Video summary
The video begins by building upon a previous lesson regarding the connection between the base chakra and the navel, introducing the next step in ascending energy flow toward the solar plexus and beyond. The instructor demonstrates a specific technique where one squeezes the perineum while taking a sharp gasping breath, a method designed to stimulate tingling sensations in the ears and neck while causing the eyes to open naturally. This physical action creates the necessary momentum for energy to travel upward from the lower body through the spine, bypassing the need for conscious force as the contraction naturally directs the flow toward higher chakra centers. The process involves feeling this energy rise up the back of the body, pass between the shoulder blades, and reach the base of the skull known as the jade palace before culminating at the crown of the head.
Once the energy reaches the top of the head, it is allowed to relax and flow down the front of the face, through the throat, and into the solar plexus before returning to the navel, effectively completing a circular path known in Chinese traditional medicine as the microcosmic orbit. This cycle utilizes two major energy channels: the governing vessel that runs along the back of the body and the conception vessel that runs down the front. By squeezing the perineum, the practitioner initiates the upward journey along the spine to the crown chakra, which opens when the eyes are open, while closing the eyes allows the energy to gently descend through the chest and gut to the dan tien. The instructor notes that while the gasping breath is an effective tool for beginners to feel this intense upward movement, it can eventually be replaced by more subtle nasal breathing and gentle contractions as the practitioner becomes more comfortable with the internal flow.
To further strengthen this connection, the video explains how these internal movements relate to external practices like "roll back and push," creating a stronger integration of qi energy throughout the body. The core principle emphasized is that moving energy upward requires an active squeeze at the base to generate momentum, whereas allowing energy to move downward simply involves relaxation. By repeatedly practicing this cycle of squeezing to lift the energy and relaxing to let it fall, the practitioner trains their body to feel the continuous circular motion of energy through specific points. This foundational work prepares the viewer for future lessons that will combine these techniques with grand tai chi and the carrying of the cauldron, ultimately aiming to facilitate a seamless and powerful circulation of life force within the entire system.
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so in my last lesson i shared with you
how to squeeze a perineum
and then move the energy up to your
navel so what i actually essentially
showed you how to do is connect
your base chakra with your navel chakra
that's right we just made that
connection because we energetically
squeeze that energy up okay so
now what you want to do is now connect
that
and move the energy even higher up to
your
solar plexus and higher than that as
well
so we're going to start with that again
i'm going to squeeze
our perineum breathe in
okay do the gasping breath and then when
you do the gasping breath you may also
already feel
the the back of your neck tingling okay
right and your eyes opening up okay um
that's actually
exactly what needs to happen so you're
gasping
right you're you can feel your ears
tingling
you can feel your eyes open up you feel
your head expanded and what's actually
happening is you're just opening that
chakra up and because you squeeze this
part
naturally it has to go somewhere that
energy so it actually naturally goes up
to
your higher chakras higher chakra
centers so i'm going to squeeze
okay and next i wanted to go
through the back okay so there's a point
behind your
don tian called the ming bun okay it's
right behind your down tank you go
straight back
it's on your spine okay so
i'm squeezing up contract the
the the navel and then i'm going to feel
the energy
going up to my spine then i'm going to
feel my energy going up between my
shoulder blades
and then up to here what we call the
jade palace which is right in the base
of your skull
in the back of your head okay and then
the energy goes
to the top of your head the crown and as
you relax it falls down the face
down your throat in the front down the
front your solar plexus and then back to
your down chain so what we're doing
we're making like a like a circle coming
from the bottom
from the back the spine okay
up the neck around the top of your head
in front of your face down your throat
to your sternum or your solar plexus
into your gut to your don ten so we're
making that
cycle and what we call this is called
the microcosmic orbit
so in chinese traditional medicine
there's two major channels in your body
there's a governor's governor channel
which is the back
and then the conception channel or
conceptual channel
uh in the front also called a functional
channel so but generally
it's the governing channel in the back
and then the conception channel in the
front so what we're doing is
we are moving our energy
up the governing vessel out governing
channel
so we're going from our opinion up to
our
main moon okay up to the middle of the
back up to jade palace
around the crown then we're coming down
to the conception channel
which is the front of your body and down
to your downtime
so now what you want to do is to
imagine that whole connection okay so
squeeze okay and imagine it going up
and i think going up the spine eyes
might open more
and it comes up to this the crown now do
what we just did with the ground tai chi
just imagine
so you now your eyes kind of close a
little bit more and relax
and then we just did that connection
right remember the connection from the
crown all the way down to your duncan
so we already did that part that's the
easy part
if you practice this should be easy so
let it come back down to here
goes down to your don tien stays there
and then you start over again
so
and then goes up to the hearings and
then as it comes in here
when you open your eyes it actually
opens the crown chakra okay
as you close your eyes it actually
closes the crown chakra so that's
that's what's happening i'm squeezing my
perineum
having come up my eyes open
my ears open now the energy is here
now the energy to the crown now as i
close my eyes now the energy kind of
starts falling down
everything falls down through my solar
flexes down to my down tent i feel it in
my dan tien
feel it there then relax and do this
thing again again
and then relax
okay and some people say you shouldn't
do the gasping breath that's okay
the gasping breath is just to help you
feel that that
energy going up to your head maybe
that's too strong so
uh you can once you do enough gasping
breath you don't want to do it
you know too much uh
now you may want to move to something
more subtle so just breathe through your
nose
but feel the same energy happening
okay so i'm doing the same thing except
just doing more subtle okay just gentle
contractions instead of
violent ones so once again i'm squeezing
breathing in
let's do my back now between my shoulder
blades to my neck
up to the back of my neck
up to my crown then it's coming down
i close my eyes it relaxes i feel the
energy coming
down the front of my body chest
and back to my dauntian i squeeze
okay
okay so what this leads to is something
called
roll back and push
and the lower motion okay so
all that's happening right now
internally
i'm going to show you how to externally
practice this so that it
creates a stronger connection stronger
movement of the energy in your body
so i hope you understand how this
movement of qi energy is called the
microcosmic orbit
and what it does is it starts to help
you feel the energy flow
through the of points in a circular
motion
so and and also showed you how to
activate or kind of like um squeeze
and activate that initial flow of energy
and how to let that momentum carry that
energy up
and then let it fall and also explain
that
when you move energy down you just relax
and naturally moves down you want to
move energy up
you have to squeeze something in the
bottom to create that momentum so that
it goes up
so in the next video i'm going to share
with you how to combine
the first lesson about the grand tai chi
and then
carry the cauldron and how to combine
what we just learned with that practice