Chi Nei Tsang, is a Taoist 
massage technique. It can
be self applied or used as
a treatment or others. 

The basic process consist
of releasing trauma from 
our guts and internal organs. 

At first you circle your
hand on the belly area. A 
gentle circular motion, 
warming up the area, 
approaching the belly carefully. 

A lot of people have resistance 
to be touch on the belly for
many different reason. So it's
important to be careful with 
the approach. 

The second step is to make 
small spirals with the tips
of the figer. You can follow 
a greater spiral shape, from 
the belly button to the outter
part of the belly. Use gentle
pressure with the finger and
only stay for a moment on each 
point, each time creating a
small spiral motion. 

It's important to practice
on you at first. It also
feel really good. One thing
that you'll discover as you 
move trough the belly is 
that some place are more tense,
and some place are tender. 

A good understanding of the
placement of your internal
organs is also important. 
With the internal organs
lined up just bellow the 
ribcage, stomach a the 
center, liver to the right,
pancreas to the left, and
bladder lower center. The
colon raising up on the left,
then crossing on top, to
the right going down. 

The colon is important to know
as there will be fecal matter
moving around when you do
the massage, and you want to 
help the movement, which 
is clock wise, as if you had
a clock on your belly. 

After the spirals and the circular
motion, there is what is called
the opening of the gates. This
is when the massage is centralized
around and in the belly button. 
The shape of the belly button
can tell a lot about what is 
happening in the guts. 

By massaging and stretching 
the belly button in different
direction, you are releasing
tension in different ways. 
The belly button is also our
primordial connection to the
outside, our connection to
the mother. It's a very powerful
energy point. 

I'm keeping these instruction
quite simple for 2 main reason. 
First, self exploration with bring
a lot of wisdom and knowledge, 
so I invite people to try it out
first and see what you discover
intuitively. Secondly, there are
a lot of manual and courses online
if you want to learn all the different
views on this techniques. I've
learned from different sources, 
but also rely on my on exploration. 

While working with Chin Nei Tsang, 
you can use breathing techniques. 
When you exhale completely you will
have access to different place, 
and organs that you would reach
otherwise. Don't apply too much
pressure to start with. 

The fourth technique works 
directly on the organs. With a
mild pressure being held, while
the receiver of the massage 
exhale the heat from each organs. 

Tension leads to congestion. 
Congestion leads to inflammation.
Inflammation leads to infection. 
Infection leads to illnesses. 

Chi Nei Tsang help relieve all
of this. When you start, there
might already by some heat developped
in certain organs due to congestion
and inflammation. By applying
a gentle pressure and deep breathing
a lot of heat can be removed. 

In Taoism this practice is also
connected to a visualisation and
a sound. Each organs has their 
vibration, and visualizing the
proper color and creating the
right sound can help release
the heat of the organ. 

Practice on yourself first.
Be gentle. 
Study a bit of anatomy. 
Keep note of your exploration. 
Don't try to remove all the knots
your find on your first massage.
Take your time. 
Self healing and self massage
is a very solid foundation
in rebuilding a healthy body 
mind connection!