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  IMAGERY AND DESCRIPTIONS (referring back to the post at: https://6harmony.blogspot.com/2021/06/qi-in-general-using-face-as-example.html ) I used imagery in the above-styled post of "trying to breath air through the cheeks like pulling air through wet neoprene". Traditionally, the words would be more simply "breathe qi in through the cheeks". The operative idea, though, is a "pulling in" of tissues accompanying an inhaled breath, usually a reverse-breath. The point, though, is that I got a physical response, controlled by my subconscious mind, by imagining a situation that might result in the pulling-in of tissues. So, it was my imagery plus my breathing, although not all reactions require an accompanying breath. The traditional idea of "breathe the qi in" is very common and it usually implies a "pulling in" at a certain area. For instance, if I am going to move a focused pressure area up from the perineum to the mingmen (to st...

  QI, IN GENERAL, USING THE FACE AS EXAMPLE 6/26/21 Generally speaking, the qi-paradigm is an attempt to explain how strength and movement happen, particularly in the human body. The qi theory has a lot to do with the involuntary-muscle systems of the body, the subconscious mind that controls those systems, and some guesses made long ago about a mysterious energy that accompanies the workings of the involuntary-muscle/fascia/subconscious systems. "Jin", which has many different attempted definitions, is considered to be a 'refined force skill' that is the result of actions by the qi-tissues and the subconscious mind. So, in other words, jin is essentially just one of the skills of the involuntary-muscle/fascia/subconscious-mind systems. Jin is fairly simple to do, in a rudimentary way, so it is like a first step into developing the qi-tissue systems of the body. The qi systems of the body can be developed, but it takes some time and effort to do it. Various qi-sys...