Embryonic Breathing

[MASTERforge]

Anyone practicing embryonic breathing?

I want to share and discuss progress.

Training is from Dr. Yang Jwing Mings embryonic breathing.

[OTD]

MASTERforge
Would this also be known as "breath before birth" ?
aka "Shen Tien chi "
OTD

[Doc Stier]

The Primordial Embryonic Breath

Blue whales live one hundred years and more. Seals, dolphins and the giant turtle enjoy significantly longer life spans when compared to land-living animals of same size. What these sea animals have in common is their capacity of controlling the frequency of breathing for extended periods of time. The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu states that, “the epitome of virtue is to acquire immortality (Ma Wang Tui Excavation, Version A, Chapter 42.)” A large part of the 200,000 plus pages of the ancient (500 BC to 1200 AD) Chinese Taoist Canon, the Tao Tsang, deals with life prolonging breathing methods, the so called "Embryonic Breath" or "Primordial Breathing" techniques.

The body's breathing function has always been regarded, in the most ancient esoteric teachings, as the very handle to be used to get hold of, or obtain the control of, one's mind and body.
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Quote from The Primordial Breath, Vol. I:

"What the bodily form depends on is breath (ch'i) and what breath relies upon is form. When the breath is perfect, the form is perfect. If breath is exhausted, then form dies. Therefore, the scholar who nourishes life refines the form and nourishes breath in order to nurture his life. No one has form without breath. Consequently, breath and form must be cultivated together.

The proper inner breath is called the Embryonic Breath. Since it is naturally inside, you do not have to seek outside for it. If you do not have a good teacher's secret oral method, you will work long and hard, yet in vain.

Sung-Shan T'ai Wu Hsien-Sheng Ch'i Ching: A Book on Breath by the Master Great Nothing of Sung-Shan: (Tao Tsang, Vol. xxx, p. 856; Harvard Yenching 569; Wieger 817)

Doc

[sanjuro_ronin]

Thanks for clearing that up guys

[MASTERforge]

OTD - Yes pre-birth breathing. There are so many different techniques for breathing out there that something with a similar name can be very different indeed.

Shen Tien Chi - Is this what you are practising at the moment?

Actually, I think it would be good to share any meditation practices. At the moment I have gone back to Za Zen. I can't remember the Chinese name for it. basically 'empty mind' meditation.

I have been listening to quite a lot of audio tapes by Alan Watts also.

[OTD]

MASTERforge
Your web-site is excellant, some of your sword pics nearly took away
my breath. Yes, the Shen Tien Chi breathing is what I usually practice
during meditation
OTD

[MASTERforge]

Thanks for the recognition about the website. I am going to have a forum there and a personal training section that is closed off to the public.

I am using embryonic breathing to supplement my martial arts practice. Basically to create a balance between the external training and internal.

I have found it quite hard to get into because I don't have a teacher. So it is mainly through self exploration that I work.

I am am just about lucky enough to get under an hours meditation a day. I find the morning difficult as my body is stiff. The evening is probably best for me.

[OTD]

MASTERforge
You would probably do better practicing this type between the hours of
11PM to 5AM. It should help to aid in your ability to heal yourself as well.
OTD