Feeling the Way: Touch, Qi Gong healing, and the Daoist tradition - Softcover

Develop your hand sensitivity and awaken your healing hands with the help of this practical guide written by practitioner Rob Long. Inspired by Daoist philosophy and concepts of qi, the book features illustrations and instructive techniques for working energetically with your hands, allowing you to develop refined bodywork methods. -- Massage & Bodywork Magazine In this short and easy-to-read book, Rob Long peels away most of the theoretical obscuration that conceals the Daoist heart of Traditional Chinese Medicine and shows how to combine the key experiences discovered in the practice of Qigong and Neigong with that of acupuncture in healing. -- Carola Beresford-Cooke, author of Shiatsu Theory and Practice

This practical, down-to-earth guide offers the means for you to awaken your healing hands. Focussing on the use of hand sensitivity and energy in healing, the guide introduces methods to rapidly sharpen your latent skills and increase your confidence when feeling and working with Qi. Based on a combination of clinical examples, Daoist philosophy, and detailed 'how-to' instructions, the author shows you how to develop your ability to work energetically with your hands, providing an invaluable, powerful tool for subtle diagnosis and healing work that can supplement other methods.