Taido: “Technique” developed by Toshihisa Hiraki. It supposedly increases “internal chi cultivation.” T’ai Chi Dao Yin: System of exercises that resembles hatha yoga and borrows from Taoist Qigong and Chen style T’ai Chi. Its purported key is dynamic balance of “the mind and body energy.” Tai Chi-Chi Kung includes “Chi Kung Meridian exercises,” “Chi meditation,” and “Five Element Energy Balancing exercises.” The Chi Kung exercises supposedly release very potent “healing energy” in the body for dramatic health benefits. Tai Chi-Chi Kung ( taiji qigong): Alleged path to self-mastery that consists mainly of Chi Kung exercises and tai chi. The difficulty lies in concatenating the postures into circular movements. Traditional tai chi prescribes about 108 to 128 postures, including repetitions. Practicing tai chi supposedly facilitates the flow of chi (“life energy”) through the body by dissolving blockages both within the body and between the body and the environment. Tai chi is an ancient, yoga-like Chinese system of ballet-like exercises designed for health, self-defense, and spiritual development. Tai chi (tai chi chuan, Tai Ji, tai ji chuan, Tai Ji Juan, tai ji quan): Variation of self-healing.
Apparently, the leading teacher of TaeUIJu meditation in the United States is Jaenam Kim, author of The Road to Awakening. Allegedly, the “original healing mantra,” called “TaeUIJu,” protects one from sudden accidents and helps to fight disease and to resolve conflicts. The practice of TaeUIJu amounts to (a) sitting comfortably and (b) repeatedly, patiently chanting a “mantra” whose meaning is that one wants to return to the “Origin of the Universe.” JeungSanDo defines “mantra” as “a set of words that contain concentrated energy of the universe.” The aforementioned “Origin” purportedly can cure all mental and physical illnesses.
Supposedly, TaeUIJu meditation is a process of returning to the magnanimous “bosom” of the original “Mother,” and the first step to eternal life. TaeUIJu Healing Meditation (TaeUIJu, TaeUIJu healing, TaeUIJu meditation): Mode of meditation promoted by JeungSanDo, an organization founded in 1871 by “Supreme Lord” JeungSan SangJeNim, in Korea.