Practices
practice records from the practices content collection — 10 records.
| id | title | chinese | pinyin | tradition | difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cunsi | Cunsi: Inner Visualization | 存思 | cúnsī | Daoist (Shangqing visualization; earlier strata in Baopuzi) | structured; image-based; requires learned inner geography |
| daoyin | Daoyin: Guided Stretching and Breathing | 导引 | dǎoyǐn | Daoist health cultivation (later absorbed into qigong) | beginner-accessible movement practice; the classical frame is health cultivation, not seated meditation |
| jingzuo | Jingzuo: Quiet Sitting as a Practice | 静坐 | jìngzuò | Neo-Confucian (Song–Ming); Daoist and Chan-influenced | simple form; sustained practice is demanding |
| neigong | Neigong: Internal Work — The Term and Its Territory | 内功 | nèigōng | Martial arts and internal-cultivation traditions (the term's precise early attestation is uncertain) | advanced framing term; it names a category of practice rather than a single beginner technique |
| neiguan | Neiguan: The Practice of Inner Observation | 内观 | nèiguān | Daoist (Sui–Tang scripture; built on earlier inner-cultivation vocabulary) | structured; introspective; no posture requirement in the text itself |
| qigong | Qigong: The Modern System With Ancient Roots | 气功 | qìgōng | Modern (mid-20th c.) systematization of classical daoyin, tiaoxi, and related arts | beginner-accessible; the term covers a wide family from gentle movement to seated breath work |
| shouyi | Shouyi: Guarding the One | 守一 | shǒuyī | Daoist (Daodejing root; Han Taiping Jing protocol; Baopuzi consolidation) | the classic beginner anchor; its full chamber form is elaborate |
| taixi | Taixi: Embryonic Breathing | 胎息 | tāixī | Daoist (Baopuzi; later internal alchemy) | advanced; traditionally framed as a consequence of long practice, not a technique to seize |
| tiaoxi | Tiaoxi: Regulating the Breath | 调息 | tiáoxī | Chinese sitting common vocabulary (systematized in the Buddhist Tiantai Xiao Zhiguan; adopted across Daoist and Neo-Confucian practice) | beginner-accessible; the refinement to the 'rest' breath is long-term |
| zuowang | Zuowang: The Practice of Sitting in Oblivion | 坐忘 | zuòwàng | Daoist (classical Zhuangzi; systematized in Tang Shangqing) | advanced in its full form; the stages are explicitly graduated |