"A fascinating book. It is the type of information I have yearned to have. It is like meeting a master without having to search through the wilderness of China." --Gordon K. Lee DC, Healing Hands Holistic Group This long awaited book is the most comprehensive guide to the Taoist Physical Arts available on the market today. Reading this book, one is able to understand that health is more than just a physical state of being. Health is a treasure that we all seek to obtain and maintain. Every person is susceptible to physical harm and illness. However, we all have control over that level of vulnerability. Through Strength From Movement: Mastering Chi, the reader is able to clearly see how spirituality and mental attitude have as much to do with health as good eating habits and exercise. Taoist physical arts are designed to work on the physical, mental and spiritual levels. In this book, many of the ancient mysteries and secrets of Taoism are made teachable and comprehensive to the layman. Vibrant health can only be achieved and maintained through a positive lifestyle. Taoist physical arts develop internal harmony and emotional balance to maximize the energy (chi) which is essential to well-being. Mastery of Chi provides the benefits of self-generation and rejuvenation, and allows one to become healthy, youthful and joyful. Hua-Ching Ni is the author of over fifty books in Chinese and thirty-seven in English on philosophy, Chinese medicine, Tai Chi Chuan, Taoist meditation and related subjects. His practice of Chinese medicine and herbology spanned over five decades in China, Taiwan and the U.S. He has been invited to lecture world-wide on such subjects as religion, natural philosophy and practice for spiritual growth. Hua-Ching Ni was chosen as a youth to spend years living with and learning from Taoist Masters in the high mountains of mainland China. He was raised in a long family tradition of healing and spirituality that is carried on today in Santa Monica by his two sons Drs. Daoshing and Maoshing Ni. Hua-Ching Ni has devoted his life to continuing a spiritual tradition transmitted through an unbroken succession of 74 generations of Masters dating back to the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.) He is fully acknowledged and empowered as Master of all aspects of Taoist science and metaphysics.