Ape is active and lively by nature, sensitive and fast, breaking branches and climbing trees, and good at jumping. The practice of "ape opera" is mainly aimed at internal and external exercises, that is, the flexibility and agility of the limbs are practiced externally, and the calm and tranquility of the spirit is practiced internally. Eventually, the body will reach the realm of external movement and internal static, and movement and stillness are appropriate. So what are the effects of ape play? Let's talk about it in detail.
1. External movement and internal stillness to cultivate the mind
Traditional medicine believes that the heart is the official of the monarch, the master of the five internal organs, and has the function of the main consciousness. Consciousness refers to a person's mental consciousness and mental activity. Modern physiology believes that people's mental thinking activities are the function of the brain, that is, the brain's reflection of objective external things. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people's spiritual thinking activities are related to the internal organs, and mainly the physiological functions of the heart, so there is a saying that the heart "hides the gods" and "the main gods". The Spiritual Corpse Divine Chapter says: "Therefore the one who does anything is called the heart." "When the mind is functioning normally, it is clear-headed, quick-thinking, and energetic. If the function of the heart is abnormal, there may often be changes in the mind, such as palpitations, insomnia, dreams, forgetfulness, dementia, arrogance, crying and laughing, and even coma and other symptoms. God belongs to the formless, elusive characteristics, Han Wei Boyang's "Participation in the same contract": "The heart is uncertain, and the horse gallops." "Dunhuang Variation Collection Vimala Sutra Lectures**" Zhuo Ding is deep and immeasurable, and his heart is crazy. Song Daoqian's "Gift to the Venerable Master": "The heart ape will be restrained, and he is willing to chase the ten thousand realms. It is used to describe the inability to concentrate on doing things, the mind is scattered, the external environment is climbing, and the heart is restless.
Ancient health scientists have summarized many methods to lock the heart ape, and to sum up, these methods are inseparable from the three tones, some start from the action, some start from the breath, and some directly cultivate the mind. Practicing "ape play", the external training of the limbs is light and agile, the desire to move is like a wind and lightning, quick and alert, the internal practice of spiritual tranquility, and the desire to be quiet is like a quiet moon in the sky, and the sound is silent, so as to achieve the purpose of external movement and internal static, the combination of movement and static, and the cultivation of the mind.
2. Enhance breathing and improve blood circulation
Ape lifting" action, the fingers are straightened first, and then pulled together into an ape hook, and then the two palms are raised, the shoulders are shrugged, the abdomen is lifted and the anus is raised, and the head is rotated to the left and right. This action is combined with the abdominal and anus raises, which will naturally cooperate with the reverse abdominal breathing.
Reverse abdominal breathing means that when you inhale, the abdomen naturally adducts; As you exhale, your lower abdomen naturally relaxes. Reverse abdominal breathing has a great impact on internal organs, similar to the effect of massage or exercise of internal organs, especially for improving gastrointestinal function. Generations of health practitioners believe that this breathing method has the effect of "transformation": when inhaling, the "innate true qi" in the body is lifted from the abdomen to the chest, and at the same time, the "acquired breath qi" inhaled from the nostrils of the natural pure qi also enters the chest, and the first and second heavenly qi meet and merge in the chest; When exhaling, the true qi after the fusion of the first and second two heavenly qi slowly descends back to the abdomen, and the turbid qi produced is slowly exhaled from the mouth or nose at the same time, so as to achieve the purpose of refining and nourishing qi. Reverse abdominal breathing is widely used in all kinds of **. For example, when the six-character formula of fitness qigong exhales and exhales, and sends out six words such as "shhh
At the same time as the calf raise, abdominal tuck, levator anus and inhalation, with shrugging and shrinking, this is the same as the action essentials of the "Bah Zi Jue" in the six-character formula of fitness qigong, which is of great significance for improving the "true qi", which can not only help to enhance the true qi and gather the qi in the chest, but also prevent the true qi from being raised too high, and avoid adverse reactions such as dizziness and brain swelling when the true qi exceeds the "lack of basin" to the top of the head. Both this method and levator anus belong to the category of "lock word formula" in ancient channeling, which is the so-called method of controlling "time and space" and "qi and blood" by the ancients. It's a small move, but it's something you need to savor.
The action of "Ape Ti" is centered on the acupoint of the human body, which is the qi meeting, located in Shangjiao, accumulating zongqi, also known as the sea of qi. Zongqi is generated by the combination of the pure qi inhaled in nature and the essence of the water valley absorbed by the digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach, formed in the lungs and accumulated in the chest, out of the throat, to penetrate the heart and veins, to help the heart to carry blood, for the sect of all qi, all words, sounds, smells, breaths are related to Zongqi. At the same time, Zongqi also has the effect of maintaining the flow of qi and blood, heart movement, body temperature and mobility of limbs. Therefore, while shrinking the elbows, clamping the elbows, doubling the chest, tucking the abdomen, turning the head and other limb movements, the "ape lift" inhale and expand the chest, exhale and relax, and the tightness is moderate, which can enhance breathing, massage the heart, and improve blood supply.
3. Focus on delighting the soul
The action of "ape picking" includes not only leg movements such as bending knees and squatting, stepping up to pick, but also arm movements such as bending elbows and holding and drawing arc hooks. The whole set of movements is continuous, sometimes fast and agile, sometimes leisurely, focusing on the god-like, and only when practicing can you experience its far-reaching artistic conception.
The style pays great attention to the movement of the fingers, ape hook, change the palm, hold, hold and fix many times, which is of great help to the pleasant people's mind, each finger has meridians, through the limbs directly linked to the internal viscera and six viscera, the heart is the main of the five viscera and six viscera, so it is said that the ten fingers are connected to the heart. When we move our fingers, we can move to the three yin and three yang meridians of the hand, so that the qi and blood are unimpeded. In modern medicine, the corresponding area of the hand in the brain is larger, which is also closely related to the delicate and complex movements of the hand. Immanuel Kant, the famous German philosopher, pointed out that "the hand is the external 'brain' of human beings".
"Ape play" corresponds to the heart in the five organs, the heart is the official of the monarch, the main consciousness, the main bloodline, and the main master of the five internal organs, so the heart exercise method has higher requirements for the posture of the body, the change of footwork, and the transformation of hand shape. In this way, we can understand that the action changes of "ape play" are relatively complex, the upper and lower limbs have more action changes, the torso has changes in shrinkage and relaxation, the shoulders have changes in shrugging and sinking, the arms have changes in flexion and extension, the hand shape has changes in palm, hook and grip, standing has changes in calf raising and heel falling, the step type has lunges, ding steps, and virtual steps, and the footwork has changes in forward and backward jumps, and there are also changes in speed. Don't cling to it either. At the same time, we also need to cross-reference with the "shaking head and tail to remove the heart fire" in the Eight Duanjin of Health Qigong and the "Hezi Jue" in the six-character formula to better understand the three harmony of "ape play".
1. The role of cultivating the mind and pleasing the soul.