How to Open the Ming Men in Tai Chi and Qigong

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@Don-jg5qb 9 ай бұрын

Watching your videos on Tai Chi/Qi Chong are truly informative and relaxing. Your calm presentation is just what a student needs to thoroughly learn. Thanks so much.

@InternalTaiChi 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment!

@Drumlin998 2 ай бұрын

It actually felt like marshmallow :D Although I have lower back pain at the moment, sitting on an imagined stool with the support of a jacket gave me some ease in pain. Thanks

@InternalTaiChi 2 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. That is wonderful that you felt the marshmellow effect! Keep practicing it and you will be able to alleviate your pain more quickly through intention.

@TheBhannah 7 ай бұрын

You explain a very important point so well !

@InternalTaiChi 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@AndrewUKLondon 9 ай бұрын

wonderful, informative and clear. thank you for sharing:)

@InternalTaiChi 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. Good to hear from you, Andrew!

@springstaichi 9 ай бұрын

Very informative! Thanks for sharing!

@InternalTaiChi 9 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@constantinestone5483 17 күн бұрын

you are true . teach .🦉

@InternalTaiChi 17 күн бұрын

Thank you. Powerful words and insight. 🙂

@papandreasg Ай бұрын

Thank you for this information! I’ve always been told to ‘tuck’ the hips to create that straightening of the Ming men area…I thought that was the process. Your explanation makes me feel that your practice by the wall is more ‘appropriate’. Is you’re sense of that exercise to focus on the Ming men moving toward the rolled jacket instead of ‘tucking’ the hips as the lengthening of that Ming area? Probably not a perfect way for me to ask a question, but if I’m understanding how you are teaching that ‘alignment’ by the focus in the Ming men moving backward instead of ‘tucking’, it feels that you’ve given me a completely different perspective…subtle, but completely different.

@InternalTaiChi Ай бұрын

Yay!! I am delighted that you feel the subtle difference. This subtle difference will make huge difference in your practice. I always tell my students to place their awareness on the not obvious. So to answer your question: If we "focus" on the Ming Men, then we are already out of balance; too focused on the part. Instead, feel an awareness in front of the body (dan tien or the entire belly area) and imagine it being soft and receiving, like a marshmallow or malleable material. And now allow it to receive an imaginary or real incoming force and allow it to EXPAND, release or inflate the ming men. So there is no action taken other than absorbing in front and sending or expanding the back by way of the absorption in front. If you are doing my wall exercise, then simply allow the ming men to inflate or soften into the jacket. Once you have that, then place your awareness in the front expanding to the back to facilitate the softening in the jacket. Then memorize that feeling. That is how your low back or ming men should feel when doing Tai Chi. Soft, relaxed, receiving through the front, open in the back. You will know you have it because it is as if the entire body sighs with relief and comfort! This the state of "Song." I hope this helps!

@papandreasg Ай бұрын

@@InternalTaiChiThank you!

@georghackl6178 3 ай бұрын

❤ I like your teaching .

@InternalTaiChi 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@zofiaaue4546 2 ай бұрын

You are the best of the best

@InternalTaiChi 2 ай бұрын

:-). Thank you for that marvelous comment.

@plee4384 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful.

@InternalTaiChi 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. 😊

@PeterBridenne Ай бұрын

Hi ! Thanks for your teaching master. You talk about Master Ting, do you mean the one who teached wuji jing gong ?

@InternalTaiChi Ай бұрын

Yes!! Master William Ting. Very few know of the Wiji Ji Gong Tai Chi form. Did you know him!?

@PeterBridenne Ай бұрын

@@InternalTaiChi I know his first Student Rémi a french/chinese teacher who is a friend of my main teacher Yves Ladieu. Yves was the student of Meng Fuyan , himself a direct student of Ting's Master ; Lujitang. I study Qi gong, méditation and Taï Chi since nearly Three years ; the Wuji jing gong and a little bit of Yang . Rémi gives us a vidéo of Ting's master Lujitang doing the form, if it possible I will send it on KZbin. If you have an email, whatsapp or facebook messenger I can send you some text and biographie about those men. Thanks to keep the spirit alive

@PeterBridenne Ай бұрын

@@InternalTaiChi@InternalTaiChi I know his first Student Rémi a french/chinese teacher who is a friend of my main teacher Yves Ladieu. Yves was the student of Meng Fuyan , himself a direct student of Ting's Master ; Lujitang. I study Qi gong, méditation and Taï Chi since nearly Three years ; the Wuji jing gong and a little bit of Yang . Rémi gives us a vidéo of Ting's master Lujitang doing the form, if it possible I will send it on KZbin. If you have a Facebook messenger or whatsapp whatever I can send you some text or picture about these lineage and his masters. Thanks for keep8ng the spirit alive !

@PeterBridenne 29 күн бұрын

@@InternalTaiChi I know Rémi a French/Chinese teacher who was the favorite student of Ting. Rémi is the Friend of my main teacher Yves Ladieu. The Master of Yves was Meng Fuyan who himself learned Wuji Jing gong from Lujitang , the master of Ting. If you are interested about this school I can send you some texte and picture on Facebook messenger or whatsapp etc... I've got also a vidéo of Lujitang doing the form, I'll try to put it on KZbin. Thanks for keeping the spirit alive !

@InternalTaiChi 29 күн бұрын

@@PeterBridenne Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I know Remi. Before Master Ting passed, he asked that I take over and teach his Wuji Qigong class and students which he was teaching twice weekly via livestream during the covid shut down for two years. It was a huge honor and a huge responsibility. I still teach his Wuji Qigong live stream class and have several of his former students. Master Ting and I were quite close. I would enjoy enjoy seeing that video. When you post it, please send me the link.

@martam518 7 ай бұрын

Where are you located? How practicing changed your posture over time and muscles?

@InternalTaiChi 7 ай бұрын

It trains your body to release muscle tension, to elongate the muscles and become softer. This allows us to align our skeleton more naturally and beneficially.

@constantinestone5483 17 күн бұрын

...be patient , work it .

@InternalTaiChi 17 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@MjahedTV 9 ай бұрын

So ultimately your are relaxing and let your weight drop/sink your weight trough the segments of the kinetic chain into the ground right? I always focused on "folding the kua" which caused a lot of tension. When I simply dropped relaxed starting from my ankle and relaxing all other parts of the chain it was effortles and the pelvis sank naturally and was ultimately carried by my feet. Can you please share your view on that?

@InternalTaiChi 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience and insight. Yes, you are letting your body sink (I like the word "release" instead) down through the segments of the kinetic chain. However at the same time, if you allow it and don't fight it, there is an upward, floating, filling feeling. This is the ultimate sensation we want. If we focus too much on the "sinking" we become too heavy. That is why I like the word "release" instead. Your third sentence, describing the sensations and process you used, sounds spot on. That is what it should feel like! We do not want to "fold" "open/close" the Kua. The Kua should always have an expression of opening, never closing. It expands just as your body does. Lower Kua releases, upper Kua floats, middle Kua absorbs. Just like our whole body does in Tai Chi. I really like your reframing sentence: "let your weight drop....through the segments of the kinetic chain to the ground." Just add, and: then allow the spaces between the joints and within the body to open at the same time as the weight flows down. Then you have a balanced cycle of Yin/Yang. Hope this was helpful! Thanks for watching and engaging.

@MjahedTV 9 ай бұрын

@@InternalTaiChi thanks a lot that you took the time for this helpful comment!!!

@InternalTaiChi 9 ай бұрын

@@MjahedTV You are very welcome. Hope it helps!

@MjahedTV 9 ай бұрын

@@InternalTaiChi it did!

@HappyLifege 2 ай бұрын

What if one has pelvic tilt?

@InternalTaiChi 2 ай бұрын

If the pelvic tilt is from tightness or stiffness, they should not force a change. Using the technique of opening the Ming Men as described in the video, will, over time make a subtle change to the pelvic tilt which will relieve the back of unnecessary pressure. I hope this answers your question! Just don't force a pelvic tilt. Allow gravity to do the work and open up the spine naturally.

@lynnfrench8983 9 ай бұрын

Towel?

@InternalTaiChi 9 ай бұрын

I find a towel is a bit too hard when it is rolled up. I like a jacket (although not a big bulky one) lightly rolled up because it is easier to feel your back expanding into it and the jacket "receiving" the expansion.

@cinmac3 Ай бұрын

why don't you always explain this way or just say low back hips belly , and is dan tiien belly center or my lower belly feels hard as a muscle, i cant soften 🙃😑🙃, i think helping to create tensions shoulder, waist , hip? And/or a list and point where every thing is , it helps me more watching doing and hoping to get the feeling, i know for me doing , in learning somatics i learned to what is called pandiculate.

@InternalTaiChi Ай бұрын

The dan tian is basically the center of the inside of the pelvis. Like an imaginary ball. It is not an actual anatomical feature. What happens in this area can certainly effect other areas of the body.