Issue 51 - Tse Qigong Centre

Fig 26 Fig 27Fig 28 Fig 29Fig 30rise up from your kidneys, thereforepractising Swimming Dragon Gong willmake you feel warmer, maybe even sweatas well. During practise if we sweat it isgood for releasing negative Qi from thebody; and also helps to release excess fatfrom the body.Fostering Qi in a Circlei Drop your left heel on the groundletting your weight rest on it.ii Step to the right side with the rightfoot; so the left foot and right footare apart.iii Lift up the left hand from theMingmen point, and then bring it overto the Sky Eye so the Laogong pointfaces it. At the same time shift yourweight to the right foot.ivvviLift up the right hand to the right sidefrom the Dantian to the Sky Eye; atthe same time you drop the left handfrom Sky Eye to the Dantian along theRen Mai. This forms two circles. Whenthe right hand Laogong point facesthe Sky Eye, the left hand Laogongpoint faces the Dantian. Meanwhileyou shift the left foot behind the rightfoot with the toes on the ground, butwith no weight on them.Drop the left heel again as beforeletting the weight rest on it; andrepeat the movements again totalthree times - six steps. Every timewhen you move the left arm you movethe right foot, move the right arm youthen move left foot until you finish onthe sixth step.You will end up with the right handLaogong point facing the Sky Eye andleft Laogong point facing the Dantian;the weight on the right foot and theleft foot will be behind right with toeson the ground.vii After finishing the six steps you startto walk back to where you came fromusing similar movements; howeverthis time you walk back with the lefthand and leg together, and right handand right leg together.viii Step the left foot to the left side butkeep the weight on the right foot. Liftup the left hand to the left side fromthe Dantian, at the same time dropthe right arm from the Sky Eye to theDantian along the Ren Mai. Your righthand Laogong point reaches theDantian and the left hand alsoreaches to the Sky Eye, then you shiftixxthe weight to the left leg and bringthe right foot behind the left foot withtoes on the ground, with no weighton them.Drop the right heel on the groundwith the weight on it, meanwhile liftup the right hand to the right sidefrom the Dantian. The Left hand willstart to drop from the Sky Eye to theDantian along the Ren Mai. Repeatthe last movement again for a totalof six steps.At the sixth step you will end up withall the weight on left foot, right footbehind with toes on the ground butno weight on them. When the lefthand Laogong point reaches to theDantian it just stays there and theright hand also reaches to the SkyEye. It then drops to the Dantian withleft hand together and stay in frontof the Dantian.This part of the movement is forgathering the Qi to Dantian through theRen Mai. In the Daoist terms it is called“collecting the medicine”. When we aremoving the hands we should not stop themuntil we have completely finished both sideswalking from right to left and from left backto right. This helps the Qi keep going toflow along the channels and stores in theDantian. Six steps are related with theancient Chinese Hoto numbers. 1 and 6 arerelated to the kidneys; therefore we walksix steps. Always keep your weight on oneleg, the Qi will be stronger in your root,which are your legs and it is also good forthe balance of the brainto be continued....by Michael TseQi Magazine 23