The term song has a flash of serendipity in its pinyin pronunciation, which sounds like the English word

song. We really want the body to sing rather than just relax. When the body sings it fills the body and
channels with chi much more than it could if we were simply to become limp!
How can the student do this? The secret lies in the Fusion meditations that teach us to turn the senses inward.
After turning the senses of sight and touch inward, we begin to turn in the sense of hearing (fig. 3.2). This
may begin with a high-pitched sound—the “Eee” or “Yang” sound of the legendary Green Dragon from the
East. As you sink deeper into the tan tien, you can hear the “Ooom” sound, the yin sound of the immortal
White Tiger from the West. The body then reveals a cacophony of sounds in between these two poles that
correlate to each of the bones in the body. Eventually the whole body sings and dances to its own tune. This
is another way of vitalizing the body and opening the chi channels.*
Once the body can receive and fill itself with chi, its structure begins to change. This process is described in
a repetitive mantra that
Fig. 3.1. Fill the body with chi by focusing on the lower tan tien.
*For more information about turning the senses inward, see Fusion of the Five Elements (Rochester, Vt.: Destiny Books, 2007), 52.
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the Universal Healing Tao has been reciting to its students for forty years: “The legs externally rotate and
lengthen. The kua opens and the coccyx tucks in. The abdomen sucks in, chi goes to the lower tan tien, and
the lumbar spine goes back. The scapulae round and the sternum sinks. The arms lengthen and the fingers go
soft. The neck lengthens and the chin tucks in” (fig. 3.3).
Wu master Ma Yueh-Liang’s student Dr. Wen Zee has a similar