I asked this same question two hours after this thread was begun (did not look to see if there were any new threads
).
And I like faune's answer: sounds good and may be the best answer.
Still, I would like to offer my questions here from the thread I just started to see if there are any other "good, better, best" possibilities from the ancient wisdom of Qigong as channeled through our teacher Chunyi Lin or any senior students:
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I have heard and used a few different alternatives for where the tongue goes while practicing Qigong. I even had a recent teacher who argued for the tongue going behind the teeth on the bottom of the mouth since he (he argued) that Qi is an electric energy and since water conducts electricity, it is actually better (or at least as good) to put it behind the bottom teeth.Having said that, I usually put the tongue behind the upper teeth, just touching the flesh on the hard palate. But I have also heard that it is better to curl the tongue and have it touch further back on the hard palate.
And there is also the possibility (though awkward) to have the tongue touch the soft palette even further back towards the throat, touching that little indentation that points almost directly straight up towards the top of the head.
Any thoughts or direction on this question?
If faune is correct (don't see how that advice could be "wrong"), I still wonder are there better ways to direct the flow of Qi. And I have heard that one way to "test" is which way produces the most saliva. Anything to that?
The tongue is an important part of the "posture" component of good (or even "best" ) Qigong practice, so I think it well worth discussing.
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