Completing Exercise in Chen Style Taiji

4. Completing Exercise
With both palms touch your Dantian and start to rotate them as if you were brushing the area. Move them in a circle 36 times in a clockwise direction. Start from the centre of your Dantian and then enlarge the circles to your chest area. Reverse the motion back to your Dantian for 24 circles. After that, rub both palms together quickly and then massage your face with your palms 12 times. This kind of exercise is good for the spleen. After that, cross the back of your thumbs and rub them together. Use the back of the thumbs to massage your eyebrows and the area below the eyes 12 times. This exercise helps to maintain healthy eyesight. After that, place both palms on top of and behind your ears using them to fold your ears over. The middle fingers of your palms should be connected behind your head at the mid-section of your skull. Lock your index fingers on top of your middle fingers, and use them to bang the cavity at the back of your head (Fengfu) for 36 times. This exercise is good for your hearing and the energy circulation from your body to your head. After that, use both palms to massage, from your thighs down to your ankles. Stand up slowly to finish your exercise. Click here to learn Sciatica in TCM.

Attention:
Although you should practice hard and treat this exercise seriously and carefully, do not be anxious for quick results. As ancient Chinese philosophy says, "You should not be anxious to feel something in your mind and there should be no temptation to feel something. If you place your mind too heavily onto something, you will perceive the illusion of that thing. If you have no temptation, you will not get anything. If you want to achieve something, drift between concentration and no concentration, and it will always be there." In conclusion, relax, enjoy, do not worry, avoid becoming anxious and try to practice regularly without pushing yourself too hard. Have the motivation to practice but try not to focus on the end result.