Six-character regimen is the breathing method, which mainly focuses on breathing and inhaling, inhaling turbid gas, expelling the old and inhaling the new, supplemented by action guidance, combining static and dynamic, and regulating the human body as a whole.

Every movement instruction of the six-character formula regimen has its certain significance and function, and has its corresponding name (this aspect was not detailed in many versions of Qigong books published by Master Ma Litang before his death). Six-character formula not only has the function of comprehensively regulating the internal organs of human body, but also has the function of nourishing healthy qi and dredging the twelve meridians and Ren Du meridians.

The preparation method is also called "standing still" or "natural piling method", which runs through the whole set of techniques of the six-character tactic, that is to say, you should always keep the preparation posture during the whole process of practicing the six-character tactic. The main point of preparation is to keep the body upright and relaxed, but it should be loose and unremitting, with the top of the head vertical and the jaw slightly retracted, so that the nape of the neck can be changed from a curved state to a vertical state.

Pranayama action:

The pranayama movement, also known as "Jin Peng Spreading Wings", has the functions of regulating breathing, calming breath and relaxing limbs. In the process of practice, due to breathing and exhaling, abdominal contraction and anal lifting, movement guidance and other reasons, the practitioner will have uneven breathing, or the qi will be blocked, the qi and blood will float, or the limbs will be tense, stiff and unnatural. Through pranayama, qi will sink into the abdomen, the breath will become deep, long, even and smooth, the breath will return to nature, the limbs will relax, and the muscles will be soft and slow.

The essentials of pranayama are: natural breathing, nasal breathing and nasal breathing, and complete pranayama with nasal breathing. When inhaling, lift your arms slowly from your side, palms down, and keep your shoulders down and elbows down. When inhaling and exhaling, the arms are adducted, naturally falling from the chest to the side, and the mind gas sinks into the abdomen with the falling of the hands, restoring the preparation posture. The number of pranayama movements can be determined according to the specific situation of the practitioner, so that the body can relax and the breathing will naturally return to the ready state. You can usually do 1-3 times, but don't insist.