books for harnessing qi

[Tom]

Robert Bruce's tutorial on NEW will give you everything you need to know, and you can download it for free. The more time you spend reading, the less time you will spend practicing.

[Adam Kadmon]

I'm new to qigong, so I am not an authority on it. I have "Taoist Yoga" Lu Kuan Yu, but that is all internal alchemy, but it does show the advanced theory of it. According to the people on alt.meditation.qigong these books are good for beginners without a teacher:

"Chi Kung: Alive With Energy" James MacRitchie
"Chi Kung: For Health And Vitality" Wong Kiew Kit
"Chi Kung: The Way Of Healing" Lam Kam Chuen
"Eight Simple Qigong Exercizes" Dr. Jwing-Ming Yang
"The Way Of Energy" Lam Kam Chuen. *** (this is highly recommended)

NEW is a valuable system in it's approach but it doesn't cover all aspects of energy development. Qigong is really fascinating because it is kundalini yoga as taught to the chinese by indian buddhists. The practices were faithfully recorded and taught in the open, while in India the guru-disciple system has kept it shrouded in obscurity. Now in the last 50 years or so the chinese have made these teachings available to the rest of the world. Look for a teacher in your area. A master-level certified Qigong instructor from a true lineage is not uncommon, and is the equivalent (or better) of a kundalini guru off the boat from Bombay. Tai Chi is related to Qigong as two halfs of one discipline; the latter raises and cultivates the energy, the former distributes it throughout the body to improve health and longetivity.

(a last note: stay away from Falun Gong. It is a cult by all the accepted conditions of the term. Li Hongzhi has alien invasions in his philosophy, abandoned his followers to live comfortably in New York, demands a tithe,
and will not allow you to mix your practices with any other qigong school or alternate discipline. Also watch out for Mantak Chia and Healing/Universal Tao. Many people have been injured using his practices.)

a.k.

[SilverSlider]

I will be making an order from amazon.com pretty soon here and was just wondering what is a good book that talks about qi and how to use it and that type of thing.