Re: how do YOU suspend your head as if from above
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:11 pmI wondered if maybe The Zhongli Baduanjin Exercise #The Seventh Section ( Rub hands together. Five times exhale a hah [a guttural deep throat] sound. Interlock the fingers and raise the hands [palms facing upwards] to support the sky, then lower the hands and press the palms against the top of the head. Do this three or nine times. ) in conjunction with some of the others was about raising the head (after the pressure is removed) ?
I use it as such despite finding out that some folks think its a misprint or mistranslation.
Also, re; the ladies with things on their heads and the ballet dancer, I recall young ladies having to balance books on their heads as part of deportment training.
I tried it with the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations in Wuji for 10 minutes, a weighty tome, and you can't really help but raise the head and if you're misaligned structurally, it falls off but there's a definate feeling of the head being raised once the weight is removed.
Thanks for the thread, its interesting as usual and something I'd been neglecting as usual (been doing feet).
I use it as such despite finding out that some folks think its a misprint or mistranslation.
Also, re; the ladies with things on their heads and the ballet dancer, I recall young ladies having to balance books on their heads as part of deportment training.
I tried it with the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations in Wuji for 10 minutes, a weighty tome, and you can't really help but raise the head and if you're misaligned structurally, it falls off but there's a definate feeling of the head being raised once the weight is removed.
Thanks for the thread, its interesting as usual and something I'd been neglecting as usual (been doing feet).
