Let's Sit! — embryonic breathing

 "You are there, but you are not there." This is how my my teacher, Dr. Yang, describes the semi-sleeping state. When sitting, we are creating the conditions to drop into this state. It cannot be force, and it is a skill to be cultivated. It's like flying a kite and allowing the string to stretch as far as it can while still keeping control. This is similar to riding that line of the waking and the sleep state.For thousands of years, Chinese have known that alongside our visible world (Yang) there exists an invisible world (Yin). This world in not...