Chest — centred breathing

thoracic expansion and embodied attention

The chest anchor gives the map a visible respiratory and attentional centre for khí công practice. It is an editorial synthesis of breath-oriented body language and does not assert that Vietnamese lineages use one heart or lung energy node.

Crown — khí attentionThroat — breath passageChest — centred breathingChest — centred breathingLower abdomen — gathered khíNavel — regulation hingeHands — guided khí gestureFeet — grounded circulation

Point 3 of 7 in Vietnamese Khí Công

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History (scholarly_modern)

Ngô Gia Hy, Bùi Lưu Yêm, and Ngô Gia Lương, Khí Công Học Và Y Học Hiện Đại (secondary)

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