Eight Brocades
Form 3:
Divide Heaven and Earth

Benefits:

  • Increases the chi circulation in the stomach, spleen and liver

  • Stimulates and strengthens the tendons and muscles in the wrist,      elbows and shoulders.

  • Energizes the stomach, spleen, and pancreas

Practice:

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. Imagine holding a ball in front of your chest. Your left hand is level with your chest and your right hand is level with your navel. Inhale. Press your left palm up. Extend your arm and be sure to keep your fingers pulled back. Simultaneously press your right palm down. Extend your arm and be sure to keep your fingers pulled up. Exhale. Repeat this on the right side. This is one repetition.

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