Day 13 - 13th January 2015 - Going into orbit!

It is a unique thing to witness a room full of adults all thoroughly engaged in Qi Gong exercises which cause burping or belching - the room sounded like it was full of frogs - and then doing the preparatory exercises for the Microcosmic Orbit practice, which involve massaging either one's breasts or testicles (through clothing), and then the whole room pressing on their perineums, to stop Qi from leaking out of their bodies.

Mantak Chia sits on stage and laughs and jokes with all the vigour of a schoolboy, but teaches with the wisdom of one who has studied his modality for many, many years. The Microcosmic Orbit is one of the fundamental energy practices in Qi Gong, and basically  involves arousing, circulating, collecting and storing Qi through specific breathing, attention and muscle contraction techniques. When energy flows through the orbit, you feel it moving from the sex organs to the perineum, then round to the coccyx, up the spine to the base of the head, into the brain, then down into the mouth, through the tongue, into the heart and the other organs of the body, to be stored at a point just below the naval called the lower Dan Tien.

The feeling is profound and energising. You are  bringing blood and oxygen to your vital organs, strengthening and healing, energising and revitalising.

The following resource is available on the internet for those who are hungry for more information regarding Qi Gong Practices, in particular the Microcosmic Orbit.

http://www.slideshare.net/mantakchia/mantak-chia-cosmic-orbit