up tai chi. Tai Chi: Health for Life is not a how-to exercise manual nor does it teach any particular style of tai chi. Instead the book tells people exactly how tai chi works, revealing why tai chi is so effective at relieving such chronic health problems as high blood pressure, asthma, chronic pain, arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome and anxiety. It explains how to choose a tai chi style and what to look for in a teacher. The book links the underlying energetic principles of tai chi to traditional Chinese medicine, such as acupuncture, and shows how its philosophy is derived from such ancient Taoist texts as the Tao Te Ching and the I Ching. In Tai Chi Health for Life you will discover: —Why doctors, nurses and alternative health care professionals are recommending the low impact movements of tai chi to their patients —Why senior practitioners call tai chi the ‘elixir of life’ —How tai chi improves workplace productivity and boosts mental stamina —Tools to combat repetitive stress injuries and carpal tunnel syndrome —How tai chi enhances sexual, athletic and intellectual performance —Why tai chi, as ‘moving meditation’ can create inner peace —The difference between tai chi, chi gung (qigong) and yoga —How tai chi teachers and advanced practitioners can upgrade their skills. Tai Chi: Health for Life peels away the mysteries surrounding the concept of chi–life-force energy—which is fundamental to both tai chi and chi gung. These chi-building practices supercharge other exercise methods, such as sports, weight-lifting and yoga. Developing chi inside the body, mind and spirit is the most important determinant for achieving health, relaxation and vitality. “Bruce Frantzis is a true master.” —Michael E. Gerber, author of The E-Myth Revisited

Tai Chi: Health for Life

Blue Snake Books

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