Spring Forest Qigong Practice Group Poughkeepsie

Hello my dear friends,

My students often ask me about the dantains.

What is the ‘Dantian’? And why is important when practicing Qigong Meditations and Movements?

Dan= Energy Pill
Tain= Field or Center
Dan + Tein = Energy Center use to cultivate energy in a repetitive way to form a pill of energy to sustain your life or in other words a “Sea of Qi”

Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches us there are three major energy centers in the body: the Lower Dantian, Middle Dantian, and Upper Dantian.

The Lower Dantian is the Foundation of the body, the life- force energy center or kidney energy. The Lower Dantian, sits deep behind the navel, almost in the middle of the torso (this varies depending on the size of the body);

The Middle Dantian; the Manufacturer is located in the bottom of the heart area directly in the bottom/middle your chest; and customizes Qi for specific uses in the body.

The Upper Dantian is found in the pineal gland or third eye position, which is a couple of inches behind a spot located about one inch above your eyebrows in the middle of your forehead also known as the pineal gland. This energy center Develops your Spiritual Power, it is your intuition, your connection to the Divine.

The basic functions of the Dantian’s is this: the life force, or kidney energy, stays in the Lower Dantian; the healing and love energy stays in the Middle Dantian; and the psychic energy and supernatural power stays in the Upper Dantian.

The Lower Dantian is the foundation of the body, and when your physical energy and when the energy in the Lower Dantian is strong, they support the Middle Dantian. When the energy in the Middle Dantian is strong, and you are more open hearted, it helps support the Upper Dantian, which helps to open the Third Eye and develop the sixth sense - your psychic energy. When the Upper Dantian’s energy gets strong, it goes down to support the Lower Dantian and Middle Dantian. So now you can see why focusing on the lower dantian is so important, because it feeds all the other dantains’ and also a strong dantian helps protect your body against invaders.

When your body needs more Qi (energy) it pulls from your dantian, specifically your Lower Dantain, which is why the lower dantian is the most important dantain to focus on strengthening. This is also why it is important that each time you finish your meditation, you make sure to bring your energy and your focus back to the Lower Dantian.

Spring Forest Qigong Level One Qigong Movements also help to strengthen your lower dantian.

Many Blessings,
Chunyi Lin

To heal the body is to forgive.

Old stories, traumas, grudges, and resentments are all information held in the body, like poison.

When they are released through forgiveness, the body is free to heal itself.

In forgiving those that hurt us, we liberate ourselves from anything standing between yourself and your love. Even if a person hurt you, even if a person treated you unethically, you can forgive them.

When you can forgive and let go you will find an abundance of resources that can be used to cultivate a longer, happier life.

Many Blessings,
Chunyi Lin