This complete learning package has been designed to support your Summer Retreat training journey both during and after the retreat. Inside you will find essential study materials, practical tools, and guided teachings from Grandmaster Mantak Chia.
Each element – from books to practice charts, posters, Chi Cards, and self-paced recordings – has been carefully selected to help you deepen your understanding, refine your practice, and integrate Taoist wisdom into daily life.
✨ PRACTICE TOOLS
Bamboo Hitter
In its traditional form, the Bamboo Hitter uses a bundle of bamboo rods to strike specific lines along the body and limbs.
The rhythmic tapping creates vibrations that stimulate the bones and help open the bone pores, allowing energy to penetrate deeper into the marrow. This practice also helps release tension from fascia and muscles, stimulate circulation, and support the removal of toxins and uric acid deposits from the body.
📚 PRINTED BOOKS
Elixir Chi Kung
This book teaches Taoist methods of cultivating internal energy through the circulation of saliva, known as the “Golden Elixir.”
These practices help nourish the organs, support hormonal balance, and strengthen vitality by transforming internal fluids into a powerful source of life energy.
Fusion of the Five Elements
This book presents one of the core practices of Taoist Inner Alchemy.
Fusion meditation teaches how to collect, transform, and harmonize emotional energy within the organs. Through specific visualization and energetic techniques, practitioners learn to balance the five elemental forces in the body and develop a stable energetic center.
🃏 CHI CARDS
Chi Cards – Level I
A visual learning tool designed to help students remember the structure and sequence of the practices taught during the retreat.
The cards present key steps and energetic principles in a simple and clear format, making it easier to review the practices and integrate them into daily training.
🌌 PRINTED POSTERS
Elixir Chi Kung Chart
A practice chart illustrating the energetic principles of the Golden Elixir practices, showing how saliva, internal fluids, and energy circulation support vitality and longevity.
Cosmic Healing Sounds
A visual reference guide for the Cosmic Healing Sounds, showing the connection between specific healing sounds, internal organs, and emotional states.
This poster helps practitioners remember how to use sound vibrations to release excess heat from the organs, restore emotional balance, and harmonize internal energy.
Six Directions Practice
A Taoist practice chart illustrating the Six Directions energy connection method, used to open awareness and connect the practitioner with the surrounding energetic field.
Taoist Body / Mind / Spirit Chart
A classical Taoist inner-alchemy diagram showing the relationship between the organs, energy pathways, and spiritual development within the body.
This chart provides a visual map of how physical health, emotional balance, and spiritual cultivation are interconnected in Taoist practice.
💻 SELF-PACED VIDEO COURSE
Awaken Your Breath of Life
Self-paced online course
This course offers guided instruction on Taoist breathing methods used to activate internal energy and support vitality.
Through these practices, students learn how to connect breath, awareness, and energy circulation in order to strengthen the organs, calm the mind, and develop a deeper sense of internal balance.