Tai Chi Breathing Set
video
This is a Tai Chi Qigong that I learned from Jou, Tsung Hwa and Shih, Tzu Guo. It was apparently first published in a book by Yearning K. Chen around 1930 and had been part of the Yang family secret teachings for many years. Currently available books by Jou, Tsung Hwa (Tai Chi Chuan: the Tao of Rejuvination) and by Stuart Olson (Cultivating the Ch'i) discuss this exercise in detail. This video is humbly offered to suppliment class work and provide a reference for students to review at home.
Inhale through the nose, exhale from the mouth. This set can be done with Natural Breathing or Reverse Breathing (when properly learned). When done with Reverse Breathing the sounds "Heng" and "Haa" can be added to inhaling and exhaling respectively.