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THE DRAGON LINE by Tevia Feng

The stiffness you can't stretch away lives in your fascia.

Fascia runs from your feet to your skull and carries force along the way. This book teaches 13 movements that load it on purpose.

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Tevia Feng was the first person authorized by the central monastic body of Bhutan to create a Qigong program for monks.

Sound familiar?

You've done the work. You're still stiff.

  • You've done yoga for years, and your lower back is still stiff.
  • Your neck and shoulders feel tight most days.
  • You turn to look over your shoulder, and your whole upper back turns with you.
  • You brace before you bend forward. Every time.
  • You've read about fascia. No one has shown you what to do with it.
  • You want to know it's real before you give it 20 minutes a day.

Why more stretching doesn't fix it

A stretch works on a muscle. A muscle joins two points and pulls them together. That's all it does.

But tension doesn't stay between two points. It travels. Move your foot, and the tension at the base of your skull changes.

So you stretch harder. You hold longer. You add another class. The stiffness comes back, because a stretch works one spot and the tension runs along a line.

The idea behind the book

One body. Two maps.

Two traditions drew maps of how force moves through the body. They used opposite methods and borrowed nothing from each other. The maps overlap. The book's reason is simple: there is one body, and there are only so many good ways to describe it.

Map one

Fascia

Fascia is one continuous web of tissue. It runs from your foot to your skull and carries force along the way. Load it on purpose, and the line stops being an idea. You can feel it.

Map two

Chinese medicine

Chinese medicine maps the same body as twelve channels in four zones. Every channel ends in the hands or the feet, which is why they are called the Four Gates.

The four zones form one loop Chest to hand is the Emotional zone. Hand to head is Tech Neck. Head to foot is Armor. Foot to chest is Battery. Head Chest Hand Foot Emotional Tech Neck Armor Battery
The four zones run as one loop: chest to hand, hand to head, head to foot, foot to chest.

Tech Neck

Hand-Yang zone · hand to head

Runs through the shoulders, neck and face. Where a stiff neck, tight shoulders and headaches tend to show up.

Armor

Foot-Yang zone · head to foot

Runs down the back, the spine and the outer legs. Where lower back pain and heaviness tend to show up.

Battery

Foot-Yin zone · foot to chest

Runs through the inner legs, belly and kidneys. Where fatigue, coldness and bloating tend to show up.

Emotional

Hand-Yin zone · chest to hand

Runs through the chest and inner arms. Where anxiety, grief and a tight chest tend to show up.

You can't free a line one muscle at a time. Each of the 13 movements loads one or more of these zones.

Find the zone your stiffness lives in. Give the movements that load it more of your time.

What the book does not claim: that ancient doctors knew about fascia. It claims something simpler. There is one body, and two careful ways of looking at it drew overlapping maps.

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p. 9 Chapter 1 opens with the search for an I Ching master.
p. 41 Key terms in traditional Chinese characters, with the pinyin beneath.
p. 58 The Deep Front Line drawn beside the Liver and Kidney channels.
p. 77 The science in plain words: why fascia stiffens, and what frees it.
p. 88 How force travels from the foot to the hand.
p. 140 Rolling the Ball: every step numbered, with photos.
p. 222 Bowing to Heaven and Earth, step by step.
p. 310 A Practice Card for every movement.

What's inside

A full book. Not a handout.

28 chapters in three parts, over 300 pages and 17 figures. Plus Practice Cards, a Zone Table, a Glossary, and Notes and References.

A student folds forward in Bowing to Heaven and Earth, hands at the front foot
Bowing to Heaven and Earth, one of the 13 movements.

Every movement chapter gives you

  • The steps, numbered, exactly as taught
  • What you should feel, so you can check yourself alone in a room
  • What goes wrong, and the fix for each mistake
  • The mechanism: the fascia first, then the zone
  • Water and Fire: how the movement changes between the two methods
  • The measure: one self-test that tells you in four weeks if it's working

Part One

The Map

How force travels through the body, and the two maps that trace it.

  1. 1The Man in the Taped Jacket
  2. 2The Tissue That Should Not Exist
  3. 3Rivers and Channels
  4. 4The Convergence
  5. 5What the Body Does With Force
  6. 6Four Zones, Three Vessels, Four Gates

Part Two

The Practice

The opening sequence, all 13 movements with every step, and the closing sequence.

  1. 7Before You Move
  2. 8Letting Go
  3. 9Rolling the BallMovement 1
  4. 10The Eight Pulses
  5. 11Heavenly Pillar One: Looking at Heaven and EarthMovement 2
  6. 12Heavenly Pillar Two: Turtle Looks BehindMovement 3
  7. 13Heavenly Pillar Three: The TiltMovement 4
  8. 14Heavenly Pillar Four: CirclesMovement 5
  9. 15Girdle Vessel RotationsMovement 6
  10. 16Eight Confluent PointsMovement 7
  11. 17Two Hands Holding KidneysMovement 8
  12. 18Around the WorldMovement 9
  13. 19Bowing to Heaven and EarthMovement 10
  14. 20Two Hands Moving HeavenMovement 11
  15. 21Eagle Spreads Its WingsMovement 12
  16. 22Opening the Heart to the SkyMovement 13
  17. 23The Closing

The opening sequence: Zhan Zhuang standing, Cleansing Breath, Fire Ball, Four Gate Breathing, Letting Go shaking, and Qi Ball.

Part Three

The Path

Adapting the practice to your body, and what to do when it does not work.

  1. 24Adapting the Practice
  2. 25Water and Fire
  3. 26Two Hundred and Seventy Breaths
  4. 27When It Does Not Work
  5. 28What Comes After

In the back of the book

  • Practice Cards: one for each movement
  • The Zone Table: which movements load which zone
  • Glossary of Chinese terms, in traditional characters with pinyin
  • Notes and References

The honest part

Real numbers. No hype.

What the research found

A 2025 meta-analysis of 16 randomized trials (1,175 people) found qigong reduced chronic low back pain and disability by a statistically significant but modest amount, just under the threshold a patient would notice. The authors called the evidence exploratory.

The book prints these numbers in chapter 27. It also makes the strongest case against its own idea, in chapter 4, and answers it.

From students of White Tiger Qigong's Dragon Meridian Qigong program. These are not reviews of this book.

"After years of struggling with stiffness and chronic tension, I found a practice that not only improved my mobility but also gave me lasting clarity and balance."

Kendra McNabney, USADragon Meridian Qigong program student

"I feel refreshed, energized, and aligned."

"This training brought me to a new level of understanding body movement and kinetic chains, integrating and synchronizing Dragon back movements into the exercises."

Anamarija Mulej, SloveniaDragon Meridian Qigong program student
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About the author

Tevia Feng

Founder and Master Instructor, White Tiger Qigong

Tevia Feng has practiced Qigong for over 40 years. More than 70,000 students in over 80 countries have trained with White Tiger Qigong.

In 2025, Tevia Feng was the first person authorized by the central monastic body of Bhutan, through His Eminence Leytsog Lopon Sangay Dorji of the Zhung Dratshang, to create the first-ever Qigong program for Bhutanese monks, delivered in partnership with the Shangrila Foundation.

He stands inside a living Daoist lineage and inside the fascia research, and he is honest about both. White Tiger Qigong teaches through three pillars: neuroscience, sports science, and Chinese medicine.

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Fascia, the Meridians, and the Thirteen Movements of Dragon Meridian Qigong. By Tevia Feng.

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THE DRAGON LINE

by Tevia Feng

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Questions

What exactly do I get?
THE DRAGON LINE by Tevia Feng as a digital book (PDF): 28 chapters in three parts, over 300 pages and 17 figures, plus Practice Cards, a Zone Table, a Glossary, and Notes and References. Right after you pay, we email you a link to your White Tiger Qigong account, where you can read it online or download the PDF.
Can I buy it from anywhere in the world?
Yes. It is a digital book, so you can buy it, download it and read it anywhere in the world, on your phone, tablet or computer.
I've never done Qigong. Can I follow it?
The practice starts before the first movement, with how to stand and breathe. Then each movement gives you numbered steps, what you should feel, and what goes wrong, so you can check yourself alone in a room.
Will this fix my back pain?
No book can promise that, and this one doesn't. The best evidence so far found a modest effect on chronic low back pain, just under what a patient would notice. Chapter 27 gives you the exact numbers.
Does the book say ancient China knew about fascia?
No. It argues something simpler. Two traditions, using opposite methods and borrowing nothing from each other, drew overlapping maps of how force travels through the body, because there is one body. Chapter 4 makes the strongest case against that idea, then answers it.
Is this medical advice?
No. The book teaches a movement practice. It is not medical diagnosis or treatment.
What if it is not for me?
You are covered by our 14-day money-back guarantee. If the book is not for you, email info@whitetigerqigong.com within 14 days of buying and we will refund you.
A student reaches one arm up and over in Eagle Spreads Its Wings, seen from behind
Eagle Spreads Its Wings, one of the 13 movements.

Stop stretching one spot. Learn the whole line.

THE DRAGON LINE gives you the map, all 13 movements, and the honest numbers.

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