My Dantien is < 2% full

[Jamyang Dorje]

well said..

 

You've almost got it. But you need a synchronized set of certain body movements while holding that breath. Dantien compression is incredibly hard, and is not for your average bear. Most people will not be willing to undergo the effort that it entails, which is why unless you can be intensely dedicated for years on end, you can't expect to get anywhere with it. better go do tai-chi or some other stuff, it will be much more fun.

[SonOfTheGods]

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[Dzogchen]

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Is there anything specific you are trying to clear up or would like to ask, are you trying to increase your post count, are you just bored or why are you going around bumping all these old threads?

Edited September 28, 2013 by Dzogchen

[SonOfTheGods]

What other linages emphasize filling the dantien? I'm sure that mopai isn't the only source of this type of training. The yellow bamboo people aim to store red fire into their lower stomach. I remember playing around with the level one exercises and having it set my dantien on fire and full of energy.

 

We shouldn't dog people for keeping their word.

Bamboo Kuning

 

 

Psoas muscle is a gym for you belly neurons, they don't call it the soul muscle for nothing. Use it or lose it as the saying goes. I will post more later.

 

Gathering Chi technique

Before you do anything that utilizes Qi, you must have Qi reserves to work with. Working without reserves of Qi will deplete your own life force, which should be avoided at all cost. Gathering Qi is quite simple, and you can do it just about anywhere and anytime as long as you aren’t doing something that requires concentration. For example, don’t do this when you’re in a moving car. When you gather Qi, you and everyone around you will get a little bit more prone to lose their concentration. For example, everyone could get sleepy, or hyper, or feel strange sensations in their body, especially if they are not used to feeling Qi. Moreover, you will need to be able to use your concentration for the visualizations that are necessary to successfully gather, store, and move Qi. The energy that you envision is real and it will follow your concentration. As you visualize it traveling with your breath down to the area below your navel, the Qi will be moved to your Dan-tian. When you visualize compressing it in your Dan-tian, this too will actually occur. You may use the pictures as a guide, and you will find it useful to think of the energy you are moving as a white cloud which flows like a stream wherever you direct it.

Storing Chi in your dan-tian

To reify this for you, place you palms on your Dan-tian, which is just below your navel (fig. 1). Men should have their left palm inside, touching their Dan-tian, with their right palm over their left. Women should have their right palm inside, with their left palm over their right. If you are standing, bend your knees slightly. If you are sitting, try to keep your spine straight, and do not cross your legs.

As you inhale, visualize white light coming from all around you, penetrating all the pores of your skin, flowing into your body and filling your inner Dan-tian. Remember that what you visualize is actually occurring. As you exhale, all of this white energy is condensed into a concentrated ball of light in your inner Dan-tian, in the middle of your body just below the level of your navel. Gather Qi by breathing normally, deeply, and calmly. Take in Qi from all around you and concentrate it in your inner Dan-tian.

fig.1

Active gathering

Stand up, take a few Normal Breaths and relax. Slightly bend your knees and begin.

As you breathe in, imagine a white light coming from above you, which enters through the top of your head rather like a white wind, descending in a continuous flow to your Dan-tian. Please refer to (fig. 2) below. You may use this figure as guide for your visualizations. As you breathe out, the energy remains in your lower abdomen and becomes a ball of light. Take nine relaxed breaths, absorbing Qi (the white light) from the area above your head. You may find that you tighten the muscles of your abdomen and arms when you try this for the first time. That is a normal reflex. Practice using just your will to draw the energy down, while keeping your muscles relaxed.

In the next exercise, you will draw energy into both hands, through the trunk of your body, and down into the Dan tian. You will inhale, and draw energy in through both hands simultaneously. To do this, extend your arms out to your sides, with your palms facing away from you; absorb the energy through the middle of your palms, drawing the energy through your arms, the trunk of your body, and down into your Dan-tian. Repeat this sequence, (inhale and draw the energy down to the Dan-tian) nine times. Relax your body and make this entire process as effortless as possible.

Next you will repeat this process with both of your feet, drawing the wind-like energy up into the soles of your feet, and up through your legs, directing the flow to your Dan-tian. When you have the energy centered in your Dan-tian, visualize the white energy ball growing stronger and stronger with each of the nine breaths.

Once you’ve taken nine breaths, while drawing the energy into your Dan-tian through each of the 5 centers, (filling your abdomen from the area above your head, and from both of your hands and feet), you will proceed to draw energy through all 5 centers at the same time, using all five entry points simultaneously, and filling your Dan-tian with nine breaths of energy. (fig. 3)

Finish this exercise by placing your palms over your Dan-tian and taking a few Normal Breaths. This will help to store the energy you have gathered.

fig 2

fig 3

 

Is there anything specific you are trying to clear up or would like to ask, are you trying to increase your post count, are you just bored or why are you going around bumping all these old threads?

what are you, a cop?

[h.uriahr]

 

Santiago teaching 5 point breathing

 

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