How To Straighten your Back with Qigong Step-by-step

Standing up straight and look forward, be aware of the Da Zhui acupuncture point and lift it up. You can find this point underneath the 7th neck vertebrae, which is the big bone at the base of your neck.

Opening your Da Zhui supports the flow of Qi in your neck, shoulders, and arms. It’s also called the meeting point of the Six Yang Meridians with Du Mai. It co-ordinates Yang and provides strength, balance and power.

Start to straighten your back by aligning your Da Zhui to Yu Zhen, an acupuncture point at the base of your skull.  Straighten your spine so that these two pressure points, and the rest of your back, are lined up and raised up.

Opening Yu Zhen relaxes your eyes, forehead, and neck. It is the crossing point of your left and right nervous system and influences the whole central nervous system and the brain.

This is the acupuncture point on the top of your head. From Da Zhui to Yu Zhen, lift your Baihui up, straightening the spine. In general you should feel light, more relaxed, and elevated.

The Baihui is also known as the 100 meridian channel meeting point, and the Heavenly gate (the gate of life Qi between heaven and the body). As this gate opens to all “power lines” of the physical body, which meet in this point, you feel centered and quiet from inside.

Tip: An easy way to locate Baihui is to draw a line from the tip of your ears to your head and hair whorls. The Baihui acupuncture point lies 1 cm behind the center point of this line.

Continue to keep your Baihui elevated and your Da Zhui and Yu Zhen points centered and aligned. Then drop your tailbone down, slightly raising your pelvis and tucking in your stomach. This last step ensures that your entire spine is straightened yet relaxed.
Perfect for any Qigong practice you do!