Pu Ti Qi Gong - Exercise Instructions

To Begin--Enter Qi Gong State

Begin “Qi Gong State.” In sitting position with hands on thighs and/or lap, close eyes. Notice breath, do not control it. Relax: half awake, half asleep. Be easy, be gentle. Breathe. With eyes still shut, imagine hands outstretched in front, shoulder high. Imagine eyes open and focused on fingertips of outstretched hands.

Relax, breathe easy. With eyes shut, focus on tip of nose. Imagine you are looking at the tip of your nose. From the tip of your nose, imagine a ruby red arc moving out 4 or 5 inches from your nose and arcing into your heart. Then focus on you feet and feel them grounded solid, firm and supporting into the earth, nine feet deep… as a tree is rooted into the ground.

Part One

1. Hands in lap; palms up. Middle fingers, next to index fingers, barely touching--“touch, no touch.”
2. With mouth open wide, breathe in Qi to middle of chest, the Middle Dan Tien. Swallow “golden elixir”; watch it flow to lower abdomen, the lower Dan Tien. Breathe out as you focus down to feet.
3. Repeat until you feel and think you are finished.
4. Short closing: rub hands; rub face; comb hair; massage ears; pat top of head; pat front of body.

Part Two
1. Hands shaped and held as peach over lower abdomen, the Lower Dan Tien, three inches below navel and three inches deep.
2. Breathe in through nose; breathe out mouth with mouth gently open but not too wide.
3. As you breathe in, imagine you are fanning and growing a gentle warming fire in lower abdomen.

Full Closing
1. Rub hands together creating warmth and focusing Qi.
2. Give face Qi facial, massaging Qi into skin.
3. Comb hair with fingers; massage scalp.
4. Massage ears, top to bottom.
5. Pat head, front of body, outside of arms, arm pits and down sides.
6. Gently rap lower back, just below rib cage. Say hello to kidneys. Twelve times.
7. Immortal Crane, chin going in rounded motion twelve times.
8. Play with Qi ball.
9. Celebrate Your Life of Happiness and Health!!