“It is like the water supporting a moving boat.”-this imagery in the song of peng. Highlights the attributes of having a strong peng structure. All the forces in the body are balanced out with that of gravity. Your body is like a boat floating on water or your opponent if they apply pressure on you.
“First sink the ch’i to the tan-t’ien,” By letting go of the tension and applying the structure needed when performing the form of Zhan Zhuang, one then focuses the mind on the “dantien” a point below the navel, from there to the ground. See Ten Essence of Yang Cheng Fu.
“then hold the head as if suspended from above.” -this part should be the first, your head is held as if suspended from above. The nape is straight and then as you raise the back and simultaneously hollow the chest. All under the direction of your mind without tensing the muscles. Then again, using your mental force, you allow the tension to go down all the way to the ground.
And the subject of sinking the chi, when you breathe, your breath goes below the navel to the dantien. Expanding and contracting there as you inhale and exhale. By allowing all the tension to go down and you will feel your mind have a better focus of this point. This naturally happens with the letting go of tension. The breathing goes down there as you sink. When we startled and anxious we breath up in the chest, this builds up tension.
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