Five Elements, Six Conditions: A Taoist Approach to Emotional Healing, Psychology, and Internal Alchemy

I absolutely loved the book. I had very high expectations and when I recieve it my first response was 'is that it?' This was until I started reading the book. Reading the book, I saw that it was a lot. It has a very nice and pure explanations of the elements and everything. It gives the basic and most vital information. The language is beautiful. I enjoy it so much that it reminds me of the beautiful colorful primary school books and I summarize while reading. Even I make translations to my own language. I definitely recommend the book who are interested in the taoist elements and point of view. There are very very simple and effective meditatons in the book. I preferred to record them slowly then do the meditations listening those voice memo's. They really really are enjoyable. It clearly and basically explains a lot of the taoist point of view. I think that every individual sentence has a relevence. Nothing is unnecessarily or overwhelmingly explained. I loved the images and colorful stuff, too. I was interested in Feng Shui before and I am a yin yoga teacher. I enjoyed the way the elements and meridians were stated. I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest on the subjects of healing, toaist perspective and meditation. If you have already read a lot on the subject it may be a little bit elementary but if you are mixed about all you have read it may help you rearrange everything in your mind and bring an ease of understanding. Sliming; happy and healthy days to all!! Namaste

Five Elements, Six Conditions: A Taoist Approach to Emotional Healing, Psychology, and Internal Alchemy Gilles Marin the author of this book knows what he is talking about. His format is well laid out and the progression of the book is logical. There are many beautiful charts and visual guides throughout the book. At no point does Mr. Marin come from his ego--he always stays true to the subject and presents the material in a compassionate manner. Although, the book is recommended for practitioners of Chinese Medicine I think it can be of great help to the lay person that is seeking to have a deeper understanding of what has caused disease in them and methods that could be used to help them truly heal. Hopefully this would give them the discernment needed to find a professional that could help them facilitate true healing versus one that would just apply another bandage.

I bought this book to learn more on my own, I am not a student or professional. There were some new perspectives I thoroughly enjoyed. The wording was easy to digest, and I would feel comfortable recommending this book to people who are skeptical on such things. It makes logical sense. I bought 4 more copies of the book to give as gifts. I believe this information can improve our daily lives.

Nice book. I like the colour section in the middle. Still I haven’t explored it with any real depth or practice so I can’t comment on the effectiveness of the exercises therein. I look forward to trying them soon. Very happy to have this book

This book contains deep insights into the emotional and psychological side of the Chinese 5 elements. I'm a Taoist teacher myself and this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the 5 elements, written by someone who has a lot of experience as a Taoist healer and practitioner. Highly recommended.

I love this book! It is written very clearly with descriptive language and concepts that make sense. The quality of colored drawings and visual presentations is exceptional. This is one of the rare books I intend to keep to return to in the future. This is a great addition for anyone on a self healing path. I highly recommend this book.

I found it refreshing and compelling to read about 5 element theory from such a holistic perspective. This book combines 5 element theory with chi kung pratices and meditations as well as creative truisms about the 6 conditions of healing. In addition, Gilles explains the correlations between different areas of the body and emotional patterns. He writes in a way that one can learn interesting, practical information without having to try too hard to understand. The practices included in this book are rare treasures. I highly recommend this book for any who is wanting more self awareness. Sharon Esdale, LAc, OMD [...]

I took this book out of the package as soon as it arrived in the mail and could not put it down until I was finished. It contains a lot of easy-to-understand information relating to the five elements and the conditions associated with the elements and helped me to gain a better understanding of the subject in general. I would recommend this book to student's of TCM and professionals alike.