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Have you heard of dantien? How would you like to be more grounded and
centred, even as you are
walking around and going about your day? If you have meditated or
practiced relaxation you will be familiar with the inner peace and
calmness you experience after a session.
It is a feeling of harmony with the world. Life feels as if it
flows
effortlessly and carries you along. You feel connected to
yourself, other people and to the universe.
Eastern philosophy and martial arts talk of a point within the body
that
is generally described as two or three finger widths below the belly
button. If you put your attention there you can get a sense of
there being something fixed but not solid. It is a sensation of
grounded-ness, of stability, of potential.
I first heard of this point in 2003 when I did a one-day training in
psychocalisthenics.
Psychocalisthenics is an exercise routine that you can do at home with
nothing but comfortable clothing. 15 minutes of 23 stretching and
movement exercises combined with disciplined breathing is designed to
awaken all muscle groups and increase energy flow throughout the
body. Practiced regularly it offers clarity of mind, strength of
spirit and body. Here
is a link to the book at Amazon (which seems
extremely expensive, you should be able to find better price elsewhere
such as www.pcals.com). There is a video and DVD and wallchart
etc to purchase also.
Anyway, back to the centre point. This point has various names,
Dantien being one or Dan Tien or Dan
Tian. You don't have to be practicing a martial art to tap into
the power and peace that comes from 'living' from this place.
When you place your awareness here, or you feel as if you are moving,
breathing and living from there something different, new and
extraordinary happens. You experience greater effortless-ness in
being or doing. No matter what your task, being conscious of
this point and allowing this Dantien point to be the lead will increase
your awareness, relaxation, power and integrity.
There is more to "intelligence" than that which we attribute to
intellect...When we put our feeling-attention in the center region, a
place located in the lower abdomen, we shift our mode of
intelligence. The more our attention is fully centered, the
greater the shift in our mode of consciousness. Centering is
perhaps the best way to calm our thoughts and emotions. Putting
attention and feeling in the center region of the body allows a shift
to a state of being that is calm, nonthinking but aware, balanced,
in-the-body, grounded, present and alive.
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to the book at Amazon (which seems
extremely expensive, you should be able to find better price elsewhere
such as www.pcals.com). There is a video and DVD and wallchart
etc to purchase also.
by Peter
Ralston page 10...
