Lower abdomen — gathered khí

breath settling and bodily centre

The lower abdomen is used as a gathering and settling anchor because contemporary khí công teaching commonly discusses breath and bodily centre in this region. The coordinate is a modern comparative projection and does not establish a single Vietnamese dantian doctrine.

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

Point 4 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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