up. In the ordinary state, we are not able to come to this. We'll just suffocate.
Before approaching this practice, it is necessary to master "baby breathing", "5-gate breathing", "body breathing", relaxation, meditative practices. If we have practiced correctly, then the state of "immersion in contemplation" will arise naturally. Lobsang Rampa wrote that Tibetan monks specifically practice very slow breathing.
There are two ways to enter this state. Slow breathing. One breath per minute. For example, inhale for a minute, then exhale for a minute. In this case, the breath is held between respiratory actions. Also a minute. The meditation teacher gave me another clue. This is the counterpoint to slow breathing - very fast, short breathing. It can be called dog breath. They can be used while walking. In one step, the maximum number of superficial breaths is taken. Approximately 10% of the total lung volume is inhaled and exhaled.

5. Meditation концентрации на нижнем котле

A sitting position is taken in Turkish half lotus or lotus. Attention is focused on the "true cauldron" area.
The abdominal muscles below the navel are 3-6 cm slightly tense, the anus and perineum as well. The muscles of the body are relaxed.

6. GLOSSARY OF TERMS
"INTERNAL PILL". Specific Taoist practices aimed at achieving immortality. Originally there was an "external pill". After long practice, the Taoist retired deep into the mountains. The necessary components were collected there: various minerals, plants, mummy, arsenic, mercury, gold and much more. The mixture was distilled in a special cauldron, resulting in the elixir of immortality "golden distilled cinnabar". After taking the pill, the body died, but the spirit, prepared by special practice, remained alive and could influence the world around. Followers of the inner pill claimed that a person already has all the necessary components. In the region of the navel, a "cauldron" was created, a crucible, where, through special practice, the necessary components were sublimated, which were called "black pearl" or "immortal baby". There was a practice that combined the outer and inner pills. As external components, semen and menstrual blood were used, which were mixed in a certain proportion.

"GATE OF DEATH". The lowest point of the body. Located in the perineum. Through it, Qi leaves the body at the time of death.

"IRON SHIRT" and "GOLDEN BELL". Specific practices of hard qigong, thanks to which the body and head become impenetrable to any external influence, including weapons.

BOILER (CRUCIBLE) "Cinnabar Field". These are the three basic energy centers in the human body. Upper cauldron - located in the bridge of the nose or in the middle of the forehead. The middle cauldron is the solar plexus. The lower cauldron is the navel or below. Sometimes it is associated with the center of gravity. The lower cauldron is divided into a true cauldron, located inside the body between the navel, the lateral processes of 1-2 lumbar vertebrae and the lower thoracic vertebra, on which the lower ribs are connected on the back. The false cauldron point "sea of ​​breath" is located at 3.5 . 12.5 cm below the navel in the midline of the abdomen.

SINGLE SELF-IMPROVEMENT. Specific techniques for sexual kung fu training without a partner.

FIVE GATES. Additional energy cavities, in addition to the "lower cauldron", where Qi energy can accumulate in unlimited quantities. They end with "gates" through which the qigong master influences other people and objects. The five gates include the crown, the centers of the palms, the centers of the feet.

"immersion in contemplation". Physically manifests itself as a very rare breath. If you bring a mirror to your face, it does not fog up. There is a feeling that the person is not breathing at all.

"CRYSTAL PALACE". Center of the brain. The external points of the "crystal palace" are the crown and between the eyebrows. Here are the main mystical glands: the pituitary gland and the pineal gland. Tibetan mystical practices taught that at the moment of death it is necessary to collect all the energy of the body at the crown, only after that the birth in the body of the spirit takes place.

"CENTER OF THE PALM". A point located in the center of the palm. The same word refers to one of the five energy gates of the body that open at this point.

CI. universal energy of the universe. It has various manifestations. To some extent, we can say that Qi is a single energy-information field of the Universe.

QIGONG. The Art of Qi Management. Recently, qigong is referred to as a method of controlling qi in the human body. Previously, the concept of qigong was referred to any methods of controlling qi energy. In particular, feng shui used to be considered a private section of the art of qigong, as well as astrology and divination.

"CENTER STOP". One of the five energy gates of the body.

YANG (YIN) Philosophical categories of manifestation of the duality of the world.

EXAMPLE WORKOUT PLAN FOR A BEGINNER FROM ZERO
Calculated for a period of 12 to 15 years

At what age do you start exercising? First, a person must firmly decide that this technique is suitable for him. It's hard to do, especially when you're young. But it happens that we are irresistibly attracted to something. If, having familiarized yourself with Taoist practices and in particular with this description, you are attracted to this, and you are determined to reach the very end, then this is written for you.  The author has no illusions that there will be people who will practice these methods. He has no evidence that these are the same techniques that were practiced in China. The author does not know the ultimate goal of this practice, but he has a firm conviction that the end cannot be reached.  The author was repeatedly convinced that when he reached the very end in his training, and it seemed that the method had completely exhausted itself, people or books appeared that showed how and where to go further. New opportunities, new horizons opened up. There is and will never be an end to this. The author is sure that when those first methods appeared, everything was as it looks now - people who discovered the New Knowledge or the lost old were met with hostility, humiliated, taken for madmen, imprisoned, executed and killed. And there will be no end to this either until we learn to accept the world as it is and try to remake it for our needs, bring it into line with our ideas and create our own rules of the game. In other words, "we will not bend under ourselves" this world.

We come into this world with a purpose. But we come not only to work. Everything has its time. Скорее всего, первые 25 years нашей жизни предназначены для ознакомления с законами реальности. We learn to interact with this world, we taste it. Поэтому первые 25-30 years своей жизни стоит прожить по полной программе, попробовав всего понемногу, но стараться не переусердствовать. And of course you should not cross certain boundaries. You should refrain from killing, violence, taking drugs and other negative things that can be listed indefinitely.

When we have satisfied our passions and impulses, we can move on. Some will argue that they are over 50 years old, and they still have not quenched their thirst for pleasure. But one of the lessons we have come to learn is to learn how to curb our desires. For if we don't we can control our desires, then desires control us.

Some may say that all this is very interesting, but they have no time to do it. They have too many responsibilities and worries, they do not have time. To this, the author can only say that if there is a desire, then there will definitely be time. Nothing just happens. When the author began to practice qigong seriously, he worked two jobs and had only one day off every two weeks. The working day of the author was 12 hours. One of the jobs required night shifts twice a week. The author still found time to study. To date, the author has a lot of time for practice. This is not boasting. The author is sure that as soon as a person is firmly determined that he needs to practice and begins to practice, his life conditions will become easier and there will be free time for classes, which was not there before. This is an esoteric law - you invest more - you get more. This applies not only to this practice, but to any thing in general.

Practice

1 year

1 month

a) Compulsory exercises

1 type of qigong breathing, massage of 5 zang organs. The countdown of the first month starts from the moment you are able to breathe for 30 minutes without a break according to type 1 breathing. Zang organ massage is performed once a day if you are healthy and 2 times a day if you have health problems.

b) Additional exercises (optional)

Start learning one of the simple forms of taijiquan: 24 Yang, 37(36) Yang, 48 Wu or long form of Yang.

2 month

a) Compulsory exercises

2 type of qigong breathing, massage of tsang-organs 1-2 times a week. Meditation на расслабление по 30 минут ежедневно в позиции сидя по-турецки. Practice one form of taijiquan 5 times (long Yang form) to 10-20 times simple form (24, 37 or 48)

b) Additional exercises

Practice упражнений в позиции лежа - поза бревна, поза богомола, поза тигра.

3 month

Type 2 qigong breathing, a form of taijiquan, concentration meditation on the "lower cauldron" for 30 minutes in a sitting position in Turkish or half lotus. Eye massage and eye exercises. form of tai chi chuan. Start the exercises of single self-improvement - the