Second, be frugal. Tao Te Ching said, "I have three treasures, and I want to keep them. One is kindness, the other is thrift, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world. " Generally speaking, Taoist health preservation has two aspects. One is to open up new sources, that is, to open up other neglected or weakened energy sources outside the normal life process; The second is to reduce expenditure, that is, to be frugal, that is, to use less. This term is called "lighting a small lamp". Thrift is emphasized everywhere in daily life, and many dazzling Taoist health preserving techniques are rooted here. Xiaojing said: "Think less, think less, desire less, do less, talk less, laugh less, worry less, be happy less, be angry less, be good less and be evil less. These twelve are the contracts of a healthy capital." "Clap the Chinese side of the pillow" said: "A husband can't cultivate his nature for a long time. Sitting for a long time, watching for a long time, listening for a long time, hurting blood, lying for a long time, hurting muscles and hurting meat. " Even eating less is better than eating more, eating less after meals or even not eating at night. Almost all the most basic skills of mainstream health schools are meditation, meditation, looking back and listening, and breathing gradually becomes thinner and slower. At this time, the heartbeat becomes slower and the human body functions are in a state of extremely low consumption. At this time, the physical strength will be greatly restored, and the state that the body feels is also very subtle.
Third, start with softness. Taoism attaches great importance to softness. In Tao Te Ching, softness appears repeatedly in more than a dozen places, such as "softness is caused by special spirit, weakness is stronger than strength, and softness is stronger than strength". Chapter 76 "Born weak, died strong." The life of vegetation is soft and brittle, and it dies and dries up. Therefore, the strong die and the weak live. It is the power of the army that destroys it, and the power of wood will be folded. Strong place, weak place. "What's more, it used four soft words to emphasize softness to the extreme. In Taoist health practice, softness is also one of the cores. In Taoist health care, softness runs through, especially in the practice of health care technology. No matter sitting, Gong Zhuang or moving, they all show the combination of rigidity and flexibility, while the internal martial arts originated from Taoism, such as Bagua Palm and Tai Ji Chuan, also highly emphasize the role of rigidity and flexibility and advocate the combination of rigidity and flexibility.
Fourth, Taoism is natural. Although the Taoist theory of health preservation puts forward an opportunity to seize the nature of heaven and earth, it is not as complicated as most people think. The so-called "road to simplicity", "hunger comes to eat, fatigue comes to sleep, so we only repair things that are more yuan. He said he was confused about the world, but he found a fairy outside. " The best regimen begins with the most common aspects. Who can't say that you can't achieve extraordinary results by ordinary methods? Taoist singing drums, swallowing body fluid, rolling eyes and guiding are all good and effective methods, which are simple but beneficial to life.