Beginners: Reverse the Chi Flow

Easiest of all, however, and most recommended for beginners who

are often unable to send the energy through the palate, is to return

the energy to the navel along the same route it came from. Simply

reverse the flow of the chi and take it back down the spine and

continue all the way to the feet. Then bring it up your front to the

navel, throat, and palate.

Practice the following sequence to drain excess energy collected

in the head and circulate it to the Door of Life and the soles

of the feet.

1. From the area between the eyebrows direct the warm current

down to the nose for about 10 minutes and then bring the

energy down even lower. With practice, you will develop the ability

to direct this force so that it will flow as you will it to.

2. Bring the power back up to the Pai-Hui (crown of head). Stop

for a while, allowing the power to flow backward from the mideye

region to the Yu-Chen (back of neck).

3. Pause there for a while and then proceed down to the Ja-Jie,

which is at mid-shoulder level and from there down to the Chi-

Chung (Tl1) and then the Ming-men (L2 and L3) in the back and

opposite to the navel. Stop and concentrate here longer until you

feel tense in your forehead.

4. Then shift your attention down to the coccyx and then to the

Hui-Yin in the perineum (mid-point between the anus and the penis).

5. This route then divides into two, one through each leg, descending

down, along the inside of the thighs down to the inside of

the ankle (the inside regarded as the Yin Power) and ending in the

soles of the feet at the Yung Chuan (K1). You should then concentrate

here (at the Yung Chuan) until you feel it become warm. When

you first begin this practice you might try taping a prickly nut to the

bottoms of your feet, so that when you step on it as you walk the

energy center there will be activated. In time, energy will emanate

as a warm, tingly feeling and spread out through your feet and

legs.

6. Raise the energy up the front up to the big toes, stop for a

while, then go to the knee and then up the leg to the perineum.

7. Proceed to the navel point. Pause and gather additional chi.

8. Raise the chi up to the heart, the throat and into the tongue

that is pressed against the palate. Eventually the chi will connect

with the point above, Yin-Tang, the brow, thereby completing the

Microcosmic Orbit.