Your secret energy center: taking care of your Dan-Tien/ Christopher J. Markert

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).