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Exercises and Techniques

Here are some of the exercises and movements done as part of the Ying Lung Hsing practice. You will find a variety of techniques and practices here. These are regularly updated or added to. If there is something that you would like to see feel free to email me and I will try to put it together and post it here.

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Basic Breathing Practice

I have been following a thread about breathing on another forum and it has reminded me that there are so many breathing and breath techniques out there. Most of them have multiple levels of practice and utility. It is easy to be confused or lost with the variety of practices and methods.

It is also easy to get caught up in semantics when discussing breath and even more so when discussing energy. Quite often different traditions will have similar techniques but might describe them slightly differently. What is important is that you feel comfortable with the technique or tradition that you practice. Much of the difference between traditions is style or flavor.

A good beginning practice is to simply stand or sit quietly and breathe. Sit or stand straight, be relaxed but with good posture. Try to bring your attention to your breath.

The point here at first is to just get in touch with your breath, bring some awareness to the process. Don't try to change it or to regulate it in any way. After a bit bring your awareness to your body and how it expands and contracts with the breath. Where is there movement and where is there no movement. Then go back to following the breath. Check your posture and just breathe.

This is the simplest and most basic breath work. It is foundational to other breath work and is therefore the most important. Don't worry about doing anything in particular with it. Don't worry about any particular meditation or energy to associate with it.

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