Traditionally, Laozi and Zhuangzi, Taoist school, are regarded as the way of keeping in good health. Taoism was founded in Zhang Daoling in the Eastern Han Dynasty. For two thousand years, people who have contributed to the theory and practice of Taoist health preservation, such as The Legend of Immortals and Bao Puzi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Tao Hongjing, a Taoist priest known as the "Prime Minister in the Mountain" in the Qi and Liang Dynasties in the Southern Dynasty.
During the Shengping period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Ge Hong, a Taoist theorist and alchemist, and Li Lianshan, a senior official who resigned from his post to learn Taoism, went to Sanqingshan, Jiangxi Province to practice alchemy and founded the famous Sanqingshan feat.
A kind of natural qigong in Sanqing, which is now circulating, is a set of qigong created by contemporary qigong masters on the basis of the original Sanqing, collecting and sorting out Buddhist, Confucian, medical and martial qigong scattered in Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and drawing the essence from it. This method combines static and dynamic, and it has both natural advantages, unique internal cultivation, clever use and guidance, and diverse functions. Suitable for men, women and children, especially suitable for getting rid of diseases, strengthening the body and prolonging life.
Since ancient times, various schools have been talking about health preservation, and the truth is basically the same in essence. Nothing more than relaxing body and mind, relaxing emotions, supplementing diet, regulating sleep and so on. But in practice, each has its own unique methods.
The cultivation of Sanqing's natural will emphasizes the purpose of health preservation in practice, treatment, rest, work, diet and even sexual life, rather than just practicing some single rules and regulations.
First, the training method based on cultivation.
"The life-saving exercises of Sanqinggong series include four sets of static exercises and one set of dynamic exercises. Static work: intentional filtering station pile work, warm plate sitting work, natural receiving work, yin and yang fitness work; Dynamic work: carefree work.
Here is a brief introduction to the health characteristics of warm sitting exercises.
Warm-up sitting exercises aim at the unity of man and nature, which is easy to learn and unique in internal training, and can be practiced in daily life. The specific methods are as follows: posture: sitting on a plate, chest out, upper body straight and upright, eyes slightly closed, mouth slightly closed, tongue touching the upper jaw, smiling, hands folded back and forth, left hand inside and right hand outside for gay men, thumb and middle finger of right hand gently pinching Laogong points inside and outside the left hand, while lesbians are the opposite. I intend to stay in my abdomen for about five minutes, but I am indifferent to it, intentionally or unintentionally. During the free movement of the essence, when the essence rises to the mud pill point on the top of the head, the spirit is concentrated, staying at the mud pill point for about ten minutes, then completely relaxing the mind, like sleeping instead of sleeping, and gradually entering a semi-qigong state and a semi-sleep state. (about ten minutes), finally stop thinking and slowly collect works.
This work is adapted from Taoist advanced Neidangong, and its main feature is to coordinate the proportion of waking state, qigong state and sleeping state in practice, so that the "three States" can achieve harmony and unity. Therefore, the practice is life-oriented, not limited by time, can restore fatigue as soon as possible, promote digestion, stimulate appetite and improve sleep. What needs to be emphasized here is that, in my opinion, what needs to be particularly emphasized is that you are not using 100% qigong state, but half qigong state and half awakening state. This practice has the best health care effect and is unique to Sanqing Palace.
Second, health care in the process of treatment
In Sanqinggong series exercises, each set of exercises has a unique effect on treating some diseases. After long-term practice, the purpose of getting rid of diseases and strengthening the body is naturally achieved, so I won't elaborate here. Here, we only introduce the special methods of physical conditioning treatment for the sick people and how to keep the patients healthy by receiving conditioning.
Sanqing Palace in China is unique in recuperating health and treating diseases, that is, it dares to face patients face to face for a long time, one to one. When we do one-on-one strength therapy, the unique technique is to open the patient's mouth first and then adjust it. In this way, the patient's orifices are opened and the whole body meridians are unblocked; It can stimulate the innate internal factors of individuals and mobilize the potential of the body. Enable patients to achieve self-support and self-regulation, and ultimately rely on their own internal factors to achieve self-care.
Third, how to maintain health during rest
Pure sleep is by no means an active and high-level rest, and boredom is even less. There are two levels of active rest: one is the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and dancing in qigong state, and the other is the "sleep" solution in semi-working and semi-sleeping state. Anyone who has practiced Sanqing Kung Fu knows that there are Qigong songs and bands in the martial arts tape series. Most of the students who take part in martial arts classes are driven by qigong songs to enter the qigong state. They could not dance originally, but might dance. This kind of dancing or singing in a relaxed natural state is very different from singing and dancing in a normal state, and it has special effects on completely relaxing body and mind, eliminating fatigue and treating diseases.
In qigong, not only singing and dancing can adjust the body and mind, but also the artistic realm of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting can cultivate people's sentiment, make people happy and maintain their health. China famous painter, great calligrapher, guqin master, etc. From ancient times to the present, most of them are longevity. However, in the same art field, the average life expectancy of artists from both sides is not much different from that of the general population. Among the students in the Sanqing Gonggong Art Class, there are many performances of piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing and dancing. We also intend to guide students to develop in this direction while imparting skills.
Another aspect of active rest for health is to improve the quality of "sleep". The specific method is to practice the warm dish sitting method mentioned above.
Beginners sit still for 20 minutes after lunch. With the help of tapes, they can enter the semi-qigong state and semi-sleep state, and then call it a day, so that the brain and body can be restored to the best state, which is actually twice the result with half the effort. Another advantage of this method is that ordinary people will feel uncomfortable when they fall asleep after eating, but if they follow the above method, they will not feel uncomfortable, which shows that this kind of work can also help digestion and absorption. You can also practice warm-up exercises before going to bed at night. Practice for 20 to 30 minutes, then fall into a state of complete sleep, have no dreams for a night, and have a good rest. A large number of studies at home and abroad show that dreaming during normal sleep is inevitable, and the above methods can avoid dreaming.
Fourth, how to keep healthy at work.
To be clear, it is impossible to get the true meaning of health care if you completely separate work and rest, instead of integrating health care into daily life at all times. Work and rest should be arranged reasonably, orderly and systematically. It is when you are in good health that you start keeping in good health, not when you are sick. People who know how to keep in good health (whether they practice Qigong or not) begin to keep in good health and exercise from young adults, not after they are weak.
In fact, this disease-free fitness method does not need much time to do. Work as usual, ask for leave after work, be nervous in your spare time, don't let go, and keep healthy.
V. Dietary health care
The general principle of eating is appetite and physical comfort. There are three levels of Qi (people with special functions can see the different colors of Qi in these three levels). ) Among them, Wei Ying's qi is obtained from food. Therefore, acrobatic practitioners should focus on vegetarianism, combine vegetarianism with vegetarianism, and adjust the proportion of vegetarianism according to physical consumption.
Valley training is a natural phenomenon. The natural appearance of the valley is helpful to treat diseases, strengthen the body and improve the level of practice. However, we should not artificially induce grain breaking. Forcibly breaking the grain is not conducive to health, but also violates the laws of nature, and even makes people exhausted. Many people have had seven to twenty short breaks while practicing the skills of three clean-ups. It is emphasized that eating less and not eating is a natural choice for the body to practice martial arts. You can't force it, just let it go. Examples show that if you don't seek to break through the trough, you will naturally break through the trough, and it may take a long time. This is a natural result according to the level of practice, and gradually reaches the level put forward by ancient immortals.