Qigong Meditation Finding the Center

The next step is to find the center of your body. To accomplish this task, visualize the area you want to find. First, we will discuss how you can find your upper Dantian. Extend your inhale and shorten the exhale. This will cause the energy to condense into the center line and will make it easier to feel your center. To help yourself find the center, you can also place your hands over the ears which will make sure that the energy doesn't disperse.

Once you have found the upper center, try to find the lower center. To find the lower Dantian, you have to be comfortable with normal or reverse abdominal breathing. Pay attention to how the front of your abdominal area is expanding, and how it shrinks back. Now pay attention to the back and the front at the same time. After awhile, you will find the center without any further problems.

Once you have found both centers, you have to synchronize them. This means they expand and shrink at the same time. It can take a few months or even a year to accomplish, but when you can reach this state, bring the energy down from the upper Dantian to the lower Dantian. As you inhale, you bring the energy down, and as you exhale you remain with your mind there. Repeat several times until you are able to keep your mind completely in the lower Dantian. The key to embryonic breathing is that you remain with your mind in the lower Dantian while you do reverse abdominal breathing. As a result, fat will be converted into energy, which will be stored in the lower Dantian. Click to learn how Chinese medicine treats Anal Fissure.

Through correct embryonic breathing, you can learn how to manipulate the energy within your body. As you exhale, the energy is manifested. As you inhale the energy is drawn inward to the center. It is recommended to inhale longer than exhale in the spring and summer seasons, as these are times when the body’s energy is strong. This is the Yin version. A longer exhale than inhale is the Yang version, and it should be practiced in the autumn and winter to help the body resist sickness.