Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain: The Essence of Tai Ji

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Written with true passion and covering everything for those with an interest in Tai Ji want to know, Chungliang Al Huang's classic masterpiece, with a foreword on Taoist practice by Alan W. Watts, uncovers the origins and meanings of Tai Ji, interweaving instruction and practical guidelines with the theory and ancient thought that underpins it. Digging his legs into the earth and opening his arms out to the sky, the author gathers all his assets from outside and within, embracing his tiger and returning to his mountaintop, and in the process shares the experience with his reader, allowing them to do the same. The narrative is illustrated with calligraphy and photographs, and the book draws to a close with an exploration of Tao Te Ching, inviting the reader on a journey the author is still experiencing himself. This classic and timeless introduction is still essential reading for anybody interested in Tai Ji and Tao philosophy on 'Living Our Own Tao'.

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Chungliang Al Huang is the founder of the Living Tao Foundation, an international cultural-arts network for lifelong learning, and he is also director of the Lan Ting Institute, a cross-cultural study and conference centre at the sacred and historic Wu Yi mountain in China, and at Gold Beach on the southern Oregon Coast in the USA. An extremely well-known Chinese Master, he grew up in China steeped in the studies of the classics. fine and martial arts. He came to the USA as a student in 1955 to become an architect and performing artist and began building bridges in East/West cultural synthesis, teaching at all the Human Potential Centers around the world, including Esalen Institute and Omega Institute in the USA; and Findhorn and Dartington Hall in the UK. He has written many classic books including Quantum Soup: Fortune Cookies in Crisis, and Essential Tai Ji; also The Chinese Book of Animal Powers, all of which are now brought back into print by Singing Dragon. He is also co-author with Alan W. Watts of "Tao:The Watercourse Way." and with Dr. Jerry Lynch of "Thinking Body, Dancing Mind". Si Chi Ko, who took the photographs in this book, was born in Taiwan and received his training at the College of Photography in Tokyo, Japan. A world traveler and a multi-ranged freelance photographer, who has collaborated with Chungliang Al Huang for over 4 decades. An internationally renowned artist, Ko is considered a "National Treasure" both in Taiwan and in the Mainland China.