Zazen Notes

I guess the question for us both is how the chi comes to be “stored” in the tan-t’ien. Chunyi Lin seems to encourage you to think the long sitting will work the trick for you; his remark about looking at how long someone can sit the lotus to see if they’ve mastered energy says it all, in that regard.

I realize that there can ...  read more

Element, thanks for the link on autogenic training:

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogenic_training)

Some great history there. I didn’t use the “warm” patter but I sure used the “arm is heavy”, etc. bit, for self-hypnosis in high school!

Bloke, yer right, well-put, Nishijima doesn’t elaborate on how his understanding ...  read more

I still think the ankh represents the cranial-sacral rhythm. The “ankh purification” (second illustration) is a beautiful depiction of how the cranial-sacral rhythm is controlled by the nerves on the sagittal suture, and extends fluidly throughout the body. Thank you for that.

The Egyptians seem to have understood that connection ...  read more