Phoenix Taoist Center
Eight Brocades Workshop DVD Package
(Includes New Guided Practice CD)

(This 3 DVD set is a companion work to the book Qigong Teachings of a Taoist Immortal)

Phoenix Taoist Center
Valley Spirit Arts, 2006
Handbook ISBN: 1-889633-26-7
DVD1 ISBN: 1-889633-28-3
Running Time: 1:56:12
DVD2 ISBN:
1-889633-29-1
Running Time: 1:55:17
DVD3 ISBN:
1-889633-34-8
Running Time: 1:55:12
Guided Practice CD:
1-889633-24-0
Running Time: 53:00

Price: $108.00 + S/H FREE to members of the Phoenix Taoist Center

This companion work was filmed from a workshop held in August 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona. The DVD-set includes lectures on Taoism, Taoist meditation, and the Six Healing Sounds, as well as complete teaching and practice sessions on the Eight Brocades Seated Taoist Yoga exercises (as written about in Qigong Teachings of a Taoist Immortal).

This DVD-set provides nearly 6 hours of instruction and is a superb guide for those who wish to study and practice these traditional and effective Taoist methods.

The new Guided Practice CD takes you through all 8 Brocades, saying each instruction and counting for you. It is a great method for learning and training your practice.

Sample Clips:

Sitting and forgetting

Three Treasures

About the Eight Brocades

Eight Brocades is an internal and external yogic exercise regime that aids in the development of the Three Treasures of ching, qi, and shen. The first four exercises are performed directly prior to the meditation period and the second four right afterward.

Eight distinct therapies function within the exercises for developing optimal health, increasing longevity, and achieving immortality:

The first therapy involves the use of massage—such as the patting and pressing aspect of Beat the Heavenly Drum, the pressing activity within Shake the Heavenly Pillar, the rubbing of the kidneys and heating of the hands in Rub the Court of the Kidneys, and the massaging of the bubbling well cavities in Grasping with Hooks.

The second therapy uses sound, as in the tapping of the Heavenly Drum, listening to the breath, hearing the sound of ku ku, and using the five half coughs.

The third is the aspect of visualization, as in imagining a fire burning in the lower stomach and producing light in the yu chen cavity, and imagining the qi circulating in the body.

The fourth is the method of twisting and stretching, as seen in Shake the Heavenly Pillar, The Single Pass and Double Pass Windlass, Supporting Heaven, and Grasping with Hooks.

The fifth is the method of breath control, of which four main types are used: Cleansing Breath (Ching Hsi), Natural Breathing (Tzu Hsi), Tortoise Breathing (Kuei Hsi), and Closing the Breath (Pi Qi).

The sixth therapy is that of swallowing, which begins with the saliva and later on the breath itself.

The seventh therapy is the use of meditative (ching tso) techniques.

The eighth therapy is the circulation of qi through the jen mo and tu mo meridians (hsiao chou t’ien, or the Lesser Heavenly Circuit).

The Lesser Heavenly Circuit is the actual goal for Eight Brocades practice. Between the practices of Eight Brocades and Chang Sanfeng’s meditation method, the fundamentals for achieving the experience of circulating qi through the Lesser Heavenly Circuit are greatly enhanced.

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