Qi Gong for Total Wellness: Increase Your Energy, Vitality, and Longevity with the Ancient 9 Palaces System from the White Cloud Monastery

This is hands down the best book on qigong I've ever seen. The writing is simple, yet extremely deep and advanced! The exercises are well explained and HIGHLY effective. If I could only recommend one book to someone on the subject, it'd definitely be this one.

This is a well-written, easy to read book. I would encourage anybody even vaguely interested in the subject matter to take the leap and deepen your understanding. The idea of preventing illness by using these techniques, and the consciousness behind this idea, is a vastly superior approach to health and well-being, versus Western Medicine, which treats symptoms and is, more and more, mired in commerce rather than compassion. Besides health issues, there are other valuable things to be had from practicing these exercises and reading this book. For me it's an exhilarating discovery. I am not even vaguely an expert in Qi Gong, nor well-read in this area, but I have been daily practicing techniques from "Awaken Healing Energy Through Tao" by Mantak Chia since 1983. I've never had health insurance and have only been to the doctor twice, both times for minor cuts and stitches. (Glue and butterfly bandages have since replaced those infrequent doctor visits.) There is a lot of benefit to be had from practicing these techniques and I deeply thank Dr. Wu for bringing these esoteric exercises and understandings out of the Monastery for seekers around the world to find.

I have studied Qi gong for many years, and have read many books on it...most I have found lacking. But this book seems to have a profound spiritual basis and I have discovered wonderful things in it that i have not elsewhere. The critical problem this book suffers from is that it is a narrative style only...there badly needs to be a didactic picture and instruction section. This could be done separately as a workbook, but as it is, I'm having to go through slowly and create cards/diagrams that I can follow, based on the text. But it is worth it...I believe that this book contains many 'secrets' of Qi Gong practice...I encourage the author to produce an illustrated step by step manual to help us out!!