Rejuvenate Yourself Exercise – Body Map or The Nei Jing Tu

In China, Beijing, In this most important Taoist Monastery, The BaiYun Guan – Abbey of the White Clouds. – Chinese has no original religions. The wisdom were discovered and pass down to us, Chinese through the Tong Book – All knowledge Book.  The I-Ching, and the map is an inner Body Map of how our body Qi moves. It is similar to the Yogi practice of Yoga. Tao mean the Way. These are all classified in the Taoist Way

This Abbey has been the center of Quanzhen (Complete Reality); the main Taoist lineage in Northern China. 

Taoist mainly do different forms of meditation for the cultivation of inner peace.  This incorporate a brand of Neidan (Internal Alchemy). They lived long and healthy life.

This is the Nei Jing Tu – the treasure to the Taoist.  Their meditation methods all base on this Map. The body is like a landscape.

The chart highlights the three Cinnabar Fields (Dantian). It distinguish the body inner view of how the energy (qi) move. As the people of that time are mostly uneducated and farmers, the map is created in a drawing that tell fairies tales and the people will understand. I don’t read Chinese much, but I understand, because I also understand these fairies tales through the pictures. e.g. the above picture shows a couple formed by a boy and a girl. This is the ancient way of irrigation. The River Cart, bring the water up into watering the fields. This is the prime factor of why The movement of Pulling the River Cart movement is so effective. You can go google and read about it more. I am simplifying it here for you.  This is the lower Dan Tian. Youth and life are revive when the storage of Qi is warm up. This Lower Dan Tian is the easiest to cultivate.

 At the center of this picture, is the middle Cinnabar Field, Also known as the Heart Nest.  located in the region of the heart and shaped as a spiral. Above it is the Herd Boy; he holds the constellation of the Northern Dipper, a symbol of the Center of the cosmos. According to a famous Chinese story, the Herd Boy can only meet his Weaving Girl, wife,  once a year,( Chinese celebrate this day on 7th day on the 7th moon. ) The pictured below him near the kidneys. The Herd Boy and Weaving Girls are symbols of the alchemical conjunction of Yin and Yang. Meaning – it is not easy to achieve this state of Qi power. Please refer to my Charka posting for deeper understanding. This Indian has these same knowledge too. But name differently. I will confuse you if I do here. 

At the top, is this picture shows the Upper Cinnabar Field,(the 3rd eye).  Located among the mountains above the head. To the left of the mountains starts the Control vessel (dumai), which runs along the back of the body. Below the Control Vessel begins the Function Vessel (renmai), which runs along the front of the body. (Both vessels are represented by five parallel lines.) During the first stage of the Neidan practice, the essence is circulated along the circuit formed by the two vessels by means of breathing. Next to the Function Vessel sits an old man, who is Laozi.(A Chinese Sage). Next to Control Vessel stands a monk with raised arms, who is Bodhidharma, (an Indian Monk who introduce Buddhism to China. Also the Monk who teach the Chinese GongFu). The two dots represent the Sun and Moon.

These, I hope does not confuse you. I am also English educated and it really need some Chinese history knowledge to understand.  Just practice and follow the Coach . Please continue to read my others postings, for deeper understanding.