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You possess the ability to tap a bottomless well of physical and psychic energy (called "chi" in Chinese). With it you can harness the magickal power of the universe. How do you do it? By learning the ancient Chinese art of breath, posture, and sensory awareness as explained in Chi Gung by L. V. Carnie.

As you learn this system to direct your flow of chi, you will be able to achieve ultimate health and things you have only dreamed of:

—Look and feel younger
—Add healthy years to your life
—Progress faster in martial ...

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Overview

You possess the ability to tap a bottomless well of physical and psychic energy (called "chi" in Chinese). With it you can harness the magickal power of the universe. How do you do it? By learning the ancient Chinese art of breath, posture, and sensory awareness as explained in Chi Gung by L. V. Carnie.

As you learn this system to direct your flow of chi, you will be able to achieve ultimate health and things you have only dreamed of:

—Look and feel younger
—Add healthy years to your life
—Progress faster in martial arts training
—Develop different types of psychic ability: heal at a distance, talk with spirits,
move objects with your mind
—Increase your fitness level
—Help damaged tissue heal more quickly
—Improve sexual performance
—Learn to control your body temperature
—Bond with your pets or with animals in the wild

Chi Gung is filled with simple but effective exercises for mind, body, and spirit that will open your flow of chi as they open you to a whole new world of possibilities. No other chi gung self help book covers such a broad range of material or presents the actual training techniques for mastering the more advanced skills.

The exercises include simple stretches and slow movements with creative visualization and breathwork. One technique that is fully explained is called the small circulation, or the microcosmic cycle. It will teach you to circulate your chi around your body and head without having it enter your arms or legs. Another technique, the grand circulation or heavenly cycle, teaches you to move chi throughout your entire body. It's not difficult, and you can do it no matter your current level of health or fitness.

The powerful techniques here can be used alone or within any spiritual or magical system. Add them to what you are doing today!

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781567181135
  • Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
  • Publication date: 9/1/2002
  • Edition description: 1 ED
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 288
  • Sales rank: 455,199
  • Product dimensions: 6.96 (w) x 10.09 (h) x 0.71 (d)

Meet the Author

L.V. (Lily) Carnie has devoted her life to the study and daily practice of Two-Spirit (Berdache) shamanism and the ancient Chinese art of Chi Gung. She has found that these two esoteric disciplines have helped her realize her potential as both a healer and energy specialist. She lives her art in everything she does. Her expertise in Chi Gung comes from practicing the art on a daily basis while learning from a variety of teachers.

In addition to Chi Gung, her interests include practicing a variety of indigenous esoteric magickal systems, as well as Tanzanian Drunken Chimpanzee-Style Monkey Kung Fu. She likes belly dancing, fencing, stunt kite flying, and sewing, and enjoys playing musical instruments such as the Celtic lap harp, fiddle, and penny whistle for the animals and plants living in wild places.

She spends the majority of her time healing plants, animals, and people as she encounters them. She also teaches Chi Gung and Two-Spirit shamanism to anybody who is interested in learning

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Would you like to be able to heal yourself or others? How about communicate with spirits or pick up the energies within objects? Would you like to be able to use your mind to make things move? And would you like to do all of this without any sort of expensive paraphernalia? Then you need to get Chi Gung by L. V. Carnie.

This is truly an astonishing book, filled with all sorts of rarely revealed techniques. The book instructs in everything from diet to exercise. It shows you how to prepare mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It teaches the exercises you need to learn in order to see what the energy of the body (called "chi) feels like, how to enhance it and cycle it throughout your body, and then how to use it for everything from healing to magick.

You'll discover that breathing properly is the single most important concept in chi gung. It enables you to increase or decrease the amount and flow of chi in your body. There are three main styles of breathing for chi gung: natural breathing (what happens when you concentrate on the movements or positions of the various exercises while not thinking about any breathing pattern), Buddhist breathing (deep breathing that coordinates your breathing with the movement of your diaphragm and stomach muscles), and Taoist reverse breathing (the opposite of Buddhist breathing). How they are used is explained in the book.

The practice of the techniques in this book will help you to stay sharp and even get smarter. They will help you withstand heat, cold, and pain. They will even help you to defend yourself by discovering how to sense danger.

In a very real sense, the possibilities that are open to a student of chi gung are almost limitless. If you are already practicing any system of magick, spirituality, or martial arts, you owe it to yourself to add the techniques of Chi Gung to your practices.

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Would you like to be able to heal yourself or others? How about communicate with spirits or pick up the energies within objects? Would you like to be able to use your mind to make things move? And would you like to do all of this without any sort of expensive paraphernalia? Then you need to get Chi Gung by L. V. Carnie.

This is truly an astonishing book, filled with all sorts of rarely revealed techniques. The book instructs in everything from diet to exercise. It shows you how to prepare mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It teaches the exercises you need to learn in order to see what the energy of the body (called "chi) feels like, how to enhance it and cycle it throughout your body, and then how to use it for everything from healing to magick.

You'll discover that breathing properly is the single most important concept in chi gung. It enables you to increase or decrease the amount and flow of chi in your body. There are three main styles of breathing for chi gung: natural breathing (what happens when you concentrate on the movements or positions of the various exercises while not thinking about any breathing pattern), Buddhist breathing (deep breathing that coordinates your breathing with the movement of your diaphragm and stomach muscles), and Taoist reverse breathing (the opposite of Buddhist breathing). How they are used is explained in the book.

The practice of the techniques in this book will help you to stay sharp and even get smarter. They will help you withstand heat, cold, and pain. They will even help you to defend yourself by discovering how to sense danger.

In a very real sense, the possibilities that are open to a student of chi gung are almost limitless. If you are already practicing any system of magick, spirituality, or martial arts, you owe it to yourself to add the techniques of Chi Gung to your practices.

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  • Posted June 21, 2009

    A Gem

    As a massage therapist, I've recently been working to improve my palpation skills (ie being able to feel the various muscles within the human body) and I'd been searching for books and DVDs to help me. I came across Lily of the Valley Carnie's book and discovered it has been a great resource for me.

    I was familiar with the ideas of Chi Gung (or QiGong) before I came across her book, but she has it organized into different sections designed to help you learn how Chi feels in a variety of training contexts such as Physical, Mental, or Emotional. Her section on Sensory Training turned out to be a tremendous help for me as cultivating that type of sensitivity was just what I was looking for. The exercises she provides gave me some great ideas to use with my palpation training.

    Sometimes you are delighted to discover gems in places where you least expect to find them. Thanks Ms Carnie for such a wonderful book.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted January 17, 2009

    Majorly Cool.

    Reading this book is helping me understand and appreciate Chi Gung. I didn't know much when I started and it's both simpler than I thought but at the same time has an incredible depth because of the discoveries possible as you expand awareness to your body's Chi Flow.

    I loved her section on breathing because I've been connecting with my breath a lot in my meditation practice and it was interesting to learn about the different styles of breathing that have been used throughout the ages.

    I like it when an author writes as if they're talking to me and Lily Carnie does a great job making me feel like I'm having a coffee house chat with about the wonder and mysteries of Chi Gung.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 31, 2009

    Poetry in Motion

    Sometimes it's those simple, quiet movements that lead to the greatest discoveries and this is one of the concepts captured in Lily Carnie's book.

    I loved reading about her experiences with Chi and the insights and exercises she shares. To me, they all deal with such a simple concept...sensitivity... yet it can take a lifetime to explore.

    Chi Gung leads you within to learn to feel what is happening within your body when you take action or feel emotion or experience beauty. Her book is about learning to feel the poetry that exists in the motion of life.

    It's a beautiful book and I'd recommend it.

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  • Posted November 8, 2008

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    Delightfully Different

    When I read books on the Eastern and Oriental traditions, I prefer those that take a different, almost poetic approach to the material and Lily Carnie's book certainly fits the bill. She is not restricted with the idea that there is only one correct way to do anything. By providing a wide variety of examples, she encourages readers develop their own awareness, learn to explore Chi and experience it for themselves.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 21, 2008

    A big hearted book

    I really connected to her book and found it a wonderful guide to the practice of Chi Gung. Some of her experiences remind me of the wonder I feel on a starry night on the open plain. I don't know where Ms. Carnie originally hails from, but there's an exuberance in her writing that makes me feel she's a Texas Gal at heart and is welcome to come along for a night of saloon hopping and bronco riding whenever she's visiting the ol' Republic.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 15, 2007

    A wonderful book on Chi Gung

    Lily of the Valley Carnie's book is an excellent way to learn more about chi, the life energy that flows through the universe. She teaches in a way that is informative but most importantly - fun! In an easy-to-read, almost conversational fashion, she explains how to incorporate chi awareness into your day-to-day activities...everything from reading a book to flying a kite. What I found most delightful is that it is organized so that once you've covered the basics in the introductory section, you can literally open the book to any page and have a self-contained lesson on chi applied to a specific topic ( like healing or enhancing your sense of smell or training with colors or even fly-fishing ). I highly recommend it to anyone interested in exploring this ancient art.

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