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The Inner Smile

Increasing Chi through the Cultivation of Joy
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The Inner Smile by Mantak Chia delves into the practice of an ancient Taoist meditation technique. It encourages readers to cultivate positive energy and emotional balance by generating an inner sense of gratitude and harmony. Through simple exercises, the book guides individuals to connect with their internal organs, promoting both physical and emotional well-being.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring ancient Taoist practices to enhance your personal well-being and emotional health. The author offers techniques to connect with your inner self and promote a sense of peace and harmony. This could be a great read for those looking to develop mindfulness and cultivate positive energy in their daily lives.

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A guide to the foundational practice of “smiling to the organs” to promote deep relaxation and internal health.

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The Inner Smile is a practice that focuses gratitude and joy on the internal organs to resolve the physical and mental tensions that can lead to illness. In Taoism, negative emotions—anger, sadness, depression, fear, and worry—are seen as low-grade energy that causes chronic disease and steals our major life force by creating energy blockages.

Master Mantak Chia shows that the internal awareness produced by the simple yet powerful Inner Smile meditation practice flushes the organs of poisonous negative energy that may be blocking chi energy flow in order to nourish the entire body. Just as a genuine outer smile transmits positive energy and has the power to warm and heal, an inner smile produces a high grade of energy that promotes powerful internal healing, deep relaxation, happiness, and longevity.

Smiling to the organs and thanking them for the work they do helps to reawaken the intelligence of the body, which, once activated, can dissipate emotional imbalances and inner disharmony before serious illness manifests.

The Inner Smile presents exercises that dissolve the physical and mental tensions that can cause energy blockages and unhealthy chi flow and shows how to recognize illness at its inception on the organ level and how to balance the emotions to heal it.

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The Inner Smile is praised for transforming complex ideas into accessible concepts, serving as a positive tool to address internal conflicts or dis-ease. Despite its brevity, the book effectively covers significant topics, earning commendation for its approachable and comprehensive presentation.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781594771552

Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 August 2008

Country: United States

Imprint: Destiny Books,U.S.

Illustration: 35 color and b&w illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 147g

Pages: 80

About the Author

A student of several Taoist masters, Mantak Chia founded the Universal Healing Tao System in 1979 and has taught and certified tens of thousands of students and instructors from all over the world. He is the director of the Tao Garden Integrative Medicine Health Spa and Resort training center in northern Thailand and the author of thirty-one books, including The Taoist Soul Body, Sexual Reflexology, and the bestselling The Multi-Orgasmic Man.

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