Mantak Chia is the leading teacher of Taoist chi kung (Inner Alchemy, Sexual Alchemy, chi energy meditations, tai chi, chi kung, etc.) in the West. The author of dozens of books, booklets, DVDs, and CDs describing the theory and methods of these practices, Mantak Chia has taught hundreds of thousands of eager students the principles of Taoist Inner Alchemy practice over the past forty-five years. He is the creator of the Universal Healing Tao System, which distills and clarifies the Taoist practices, and the director of the Tao Garden Health Spa and Resort in Thailand. Taught by over twelve hundred certified instructors and practitioners on every continent, the Universal Tao System provides access to a uniquely modern integration of traditional theory, method, and practice. Mantak Chia lived for fifteen years in New York before returning to Thailand in 1994. He now spends much of the year traveling in Europe, the United States, Asia, Africa, and South America, leading workshops and giving lectures. Currently, Universal Tao Centers exist in cities across the United States and in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, China, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, and South Africa. Visit Mantak Chia's website at www.universal-tao.com. Visit the Tao Garden Health Spa and Resort website at www.tao-garden.com.