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 ====导引呼吸 Daoyin breathing exercise   ====
 **导引 Daoyin**
+From some perspectives, all changes can be viewed as ‘Daoyin’. ‘Daoyin’ means the state of being in motion (动). From a deeper perspective, even the state of being tranquil or quiet (‘静’) is also a process of ‘Daoyin’. Human life is a phenomenon of ‘Daoyin’. ‘Daoyin’ also means breathing. People’s lives could not exist without breathing. Through the Daoyin breathing exercise, our inner energy and wisdom can be revealed.
-  From some perspectives, all changes can be viewed as ‘Daoyin’. ‘Daoyin’ means the state of being in motion (动). From a deeper perspective, even the state of being tranquil or quiet (‘静’) is also a process of ‘Daoyin’. Human life is a phenomenon of ‘Daoyin’. ‘Daoyin’ also means breathing. People’s lives could not exist without breathing. Through the Daoyin breathing exercise, our inner energy and wisdom can be revealed.
-    从修炼的角度来说，一切变化称为导引，动的状态称为导引。从更深层次的角度来说的话，静态也属于导引的一个变化。人的生命存在本身也是导引的一种现象。导引也是呼吸的意思，人的生命存在本身也是导引的一种现象。通过导引呼吸，显现出我们内部具备的浩然正气的能量，开发无我，无法的不二智慧。
 ===一、	打开导引 Daoyin exercise of opening up===
-  This is a preparation for the Daoyin breathing exercise of the next stage. It is only for people whose bodies are not very flexible.
+This is a preparation for the Daoyin breathing exercise of the next stage. It is only for people whose bodies are not very flexible.
+==1.	打开直上导引 “Opening up and Going up straight” Daoyin ==
+**Preparing your posture:**
+Use your right hand to hold the wrist of your left hand, place the back of your right hand close to your hairline, and let your left palm face away from you.
+**Now to begin:**
+Breathe deeply in, your abdomen comes inward, and your chest expands naturally, with some energy, push your two arms upward. Your spine will extend upward, reaching the highest point, with your left palm facing upward.
+Exhale, bend your elbows, bring your two hands back, and place the back of your right hand close to your hairline again.
+**Repeat the above three times.**
+==2.	打开前推导引Opening up and pushing forward==
+**Preparing your posture:**
+Use your left hand hold the wrist of your right hand, and place the back of your left hand close to your chest, with the palm of your right hand facing away from you.
+**Now to begin:**
+Inhale deeply, push your two hands forward hard, until they reach the furthest point, and expand your back --- shrinking bosom slightly and ensure that the back is straight.
+Exhale, bend your elbows, and bring your hands back to your chest, with the back of your left hand close to your chest. The body comes back to the original straight position.
+**Repeat the above process three times.**
+==3.	打开后推导引 Opening up and pushing backwards==
+**Preparing your posture:**
+bring your two hands together behind you with fingers intertwined, and rest the back of your hands against the waist.
+**To begin:**
+Inhale deeply; push your two hands backward, until they reach the furthest point, and lean your body forward slightly.
+Exhale, bend your elbows, and bring your two hands back to your body, resting the back of your hands against your waist. Bring your body back to its original position.
+**Repeat the above process three times.**
+===二、	运气导引 Daoyin exercise of Transporting the Qi ===
+When we start to do the ‘Daoyin breathing exercise’, we should view ourselves as a ‘Dao ren’ （道人）, a person who is in harmony with Dao, a happy and free person. Focus your mind on the DANTIAN, let your breathing lead your body’s movements and mind; and close your eyes gently
+==1.	运气直上导引 moving the Qi upward straight Daoyin==
+**（1）	准备运气直上 Preparation**
+Straighten your back naturally, and overlap your hands placing them at the DANTIAN (also the position of the pelvis bone), with the left hand below the right hand, and the thumbs touching each other, forming a straight line. The palms are facing upwards. This kind of hand position is called ‘三昧印’, or ‘定印’ .
+This hand position, with the two thumbs touch each other, representing that you are in harmony with the Daoyin method. When the two thumbs touch each other, concentrate on the feeling that the energy of the two thumbs correspond with each other, rather than the feeling that the skin of the thumbs touching each other. The person who is practicing should believe that one's self is the origin of the universe, the origin of the heaven and earth, the origin of the life. With such feeling and mind, it is easier for you to reach the state of ‘不二’ (literally no two) and correspond with ‘Dao’
+**（2）	呼气腹前交叉 Cross in front of the abdomen during exhale**
+Breathing in ---use the lower abdomen to breathe --- lower abdomen breathing is the most primordial form of breathing. The natural state of breathing of children is lower abdomen breathing. As person grows old, the centre of breathing goes upward. Before passing away, the centre of breathing is at the windpipe, and the life comes to the end. So the lower the centre of breathing, the better! If you use lower abdomen breathing during Daoyin breathing exercise, it not only helps the Qi and blood in your body going smoothly, but also helps you to attain a deep state of meditation.
+But it is important that you do the lower abdomen breathing naturally, rather than purposely. During the state of cross-legged sitting, while breathing in, the lower abdomen bulges out naturally, rather than purposely! If you still haven’t reach the state of naturally lower abdomen breathing, but do that purposely, the body is likely to become stiff, and have negative effects.
+While breathing out, we do “three crosses” in three different levels of your body: cross the thumbs, cross the wrist of your hands, and cross the arms.
+When breathing out, firstly cross your thumbs: move the two thumbs at the same time towards each other, with the point of right thumb moving along the middle line of the left thumb, and then across with the left thumb, the two palms facing upwards.
+Move the two hands toward the front and upward continuously. At the same height of your naval, the two wrists cross with each other, with the ten fingers pointing upward and the two hands facing upward naturally.
+Move the two hands continuously toward the front and upward. At the same height of the upper abdomen, the middle point of your lower arm cross with each other.
+These three crosses is a whole and should be done continuously, without any stop in the middle. During this process, focus on the feeling that the energy is corresponding at the crossing points (thumbs, wrist, and arms), rather than the feeling of the touching of the skin.
+**（3）   停气外转贴额 Hold the breadth, turn outward, and touch the forehead**
+After finishing the process of exhaling, hold the breath while perform the following actions:
+The two elbows gradually open towards the two sides of the body with the two arms keeping touch each other, and at the same time turn the arms inwards. Cross the two wrists with each other at the same height of the neck, with the two palms facing the two sides of the body.
+Open the two elbows towards the two sides continuously, and at the same time turn the wrists outward continuously. At the same height of the nose, use the right hand to hold the left wrist. When the back of your hand touch the hair line above the forehead, let the thumb and the middle finger of the right hand touch with each other. Hold the wrist lightly and do not exert any force.
+When the left hand is holding the right hand, try to feel that the hand which is “in motion” and “yang” is holding the hand which is “quiet” and “yin”. And also try to feel that the life exist because of the changes of Yin and Yang. The hand which is holding the wrist is in a Buddhist hand posture: the thumb touches the middle finger, and the rest of the three fingers bend naturally.
+Using the Buddhist hand posture expresses the original energy of the life. The body, spirit, the true nature of yourself, and the original energy of the universe are in harmony with each other and combined in one. We could feel that our tiny body is inside the vast infinite universe, and that life and the universe are combined in one!
+握手腕的手是佛手印的手势，大拇指与中指指尖相触，其余三手指自然弯曲，通过佛手印的形象体现出生命本原的能量元气。在身体、精神、本性、元气合一相应的状态下练习导引呼吸时，能够体会到自己渺小的身体站在广袤无比的宇宙中，生命与宇宙合一。
+**（4）   吸气双手直上 Breathe in and extend the two hands upward**
+There are five stages in doing it:
+.      Put the mind at Huiyin, and pull in the anus gently. Note that you need to keep your mind clean and clear, and don’t concentrate on Huiyin too much which may stimulate the Qi and blood there and further stimulate sexual feelings.
+.	Keep the arms still, and contract your lower abdomen, and inhale gently. The lower abdomen will come upward gently as you breathe in. The energy of Qi will be formed at the centre of the lower abdomen, and gradually the energy will come upward slowly.
+.	When the centre of the Qi arrive at the upper abdomen, let the two hands that rest against the forehand go upward naturally. To feel that the centre of Qi is coming from the lower abdomen, upper abdomen, the chest, neck, head, and the empty space above your head. The energy of Zhongmai (中脉, the middle line of your body) comes through your Huiyin to the earth, and through your head to the heaven, thus the life exists in harmony with the earth and the heaven.
+.	When the centre of the Qi comes through the chest, the chambers of the chest and the ribs at the two sides expand upwards and outwards. The two arms go upwards continuously.
+.	Your thoracic cavity is full of Qi. When you cannot breathe in anymore, raise the shoulders a little bit and make the two elbows completely straight.
-.	打开直上导引 “Opening up and Going up straight” Daoyin
-.	打开前推导引Opening up and pushing forward
-.	打开后推导引 Opening up and pushing backwards
-一、	运气导引
+==2.	运气前推导引 Moving the Qi and pushing forward Daoyin exercise==
+**（1）屏气打开双手 Hold the breathe and the open the hands**
+While holding the breath, slowly loosen the thumb and the middle finger of the right hand, and the two hands will spring apart naturally. Normally the distance between the two hands is as wide as the shoulders. If your shoulders are stiff, the distance would be wider than the shoulders. But don’t control the distance between the hands by yourself, and let it go naturally. Keep the body still during this process.
+**（3）	呼气脸前交叉Exhale and cross in front of the face**
+Exhale slowly; turn the two arms facing toward you, and cross the two lower arms in front of your face. Put the left arm inside and right arm outside. The two palms are facing toward your body. Be aware that don’t let the two arms fall down: the points of the two elbows are not lower than the shoulders.
-  When we start to do the ‘Daoyin breathing exercise’, we should view ourselves as a ‘Dao ren’ （道人）, a person who is in harmony with Dao, a happy and free person. Focus your mind on the DANTIAN, let your breathing lead your body’s movements and mind; and close your eyes gently
+**（4）	停气内转贴胸 Hold the breadth, turn inward and touch the chest**
+Hold the breath; open the two elbows towards the two sides of the body, with the two arms turning downwards. Cross the two wrists at the same height as the nose, with the two palms facing towards the two sides of the body.
+Open the two elbows continuously, and at the same time turn the wrists. At the same height as the neck, the left thumb and middle finger hold the wrist. When the back of the left hand touch the chest, the thumb and the middle finger touch each other and form the ‘Buddhist hands gesture’.
-.	运气直上导引 moving the Qi upward straight Daoyin
+**（5）吸气双手前推**
-.	运气前推导引 Moving the Qi and pushing forward Daoyin exercise
+Use the chest to inhale, the energy of the Qi will push the two hands towards the front. As the Qi comes in, the thoracic cavity expands, and the ribs and the back also expand outward. Extend the two arms continuously, until the two elbows completely straight. The palm of the right hand faces toward the front. The arms are at the same height as the shoulders. Now hold the breath.
-.	运气后推导引 Transport the Qi and push backward
-.	运气合上导引
-.	运气直下导引
+==3.	运气后推导引 Transport the Qi and push backward==
+==4.	运气合上导引 Fold the palms, transport Qi and go up straightly==
+==5.	运气直下导引 Fold the palms, transport Qi and go down straightly==

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