Tom Bisio has studied martial arts and Chinese medicine extensively in China. He is the author of a number of books including the very popular Essentials of Bagua Zhang (with Gao Ji Wu). In this new volume he offers a step-by-step guide to Daoist meditation broken into nine progressive lessons. That only covers the first half of the book. The second half tackles decoding the symbols, patterns and methods of Daoist practice. The entire book blends quotations from many sources, Tom’s own commentary, exercises and discussions of imagery. As our longer on-site description (click image) suggests, this is a highly concentrated reference for many of the core concepts Daoist thinking.