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Modeling the Heart of Qigong & Taiji

Summary

, 16 min

A review of John Alton's book Autonomic Intelligence and his Three Emperors Qigong, linked to Lahiri Mahasaya's three knots. Its core is modeled as a hand-sensing exercise that grows into hugging a tree of energy, then turned inward on the heart, Ajna and spine as interoception through the caudate nucleus.

In this video

Teaches
QigongSensitivity trainingInteroception
Discusses
John AltonGranthisEnergetic sensationsT'ai ChiPratyaharaCaudate nucleus
Mentions
Ida and PingalaLahiri MahasayaChakrasNLP ModelingKriya Yoga

Key moments

00:00Reviewing John Alton's book Autonomic Intelligence01:30The Three Emperors lineage and the Ida and Pingala imagery02:23Three Emperors line up with Lahiri Mahasaya's three knots03:30Alton's theory: awareness around the central artery04:37Qigong for those not ready to sit still for half an hour05:21The key piece: rub the hands and feel resistance between them07:10Extending the resistance up the arms08:43Hands toward the heart: hugging a tree of energy09:18Sitting with the circle and slow deep breaths10:28Turning the sensing inward: heart, Ajna, lower chakras12:01Feel and think on the spine for Kriya yogis12:45The caudate nucleus as the muscle of inner sensing13:36Recommending the book and Alton's aim of healing