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Tao tricks to banish stress

World-famous taoist master Mantak Chia explains how to use the practice to help banish stress and release kindness

World-famous taoist master Mantak Chia explains how to use the practice to help banish stress and release kindness

Just about everybody in the modern world has to deal with some sort of stress. The Taoist way of dealing with stress is to perform the six healing sounds. They are so simple and easy to perform that they seem almost too good to be true. Making the liver sound will help release stress and anger. It transforms the emotional energy inside the liver into kindness. Here’s how:

■ Sit on the edge of your chair with feet shoulder length apart. Place hands palms up on your thighs. Raise your hands palms up over your head and interlock your fingers. Lean slightly to the left. Look up.

■ Make the liver sound: place the tongue near the palate and, with a long, slow exhalation produce the sound “SHHHHHHHHHH.”

■ Visualisation: return your hands to the palms-up position on your lap and smile to your liver. Imagine a green light shining upon and inside your liver, surrounding it. Concentrate on feeling the virtue and power of kindness.

■ Repeat two more times (a total of three), including the hands position and visualisation.

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