T’an T’ien Awareness

Rosalind Cook of Victoria BC, accredited in May ’88 shared this handout at the August teachers conference.

Take your index finger and touch the middle of your belly, approximately two inches below your navel. This is your center and is known in Chinese as the t’an t’ien. The t’an t’ien is where your physical center of gravity is located (referred to as Energy Sea or Heavenly Center).

Throughout these classes you will be concentrating on t’an t’ien awareness. Sense your actions, and even your thoughts as springing from that point.

Press your finger firmly into your t’an t’ien until the pressure becomes almost painful. Now remove your hand and continue to sense that point. Let that single point of awareness expand until it fills the entire abdomen and the entire pelvic area from side to side, and from front to back.

It is most important throughout your practice to bring the energy that you have generated and circulated, down into this area.