The Curate’s Egg School of Taiji

 

 

 

 

 

Lift Chi Up Pour Chi Down  (Peng Qi Guan Ding)

 Part One

 Feet together, hands at sides

 1        Put palms down to ground, three times forward and back

 2        Hold out in front of tantien, press.

 3        Go out and round to back

 4        Draw up under arms

 5        Hold hands out palm up, press

 6        Put hands out to the side and scoop

 7        Draw hands up over head

 8        Put hands together and down as far as possible

 Part Two

 9        Push out palms together, palms down, then palms out

 10    Rotate shoulders three times, pushing forward and pulling back

 11    Side to side three times

 12    Out to side, push to sides and pull back three times

 13    Up and down three times

 14    Draw hands up over head

 15    Come down palms facing body at chest to tantien press

 16    Hands round to back and down to heels

 17    Round to front of feet and push and pull three times

 18    Up to tantien then down to side

 

 Part Three

 19    Arms out to side push and pull three times

 20    Forward and back three times

 21    To front Rotate shoulders, pushing forward and pulling back three times

 22    Up and down three times

 23    Draw hands up over head

 24    Come down to third eye

 25    Round to back of head and down back as far as possible

 26    Meet point on back the other way and to bottom of back

 27    Come round to tantien

 28    Down front of legs to feet and push and pull three times

 29    Go round to heel and up backs of legs to bottom of back

 30    Come round to tantien then down to sides

 

 Part Four

 31    Raise arms at forty five degrees turn palms upward at shoulder level till above head

 32    Pull both hands down to shoulder level then face palms forward.

 33    Push out right hand and rotate to left turn waist to left touch middle finger to thumb draw hand back to cross over chest.

 34    Push out left hand rotate clockwise turn waist to right touch middle finger to thumb draw hand back to cross over chest.

 35    Bring palms together, fingers pointing upwards and bring up.

 36    Face palms forward and lower to shoulder height

 37    Turn palms up and bring forward to front

 38    Draw hands back to body and turn under body and stretch out backwards

 39    Circle arms forwards to sides and turn palms forwards

 40    Put right hand over left on tantien (left over right ladies)

 41    Put hands down to side

 

 

 This qigong is sometimes called Zhineng or Chilel.

 

 

 

Full Moon Zhineng Qigong Practice

Every full moon, practitioners all over the world
practice
Zhineng Qigong together, forming a great loving healing chi-field.

In the USA and Canada, the time is from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm
New York time (6 to 7 pm Los Angeles time).

In China, the full moon practice begins at 10:30pm .
(Please note that in China, practitioners also practice
at new moon each month)

Full Moon Dates for 2011 (New Moon)
(According to the Chinese Lunar Calendar )

Date:

Day:

January 18 (3)

Tuesday (Mon)

February 17 (2)

Thursday (Wed)

March 19 (4)

Saturday (Fri)

April 17 (2)

Sunday (Sat)

May 17 (2)

Tuesday (Mon)

June 16 (1,30)

Thurs (Wed, Thurs)

July 15 (30)

Friday (Sat)

August 14 (28)

Sunday (Sun)

September 12 (26)

Monday (Mon)

October 11 (26)

Tuesday (Wed)

November 10 (24)

Thurs (Thurs)

December 9 (24)

Friday (Sat)

 

 

Full Moon Practice begins at 10.30 pm to 12 pm Beijing Time.

Every Full Moon (15 th) and New Moon (last night) in the Chinese Lunar Calendar.

This is 2.30 pm to 4 pm GMT and 3.30 pm to 5 pm BST.

In the US Full Moon Practice is from 9 pm to 10 pm every New Moon.

This is 2 am to 3 am the following day GMT, 1 am to 2 am BST

 

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