Where are your energy centers? Dan Tian Explained by Qi Gong Master, Ken Cohen

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Do you know where your Dan Tians are? Ken Cohen beautifully explains one of the key principles of Daoist Wellness...
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In a clip taken from our upcoming in-depth conversation, Ken explores the funadmental focal point(s) of Taoist (Daoist) Wellness, known as the dantian. These "elixr fields" or "energy centers" have significant importance in Tai Chi and Qi Gong practice, and Ken offers insights into their association with energy storage and flow within the body.
The understanding of the concept of the dan tian serves as a foundation for various practices such as Daoist healing, meditation and Qi Gong. As Ken explains, diverse interpretations of dantian theory provide different perspectives on how energy operates within the body, but most theories agree they play a crucial role as areas with heightened potential for storing and circulating energy.
The integration of Western science and Eastern traditions in Cohen's teachings is both fascinating and rewarding for practitioners such as myself, and hopefully for you too!
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@girlwithflowers8058 Год назад

I love the idea of closing our eyes to conserve Shen, keeping quiet and not talking too much to conserve Qi, and cultivating balanced relationships to conserve Jing. It reminds me a lot of the yogic concepts of Ahimsa (non-violence) and Pratyahara (sense withdrawal). But also of the practice of deep inner listening which is something most of us have forgotten how to do. Will you be posting the full interview?

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for watching! 🙏

@kennethcohen9859 Год назад

Thank you for your insight. There are clear parallels between pratyahara and sense withdrawal practiced in certain qigong methods. For example as part of the first movement in Hunyuan Qigong, teachers advise "The eyes look within; the ears listen within; the mind turns inward."

@tommyprotrampx 4 месяца назад

@@kennethcohen9859@girlwithflowers8058 @George-Thompson Well... there is a lot of similar practices in India and China. The interesting part is that the earliest evidence of those practices in India are from times in which India and China had active and dynamic naval trade and exchange of ideas. Evidence tells us that Chinese practices are older than Indian practices. For example Chinese pulse diagnosis came to Ayurveda from China. To be fair, Bodhidharma was Indian master of Kalaripayattu, Ayurveda and Yoga, and Shaolin martial arts and Xi Sui Jing 洗髓经 came from him. Also during early daoist times Chinese knew about Indian chakras: Wulun Jiuzi Bishi 五輪九字祕釋 . Lun = Wheel -> Chakra.

@leoniea138 9 месяцев назад

I just discovered Qigong.....I am fascinated ....we can learn so much by the Chinese ...they just do things right.....well and so on ....

@cordialement4383 6 месяцев назад

Well; not all things right 😅

@chrisj5505 6 месяцев назад

The same os true with Indian Chakra system. Such things are conceptual models used as a focus to focus energy in meditation. Intuitively ancient mystics placed locations for these centers based on where they felt the energy in their bodies in its different actions. The most important part is belief and intention when working with energy. Feeling should come as you work with it and intuition should show you what works best for your personally. No one school is right or wrong, everyone is unique and it is important to find which system works best for you as an individual. Forcing things is not the way. Disciplined focus is one thing but it should also be an open relaxed focus. If you are trying to make things happen too much then you are too yang. If you are whimsically all over the place without focus then you are too yin. It is finding the balance so as to step into wu wei from you wei.

@origamininja6213 Месяц назад

Dantian is the powerhouse of the cell

@derjungemensch5902 Месяц назад

Lol

@mateicocora6329 6 дней назад

If you guys are intereated in actual qigong go look for YMAA Embryonic Breathing is a good start to this... what he's saying here is a mess with keypoints in the spiritual practice and actual energy centers and vessels... There are 3 Dantians and 8 vessels 4 in the upper body 4 in the legs none in the arms... To not be confounded with meridians, vessels are technically places where you can temporarily store energy yet you loose it within the day, meridians are through where energy flows to get to every part of the body

@wunjof.berkanan6049 Месяц назад

Hi, guys! In an old chinese treatise (translated) that I was reading through as a guide when I started practicing qigong the middle dantian is located in the solar plexus area. The heart area contains a so-called "Palace of Emptiness" (I don't remember the chinese term)and is not a dantian. Huiyin, Mingmen, Shendao and Bahui are also considered as major energetic centers to work with (so you move your qi between three dantians and 4 or more energetic points). These descrepancies are actually sometimes confusing when you try to clear some vague points using multiple sources. If somebody practices the similar system please respond.

@dianeyoung8068 Год назад

Very interesting the different locations of the Dan Tians depending on the different qigong systems. (I could feel the emptiness in between the lower Dan Tian and the Ming Men!). So good to remember that closing our eyes helps us to retain Shen. Also, to bring the Yi to the lower Dan Tian to calm ourselves. Thank you.

@George-Thompson Год назад

Glad the video was valuable to you! 🙏

@ZsuzsannaSpiry Год назад

As I've learned Taiji long ago, the Master always asked us to combine each movement with the vibration of the Dantien. Even now, despite having forgotten the sequence of the movements, when I focus on the navel region, I immediately can feel the vibration. The Taiji quality of the person who does Taiji focusing on the Dantien is quite visible even from the outside. Interesting topic. Thank you.

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for watching! 🙏

@carpenterfamily6198 16 дней назад

3:05 Talking too much wastes Chi

@flordelsur63 День назад

So clear ! Thanks a lot ❤

@sabdollahyan1297 5 месяцев назад

Any sessions for Parkinson’s patients?

@leoniea138 9 месяцев назад

Ok ,, so Dan tian is the magnetic energy field. .the vibrational energy / frequency ...so therefore it can be measured . ..and it's measured in Hertz

@SnakeAndTurtleQigong Год назад

Thanks so much! He’s such a nice person, too. A fellow tea fanatic. 💙

@heimvegen5295 Год назад

Looking forward to Sunday! So glad to experience Ken Cohen again. Thank you!😊🙏🕊

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for your support! 🙏

@PeachesCourage Год назад

DAO IS SCIENCED BACKED I REMEMBER THIS We are being Apathetic now politics is God and we are putty? i AM STILL READING DR GREYSONS BOOK AFTER ABOUT NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES MAYBE SORT OF LIKE A THIRD EYE? THESE ARE TRULY AMAZING IF YOU READ THE BOOK?

@GeorgeB321 Год назад

Are you okay?

@Everyone321 Год назад

It doesn’t matter if Dao is science backed or not

@ericm9495 Год назад

@@Everyone321 yes it does

@Everyone321 Год назад

@@ericm9495 Dao is metaphysical and cannot be explained in a reductive scientific paradigm. Also recall the first line of the DDJ

@ericm9495 Год назад

@@Everyone321 What do you mean by metaphysical? People use that term in different ways. If you mean "non-physical" I don't agree. There is a dao/way to the physical world. I don't take the DDJ to be gospel. The writers of the DDJ had little/no modern scientific knowledge, so they couldn't have been talking about science as we know it, when writing that line. I think that's a good reason to be cautious against strinct anti-reductionist readings.

@life_is_fantastic 6 месяцев назад

This way I can fill my body better three-dimensionally

@carolena8929 Год назад

🌀♥️🙏🦋 Thank you for sharing

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for watching! 🙏

@flordelsur63 Год назад

Master Kenneth S. Cohen is an awesome teacher . Thank you !

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for the kind words! 🙏

@janelotv1261 Год назад

Love the mitochondria theory 🙏✨

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for watching! 🙏

@joeniati7903 Год назад

Ken please post video of baduanjin

@leoniea138 9 месяцев назад

Beautifully explained ❤

@peterfarnsworth9495 Год назад

Always good to see Laoshi Cohen . Expertly explained 😊

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for watching! 🙏

@sandraseeper Год назад

Thank you; so very appreciative for this podcast.

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for watching! 🙏

@david-jr5fn Год назад

And there is another system where the perineum, the navel and the point between these two points form the three energy centers

@George-Thompson Год назад

Awesome! Thank you for sharing David! 🙏

@melikashosseini Год назад

I've always learnt from dear dear Ken. Thank u

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for watching! 🙏

@shaktiveda7041 Год назад

Pure powerful wisdom!!! 🙏☯🕉⚛

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for watching! 🙏

@RalphieRoper Год назад

Always nice to see a new George video.

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for the support, Ralph! 🙏

@thedirty530 Год назад

Wonderful topic!

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for the support! 🙏

@MelissaDeleen Год назад

Your insightful content has been incredibly valuable to me, George. I wanted to express my deepest gratitude towards you and Master Gu for sharing your knowledge on Qigong and The Tao. I've learned so much and appreciate your dedication to educating and inspiring others. I always thought we had only one Dantian hidden behind our navel. Now I know we have three Dantian points!!! Is that knowledge based on Traditional Chinese Medicine or The Tao ☯️ or purely Qigong ?

@George-Thompson Год назад

Thank you for your support Melissa 🙏

@ericm9495 Год назад

My BS detector is dinging. "If you look at a dead cell with a microscope, and compare it to a living cell the main difference is the living cell has a bioelectric charge, and thus has the capacity for movement" First of all what is "bioelectric charge" exactly? Is it just charge as in coluombs? If he means that, I'm pretty sure that's wrong. both a living cell and a dead cell would be overall electricaly neutral more or less. Having an non-zero electric charge distributed throughout the cell would be unstable. All the + charges would be repulsed by the other +charges. they'd looking for - charges and when they meet they'd form a stable 0 charge unit. The way that biochemical energy works is more subtle than just "having charge" Second of all, this is not a difference you would see just by looking under a microscope. He's kind of giving the impression that you'd just see the electric charge or something, but that's clearly not true. Third, What does it even mean to say this charge gives you the capacity to move? everything has the capacity to move. Even electrically neutral stuff like rocks and planets.. sure, living things move differently, and it has something to do with electromagnetic forces and ipso facto charge/current. But can anything more specific be said about it? Because that seems kind of trivial. I really like a lot of philosophical aspects of taoism. Wuwei, ziran, and all that jazz. But when you start doing Taoist physics, that's when you lose me.

@kennethcohen9859 Год назад

There are many avenues for cellular communication: electric, chemical and even biophotonic (see the brilliant work of physicist Fritz Albert Popp). Schwann cells in particular are important electrical conductors. Re "bioelectricity"--Cells are not electrically neutral. A living cell at rest carries a negative charge on the inside and positive charge on the outside. Think also of the strong electrical signals produced by the heart (measured through EKG) and Brain (EEG), as well as measurable changes in both body potential and bio-electric fields. Please see the work of Robert Becker, MD, particularly "The Body Electric" as well as peer-reviewed published research based on the Menninger Institute experiments "Physical Fields and States of Consciousness."

@Chickarina1 Год назад

Thanks for sharing George.

@ericm9495 Год назад

@@kennethcohen9859 Oh OK. Thanks for clearing that up. So you meant that living cells have a negative core, and a positive shell. But then that could still mean it could overall have a net neutral electrical charge, right? I'm sure the net charge isn't _exactly_ zero for the typical cell but I'm still unclear about what the claim is. I'm not sure why your bringing up stuff like Schwann cells (conductivity of a cell is different from its net charge), and EKG and EEG(electric voltages are also different from charge). What does that have to do with the net electric charge of a cell? It seems like all your claiming is, life has something to do with electromagnetism. But my point is that that is obvious. There are only 4 confirmed known forces in nature. gravity, EM, strong and weak. Whatever is responsible for life being life must have something to do with those 4 forces, or some other as of yet undiscovered one.There are clear reasons gravity, strong and weak aren't going to have much explanatory power in biological processes. So its gotta be EM or EM + something else. But so what? You seem to be say that this fact has something to do with taoism, and with qi, shen and jing. But I don't see any connection with that to the taoist tradition besides really superficial things like "life has something to do with energy flow". The Taoists (as far as I know) never talked about EM. Are you trying to say A: EM isn't adequate to explain life and therefore we need to say there is something else going on like qi,shen or jing? Or B: that qi,shen and jing were just EM all along and science has discovered it? If A, why? What phenomena can't be explained with EM alone? And if B, also why? It seems like the only thing all the daoists said was "qi/energy flow has something to do with life". But that is really vague. How could you falsify that? What would EM or biological energy have had to look like to make you think "whatever that is, its not qi,shen or jing.Oh well, I guess the daoists were wrong"?

@UniqueGeekFreak Год назад

@Eric I know a lot sounds woo woo Try not to think so much woth what ppl have programned and taught you. If you REALLY wqnt to learn you gotta stay openminded, critical but also hear them out, you dont have to accept, this is just a matter of learning Sooner or later you will be able to connect the dots. With concious i.e. analyzing mind you won't understand. Even Nikola Tesla ssid that paraphrasing: humankind will develop or evolve when you focus on what you can't see, i.e. quantum world, metaphysics , parapsychological, most things that are considered as pseudo science or woo woo mumbo jumbo Im not here to convince, just to present to look with other eyes, not physical eyes. Yes science is important. But even that changes, new research comes out all the time woth something new....so what are we supposed to believe then? 🤔

@UniqueGeekFreak Год назад

To research pr focus on the science that cannot be seen or measured etc For instance "noetic science" comes with these studies. But im not sure whether i can trust everything, since i know who's sponsoring them I think if you start looking at what CIA have been conducting experiments and research, like telepathy, remote viewing, psychics etc. this is science backed up and we're talkimg about CIA, they have released documents on how to heal, how to get super strength, how to timr travel, how to recall woth super memory, how to basicqlly become a supet human, conciousness. "The gateway process" Maybe science backed up government approved science like that will interest you. If you dont believe thousands of years of proven healing practices from the East