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Syllable Six: Shee [Boiling Sea] (pronounced "she" with the teeth slightly parted and the lips formed
in a small smile) Element: Fire Season: Summer Organ: Triple Burner/pericardium Method: · In the relaxed horse stance, bring your hands together in front of your body, palms up and fingers aligned. · Begin inhaling through the nose as you bring the hands up the midline until your hands reach tan-jung point midway between the nipples and the breath is full. · Continue moving the hands upward until they are in front of the Yin tang. At this point the lungs should be full. · Turn the palms in and downward and push the hands upward over your head as you hold your breath briefly until your arms are fully extended palms facing upward. · Relax and exhale slowly making the shape of the sound of shee with your mouth, as you move your arms smoothly down to the side in a large arc. · Relax for a moment and repeat six times. Benefit: This exercise helps correct any ailments caused by imbalances or malfunctions in the Triple heater system, including swollen thyroids, sore throat, hot and cold spells, ringing ears, bloated abdomen, profuse sweating, and dizziness. This is a good exercise to balance energy between the three burners, cardiovascular, digestive and genital urinary. Note: If you have hypertension you should not raise your arms any higher than head level on inhalation. Upon reaching head level, turn the palms out and around, then push them out to the sides lower them back down to the starting position on exhalation. |
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