25:Traditional Chinese Medicine and Oneness Practice 4

How to Feel the Baihui–Huiyin Line in Standing

Here is a simple way to explore this axis inside Oneness Standing.

1. Set your base.

• Place your feet about hip–shoulder width, not wider.

• Let your weight spread through the whole soles of your feet, with a slight sense of settling toward the heels.

• Keep your knees softly bent, not locked.

2. Find Huiyin (Root).

• Bring gentle awareness to the base of your body.

• Slightly lift the pelvic floor, like closing a small valve.

• Let the hips relax and sink, as if sitting very lightly on a tall bar stool.

Feel for a quiet message:

“I am rooted, but I’m not heavy in my chest.”

3. Find Baihui (Crown).

• Bring awareness to the top of your head.

• Imagine a thin thread lifting gently from that point.

• Tuck the chin very slightly so the back of the neck lengthens.

Feel for another quiet message:

“My head is floating; my face can soften.”

4. Sense the whole line.

Now sense the line from Baihui (top) to Huiyin (base):

• let the spine lengthen softly between these two points

• keep the chest neutral—not puffed up, not collapsed

• let shoulders, arms, and belly relax around this central axis

5. Stay simple.

You don’t need to chase special sensations or force anything. Keep the image:

“Crown light, root settled.”

Breathe comfortably. Notice how your mood, thoughts, and body sensations slowly change as this line becomes clearer.

Why You Don’t Need to Be an Expert in TCM

At this point, you might be asking:

“Should I study all 12 meridians, 8 extra vessels, and hundreds of points?”

For the purpose of this book, the honest answer isno.

You are not training to become an acupuncturist.
You are learning to stand in a way that helps heal your mind.

What youdoneed is:

• a basic respect for the internal science our ancestors developed

• a simple sense of vital energy (Qi) as your body’s aliveness and flow

• a felt understanding that Baihui (crown) and Huiyin (root) form a simple, powerful axis that supports:

•  posture

•  breathing

• calm

• clarity

• emotional stability

Modern science can describe this axis in terms of spinal alignment, nervous-system regulation, breath mechanics, and circulation. Ancient science describes it using meridians, yin–yang balance, and Qi rising and sinking in order.

Different language.
Same human body.