Tai Chi Qigong by Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming

Author:Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
Published: 2013-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

4. The Secret of Yin and Yang in Taijiquan Practice

Kan-li and yin-yang adjustments are critical keys for success in qigong, and so adjusting them is one of the main subjects of both training and research. According to the experience of the last thousand years, a nei dan qigong practitioner who wishes to adjust his kan and li efficiently must learn how to regulate his yi and breathing. There are also several “tricky doors” (qiao men, 竅門) that have usually been kept secret, and are taught only when the student has earned the trust of his master. One of the secrets is to touch the tongue to the roof of the mouth. This connects the yin conception vessel to the yang governing vessel. Without this, the qi could stagnate in the mouth area and make the body too yang.

Another secret of nei dan training is using the yi and the movement of the huiyin cavity (Co-1, 會陰) and the anus. When this is done in coordination with the correct breathing, it can effectively adjust the body’s yin and yang. It is quite simple. If you use normal breathing, when you inhale and expand your abdomen, you also gently expand your huiyin and anus, and when you exhale and withdraw your abdomen, you gently hold up your huiyin and anus. It is important to know that holding up does not mean lifting up or tensing. Tensing causes qi stagnation.

Practicing taijiquan with normal breathing relaxes the body and mind and opens the twelve primary channels. This can effectively maintain your health. With normal breathing, when you inhale, the lower dan tian expands, you gently expand the huiyin and anus, and at the same time use your yi to lead the qi to the bottom of your feet and further into the ground. However, when you exhale, the lower dan tian withdraws, you gently hold up your huiyin and anus, and at the same time use your yi to lead the qi upward to the baihui (Gv-20, 百會). This is a calming and cleaning process used in almost all qigong practices. Normal breathing, combined with coordination of the huiyin and anus, is the key to calming down both the physical and mental bodies, and it is one of the most effective ways of changing the body from yang to yin.

The huiyin cavity (Co-1, 會陰).

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