I often do this qi gong exercise while walking my dog, Barran,
which is why I call it “Dog Walking Qi Gong. It is very healing and
strengthening for me. You can do it walking or sitting or even reclining. The
key is to do it often and for at least 10 to 30 minutes. Many of you who try
this exercise and do it often will be very pleased with the results, inshAllah.
1- First you
make your intention clear, that being to place yourself in alignment with the Universal
Energy Field or the Unity of All Things or God or the Universe or whatever name
you like to give it. You can for instance say and mean and feel things like, “I
am one with Heaven and Earth”. You can also say for instance, “I am in the
Universe. The Universe is in my body. The Universe and I combine together.”
2- Now feel
the top of your head and the space above and around the top of your head. As you
inhale invite the most beautiful, loving, nourishing and healing Heaven energy
to flow down through the top of your head through Bai Hui down through the
center channel (a flow of energy that runs through the center of your body from
the top of your head to the area between your anus and your sex organ Called
the perineum) into you lower abdomen about two inches below your bellybutton.
This area is called lower dan tien. As
you exhale see and feel the nourishing Sky energy as it flows through your
whole body (including your energy body that goes beyond your skin) like a
gentle explosion, loving, healing nourishing, and strengthening your whole
being.
3- Move your awareness to the bottom of your
feet. Feel the bottoms of your feet. Feel the earth beneath the bottom of your
feet. As you inhale invite the most loving, beautiful, nourishing, healing, and
strengthening Earth energy to flow into your feet, up your legs and into your
lower dan tien. As you exhale feel and
know that the Earth energy is flowing from your dan tien like a gentle
explosion through your whole body. It loves, nourishes, heals and strengthens
as it flows all the way through and out your skin and into your energy field
surrounding your physical body.
4- Repeat the
pattern. Observe that as you inhale the Heaven qi flows effortlessly down
through the top of your head into the center channel and down into your lower
dan tien. As you exhale notice and feel how the Sky energy explodes gently out of
your lower dan tien and flows through your whole being.
5- Repeat the
pattern. As you inhale notice the Earth qi flowing into your feet and up your
legs and into your lower dan tien. As you exhale notice and feel the Earth qi as
it gently explodes from your lower dan tien and flow effortlessly out through
your whole being.
6- When you
are comfortable doing “Dog Walking Qi Gong you can do this next step. As you
inhale imagine the Sky qi flowing down your center channel to your lower dan
tien and at the same time, Earth qi flowing up into your feet and up your legs
to your lower dan tien. Feel or imagine Sky and Earth qi alchemically mixing in
your lower dan tien. As you exhale know, feel and imagine the fusion of Sky and
Earth qi gently exploding and disbursing through your whole body being
energizing, healing and strengthening you. Repeat the pattern as long as you
desire. I recommend at least twenty minutes. But do as you see fit.
