Waking Energy 7 Timeless Practices Designed to Reboot Your Body and Unleash Your Potential

exhale, think, “I am letting go of what I no longer need.”
4. After completing the five breath cycles, begin to pull chi down into your Lower Elixir Field
using the tips of your fingers. Start to sweep your hands down over the solar plexus area you’ve
just tapped, bringing one over and on top of the other to replace the other as it sweeps down your
central channel to your Lower Elixir Field. This action should feel like petting an animal. As you
stroke your body, send loving, healing energy to your true mind.
5. When you feel complete, shake your hands to remove stagnant chi, and do a few Horse Breaths.
Making Nice
Making Nice brings new, harmonious, loving chi to all the organs and the Lower Elixir Field. It calms
anxiety, soothes indigestion, and improves elimination.
1. To soothe your true mind and bring even more healing energy into your Sea of Chi, rub your
hands together to charge them. Focus on keeping your Bubbling Spring Points, your Root, and
your Crown open, so that you are actively channeling chi from earth and heaven into your hands.
After charging your hands for several breaths, place your palms over your belly and send the
bounteous chi you’ve harnessed directly into your organs.
2. Women should place left hand over right and men should place right hand over left. Circle your
hands nine times over your stomach in a clockwise motion (start by moving your hands to your
left and then down), pressing gently into it, as you breathe deeply and smoothly. Focus intently on
bringing new chi into your organs to heal and soothe them, all the while becoming more and more
aware of the sensations that arise for you as you “make nice” to your organs with these healing
circles.
3. After completing nine circles clockwise, reverse direction and circle counterclockwise nine
times. Moving counterclockwise (start by moving your hands to your right and then down) will
detoxify your organs by reversing the flow of energy that they are accustomed to. The motion
activates a variation on the healing response, causing them to release held toxins.
4. To finish, repeat one more round of nine circles in the original, clockwise direction. Then give
your hands a good shake to release stagnant chi as you consciously let go of any negative thoughts
and energy through your fingers, and do a Horse Breath.
Door-of-Life Love Tap
The kidneys are ruled by water and are responsible for cooling the body. Given that the body seeks
balance, kidneys need their opposite, which is productive, focused fire. Keeping the kidneys warm,
especially in cold weather, is important for nurturing their health and longevity. The kidney warming
circles we’ll do as part of the Door-of-Life Love Tap are just what the doctor ordered. They stimulate
the smooth flow of chi in and around the kidneys and the adrenal glands, bringing nurturing life-force
chi to the Door of Life. They soothe back pain and relieve stress.