In one of our previous articles, we have introduced The Natural Stance for beginners to practice for body wellness. In this article, we will introduce the Primordial Stance for beginners to practice for body wellness.

The Taiji Primordial Stance is a more advanced form of stance compared with the Natural Stance. If you intend to practice the Primordial Stance, you should go back and practice the Natural Stance first, if you have not already done it.

The Taiji Primordial Stance is also known as the Taiji Hunyuan Stance. The emphasis of the practice is on guiding our hunyuan qi, or the hunyuan energy.

What is hunyuan qi?

Once we were born, our body came with the hunyuan qi. The hunyuan qi of the human body is a mixture of natural qi that we were born with, coupled with acquired qi from nutrients from foods and water we eat, mixed with the aura of heaven, earth, and all things in nature. To put it simply, we use the aura of heaven, earth, people, and all things in Nature, so as to achieve harmony with the Nature of heaven and earth, and follow the law of yin and yang to live the life of Nature.

With the practice of the Primordial Stance, we seek to achieve a harmony between our body and Nature, thus we hope to achieve longevity with the practice. Here is our basic method of practicing the Primordial Stance.

Practicing the Primordial Stance

01 Posture

01 Stand in a ready position. Relax your body naturally with your chest slightly hollow. Adjust your breath so that you are calm and inner focused as shown in the figure below.

02 Stand with your feet apart at shoulder-width and knees slightly bent. Round the buttock area, relax the pelvic, and hold the center of gravity between the legs. Relax your body and look up slightly. Suck in your chest and expand your back. Hollow your chin and push your head up. Sink your breath to your lower abdomen, and place your hands in a taiji mudra over the lower abdomen as shown in the figure below.

A taiji mudra is formed by placing the tiger mouths together. A tiger mouth is the valley formed between your thumb and the forefinger. Thus a taiji mudra is similar to a handshake to yourself.

03 Inhalation. Release your hands and raise both arms to shoulder level. Sink the shoulders and lower the elbows as shown in the figure below while inhaling.

04 Hold an imaginary ball between your hands in front of your chest as shown in the figure below while inhaling until full.

05 Return your hands to your lower abdomen, making a triangle with the thumbs and index fingers as shown in the figure below. Guide your breath back to your lower abdomen for three breath counts.

06 Flip both palms up and raise your hands to chest level while inhaling air to your chest as shown in the figure below. You coordinate your breathing so that your blood flow will be smooth.

07 Flip both palms facing the chest and push both hands out forcefully while exhaling forcefully as shown in the figure below.

08 Open both arms to the sides at shoulder level, palms facing up as shown in the figure below while inhaling slowly.

09 With palms facing up, draw hands to the back of the ears as shown in the figure below while continuing your inhalation slowly.

10 With palms still facing up, point middle fingers at each other and lift both arms above the head as shown in the figure below while continuing your inhalation slowly until full. Arms and body should be aligned in one straight line.

11 Flip both palms down and press both hands down to chest level as shown in the figure below while exhaling.

12 Flip both palms facing the chest and push both hands out forcefully as shown in the figure below while exhaling forcefully with the hand action.

13 Open both arms to the sides at shoulder level, palms facing up as shown in the figure below while inhaling slowly.

14 Bring both hands close to the ears, flip your palms facing front as shown in the figure below while continuing inhalation.

15 Push both hands out diagonally at chest level as shown in the figure below while exhaling.

16 Flip both palms facing the chest, sink the shoulders, and lower the elbows, as though holding an imaginary ball in front of the chest. Touch the upper palate with the tip of the tongue. Now you should relax with a calm heart as shown in the figure below. Guide your breath to your lower abdomen.

17 Lower your arms with your palms facing downward and place the palms on the front of your thighs as shown in the figure below.

18 Return your body to the original position in the closing form as shown in the figure below.

02 Critical comment

The practice of the primordial stance is to train or guide our breathing. This should be conducted in a progressive way.

When you first start, you should use normal breathing without forcing yourself. The normal breathing should coordinate with your body movement smoothly. If your breathing is not smooth, then you are doing something wrong.

When you start, you should do it slowly. Perhaps you should practice the body movements first without regard to your breathing until you are well versed with the movements. Then you pay attention to the breathing to coordinate breathing with body movements.

It usually takes about one hundred days for a person to learn and practice this technique well. Therefore, persist in your practice. You should feel refreshed after each session of practice. If you feel tired, you are doing it wrong.

To a certain extent, it is reputed to have beneficial effects on your heart, liver, stomach, and joints. Do not try to force it. Do not try to help it along. Let Nature run its course.

As practitioners of life wellness, we find this practice of the primordial stance easy to follow. It is for beginners to learn and practice. Just try to reap the benefits of body wellness, that is, the benefits of a healthy body.

By this practice, if you can stand on the ground the correct way on a daily basis, you will be firmly rooted on the ground. If your opponent tries to push you, you will not fall to the ground easily.

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