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Tʾiao-chʾi

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 382 words | Copyright

Tʾiao-chʾi (Chin., ‘harmonizing the breaths’). A Taoist exercise in breathing. It is a preliminary to other exercises, e.g. fu-chʾi, hsing-chʾi, lien-chʾi, tʾai-hsi, yen-chʾi. It consists in assuming the lotus position (padmāsana), and breathing deeply, expelling contamination and calming the mind. See also CHʾI.

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