D_Glenn wrote:A snippet from my teacher Xie Peiqi’s book:
...The ten toes of the feet grasp into the earth and the Yong Quan point is raised to be in empty space, both knees are slightly bent but not extended past the toes, draw back the hips, raise (inward) the anus [muscles of the pelvic basin and the perineum], and push the lower back out as if sitting ...."
everything wrote:Maybe we should start at the beginning lol
Do you make something of it?
Do you pay attention to it?
Most of the writings say to give it primary importance.
Appledog wrote:Great teacher, great quote and great teaching -- a lot of material in here to discuss wrt wuji training. So question about toes and sitting. Are these principles you teach and pass down as "green flags", or are there qigongs and daoyins to inform these principles? For example in my lineage we have extensive sets which inform ten toes, but we do not have any sets which inform the alignment of the hips/anus with the same directness. I first felt good about that kind of alignment randomly when practicing bow stance. And, very recently. Still playing with it. Sitting seems to be a term often referred to in Tai Chi schools but I haven't heard of a way to teach it actively. Maybe it is just a result of the wuji work itself?
Also, do you feel ten toes are important to this sitting, or are they somewhat independent actions? I mean, can you sit without your ten toes like that?
D_Glenn wrote:Think of the Wuji Stance as the calm place to learn the requirements.
Appledog wrote:Really good info there. I knew I must have been doing something wrong! All I usually do is touch the tip of my tongue to the plateau behind the gumline or the ridge at the front of the hard palate >_<
wayne hansen wrote:Every move in tai chi is dissolving the opponents attack to return to Wu Chi
Central equilibrium and right method is the key
Appledog wrote:D_Glenn wrote:Think of the Wuji Stance as the calm place to learn the requirements.
Really good info there. I knew I must have been doing something wrong! All I usually do is touch the tip of my tongue to the plateau behind the gumline or the ridge at the front of the hard palate >_<
wayne hansen wrote:Every move in tai chi is dissolving the opponents attack to return to Wu Chi
Central equilibrium and right method is the key
D_Glenn wrote:Twocircles,
It takes time to get the frenulum stretched until it’s comfortable enough to press the point to “cross the Magpie bridge”, so of course you will be using the other points along the way. But the mental affects are so much more significant when you reach it, that it’s hard to just go back to pressing the other points.
Plus the Saliva being produced is a little bit better so it makes it easier to swallow down the lumps of CSF that start coming down after the hour or so of circle turning. Assuming that you got all the way to the end, where it feels like your body is “A Deer attached to a cart.” Which of course doesn’t always happen, just depends on what your body wants to do that day.
So not ‘right’ but it feels better. And something to strive for if you can’t get your tongue back that far.
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