In Class Today

In class today, we practiced the Qi Gong State. We then did Pu Ti Qi Gong and Five Organ Breathing Qi Gong.

Five Organ Breathing is a basic and fundamental exercise which treats the entire body with healthy Qi. If you were to learn only one exercise for life, this might be it.

We focused on the liver, heart, spleen/stomach, lungs, kidneys and body-fluid system. By doing this exercise, we were enlivening all of our body. By focusing our attention and care on each organ system, we were enlivening that organ and bringing forth the natural health within that organ system.

Though we did each organ system exercise six times before moving to the next organ, you may focus more exercise on one organ if you are having a problem by doing more than six cycles with this organ system... much more if you want. You decide.

We all need the attention and care of each other. Our children and pets need our attention and care; the life within them comes alive to its fullest potential with our healthy concerns and attention. Our bodies need the same attention from us to perform at their full potential of wellness. Our attention enhances the flow of Qi; we have the ability to direct Qi, the force of life, where needed. Care for your body; talk to it in wellness. Do Qi Gong.

Qi Gong has been developed in an uninterrupted fashion over thousands of years by your fellow human beings in Asia. They became aware of energy systems that run through the body creating life and health. Qi Gong brings our powerful ability of awareness and focus to bare in a positive manner on the maintenance and enhancement this energy system.

Qi Gong connects us to the healthy system of life within us and about us in nature. Qi Gong brings a reconnection where we have been disconnected. It activates our innate system of wellness though awareness and exercises. Qi Gong activates the natural health and wellness within us.


Pu Ti Qi Gong - Introduction

This is a simple exercise that Dr. Wang, my teacher, brought back from China a few years ago when he was visiting his teacher at Wu Dang Mountain.

Dr. Wang met his teacher high up in the mountain in a cave that was cold. In three days, there was but one small meal. However, Dr. Wang and others in the cave stayed warm and nourished as a result of this exercise and an herbal drink: Life Energy Tonic.

Pu Ti Qi Gong builds inner strength. It is an excellent practice in the winter when daylight hours are shortened and our Qi Gong work is focused on building strength within us to express more fully in the lively daylight hours of summer.

Specifically, Pu Ti Qi Gong helps to create warmth, aids circulation, improves libido, balances our hormones, helps with menstrual problems and diminishes cramps.


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!!