Qigong Exercises: Wu Chi Posture

Video Transcript

"The hands naturally down by your side, fingers should not touch each other, they should be naturally opened. Okay? So don't let your fingers touch but don't exaggerate the opening where it's wide. Keep the fingers in a natural position. Don't let the fingers touch the legs, but let them hang naturally by the side, slightly spread apart. The chin should be aligned with the body. Head should not be tilted back nor should it be tilted forward. You should keep the head perfectly aligned. In this posture here, after you have worked your way from the feet to the top of the head, the next important thing to do is focus on your breathing. When you focus on your breathing we want to breathe down to what we call the dan tien. The dan tien is considered my source of energy. The dan tien sits below my bellybutton. Okay? This source of energy, here, is your center of gravity, actually, it is the center of the body, the center of energy. This is where we store the qi, whenever we're doing this. When we develop qi, we store it here, Okay? So the dan tien. When you do your breathing exercise, you want to breathe, not with the chest, but you want to breathe with your belly. The stomach should rise and then it should fall, the stomach should rise and it should fall. Breathe down to the dan tien. So, let's do that for a couple of seconds here. As I inhale, and then I exhale. Inhale, and I exhale. Inhale, and I exhale. So, breathing down to the dan tien, I focus on my breathing. And, when you focus on your breathing you will feel a sense of relaxation. What will happen is that the mind will then slow down and the body now is prepared because it is connected with the mind to do the Qigong motion itself."