Mantak Chia (Chinese 謝明德, Xiè Míngdé) was born on April 24, 1944 in Bangkok, Thailand (mantakchia.com). He is a Taoist master. He is best known for teaching Taoist practices under the names of Healing Tao, Tao Yoga, Universal Healing Tao System, and Qi Gong. He has run numerous workshops, written a series of books, and published a number of training videos. He views himself primarily as a teacher. BIOGRAPHY: Mantak Chia was born to a Chinese family in Thailand in 1944. He was raised in a Christian family, his father a Baptist minister. He began studying the Buddhist method of "still the mind" at the age of six and later studied Muay Thai boxing, T'ai chi ch'uan, Kung Fu, and Taoist and Buddhist meditation practices from several masters. Of all his masters the most influential one was Yi Eng ("White Cloud"), an eremitic member of the Dragon's Gate sect of the Quanzhen ("Complete Perfection") school of Taoism (道家全真龙门派), who taught Mantak Chia a complete Taoist training system and authorized him to teach and heal. More
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