This is a great ~ simple and powerful ~ from

Taoist meditation practicefrom

This can be done outdoors [best in a beautiful natural environment!] or indoors. It is similar to Buddhists in many ways from

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 Sitting in meditation practice, but ~ hence the name! ~ You stand. [So, for a person, you are unlikely to fall asleep… J]

Stand first, with your feet parallel and shoulder width apart. Take a few deep breaths and say "aaah" [loud or yourself] with exhalation. Let go of any tension you find on your shoulders, neck or face~ Simply let it "melt" and exhale… It seems that the tension is a frozen river, now touched by the warm sun, flowing down Like a gentle waterfall in the waterfall, form a swimming pool at your feet. Feel your energy, your consciousness, settle in your feet and legs, hips and abdomen, and connect you strongly to the earth. Slightly bend the knees ~ just enough to make the back of the knee feel soft.

Let your arms hang on your sides and let your thumb gently touch the outside of your thighs [which means your back will face forward]. Separate your fingers and stretch them so that they are straight and not stiff, so there is space between each pair of fingers [just like you have a braided finger]. Now, float your hands straight forward, three to four inches, so they are now in front of your thighs [but still on both sides]. This should create a sense of emptiness under your arm. Let your elbows bend enough to make them soft.

Now choose a gaze point, eight or ten feet in front of you. Rest very gently at that point [or area]. [The past meditation masters found that there is a connection between our eye movements and ideological movements… So, keeping the eyes still is a good way to calm the mind.] Try to find that you are watching enter Your eyes, not sticking out [using the energy of your eyes] "catch" it. In other words, make your eyes easier to accept, not active… Relax your chin and make room between your upper and lower teeth, even if your lips are gently closed.

So now you have been in the position of meditation and staying here for a while. Once you arrange yourself in this way, there is nothing you can do. Just pay attention to this position, just like here.

If you are a newbie, keep your posture for a few minutes. You can make some minor adjustments to it because it is necessary for your comfort, but our idea is to move as little as possible. Once you get the correct pose alignment, keep it in a fairly "immobile" way. internal exercise Qi/ Vitality will be very enjoyable and healing. When you continue this exercise ~ weeks or months or years ~ you will be able to keep this position for a longer time [30 minutes, an hour]. But in the beginning, a few minutes is wonderful!

Qigong standing meditation was originally published on Spring