{"id":251,"date":"2024-06-03T03:02:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T03:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/Shanti\/?p=251"},"modified":"2024-12-30T16:11:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T23:11:56","slug":"microcosmic-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/2024\/06\/microcosmic-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Microcosmic Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Microcosmic Orbit<\/strong> is a fundamental qigong practice. It is usually taught to students with some experience with qigong or T\u2019ai Chi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially one works with the breath and follows the Microcosmic Orbit around the body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tongue tip touches the roof of the mouth, behind the incisors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/2020\/07\/standing\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"58\">Stand<\/a> or sit with good posture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/2020\/07\/the-standard-qigong-rules\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"77\">Standard Qigong Rules<\/a> apply.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exhaling follow the breath down the front of the body (see <span style=\"color:#3071cc\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><code>blue arrow<\/code><\/strong><\/span>) from the tip of the tongue to the perineum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inhaling follow the breath up the back (see <span style=\"color:#f61a1d\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><code>red arrow<\/code><\/strong><\/span>) from the perineum over the crown past the third eye to the tip of the tongue as the inhalation completes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/22\/Microcosmic_orbite.PNG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Microcosmic Orbit is a fundamental qigong practice. It is usually taught to students with some experience with qigong or T\u2019ai Chi. Initially one works with the breath and follows the Microcosmic Orbit around the body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hide_page_title":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meditation","category-qigong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.auburnhouseconcerts.org\/shanti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}