Synopses & Reviews
Review
A very accessible book for self-empowerment through balancing energies,
Emotional Wisdom is filled with practical tools, including visualizations and foods, for healing and transformation.”
— Sandor Ellix Katz, author of Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
Emotional Wisdom is a well-organized book containing easy-to-understand tools for transforming an undesirable state of imbalance into a more harmonious, peaceful state of being. The authors have retained the essence of the ageless wisdom teachings for use in the twenty-first century. I highly recommend Emotional Wisdom for those who are ready to make that transformation.”
— Mikio Sankey, PhD, LAc, author of Esoteric Acupuncture
Synopsis
Mantak Chias previous bestsellers put esoteric Taoist teachings to practical use maximizing sexual vitality. Now Chia helps readers utilize the Taoist Arts to minimize mental and emotional distress. Chias is a uniquely modern and accessible integration of traditional theory and practice. Here, with one of his senior instructors, he presents a powerful program for transforming the painful emotions of sadness, anger, impatience, and fear into courage, kindness, joy, and peace. No matter what their background with Asian philosophy, readers learn to utilize three 20-minute practices through step-by-step directions and clear illustrations. The first two practices have been used for over 2,000 years in China and the third is Chias unique extension and hybrid. The result is enormously practical and universally health-enhancing.
Synopsis
Chia, along with one of his senior instructors, presents a powerful program--one that integrates traditional Taoist theory and practice--for transforming the painful emotions of sadness, anger, impatience, and fear into courage, kindness, joy, and peace.
Synopsis
A groundbreaking book, Emotional Wisdom reveals powerful ancient tools for transforming our painful emotions into happiness and health. So-called negative emotions are valuable messages that let us know we are out of balance. With compassion and humor, Taoist authors Mantak Chia and Dena Saxer explain the messages that anger, depression, fear, worry, and stress offer us. They present three easy-to-learn twenty-minute internal energy practices, with helpful illustrations, to turn these imbalances into harmony and joy. They provide unusual nutritional advice for emotional healing and a Taoist First Aid section with proven natural remedies for minor ailments such as insomnia, indigestion, headaches, and overeating. Relevant quotes from the Tao Te Ching add inspiration to this practical, life-changing book.
About the Author
The author of dozens of books, Mantak Chia has taught tens of thousands of students the Taoist internal energy practices over the past forty-five years. His Universal Healing Tao System, which distills these ancient practices for Western audiences, is taught by more than 1,200 certified instructors on every continent. He teaches worldwide and lives in Thailand.
Dena Saxer, MA, has been teaching the Universal Healing Tao System internationally for twenty-six years. With Mantak Chia, she cowrote Taoist Ways to Transform Stress into Vitality and Chi Self-Massage. She lives in the Los Angeles area.