Mantak Chia
Taoist Master and Creator of the Healing Tao, Tao Yoga, Universal HEALING TAO System
- Expertise : Taoist Master
- Languages : english
- Website : https://www.mantakchia.com/
MANTAK CHIA is a well-known Taoist Master and is best known for his teaching Taoist practices under the names of Healing Tao, Tao Yoga, Universal Healing Tao System, and Qi Gong. He has run numerous workshops, wrote a series of books, and published many training videos. He views himself primarily as a teacher. He is also the creator of the Healing Tao, Tao Yoga, Universal HEALING TAO System, and the director of the Universal HEALING TAO Center and Tao Garden Health Spa & Resort in the beautiful northern countryside within Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Since childhood, Chia has been studying the Taoist approach to his life. His mastery of the ancient knowledge enhanced by his study of other disciplines has developed the Healing Tao & Universal HEALING TAO System, which is now being taught throughout the world. In more than 45 years of teaching, Master Chia has published over 55 books on Taoist practices and estimates 75 books in total to convey the full Universal Healing Tao System.
Master Pan Yu taught him about the exchange of Yin and Yang power between men and women and how to develop the Steel Body. To better understand the mechanisms behind healing energy, Master Chia studied Western anatomy and medical science for two years. Using his knowledge of Taoism combined with the other disciplines, Mantak Chia developed and began teaching the Universal Healing Tao System. He also trained other Instructors to communicate this knowledge, and he established the Natural Healing Center in Thailand.
Books by Mantak Chia
- Mantak Chia and Maneewan. Chi Nei Tsang: Internal Organ Chi Massage, 1990
- Clarke, John James. The Tao of the West: Western Transformations of Taoist Thought. Routledge, 2000.
- Clarke, Peter Bernard. New religions in global perspective: a study of religious change in the modern world. Routledge, 2006.
- Kohn, Livia. Chinese Healing Exercises: The Tradition of Daoyin. University of Hawaii Press, 2008.
- Larthe, Christopher. “Mantak Chia – A Modern Taoist Master.” Positive Health, July 1999 (Issue 42).
- Machacek, David W. & Wilcox, Melissa M. Sexuality and the world’s religions. ABC-CLIO, 2003.
- Chia, Mantak and Winn, Michael. “Taoist Secrets of Love – Cultivating Male Sexual Energy.” Aurora Press, 1984.
- Miller, James. Chinese religions in contemporary society. ABC-CLIO, 2006.
- Chia, Mantak and Stone, Sarina. “Smiling Anatomy for Children, Level 1”. Empowerment Through Knowledge, 2010.
- Chia, Mantak and Stone, Sarina. “Smiling Anatomy for Children, Level 2”. Empowerment Through Knowledge, 2010.
- Chia, Mantak and Stone, Sarina. “Smiling Anatomy for Children, Level 3”. Empowerment Through Knowledge, 2010.
