Instruction 3 (Fig 6-276, 277) The center shifts to the right leg, the body turns left. Simultaneously, the hands separate out and following the body turning left are brought to beside the ears.

Instruction 4 (Fig 6-278) The body turns right, the left leg is lifted and brought to beside the right leg, toes touching the ground. Simultaneously, the hands push out and down to the right.

Note: When the palms are brought to below the ears, inhale, then when pressing down with closing energy (he jìn), exhale with a long, easy breath, finishing just as the hands reach their lowest point. In this posture, the exhalation is the main thing with the coordinated movement assisting. When the hands change from closed to open or from open to closed, the waist and spine must be the axis that drives the movement. When turning left and right, the upper body must remain upright, not bending forward or leaning back. When the hands press down, the right is key, the left assists. The Qì stays in the spine, the crotch is relaxed.

Fig 6-276	Fig 6-277	Fig 6-278

Posture 29 Dān Biān

Instruction 1 (Fig 6-279, 280) The body turns slightly right, the hands rotate in and are brought to in front of the chest. The left palm faces up the right palm slants to the inside.

Instruction 2 (Fig 6-281, 282) The right hand is changed to a hook and passing the left palm arcs out to the upper right about shoulder height as the left hand is brought to in front of the left abdomen.

Fig 6-279	Fig 6-280	Fig 6-281	Fig 6-282

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