Definition:

Tai Hsi is the Chinese name for Taoist Embryonic Breathing. Also known as Primordial Breathing or Umbilical Breathing, Tai Hsi refers to the process by which a Taoist practitioner reactivates the electro-magnetic circuitry associated with the primordial “breath” that fetuses have inside of the womb. As this happens, the physical breathing process becomes increasingly more subtle, and then -- for periods of time -- may cease altogether.


In the same way that a fetus “breathes” through the umbilical cord, the practitioner whose system has re-membered embryonic breathing is then able to draw qi directly from the universal matrix, i.e. the “sea of energy” in which their individual bodymind floats.

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