What are the essentials of practicing Yi Jing Sinews?

"Yi" refers to movement, activity; "sinews" refers to muscles, sinews and bones; "Jing" refers to the usual way, norms. As the name suggests, "Yi Jin Jing" is to move the muscles, tendons and bones, so that the whole body meridians, qi and blood smooth, so as to enhance health, disease and longevity of a traditional fitness method.

Yi Jin Jing is also a kind of idea, breathing, action closely integrated with a kind of gong method, especially the importance of the idea of exercise, activities require the exclusion of distractions, through the focus of consciousness, and strive to achieve the "movement of the line, the intention of the gas line," in order to regulate the muscles with the idea of the muscles, tendons and bones of the tension force, (i.e., refers to the shape of the body does not move, and the muscle tension). "(i.e., the form is not moving, but the muscles are tense). Its unique "stretching and pulling" form of movement, can make the muscles, tendons and bones in the momentum of soft, slow, light, slow activities, get conscious stretching. Pulling, closing, stretching, long-term practice, will make the muscles, ligaments elastic, contraction and diastolic ability to enhance, so that its nutrition has been improved. At the same time, so that the whole body meridians, qi and blood smooth, the five viscera and six bowels and harmonization, mental abundance, vitality. Of course, must be long-term exercise in order to receive the internal five viscera perfumed Hua, external skin moisturizing, radiant face, ears and eyes smart, old when the effectiveness of the strong.

(2) practice essentials

(1) mental tranquility, the intention to guard the dantian.

(2) Tongue against the palate, breathing slowly, with abdominal breathing.

(3) The combination of relaxation and stasis, softness and rigidity, the body naturally relaxes, the movement is random, the intention follows the qi, do not be tense and stiff.

(4) When you use force, you should make your muscles contract gradually to reach a state of tension, and then, slowly relax.

The Twelve Forms of Yi Jin Jing

(l) pounding the pole to pound grain; (2) picking grain with a flat stretcher; (3) raising the wind to purify the grain; (4) changing the shoulders to carry grain; (5) pushing the bags to stack the grain; (6) pulling the grain with a cow; (7) carrying the grain on the back, (8) unloading grain with a tray of woks; (9) hoarding the grain around the hole; (10) protecting the grain with a swoop on the ground; (11) picking up the grain with bending the body; and (12) collecting the grain with bowing the body.