by Dvivid » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:00 am
An in-depth answer to your question could only be given by a qualified master of that style. aka GM Liang Shou Yu.
I can give a summary, with my basic understanding:
Body
Stand up straight with healthy alignment, and minimal muscular tension. Relax your joints as much as possible. When you move, the whole body moves as a threaded unit.
Breath
The theory is the same in general for all qigong. As your limbs move inward towards your center, you are inhaling. As the limbs move away, you are exhaling.
Mind
Focus your attention on sensitive feeling of the sensation of the movements you're making. Don't let the mind wander on random thoughts. Get into the present moment by observing the sensation.
Simultaneously, the Yi leads the Qi. Meaning, when you move your arms or legs, bring your mind all the way out to all 10 fingers and all 10 toes and beyond, to lead energy into that tissue.
Qi
If you think about Qi circulation, it stagnates. Where you focus your attention within the body, your Qi gathers. So, in a moving form like this, the Qi moves from your center out to the extremities and back with every breath.
Spirit
Spirit, or Shen, relates to your morale or intensity, more than the Western concept of the soul. The more focused and meditative you are in the practice, the more abundant and motivated your qi circulation will be.
You have to refine the earlier points, body & breath & mind, in order to refine the later points. Each one leads to the next and they all harmonize with one another.
I recommend isolating one skill set each time you practice, like focusing only on the body, or the breath, or quieting the mind, and then as you refine them over weeks and months of practice, bring them together into your practice.
I hope this helps.
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