Simple Qigong for Health: The Eight Pieces of Brocade (YMAA Qigong Book 1)

When you feel uneasy or have heartburn (excess fire in the heart), you may use deep breathing to calm down the uneasy emotions or cool off the heartburn.

Therefore, when you practice you should try to understand the poetry or the “secret words.”

Before you start training, you must first understand that all of the training originates in your mind. You must have a clear idea of what you are doing, and your mind must be calm, centered, and balanced.

This exercise will extinguish any fire in your middle dan tian so that you can concentrate and calm your mind.

It is the qi that keeps your mind clear and concentrated. With an abundant qi supply, the mind can be energized and can raise the shen and enhance your vitality.

The root gives life, while the branches and flowers (results) give only temporary beauty.

three treasures of life: essence (jing, 精), internal energy (qi, 氣), and spirit (shen, 神)—as well as their interrelationship. If you lack this understanding, you are missing the root of qigong training, as well as the basic idea of qigong theory. The main goals of qigong training are to learn how to retain your jing, strengthen and smooth your qi f

The second level is the relaxation of the muscles and tendons. To do this your yi must be directed deep into the muscles and tendons. This relaxation will help open your qi channels and will allow the qi to sink and accumulate in the lower dan tian.

Relaxation is one of the major keys to success in qigong. You should remember that only when you are relaxed will all your muscles be relaxed and your qi channels open. In order to be relaxed, your yi must first be relaxed and calm. When this yi coordinates with your breathing, your body will be able to relax.