TIP
The Hara (Tanden) lies three finger-widths below the navel. In the Japanese tradition it is the center of life energy. All martial and healing arts work from here.
HOW TO
- Sit or stand upright. Place both hands one over the other on your lower belly, below the navel.
- Breathe deeply into the belly and feel how the spot beneath your hands rises and falls.
- Imagine a glowing sphere of golden light rotating there – warm, powerful, stable.
- With each inhale the sphere grows larger and brighter. It fills your entire pelvic space.
- Say inwardly: „Here is my center. Here is my power. From here I act.“
- Feel the stability and inner strength radiating from your Hara. You are centered.