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Taiji Body Qigong Exercises Like A Dragon
By Kong Jing
Open up the acupuncture points and clear up the channels and collaterals. For the beginners of Qigong, the most important and the key is to open up the main acupuncture points for the communication of the upper with the lower and the interior with the exterior of the body, clear up the obstruction or stasis of channels and collaterals, and promote circulative and harmonious functional activities of qi. To quickly clear away the morbid qi, turbid qi, Yin qi and evil qi, the points must be open wide completely, and their permeability should be better than that of the normal people and be maintained, that is, we should prevent them from closing through practicing Qigong ourselves for a long time. This is the important base to prevent and treat diseases, keep health, prolong life, at the same time, the basis of health -preserving Qigong science. (1) Open up the acupuncture points There are about 360 acupuncture points in the whole body, each of them performs its own functions and should be opened up gradually one by one through Qingong practice for preserving health. About 36 big ones are main doors that must be open, for which concerns directly with functioning of Qi that weeds through the old to bring for the new for treating illness and restoring health in the earlier stage of Qigong practice. All points are surface-door communication of the interior with the exterior of the body; they can not only exhaust the turbid qi, morbid qi and evil qi but also draw the vital qi of the outside environment and the microcosmic vital qi that exert fully nourishing effects. All points are of three kinds, the first one is these take in charge of drawing (inhaling) the vital qi, Yang qi and clear qi beneficial to the body, e.g. Baihui point, Janjing point, etc; the second one, these take charge of exhausting (exhaling) the turbid qi and morbid qi produced during the metabolic process in body, e.g. Yongquan point, tiptoe, etc. The third one, those with double functions that draw as well as exhaust, e.g. many of the points on the Ren-channel and Du-channel. So to open up the points is thought as the key and the basic for preserving the health by Qigong practice, which was called "practice doors" in ancient China. The open doors can breathe out the old and breathe in the new smoothly. During the first period, the points above the waist that need practicing and opening are Laogong, Baihui and Shixuan points of both hands,etc; which mainly perform the function of inhaling the new while subsidiarily exhaling the old, the new they inhale is the Yang and clear qi of heaven, the genuine and vital qi that benefits health and treats disease, and the old they exhale is the turbid qi, morbid qi, Yin qi and evil qi; the points below the waists need practicing and opening are Yongquan and the ten tip-toe points of both feet, which mainly perform the function of exhaling the old while subsidiarily inhaling the new, the old that they exhale is the turbid qi, morbid qi, Yin qi and evil qi, and the new they inhale is the genuine qi and clear qi from the ground. Only after the doors that inhale and exhale is opened at the same time can the physiological circulating system to connect the interior with the exterior of the body in Qigong practice be formed. Take in the fresh to nourish the body, and get rid of the stale to prevent and treat diseases and keep healthy. It is a scientific and rational way to open up the doors (about 36 big points) and the windows (others points) of the body's house. A room with good ventilation (get rid of the stale and take in the fresh) is suited to live healthily and comfortably. So it is the first step, the key and the basis to gradually practice and open all the points and make unremitting efforts when practicing Qinggong. (2) Clear up the channels and callaterals. The channels and the collaterals are the transmissible system of body's vital movement of Qi. The channel and collateral system consists of twelve regular channels, eight extra channels and other branch cal laterals. Just as an urban traffic is composed of the main line, branch road and street. Whether the traffic is unobstructed or not is depended on the width of the road and the scientific traffic control. If the road is clear, the city will be full of vitality and prosperity. t is the same as the traffic, the channel and the callateral system is distinct in the thickness, the size of diameter, and the saturation. The system is basically clear if in good health. But the degree of saturation and the volume of flow are not enough, there are some blocks in it or somewhere is narrow, which will influence the functioning of Qi. All of which are causes of disease due to Qi stagnancy and blood stasis. A correct way doing Qigong exercises for the beginners is to clear up all the channels and callaterals in the whole body, dilate the channels and the callaterals, increase the penetrating and transmissible function, and clear up the stasis and block to ensure the system is clear of obstructions. The vital qi and clear qi may circulate smoothly and easy through the clear system. The turbid qi and morbid qi may be discharged from the body in time. At the same time, the surface points (doors and windows) can be opened and closed freely in order to supplement the body with the outside clear and vital qi, breath out the turbid and morbid qi of the body in time. They are the prerequisite for the health, so the beginners should grasp the two keys to the practice. In Taishang School, Tianyuan practicing mind Qingong exercises, we will pay main attention to the biggest Taiji structural channel that is Ren-Du Taiji channel of human body. Ren channel formed the Yin (black)fish line, Du channel formed the Yang(white)fish line, and the mid channel formed the Taiji chord(S-shaped line , or sin line).The eye of Yang fish represents the upper Dantian, the eye of Yin fish represents the lower Dantian. If you can open up the Ren and Du Taiji channels and make them unobstructed, you would keep hold of the key to practice reversely of nature (or mind) and life. You would easy sublimate and change practicing of Xuanji way overall, and go up to Wuji Da Dao. (3) Supplement energy. Qi is the source power for life activities of the human body, as the blood, it is the source energy which maintains the life activities. We cannot see it for the time being, but it has mass and no form and is an objective reality substance. All the things have Qi, only the quality and quantity of it is different. There are many kind of living Qi in the body. The different quality and quantity of Qi will lead to different health and life. The internal Qi of body will be consumed and lost in maintaining life activities or as other use. Generally speaking, it is not sufficient and needs continuously cultivating and reinforcing. After opening the doors, windows and the roads of the body, the body itself needs to absorb and collect a great deal of energy from the outside to supplement its internal Qi. There are many ways to cultivate and reinforce the internal Qi. The Taiji ball and the Xuanji ball can carry and transmit the divine energy. Taiji and Xuanji figures are not a simple symbol figure. They are the most valuable treasure handed down from generation to generation. They are the carrier of the divine energy. But the way to get the real and substantial divine energy must be pointed, taught and given by the master. When you get the carrier in your mind, under the effort of your mind force, the Taiji or xuanji ball can move about all creations and transmit divine energy in multi-dimensional space, and your body will get much more high quality living light Qi and divine energy. The two carriers have intense safe guard capability and can play a positive role in interior environmental protection of body. You should naturally get the divine energy with respectful heart, equal heart, love heart, kind heart, and universal heart, and not secure by force or trickery or steal. Even a grass or a wood is also one of the all-living creatures; we should equally treat it and be fair in exchanging energy. So apply the Taiji or Xuanji to practise, you must always remember to take a good will and kind heart, so that you would not have trouble in the future of Qigong exercises. |