Ruler T’ai Chi Resources                    !  e Six Healing Sounds                              Sifu Fred Jennes
                                          The Six Healing Sounds
                                        As Taught By Master Mantak Chia
                  Introduction
                  "  e Six Healing Sounds is a series of ancient Daoist exercises.  "  ey are based on the concept that the 
                  # ve major Yin organ systems can be stimulated by sound and visualization.  When correctly stimu-
                  lated, the organ will vent and cleanse itself, cooling itself down and ridding itself of toxins.  "  e sixth 
                  healing sound, the Triple Warmer (sanjiao), is added at the end of the practice as a smoothing mecha-
                  nism to balance the other six organ systems.  While taught by many qigong masters over the centuries, 
                  the set of exercises described in this paper comes to us from the contemporary Daoist master, Mantak 
                  Chia, the illustrations of which have been excerpted from his 2009 publication by Destiny Books.
                  Ready Posture
                  Sit at the edge of a chair with your genitals unsupported.
                  Your legs are a hip-width apart, your feet solidly on the fl oor.
                  Your back is straight, shoulders relaxed, chest sunk.
                  Keep your eyes open.
                  Rest your hands on your thighs, palms up.
                  Lung
                  Organs: Lung-Large Intestine
                  Element: Metal
                  Color: White
                  Negative Emotions to vent: Sadness, Grief
                  Positive Emotions to emphasize: Righteousness,
                  Clarity of "  ought
                  Sound: SSSSSSSSSS
                  Kidney
                  Organs: Kidney-Bladder
                  Element: Water
                  Color: Dark Blue-Black
                  Negative Emotions to vent: Fear
                  Positive Emotions to emphasize: Courage,Will
                  Sound: WOOOOOO, or CHU-AYYYY
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                  Ruler T’ai Chi Resources                    !  e Six Healing Sounds                              Sifu Fred Jennes
                  Liver
                  Organs: Liver-Gallbladder
                  Element: Wood
                  Color: Green
                  Negative Emotions to vent: Anger, Aggression
                  Positive Emotions to emphasize: Kindness, Support
                  Sound: SHHHHHHHH
                  Heart
                  Organs: Heart-Small Intestine
                  Element: Fire
                  Color: Red
                  Negative Emotions to vent: Hatred, Jealousy
                  Positive Emotions to emphasize: Love, Joy
                  Sound: HOOOOOOOO
                  Spleen
                  Organs: Spleen-Stomach
                  Element: Earth
                  Color: Yellow
                  Negative Emotions to vent: Worry, Obsession
                  Positive Emotions to emphasize: Compassion, Fairness
                  Sound: HUUUUUUUU
                  Triple Warmer (sanjiao)
                  Organs: "  e Fascia and Burning Spaces
                  Element: Fire
                  Color: Red
                  Toxins to dispel: Excess Dampness, Excess Fire
                  Positive Images to Visualize: "  ree Lamps or Flames—
                  Upper Small, Middle Medium, Lower Large
                  Sound: HEEEEEEEE
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                  Ruler T’ai Chi Resources                    !  e Six Healing Sounds                              Sifu Fred Jennes
                  How To Perform !  e Exercises
                  1. Begin each exercise in the Ready Posture.
                  2. Inhale and assume the posture for each respective sound. Make sure your eyes are open.
                  3. Exhale and make the sound subvocally—that is, let your breath make the sound but try not to vo-
                  calize it.  As you exhale, breathe out the negative emotions associated with the organ(s) to vent them.
                  4. As you make the sound, feel the associated organ(s) being vibrated and cleansed.
                  5. Inhale and bring your arms back to the Ready Posture.
                  6. "  en take a moment to breathe and picture each organ(s), its color, the positive emotions associated 
                  with it.  
                  7. Repeat Steps 2-6.
                  You should repeat each healing sound at least 3 times. If you wish to do more, repeat in multiples of
                  3; i.e. 6, 9, 12, etc.
                  Advisories
                  1. With the exception of the Spleen sound, these exercises should be done on an empty stomach.
                  2. "  e Triple Warmer can be done either sitting up or lying down. If you want to stay awake upon 
                  completion of this sound, do it sitting up. If you wish to go to sleep, do it lying down on the fl oor, 
                  then get right into bed.
                  3. Make sure you do the sounds in the order listed.  When performed properly, each sound is designed 
                  to cause qi to fl ow in the correct direction from one organ system to the next.  
                  4. If you have a particular health problem, you can do one sound more than the others to address the 
                  imbalance associated with that particular organ.  For example, if you have a respiratory infection in-
                  crease the repetitions of Lung sounds to cleanse and heal that organ.
                  5.  If you don't have time to do all six sounds, just perform the Lung and Kidney exercises.
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