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Old 06-23-2011, 08:31 AM   #5
David Orange
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Re: Experience of Zhan-Zhuang/pile stance

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Chris Knight wrote: View Post
I've recently taken up Zhan-Zhuang, to help compliment my martial art. Can anybody tell me their experiences of this and how this has helped change the body/mind in relation to their martial art, not particularly health changes etc. It's probably the hardest thing I've ever done to my body and can be a real struggle for me at times, to hit my time targets.
Chris,

You might like to read this:

http://0101.nccdn.net/1_5/31a/008/26...rienced-2-.pdf

Note, among other important points, that he uses the mind to lead the spirit:

"I used my mind to sink my insubstantial spirit, filling my dan-tian. At the same time I used the insubstantial spirit to slightly elevate the perineal area energy accumulation (cf. Translator Note
1), which resulted in full coordination of inner and outer activity."

David

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Lao Tzu

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