Working with the Dan Tien
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Working with the Dan Tien
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine theory there are 4 degrees of sensitivity to the Qi: Sensitive and Insensitive and Very Sensitive and Very Insensitive. For the very sensitive it is easy to feel the Qi. On the other hand, for those in the very insensitive category, it is usually quite difficult. Most people fall between these two extremes. The main thing to know is; with diligent practice over time, anyone can come to ‘feel the Qi.’
Finding the Low Dan Tien
When you ask most people to show you where the Dan Tien is, they point to the area somewhere below the navel. While this is true in a sense, there is much more to the low Dan Tien. In the older form of Daoism the Dan Tien is described in terms of 10 divisions going from front (belly) to back. It is said that the practitioner should look for the Dan Tien around point 7, measuring from front to back. This is actually quite near the Ming Men, rather than just the front of ...