Ed Ladnar wrote:What do you think of "sink the chest and pluck up the back" = pull down the front and pull up the back = macrocosmic (or microscopic) orbit?
Ed Ladnar wrote:Just thinking, reading, training, and maybe a little Mary Jane to get the thoughts flowing. Trying to make sense out of statements in the classics.
Press the head up forcelessly is another one on my mind lately.
Was recently at a seminar where we worked on feeling "down the front and up the back" and I thought hey that sounds familiar.
Just wondering what others think it means to sink the chest and pluck up the back.
KEND wrote:The chest and back movement are a result of raising the hui yin
Ed Ladnar wrote:What do you think of "sink the chest and pluck up the back" = pull down the front and pull up the back = macrocosmic (or microscopic) orbit?
Shouldn't we be a bit concerned about that? If we're talking about models to describe a physical experience and physical movement of the body, I would hope for more consensus.
Ed Ladnar wrote:... no one even agrees on what these concepts mean individually. Shouldn't we be a bit concerned about that?
If we're talking about models to describe a physical experience and physical movement of the body, I would hope for more consensus.
One more thing: it seems pretty universal that macrocosmic orbit goes up the back and down the front. Yet no one thinks that is connected (no pun intended?) to pluck up the back and sink the chest?
Bao wrote:So you mean small and great circulation?
Great circulation means that qi circulates freely in the arms and legs. For circulating through the arms, yes the correct alignment and movement is necessary, i.e. "han xiong, ba bei". For small circulation, only mind and breath needs to be coordinated together with relaxation of the body. External movement or a certain alignment is not necessary
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