22 September 2009
Sinking
Sinking in Tai Chi is the mind dropping into the lower dantien – the belly. This happens when tensions – anxieties – are relaxed, and when the three dantiens – belly heart head – are vertically aligned. It is accompanied by a feeling of homecoming relief. Back to where I belong. The mind is always springing up and out from the dantien so sinking needs to be a continuously refreshing process: a balance of energies: central equilibrium.
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Isn't sinking in Tai Chi also about sinking into the feet - for rooting? Where does sinking originate? In the ankles, moving onto the knees and waist in split seconds?
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