Dantian – Dāntián

©María O. Baum – Campeche, México

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Dantian – dan tien – tan t’ien – dāntián – tanden – danjeon – Dan T’ien -“elixir field”.  

The principal Dan T’ien point – Dantian or Tantien, is located 2 inches below our navel. To locate it, place 3 fingers side-way-widths below our navel, under those fingers, is where you will find the focal point for meditation. This is where we feel “butterflies” when we are excited, and where it hurts when we are startled.
There are several Dan T’ien points in our body: top of the skull, forehead, below the heart, under our navel, and the bottom one, at the soles of our feet. In Chinese medicine, meditation, martial arts and QiGong, we work with the Dan T’ien below our navel. Not only is the focal point of breathing, but the center of gravity, balance and Qi. We center our mind in it to control our emotions. It is one of our chakras, or energy centers; the seat of prana, qi or vital life, that radiates to our entire body.
– The Third Eye, the pituitary gland, the upper chakra is the upper Dan T’ien.
– The Thymus Gland is the middle one.
– The lower one, 3 finger widths below our navel, is the hara, butterfly, emotion center or golden stove, where the center of gravity and the seat of our Qi or energy.