BASIC II
Chi
Kung for Healing
10)
Tao Yin (Y1)
(Tao Yin, Tan Tien Chi Kung and Tai Chi: Combined, Summer Retreat Week)
In the old days when people still lived close to nature, the heat that was released by the body was absorbed by the woods. These days, the artificial environments that we live in don’t provide us with this kind of release. Heat is more and more trapped in the body, causing it to overheat and to damage the internal organs. This may cause various diseases including heart attacks. Tao Yin lying and sitting positions for exercise contain a set of postures, breathing exercises, and meditation that are designed to move the excess heat out of the body. They stretch, detoxify and revitalize the muscles and the tendons. While in the relaxation period after the active phase of movement and stretching, we guide the Chi with the breath to that particular part of the body affected by the exercise. This yin phase of the practice expels the heat and opens the muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints that are emphasized in the postures. In general, the combination of active and passive phases of the practice conditions the spine, tendons, ligaments, muscles and diaphragm in ways that cannot be achieved in standing and moving positions. A balanced session of practice opens chi flow throughout all the meridians, removes toxins and tension throughout the body and engenders a deep sense of relaxed peace and calm – yet wonderfully energized at the same time. The Tao Yin exercises included in this book are all performed in either lying or sitting positions. Tendons and psoas muscles will be imbued with the power of elasticity, and the spine becomes more flexible. Employing the dynamic principle of ‘finding the straight in the curve’ enables the practitioner to grow and strengthen the tendons and to cultivate their elasticity. Tao Yin exercises are moving meditations. Using the inner smile, one trains the feeling and awareness brain, the Second Brain in the abdomen, to coordinate and direct the actions in the body. They integrate the subtle power of the breath and mind in the process. The practitioner learns to train and develop ‘Yi,’ the mind-eye-heart power.
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