T’ AI KI HEALING SCIENCE
This chapter deals with the use of T’ai Chi as a healing art, not only for healing oneself but also as a tool to heal other people. In my work with the students at the N.S.W. College of Natural Therapies, I have devised a practical way to use the various T’ai Chi exercises and forms to heal certain disorders caused through a bodily imbalance of Yin and Yang. Of course before a person is able to heal someone else he or she must "know" their own energy flow and centre by learning T’ai Chi Ch'uan. Only when a person is balanced inside can he or she then use their energy to heal other people. The Bible says that "God created Man (and woman) in his own “image". Chinese philosophy says much the same thing, only goes into a little more detail. The human is the Microcosm of the Universe or, "The Image of the Universe". Universe is the expansion of the human. Heaven is Round and the Earth is Square. Humans' heads are round and the feet square. Heaven has the sun and moon The Human has eyes and ears, The order of the stars corresponds to the teeth of humans. Rain and Wind are the same as Joy and Anger The Mountains and Valleys correspond to the Shoulders and Armpits Rocks and Stones are the Nodes and Tuberosities of humans Weeds and Grasses are humans' hair and down Trees and Shrubs are humans' tendons and muscles The 4 Seasons correspond to the 4 Limbs The 12 months represent the 12 Joints or the 12 main meridians. Man and Woman are replicas of the Universe.