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Mantak Chia (born 1944) is an author, teacher and self-described healer. He is the founder of the Universal Tao as well as International Healing Tao. He is known for his books and teachings on Taoism, qigong and Taoist sexuality. Mantak Chia is a controversial figure in Taoism, alternately praised for public disclosure of long-held secrets and condemned for idiosyncrasies such as giving undue weight to sexual practices and lore. His wife Maneewan Chia is the co-author of many of his books.

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Born in Bangkok to Chinese parents, Chia was born into a Christian family and identifies himself as Christian as an adult. His father was a Baptist minister. Initially, he taught the "Healing Tao" in New York.

Mantak Chia claims to make esoteric Taoist practices more accessible to a modern Western audience. He has closely worked with several students with a background in Western esoteric studies, especially Michael Winn, Eric Yudelove and Dennis Lewis. He has also led workshops on Taoist practices. Recently, in May of 2008, he led a workshop at the New York Open Center called 'Wisdom Chi Kung,' which described certain meditative techniques to help calm the mind and increase mental capacity and clarity.

Mantak and Maneewan Chia live in Thailand and have one child.

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Practices

What the Healing Tao claims to teach includes qigong practices like Iron Shirt, and Tao Yin. Fusion of the Five Elements is a central practice, allegedly balancing qi. Fusion of the Five Elements is the first level of meditation in a practice also known as Fusion of the Five Forces in the Universe. Other internal alchemy meditations include what Chia describes as "water and fire" methods as well as claims of spiritual and physical immortality. These practices are related to what Chia calls the "Immortal Tao".

Chia also offers a form of abdomen massage called Chi Nei Tsang, which, he teaches, helps to "clears negative emotions" (in the form of "bad winds" or "sick winds") which are purported to gather near the navel.

In June,1990 Master Mantak Chia was honored by the International Congress of Chiness medcine and Qi Gong (Chi Kung)who named him the Qi Qong Master of the year.

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In 1994 Master Mantak Chia moved back to Thaliand, where he the began construction of Tao Garden and Universal Tao Center.

In December 2000 the Tao Garden Health Resort and Universal Tao Center was completed with two Meditation Halls, two open air Simple Chi Kung Pavilions, indoor Tai Chi, Tao Yin and Chi Nei Tsang Hall, Tai Chi Natural Swimming pool, pakua integrative medical clinic center and a weight lifting gym.

In February 2002 the immoral Tao practices were held at Tao Garden for the first time using Dark Room technology.

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Books

• 1983 - Awaken Healing Energy of the Tao
• 1984 - Taoist Secrets of Love: Cultivating Male Sexual Energy co-authored with Michael Winn
• 1985 - Taoist Ways to Transform Stress into Vitality
• 1986 - Chi Self-Massage: the Tao of Rejuvenation
• 1986 - Iron Shirt Chi Kung I
• 1986 - Healing Love Through the Tao: Cultivating Female Sexual Energy
• 1989 - Bone Marrow Nei Kung
• 1990 - Fusion of the Five Elements I
• 1990 - Chi Nei Tsang: Internal Organ Chi Massage
• 1993 - Awaken Healing Light of the Tao
• 1996 - The Inner Structure of Tai Chi co-authored with Juan Li
• 1996 - Multi-Orgasmic Man co-authored with Douglas Abrams - published by HarperCollins
• 1999 - Tao Yin
• 2000 - Chi Nei Tsang II
• 2000 - Multi-Orgasmic Couple co-authored with Douglas Abrams - published by HarperCollins
• 2001 - Cosmic Healing I
• 2001 - Cosmic Healing II co-authored with Dirk Oellibrandt
• 2001 - Door of all Wonders co-authored with Tao Haung
• 2002 - Sexual Reflexology co-authored with W.U. Wei
• 2002 - Elixir Chi Kung
• 2002 - Tan Tien Chi Kung
• 2003 - Cosmic Fusion
• 2003 - Karsai Nei Kung

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Awaken Healing Energy Through The Tao

Taoist Esoteric Yoga is an ancient, powerful system of physical, psychological and spiritual development encompassing meditative and internal energy practices. This book reveals the Taoist secret of awakening and circulating Chi, the generative life force, through the acupuncture meridians of the body. Includes : Opening the energy channels of the body; proper wiring of the etheric body; acupuncture and microcosmic orbit; Taoist yoga and kundalini; how to prevent side effects; commonly asked questions.

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Chi Nei Tsang

In the Naval Centre negative emotions, stress, tension, and sickness accumulate and congest. When this occurs, all vital functions stagnate. Using Chi Nei Tsang techniques in and around the area of the naval provides the fastest method of healing and the most permanent results. Many techniques of other systems only work at the body's extremities, far from the Naval Centre and the organs. The Che Nei Tsang techniques taught in this book can be applied to the abdominal centre where the Universal, Cosmic Particle, and Earth Forces are combined and stored.

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Energy Balance through the Tao

In the Western world, exercise focuses mainly on physical fitness and developing muscular strength. In the East, exercise systems balance fitness practices for the body, mind, and spirit. This balance is strongly emphasized in the Taoist system of Tao Yin, one of the oldest and most diverse forms of exercise in China. Tao Yin focuses on creating balance between internal and external energies and revitalizing the body, mind, and spirit with a combination of strength, flexibility, and internal energy exercises. Its ultimate goal is for the practitioner to become pure, responsive, and full of energy, like a child. In Energy Balance through the Tao, Master Mantak Chia introduces 45 fully illustrated Tao Yin exercises to Western readers. He explains the history behind the practice and its connections to other complementary Chinese exercise forms, such as tai chi.

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Fusion Of The Five Elements I

Fusion of the Five Elements I is the first level of meditation in a Taoist practice also known as Fusion of the Five Forces in the Universe. It is the beginning of Inner Alchemy, a process by which you gain control over the energies of your inner universe so that a connection can be made to the tremendous energy of the universe beyond the body. The practice teaches you how to locate and dissolve the negative energies hidden inside your body. Using the Five Element Theory, a connection is made between the five outer senses - eyes, tongue, mouth, nose, ears - and the five major emotions - anger, hate, worry, sadness, and fear. Once the negative emotion is identified with the organ it is stored in, it can be controlled.

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Healing Love Through The Tao Cultivating Female Sexual Energy

There are two main exercises which the authors teach women to cultivate and enhance there sexual energy. One is Ovarian Breathing, which can shorten menstruation, reduce cramps, and compress more life-force energy (CHI) into the ovaries for more sexual power. Another, the Orgasmic Upward Draw, can be solo of with one's sexual partner. When this practice is mastered one can experience a total body orgasm that is beyond ordinary vaginal orgasm without losing life-force energy.

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Iron Shirt Chi Kung I

'Iron Shirt' refers to a system of breathing exercises, which permanently pack concentrated air into the fasciae connective tissues surrounding the vital organs, making them well nigh impervious to injuries from accidents or blows. Mantak Chia also explains how to root ourselves in the earth's power and thus to direct the earth's gravitational and healing power through our bone structure.

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Multi Orgasmic Couple

Men and women have different sexual energies - and too often this leads to disharmony, preventing us from fully exploring our sexual potential. The Multi-Orgasmic Couple shows how to create the ultimate sexual harmony between partners so you can make your bedroom a place for total fulfilling passion and intimacy. By harnessing the power of an ancient tradition of sexual wisdom you and your partner can learn to use physical and psychological techniques to experience the bliss of a whole body sexual experience with orgasm after orgasm.

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Multi Orgasmic Woman

How women can dramatically increase their sexual desire and pleasure as well as their general vitality. This book combines the profound sexual wisdom of the orient with the best of Western medical research to show women how they can feel more desire, experience greater energy and attain more orgasms.

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Master Mantak Chia is the creator of the Universal Tao System and is the director of the Universal Tao Center and Tao Garden Health Resort and Training Center in the beautiful northern countryside of Thailand. Since childhood he has been studying the Taoist approach to life. His mastery of this ancient knowledge, enhanced by his study of other disciplines, has resulted in the development of the Universal Tao System which is now being taught throughout the world.

Mantak Chia was born in Thailand to Chinese parents in 1944. When he was six years old, Buddhist monks taught him how to sit and “still the mind.” While still a grammar school student, he learned traditional Thai boxing. He was then taught Tai Chi Chuan by Master Lu, who soon introduced him to Aikido, Yoga and broader levels of Tai Chi.

Years later, when he was a student in Hong Kong excelling in track and field events, a senior classmate named Cheng Sue-Sue introduced him to his first esoteric teacher and Taoist Master, Master Yi Eng (I Yun). At this point, Master Chia began his studies of the Taoist way of life in earnest. He learned how to circulate energy through the Microcosmic Orbit and, through the practice of Fusion of the Five Elements, how to open the other Six Special Channels. As he studied Inner Alchemy further, he learned the Enlightenment of the Kan and Li, Sealing of the Five Senses, Congress of Heaven and Earth and Reunion of Heaven and Man. It was Master Yi Eng who authorized Master Chia to teach and heal.

When Mantak Chia was in his early twenties he studied with Master Meugi in Singapore, who taught him Kundalini, Taoist Yoga and the Buddha Palm. He was soon able to clear blockages to the flow of energy within his own body. He learned to pass the life force energy through his hands also, so that he could heal Master Meugi’s patients. He then learned Chi Nei Tsang from Dr. Mui Yimwattana in Thailand.

A while later, he studied with Master Cheng Yao-Lun who taught him the Shao-Lin Method of Internal Power. He learned the closely guarded secret of the organs, glands and bone marrow exercise known as Bone Marrow Nei Kung and the exercise known as Strengthening and Renewal of the Tendons. Master Cheng Yao- Lun’s system combined Thai boxing and Kung Fu. Master Chia also studied at this time with Master Pan Yu, whose system combined Taoist, Buddhist and Zen teachings. Master Pan Yu also taught him about the exchange of Yin and Yang power between men and women, and how to develop the Steel Body.

To understand the mechanisms behind healing energy better, Master Chia studied Western anatomy and medical science for two years. While pursuing his studies, he managed the Gestetner Company, a manufacturer of office equipment and became well acquainted with the technology of offset printing and copying machines.

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Using his knowledge of Taoism, combined with the other disciplines, Master Chia began teaching the Universal Tao System. He eventually trained other Instructors to communicate this knowledge and he established the Natural Healing Center in Thailand. Five years later, he decided to move to New York, where in 1979, he opened the Universal Tao Center. During his years in America, Master Chia continued his studies in the Wu system of Tai Chi with Edward Yee in New York.

Since then, Master Chia has taught tens of thousands of students throughout the world. He has trained and certified over 1,500 instructors and practitioners from all over the world. Living Tao Centers, Chi Nei Tsang Institutes, Cosmic Healing Forums and Immortal Tao Mountain Sanctuaries have opened in many locations in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.

In 1994, Master Chia moved back to Thailand, where he had begun construction of Tao Garden and the Universal Tao Training Center fifteen miles outside of Chiang Mai.

Master Chia is a warm, friendly and helpful man who views himself primarily as a teacher. He presents the Universal Tao System in a straightforward and practical manner, while always expanding his knowledge and approach to teaching. He uses a word processor for writing and is totally at ease with the latest computer technology.

Master Chia estimates that it will take thirty-five books to convey the full Universal Tao System. In June, 1990, at a dinner in San Francisco, Master Chia was honored by the International Congress of Chinese Medicine and Qi Gong (Chi Kung), who named him the Qi gong Master of the Year. He is the first recipient of this annual award.

In December, 2000, the Tao Garden Health Resort and Universal Tao Training Center was completed with two Meditation Halls, two open air Simple Chi Kung Pavilions, indoor Tai Chi, Tao Tao Yin and Chi Nei Tsang Hall, Tai Chi Natural Swimming Pool, Pakua Communications Center with a complete Taoist Library, Internal World Class Weight Lifting Hall and complete 8 Court Recreational Facilities.

In February, 2002, the Immortal Tao practices were held at Tao Garden for the first time using the Dark Room technology creating a complete environment for the higher level Taoist practices.

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The Work of Master Mantak Chia

A conversation with Ronnie Robinson & Bob Lowey

Grandmaster Mantak Chia, who was born in Thailand in 1944 was initiated into meditation practices by Buddhist monks at the age of 6. While studying in Hong Kong he learned Tai Chi Chuan, Aikido and Kundalini Yoga. His pursuit of Taoist teachings led him to meet the White Cloud Hermit, a Taoist Master, originally from Central China, living at that time in the mountains near Hong Kong. For over five years Master Yi Eng transmitted to Master Chia the most sacred and closely held Taoist practices, formulas and methods of internal alchemy.

Grandmaster Mantak Chia author of dozens of books teaches in all parts of the world and resides at the Tao Garden Retreat Centre in Northern Thailand. His Scottish representatives, Gordon & Maria Faulkner brought him to Glasgow, as part of his world tour. Unfortunately teaching commitments would not allow me to attend his seminar but Bob Lowey and I went along to have a chat with his at the end of his workshop.

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Welcome to Glasgow, Master Chia. I’m sorry I couldn’t attend your seminar. Can we begin with you perhaps giving me a brief overview of the nature of your work and what you were talking about tonight?

One of our main areas of practice concerns sexual energy or Jing. All aspects of internal arts refer to this idea of Jing; be it Tai Chi Chuan, Hsing I or Baguazhang. Many people don’t understand the concept of the Tao. They can practice Tai Chi but not have any awareness of this concept. In the practice of Tai Chi one should activate the Chi energy in the Tantien. This creates the fire in the Tantien by makes this area warm. At the beginning we regard the sexual energy to be like water. You need to make the water warm by concentrating on the fire. This turns the energy into steam or Chi, which then rises up. Therefore the work of the Tao is the work of inner alchemy practice. The entire Tao practices which include Qigong, Tai Chi Chuan, Hsing I, Baguazhang are exercises of internal work. To understand the whole concept of the Tao is to work with the inner alchemy.

Working with inner alchemy has a strong effect on our emotions. We start to change our anger into kindness; we start to change hate into love. Sexual energy stimulates the inner alchemy and sexual practice is a method of inner alchemy, which everyone can do. When people are sexually aroused they change inside and the egg or sperm changes into Jing Chi. So in the Tao practice we can transform the Jing into Chi but we have to make sure that the Jing Chi can become transformed upwards rather than being emitted from the body. In order to be able to do this you must create a place where the Chi can be stored and that place is in the Tantien. The route does not go directly from the sexual organs to the Tantien. It has to move up the spine to the brain and from the brain down to the Tantien. This, of course, requires special practice.

Often when people do only Tai Chi they don’t understand how to cultivate chi. That is why, when I was taught, my teacher spent a lot of time working on meditation before teaching forms. We focussed on the Jing Chi travelling from coccyx up to the spine, right up to the brain, from the brain go down from the tongue, down to the Tantien. This is the first thing I learned before I practised Tai Chi Chuan.

The whole practice of multi-orgasmic energy is that you learn how to feel and activate your energy, how to draw it upwards, move round the cycle and store it. Our sexual energy is stored in our lower centre, waiting to be either activated or lost. We also learn why we need to move the mind to the Tantien, to rest the upper brain. Consciousness starts in the heart and awareness starts from the Tantien. When the brain is over-used, with too much thinking and too much worrying the consciousness becomes suppressed.

In the practice of Tai Chi Chuan you have to connect the three Tantiens together with the mind. To do this you must use Yi or Mind Power. Yi will never happen unless you learn to rest your mind with the conscious mind and heart, and the conscious mind of awareness. When you connect the three Tantiens with your Yi you can then develop Chi. When your turn your awareness inwardly you, in turn, connect your awareness outwardly with the Cosmos. You can then feel your energy moving through your body. When your cerebral mind becomes over-activated we call this the Monkey Mind. When this is allowed to happen, then your awareness stops, and the flow of the chi energy will no longer be promoted through the pathways.