Heel Breathing

Heel breathing is a good energiser.

It can be done either sitting down or standing up.

I normally practice it sitting down as part of a series of chi kung exercises I do.

Sometimes I do it standing, whenever I need an energy boost.

Here’s how to do heel breathing.

1. Imagine you are drawing breath from your bubbling wells, acupuncture points located in the soles of your feet.
2. Keep inhaling and draw the breath/chi up through your body until it reaches to the top of your head.
3. Then exhale and guide the breath/chi down through the body to the bottom of your feet.

Footnote: Expanded from Tai Chi Tip #35 – I discovered this technique several years ago while reading ‘Complete Tai Chi’ by Master Alfred Huang.