Your secret energy center: taking care of your Dan-Tien/
Christopher J. Markert
- New Delhi : New age books, 2006.
- xii,159p. : ill. ; 22cm.
1. Subtle Signals Good Feelings are Guiding Us (1); Millions of Happy Minutes (3); Divine Impulses (4). 2. The Ancient Origins of Dan-Tien The Best Place in the Body (5); Hara, the Japanese One- Point (7); The Dan-Tien Personality (8); Dan-Tien and Breathing (9); Our Center of Gravity (10); Energy Chanriels (ll);The Inner Smile (12);The Great Laughter (13); Step by Step (14). 3. Dan-Tien in Daily Life The Art ofWashing Dishes (17); Self-imposed Stress (18); Dan-Tien, the Guiding Organ (19); Summary (20). 4. Diary of a Dan-Tien Student 5.Taking Care of the Dan-Tien Our Source of Energy and Stamina (31); Quality Food for the Dan-Tien (33); Spontaneous Functioning (34); Chinese Health Insurance (35); Keeping the Dan-Tien Happy (36); Enjoying the Journey (37); Feelings (38);The Secret of Emptiness (39). 6. Fine-Tuning the'Dan-Tien Our Quiet Center (43); Lazy Meditation (44); Mental Pictures (45);The Zero Experience (46); A Thousand Ben efits (47); The Short Route to the Goal (48). 7. Dan-Tien: A Western Explanation Far-Eastern Wisdom and Western Logic (51); The Anatomy of Dan-Tien (52);The Origin of Life (54); Our Glamorous "Outer Mind" (54); The Alienated Intellect (55);The Lowly Body (56). 8. Yin and Yang, Female and Male TheYin/Yang Balance (59); Harmony Between Men and Women (61);The Differences Between Men andWomen (63). 9. More Notes from a Dan-Tien Student 10. At Home in the World Feng Shui, Shinto, and Taoism (75); Some Places Feel Good (77); At Home in Nature (79); Livable Communi ties (80); Dan-Tien and Television (81); What Music Does to Us (82). 11. Enjoyable Relationships, In Tune with Others and Yourself (85); Love Relation ships (86); It Feels Good to Be Loved and Needed (87); The Harmonious Community (88); LaoTzu's Ideal Com munity (89). 12. The Answer is Closer than We Think Pleasant and Unpleasant Feelings (91); The Wandering Mind (93); How Do You Feel? (95); Feel Your Way (96); Dan-Tien is Different (97); Our Normal and Natural Condition (98); Poor Substitutes for Dan-Tien (99); Dan-Tien: Better than Biofeedback (100). 13. Getting into the Dan-Tien Habit Problems of the Past (103); Imaginary Traumas (104); Finding the Right An^e (105); The Habit of Enjoying Every Minute (106);The Practical Angle (108); Negative Thoughts (109); Pleasant Dreams (110); The Dan-Tien Approach in a Nutshell (112). 14. Feeling Good is Good for You Nature Wants Us to Be Happy (113); Suffering is aWarning Signal (115); Happier Frames of Reference (116); Questions (117); Facing the Issues (119); Perverse Plea sures (119); Familiar Phrases (121); Beliefs That Feel Good (122). 15. ^At Home in the Body Body Harmony (125); Moving Naturally (126); Posture Checklist (127); Sitting Comfortably (128); Checklist for Sitting (129); Breathing is a Pleasure (130); Breathing Checklist (131); Sleeping Well (132); Sleeping Checklist (132); Eating and Excreting (133); Dancing is Fun (134-); Dan-Tien—Better than Drugs (135); Mental and Dental Health (137). 16. The Haffy Child Within Rediscovering the Child Within (139); Children in the Far East (141); Happy Children (142); Birth Without Vio lence (144); Learning Without Strain (145). 17. Everything Falls into Place The All-Encompassing Dan-Tien Experience (147); Signs of a Centered Life (147); The Meaning of Life (150).
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Taoist hygiene. Centering (Psychology) Energy medicine.