Cellular Core Body Breathing

This Qi Gong breathing technique is a variation on the basic core body breathing form that I posted in my previous article on the Creative Qi Gong blog. The difference with this breathing form is that, rather than taking our body in general as the object we take the cells of our body and cellular structure as the specific object of our focus. This is a breathing form that I have developed myself, but it is very much in line with many of the other Qi Gong breathing techniques that you might be taught in a class or read in a good Qi gong book.

Description:
Either seated or in the Qi Gong standing posture (Wu Qi posture) spend a few moments relaxing your mind and body, breathing naturally. Now tune into the cellular structure of your body, from the crown of your head down to the tips of your toes, try and intuitively see or feel all of the individual cells within your minds eye. Within the center each of each cell there is a tiny point of light and energy, which is the energetic core of the cell. Breathe light and energy in and out of the core of each cell as you breathe in and out.
As with core body breathing, there are two ways of practicing this breathing form, natural and reversed:

Natural
To practice the natural form, as you breathe in imagine light and energy expanding from the core of the cells of your body, lighting up the whole cell like a light bulb. Then, as you breathe in, feel light and energy moving from the edge of the cells back into the core or central point of each cell. Practice for say 2-5 minutes.

Reversed
To practice the reversed form, as you breathe in feel light and energy moving into the core or central point of each of the cells of your body. As you breathe out, feel light and energy expanding from the core of the cells out toward the edges of the cell, lighting each cell up like a light bulb. Practice for 2-5 mins.

I find that some people seem to feel more comfortable practicing the natural form of core body/cellular breathing, whereas others prefer the reversed form. This is more a matter of preference than anything else, but I would recommend that you develop the ability to be comfortable with both as they are complementary to each other, and doing one will enhance the effect of the other and vice versa.

© Toby Ouvry Jan 2010, please do not reproduce without permission.