Practices

practice records from the practices content collection — 6 records.

id	title	chinese	pinyin	tradition	difficulty
cunsi	Cunsi: Inner Visualization	存思	cúnsī	Daoist (Shangqing visualization; earlier strata in Baopuzi)	structured; image-based; requires learned inner geography
jingzuo	Jingzuo: Quiet Sitting as a Practice	静坐	jìngzuò	Neo-Confucian (Song–Ming); Daoist and Chan-influenced	simple form; sustained practice is demanding
shouyi	Shouyi: Guarding the One	守一	shǒuyī	Daoist (Daodejing root; Han Taiping Jing protocol; Baopuzi consolidation)	the classic beginner anchor; its full chamber form is elaborate
taixi	Taixi: Embryonic Breathing	胎息	tāixī	Daoist (Baopuzi; later internal alchemy)	advanced; traditionally framed as a consequence of long practice, not a technique to seize
tiaoxi	Tiaoxi: Regulating the Breath	调息	tiáoxī	Chinese sitting common vocabulary (systematized in the Buddhist Tiantai Xiao Zhiguan; adopted across Daoist and Neo-Confucian practice)	beginner-accessible; the refinement to the 'rest' breath is long-term
zuowang	Zuowang: The Practice of Sitting in Oblivion	坐忘	zuòwàng	Daoist (classical Zhuangzi; systematized in Tang Shangqing)	advanced in its full form; the stages are explicitly graduated