You Are How You Move by Sumner Ged;

Author:Sumner, Ged;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Chapter 8

The Art of Standing Still

It’s amazing how standing still is something we do only when we have to: on a crowded bus, train, tube, or in a queue or waiting room, for example. Given the option, most people would prefer to sit down, or walk. People aren’t happy standing and quickly become tired and irritable. Why is that? You would expect walking to be more tiring, as it expends much more energy. Few people can stand with ease. When you stand with poise, there is an efficiency in energy expenditure. However, most people cannot stand with poise, so as a result their body consumes even more energy than in walking, trying to compensate for poor posture and distortions in body alignment. People either lock their knees or tilt their pelvis or place their feet at odd angles. This reveals a weakness and lack of strength, plus it indicates how someone is trying to disconnect. In Chi Kung this upright standing posture is called “Wu Chi posture” and is a core practice. It connects you to heaven and earth and opens up a flow of Chi along your central channels, changing your state of consciousness and ultimately bringing you into a relationship with the Tao. “Wu Chi” means “empty energy” and is the ultimate state in Chi Kung. Practise this posture and it will bring you into a strong Chi flow throughout your body and create a vibration that can feel emancipating and peaceful. This state is beyond thought. Your thinking reduces as you drop deeper into it, until eventually it stops. Your mind is then free of thoughts and in this state of quiescence you become clear and aware, your body deeply relaxes, and you enter into a fuller relationship with your Chi field and the universal. This feels both centring and expansive. There is a strong infusion of Chi, so you feel highly energized and replenished. A strong Wu Chi connection can feel as if you’ve had a wonderful deep sleep. Your cells are happy, and there’s a feeling of alignment with the natural order of things. This is a movement towards being aligned with the Tao – a concept found in Chinese philosophy that translates as “way” or “path”. The Tao signifies the fundamental or true nature of the world as a living, holistic force that is beyond form. The more you bring this into your daily life, the more you will operate with the flow of life. There is no need to buckle from the pressures of life, and take up distorted positions, when you begin to recognize the wisdom and support in the Tao, and the deep satisfaction and replenishment this brings.

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