"11 Smiles" Chi Kung, front view - 05/24/08 (Spring)
Relaxation Smile
Part 1 of 2
(Due to YouTube's space limitations for video descriptions, please see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUHUZU0sfy0
For Part 2 of 2 of this explanation)
It is very difficult to smile and remain tense at the same time. In fact, these are probably mutually contradictory mental states.
When I smile, any tension inside me dissipates. I find it almost impossible to remain tense at the same time as smiling. To me, smiling is synonymous with the "relaxation response." When I smile through my whole body, tension is released in many areas.
At least for a few moments.
By suffusing the whole area surrounding an endocrine gland with a loving smile, I relax whatever tensions may be present in that area that may be impeding the natural secretions of the gland.
I am not trying to OVERSTIMULATE the gland; rather, I'm trying to RELAX the whole general area surrounding the gland so that the gland can function as close to its ideal normal levels as possible. So that none of the tensions and stresses of daily life (that may cause energy "knots" or blockages inside me) impede its normal function.
When I do chi-kung exercises, I perceive my whole body as a UNIFIED ENERGY FIELD. The more "transparent" this energy field, the easier energy interacts between one area in the field (near my head) with another area in the unified field (my legs, for example). If I feel any kind of "knots" or blockages in the energy field, which impede the smooth flow of energy from one area to another, it's usually associated with some form of muscular or psychic tension localized in that area. I try to smile and breathe through that area, to help it become as relaxed and "transparent" as the rest of the unified energy field. So there are no "knots" or tangles in the unified energy field. So energy (chi) moves smoothly and easily in / around / between / through any area of the unified energy field.
The in and out arm movements of the 11 Smiles chi kung exercise express and imitate the movement of "breath energy" in and out of my total body unified energy field. I try to breathe / smile through each major area of the body that contains endocrine glands, or some vital body process (bone marrow).
During the 11 Smiles chi kung exercise, when my arms draw near my body, I imagine they are pulling in smiling energy from the universe into every cell of my body. When my arms recede from my body, I feel as if every cell in my body "broadcasts" smiling energy back out into the universe. Like sending a smile to the moon, sun, or a distant star. Before I can actually "broadcast" or "beam out" a smile out of my self (like a lighthouse beams light out into the darkness), I actually have to have smiling energy active inside me. Then I can send it out of myself. As the smile radiates out of me, it is as if every cell in my body expands slightly outward with a small "smiley" face upon it. Whatever tension was constricting each cell dissipates, if only for a few moments, and the cells radiate smiling energy outward.
When I breathe in, I imagine I am inhaling smiling energy from outside myself, from the universe, into every cell of my being. All the cells in my body LIKE to receive smiling energy. They look forward to that moment, because at that moment, tension dissipates, and it feels great to be alive.
When someone smiles genuinely at me, it's hard not to smile back in return. Smiling energy is contagious. Because it is positive, loving energy. In the same way, all cells in the body look forward to receiving smiling energy, because they feel better when receiving a smile. And when sending a smile out of themselves. The entire body is in its healthiest state when all cells can smile simultaneously sending and receiving smiling energy in and out of themselves. Then, all tension seems to dissipate, again, if only for a few moments.
The more I can get external "universal" energy to move easily in, out, and through my total body unified energy field (as if I am "transparent" to external energy), the more my total body unified energy field harmonizes with larger energy fields all around me. Like the earth's magnetic field, and the energy fields of the sun, moon, and stars. The more my "chi" blends with the chi all around me. This is another, deep "energetic" meaning of becoming "one with nature."
Please see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUHUZU0sfy0
For Part 2 of 2 of this explanation
ChiGuy396
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Please see
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5MtiAanfoWo
for a description of the 11 Smiles Chi Kung sequence
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5 stars!
gagiandjeo 3 years ago