The Microcosmic Orbit is a fundamental qigong practice. It is usually taught to students with some experience with qigong or T’ai Chi.
Initially one works with the breath and follows the Microcosmic Orbit around the body.
- Tongue tip touches the roof of the mouth, behind the incisors.
- Stand or sit with good posture.
- The Standard Qigong Rules apply.
- Exhaling follow the breath down the front of the body (see
blue arrow) from the tip of the tongue to the perineum. - Inhaling follow the breath up the back (see
red arrow) from the perineum over the crown past the third eye to the tip of the tongue as the inhalation completes.
