sitting practice after standing, moving

An exercise manual prepared by the late Richard ‘Mas’ Rogers based on a version of the Yi Jin Jing has copies of old woodcut printed pictures and translated commentary – the final one concluding ‘harmonise the breath through the nose, the mouth and the nose are connected’.

In David Twicken’s Eight Extraordinary Channels book the notes (page 94) on the point DU 26 above the top lip state “The nose receives the five qi from Heaven and the mouth receives the five flavours from Earth” and (this point) “is between the two and relates to humanity”.

The instruction or suggestion to harmonise the breath through the nose in quiet sitting is very helpful to integrate and refine energies activated in exercise practice. Sometimes after playing with strong external energies of nature this helps distinguish what is proper for the body and let go of the external, I am finding. Playing with noticing the connection between the mouth and the nose as well as lower belly.

Pass it on in case someone else finds it a useful refinement to play with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yijin_Jing