chi nei tsang

Chi Nei Tsang: Internal Organ Rejuvenation
By Shanti Dechen

Ancient Taoists realized that negative emotions can cause serious damage to one’s health; impairing physical, mental, and emotional functions. The Taoists understood that each human emotion is an expression of energy, and that certain emotions could be the negative energy behind many physical aliments. They also identified a specific cycle of relationships between the emotions and the internal organs. For example, the experience of a “knot” in one’s stomach indicates the presence of worry, since this negative emotion accumulates in the stomach and spleen. Tensions, worries and stresses of the day are often not dispersed and accumulate in the internal organs and glands. These disturbances can cause physical tangling and knotting of the nerves, blood vessels and lymph nodes. The result is the gradual obstruction of energy flow through the meridians, circulatory, lymphatic and nerve flows to the internal organs.

The Taoist’s also discovered that most maladies can be healed once the underlying toxins and negative forces are released from the body. Chi, the life force energy, moves through the body’s internal meridian channels, nervous system, blood vessels and lymph glands. All these systems concentrate and cross paths in the abdomen, which acts as their control center. Chi Nei Tsang (pronounced Chee Ney Song) is a branch of Taoist medicine, introduced in the West by Taoist Master Mantak Chia. Chi Nei Tsang clears out these negative energies that obstruct the internal organs and cause knots in the abdomen; it quickly and effectively transforms these tensions, toxins, emotions, and congestion, excesses, deficiencies, heat and cold that create dysfunction in the organs and related systems back into vitality. Once an area of stress is restored, renewed and revived and the energy can smoothly flow into its channels and vessels, the body, mind and spirit are well on their way to healing themselves.

The Five Element Theory is the basic foundation of Chi Nei Tang. A practitioner observes the face, tongue and pulses to determine imbalances. A Chi Nei Tsang session uses the techniques of acupressure and hands-on palpation of the abdomen, and works with each individual organ to clear away negative emotions, toxins and congestions. This process may also include working with the circulatory, lymphatic, digestive, and reproductive and nervous systems. As an added benefit, practitioners routinely prescribe and teach Chi Kung exercises so that clients can strengthen their physical and Chi bodies through home self-care practice. Chi Nei Tsang practitioners do not simply teach these techniques, but, through their own Chi Kung accomplishments, are capable of generating and directing vital force through and around others.

The main philosophy and purpose of Chi Nei Tsang is to teach people how to heal themselves by providing insights into their own immense healing powers. One must always remember that the most important healing comes from within oneself.

Shanti Dechen has been studying with Mantak Chia of the Universal Healing Tao since 1984. She is a Certified Senior Instructor of Chi Nei Tsang I, II, III and teachers training. In addition to her certifications in Chi Nei Tsang, Shanti has a university background in the sciences, National Certification for Massage Therapy, a Certified Clinical Aromatherapist and has over 15,000 hours of extensive training and certifications in body/mind therapies and meditation. Shanti currently resides in Austin, Texas as the director of Aroma Apothecary Healing Arts Academy.

She can be reached at Aroma Apothecary at (512) 282-6099 Or E-mail aromaapothecary@austin.rr.com www.aromaapothecary.com