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The Eight Immortal Healers

Taoist Wisdom for Radiant Health
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The Eight Immortal Healers explores the healing wisdom of the legendary Eight Immortals, ancient Taoist masters each associated with a fundamental aspect of health. The book offers detailed practices and guidelines related to oxygen therapy, hydration, nutrition, detoxification, exercise, energy work, emotional balance, and spiritual hygiene. Through a blend of historical legends and practical techniques, authors Johnathon Dao and Mantak Chia present holistic methods to counteract modern ailments and enhance well-being.
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Ideal for readers interested in Taoist healing traditions, holistic health, and natural wellness techniques. Suitable for those seeking comprehensive guidance on improving physical vitality, emotional health, and spiritual balance.

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A detailed guide to restoring the eight foundational areas of health

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A detailed guide to restoring the eight foundational areas of health.

The Eight Immortal Healers explains how each of the legendary Taoist masters known as the Eight Immortals has a specific area of health as the focus of his or her teachings. It offers practices, techniques, and guidelines for each of the Eight Immortal Healer teachings, including the important roles of oxygen and water in the body, nutrition, detoxification, exercise, energy work, emotional pollution, and spiritual hygiene.

The Eight Immortals are a group of legendary ancient Taoist masters, each associated with a specific area of health or a powerful healing technique. These eight disciplines can bestow vibrant health and well-being and provide the antidote to the stresses, ailments, degenerative diseases, and toxins of modern life.

In this guide to the healing practices of the Eight Immortals, Master Mantak Chia and Johnathon Dao share the legends of each Immortal teacher and detail the many ways to apply their wisdom through nutrition, exercises, supplements, detoxification methods, spiritual practices, and energy work. They explain how the first Immortal, born during the 8th century AD, is associated with oxygen, considered in the Taoist healing perspective as the body’s primary nutrient. They discuss how oxygen deficiency is the main culprit in cancer and virus and provide a number of oxygen therapies including the use of hydrogen peroxide and deep breathing to stimulate the metabolism and immune system.

The second Immortal Healer centres on water, and the authors explain how chronic dehydration can lead to a host of ailments and offer advice for rehydrating. The other teachings of the Immortal Healers include:

  • Nutrition, with guidance on supplements, superfoods, toxic foods, and daily meals;
  • Detoxification, with detailed guidelines for cleansing the body’s organs and glands;
  • Avoiding environmental poisons, with advice on vaccines, dental amalgam fillings, sunscreen, chemotherapy, fluoride, and pesticides;
  • Exercise, with step-by-step instructions for Inner Alchemy practices, yoga, and breathing techniques;
  • Maintenance of the energy body, through acupuncture, chi kung healing, magnet therapy, and photon sound beams;
  • Addressing emotional pollution and spiritual hygiene, with a wealth of practices for balancing the emotional body and staying connected to Source, including forgiveness, meditation, and karmic yoga.

By following these Eight Immortal Healers, you can take control of your health, remove the root causes of the chronic ailments that inhibit well-being and longevity, and choose to live life to the fullest in happiness and radiant health.

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ISBN: 9781620556504

Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 September 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Destiny Books,U.S.

Illustration: 92 b&w illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 488g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Mantak Chia, world-famous Inner Alchemy and Chi Kung master, founded the Universal Healing Tao System in 1979. The director of the Tao Garden Health Spa and Resort in northern Thailand, he is the author of more than 50 books, including Chi Self-Massage and Healing Light of the Tao. Johnathon Dao, M.D. (A.M.), L.Ac., is a certified Universal Healing Tao instructor, acupuncturist, and naturopath who has been in clinical practice for 24 years. The founder of E-motion Yoga, he teaches E-motion Yoga and Qigong classes as well as workshops and retreats. He lives on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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