On Sinking Qi to Dan-tian
5/21/2000
- A trick is to relax the waist and the hip in order
to sink qi to the dan-tian. Do this right before every open phase
(typically doing a push) of the Wu (Hao) forms. Note that dan-tian is the
area of qi reservoir about 4 fingers below the navel extending 4-6"
from that center (i.e. 8-12" in diameter).
- Some qi gong teachings might focus too much on
only the single point and produce the side-effect of gathering qi too
narrowly on that area. tai chi moves qi not along a single stream nor into
a single point. It moves qi along bands into a wider area.
