Background

Mantak Chia was born on the 4th of April, 1944 in Bangkok, Thailand, the son of Chinese parents.

Education

When Mantak Chia was six years old, Buddhist monks taught him how to sit and “still the mind.” While still a grammar school student, he learned traditional Thai boxing. He was then taught Tai Chi Chuan by Master Lu, who soon introduced him to Aikido, Yoga and broader levels of Tai Chi.

Years later, when he was a student in Hong Kong excelling in track and field events, a senior classmate named Cheng Sue-Sue introduced him to his first esoteric teacher and Taoist Master, Master Yi Eng (I Yun). At this point, Master Chia began his studies of the Taoist way of life in earnest. He learned how to circulate energy through the Microcosmic Orbit and, through the practice of Fusion of the Five Elements, how to open the other Six Special Channels. As he studied Inner Alchemy further, he learned the Enlightenment of the Kan and Li, Sealing of the Five Senses, Congress of Heaven and Earth and Reunion of Heaven and Man. It was Master Yi Eng who authorized Master Chia to teach and heal.

When Mantak Chia was in his early twenties he studied with Master Meugi in Singapore, who taught him Kundalini, Taoist Yoga and the Buddha Palm. He was soon able to clear blockages to the flow of energy within his own body. He learned to pass the life force energy through his hands also, so that he could heal Master Meugi’s patients. He then learned Chi Nei Tsang from Dr. Mui Yimwattana in Thailand.

A bit later, he studied with Master Cheng Yao-Lun who taught him the Shao-Lin Method of Internal Power. He learned the closely guarded secret of the organs, glands and bone marrow exercise known as Bone Marrow Nei Kung and the exercise known as Strengthening and Renewal of the Tendons. Master Cheng Yao-Lun’s system combined Thai boxing and Kung Fu. Master Chia also studied at this time with Master Pan Yu, whose system combined Taoist, Buddhist and Zen teachings. Master Pan Yu also taught him about the exchange of Yin and Yang power between men and women, and how to develop the Steel Body.

To understand the mechanisms behind healing energy better, Master Chia studied Western anatomy and medical science for two years.

Career

Using his knowledge of Taoism combined with the other disciplines, Master Mantak Chia began teaching the Universal Healing Tao System. To advance this system, Chia established the Natural Healing Center in Thailand. Five years later, he decided to move to New York, where in 1979, he opened the Universal Healing Tao Center. Other centers have since opened in Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, London, England, and Bonn, Germany, and he has certified more than 1,000 instructors and practitioners in the Universal Tao system.

During his years in America, Master Chia continued his studies in the Wu system of Tai Chi with Edward Yee in New York. Master Chia moved back to Thailand in 1994, where he had begun construction of Tao Garden, the Universal Tao Training Center in Chiang Mai. Later in 2000, the Tao Garden Health Resort and Universal Tao Training Center was completed with two Meditation Halls, two open-air Simple Chi Kung Pavilions, indoor Tai Chi, Tao Tao Yin and Chi Nei Tsang Hall, Tai Chi Natural Swimming Pool, Pakua Center, Internal World Class Weight Lifting Hall and complete Eight Court Recreational Facilities.

Master Chia opened the Tao Garden Holistic Medical Spa in 2003, using Western and Eastern Technology with Traditional Thai Massage, India Aveda Therapies and Chinese Chi Nei Tsang Massage. Master Chia introduced the Five Star Eight Forces Detox Spa with Saunas, Therapy Color Heated Pool, Jacuzzi, and Internal Massage Treatments in 2009. This was also introduced with Raw Food and Fasting Program with Organic Juice Bar. In 2016 Universal Healing Tao instructors & students celebrated thirty-five years of Master Chia’s teaching with the event “Back to the Source” at Tao Garden Health Spa and Resort.

Master Chia is the author of more than two dozens books such as “Awaken Healing Energy through the Tao: The Taoist Secret of Circulating Internal Power” that was published in 1983, “Taoist Ways to Transform Stress into Vitality: The Inner Smile, Six Healing Sounds” in 1985, “Chi Self-Massage: The Taoist Way of Rejuvenation” in 1986, “Tan Tien Chi Kung: Empty Force, Perineum Power and the Second Brain” in 2002 and many others. Master Chia estimates that it will take fifty books to convey the full Universal Healing Tao System. In his writings Chia most often focuses on the development of sexual energy.

Achievements

• Master Mantak Chia is the founder of Universal Healing Tao Center, Tao Garden Health Spa & Resort Chiangmai and Tao Garden Holistic Medical Spa. He has been the only one named twice as Qigong Master of the Year by the International Congress of Chinese Medicine and Qi Gong in June 1990 in San Francisco and again in May 2012 in Toronto.
  
  Master Chia has taught tens of thousands of students throughout the world. The Watkins Review magazine listed Master Mantak Chia as №23 on its list of the most influential spiritual leaders and authors alive today in April 2011.
  
  In February 2012 The Watkins Review magazine listed Master Mantak Chia as №18 on its list of the 100 most influential spiritual leaders and authors alive today. Nowadays, Master Chia is still in the list of the 100 most influential spiritual leaders.
  
  

Works

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  • Taoist Shaman: Practices from the Wheel of Life

    (In the Taoist Shaman, Master Mantak Chia and Kris Deva No...)

    2009
  • Sealing of the Five Senses: Advanced Practices for Becoming a Taoist Immortal

    (In this guide to energetic sealing of the senses, Master ...)

    2014
  • Chi Nei Tsang and Microcurrent Therapy: Energy Massage for Pain Relief, Self-Healing, and Rejuvenation

    (The authors explain how microcurrent has a regenerative e...)

    2018
  • Chi Kung for Prostate Health and Sexual Vigor: A Handbook of Simple Exercises and Techniques

    (With fully illustrated step-by-step instructions, the aut...)

    2013
  • Healing Love through the Tao: Cultivating Female Sexual Energy

    (For thousands of years the sexual principles and techniqu...)

    1986
  • The Art of Cosmic Vision: Practices for Improving Your Eyesight

    (The Art of Cosmic Vision offers Taoist healing sound exer...)

    2010
  • Cosmic Astrology: An East-West Guide to Your Internal Energy Persona

    (Blending Eastern and Western astrological methods, Master...)

    2012
  • Cosmic Nutrition: The Taoist Approach to Health and Longevity

    (Exploring emotional and mental balance, the authors expla...)

    2012
  • Tai Chi Wu Style: Advanced Techniques for Internalizing Chi Energy

    (hrough mastering the short-form Wu Style detailed in this...)

    2013
  • Chi Nei Ching: Muscle, Tendon, and Meridian Massage

    (The authors explore the 10 Thai energy meridians known as...)

    2013
  • Bone Marrow Nei Kung: Taoist Techniques for Rejuvenating the Blood and Bone

    (In Bone Marrow Nei Kung Master Mantak Chia reveals the an...)

    1988
  • Taoist Foreplay: Love Meridians and Pressure Points

    (Using easy-to-follow illustrations, Taoist Foreplay guide...)

    2010
  • Chi Self-Massage: The Taoist Way of Rejuvenation

    (In Chi Self-Massage Master Mantak Chia pieces together th...)

    1986
  • The Six Healing Sounds: Taoist Techniques for Balancing Chi

    (In The Six Healing Sounds Master Mantak Chia explains how...)

    1989
  • Sexual Reflexology: Activating the Taoist Points of Love

    (In Sexual Reflexology Mantak Chia gives applications for ...)

    2003
  • Taoist Cosmic Healing: Chi Kung Color Healing Principles for Detoxification and Rejuvenation

    (Taoist Cosmic Healing teaches the reader how to use the m...)

    2001
  • Fusion of the Five Elements: Meditations for Transforming Negative Emotions

    (A guide to the practice of Inner Alchemy, which allows yo...)

    1988
  • Awaken Healing Energy Through The Tao: The Taoist Secret of Circulating Internal Power

    (This unique and comprehensive book reveals the Taoist sec...)

    1983
  • Healing Light of the Tao: Foundational Practices to Awaken Chi Energy

    (The guide to engaging and directing the three primordial ...)

    1983
  • The Multi-Orgasmic Woman: Sexual Secrets Every Woman Should Know

    (You will discover simple step-by-step techniques for a le...)

    2005
  • The Multi-Orgasmic Man: Sexual Secrets Every Man Should Know

    (At last, simple physical and psychological techniques tha...)

    1996
  • The Inner Structure of Tai Chi: Mastering the Classic Forms of Tai Chi Chi Kung

    (The Inner Structure of Tai Chi explores the deep, interna...)

    1996
  • The Inner Smile: Increasing Chi through the Cultivation of Joy

    (A guide to the foundational practice of “smiling to the o...)

    1989
  • Cosmic Detox: A Taoist Approach to Internal Cleansing

    (Revealing the detoxification and rejuvenation practices o...)

    2009
  • Chi Nei Tsang: Chi Massage for the Vital Organs

    (An ancient Taoist system for detoxifying and rejuvenating...)

    1990
  • Karsai Nei Tsang: Therapeutic Massage for the Sexual Organs

    (Our sexual organs play a major role in our physical and e...)

    2011
  • Daoist Secrets of Love: Cultivating the Male Sexual Energy

    (Reveals the ancient sexual secrets of the Taoist sages. T...)

    1984
  • Taoist Ways to Transform Stress into Vitality: The Inner Smile * Six Healing Sounds 1985
  • Awaken Healing Light of the Tao 1983

Religion

Though raised in a Christian family, Mantak Chia showed an early interest in Buddhism and began studying meditation with Buddhist monks at age six.

Views

Quotations: "At heart most men are as terrified of women's infinite sexualcapacity as they are fascinated by it. The general effect on men isto make them feel sexually insecure and causes them to attempt tocompensate with some other strength. Sexual insecurity may bethe primary reason men have sought physical, political, financial,intellectual, and religious advantage over woman".

"Learn to start each day by smiling inwardly to your vital organs and thanking them for sustaining your life".

"Healthy nutrition is just as much an art as science. It is important to test and investigate methods and foods in your own laboratory (your body) and observe how various things affect you. Be".

"How can you love a woman in your arms if you are busy holding another one in your dreams?".

Personality

Master Chia is a warm, friendly and helpful man who views himself primarily as a teacher. He presents the Universal Tao System in a straightforward and practical manner, while always expanding his knowledge and approach to teaching. He uses a word processor for writing and is totally at ease with the latest computer technology.