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KaseyFoye

SixHealingSoundsQigong
Haveyoueverbeensohappyandcontentwithyourlifeand/orthethingsaround
you,thatyoucanfeelyourinsidessmiling?[The]SixHealingSoundsorInnerSmile
canhelpyoureachthatdeeper,corelevelofhappiness.Thistypeofancientmeditation
hasspecificuses,althoughdoingallofthemoneafteranotherisnotuncommon.Ive
chosenSHSasmytopicbecauseitisthefirsttypeofmeditationthathasgrabbedmy
attentionimmediately.
DevisedfromtheancientChinese,thistypeofbreathingtechniqueisusedfor
improvinghealth,promotehealing,andtheincreaseoflongevity.Theearliestknown
recordofthistypeofbreathingtechniqueiswrittenbyTaoHongjingduringtheSouthern
andNorthernDynasties.ThismanwasmanythingsaTraditionalChineseMedicine
doctor,anastrologer,aswellasbeingTaoist.Overthepastalmost1500yearsofSHS
beingcreated,manythingshavebeenimprovedorchangedwithinthepractice.Sinceit
wassolongthatitwasmade,manypeopleworkingasChineseLinguisticsareunable
totranslatecertaincharactersintheancientlanguage.Althoughsomeofthecharacters
areunabletobeunderstood,anewversionofSHSwasreleasedin2003inChinaand
isperformedgloballyasahealthpromotingQigongpractice.
ThistypeofQigongfocusesonsixtypesofsoundseachofwhichrepresentand
honeinononeofsixofyourmajororgans.Althoughthereareafewtypesofeach
sound(onebeingaudibleandanotherbeingbreathesounds,)forthesakeofsimplicity
Imgoingtobefocusingonthebreathingversionsofeachsoundinthispaper.
ThefirstsoundisshooanditwillberepresentingtheQiinyourkidneys,the
elementofwater,andthecolorblue.Thesecondsoundisssssanditwillbe
representingyourlungs,theelementofmetalandthecolorwhite.Thethirdsoundis
shhhanditwillberepresentingyourliver,theelementofwood,andthecolorgreen.
Thefourthsoundishuhhanditwillberepresentingyourheart,theelementoffire,and
thecolorredorpink.Thefifthsoundishoooanditwillberepresentingyourstomach
area,theelementofearth,andthecolorgold.Thefinalsoundisaspecialoneitis
heeeanditwillberepresentingthemovementofalltheprevioussoundsmovingdown
toyourstomacharea,purifyingeverythinginbetweenoftoxicityandplagueinducingQi.
Interestinglyenough,IvefoundthatifyourQigetsblockedorcongesteddueto
inappropriatediet,poorlifestylehabits,
repressedemotions
and/orweakconstitution,
serioussymptomscanoccur.Afewofwhichare:headache,badtemper,bloatedness,
andpoordigestion.Inafewseverecases,TCMdoctorshavereportedstagnatedblood
andbloodclotsduetothecongestionofQi.
Theeffectsofmyresearchhaveledmetopracticethismeditationdailysincemy
discoveryofit,andtheinnerhappinessofmyselfduetoinnersmileIamableto
createformyinnerbody.

KaseyFoye

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