I hope everyone had a great Christmas and fantastic new year. I thought some people might be interested in what I was doing in January when my clinic was closed. The answer is learning Chi Nei Tsang in Chiang Mai in my native Thailand. The abdominal area is of great importance in TCM, but it is also a focus of other chi exercise traditions like chi kung (Qigong) and tai chi. The key energy source of the body is the lower dantian, a spot that is usually a couple of finger widt