Back Line: Spine

Now bring your focus back to your eyes. Smile into your eyes, your

tongue, then begin to smile down the inside of your spinal column.

Make sure your posture is straight with shoulders slightly rounded

forward. Descend one vertebra at a time, smiling into each until you have reached the coccyx. The spinal column protects your

central nervous system and is crucial in increasing your chi circulation.

Starting from the neck there are seven cervical vertebrae,

twelve thoracic vertebrae, and five lumbar vertebrae plus the

sacrum and coccyx.

You should experience a feeling of great ease, warmth, and

comfort in each vertebra. When the lumbar, coccyxal, and pubic

areas are relaxed, power is released and flows more easily up

through the back.