導氣令和，引體令柔
Guiding the vapours to attain harmony, stretching the body to achieve suppleness.
龜縮頸，耕牛之力
The turtle retracts its neck, the strength of the ploughing cattle.
龜尾升氣，丹田煉神*
The turtle tail makes vapours rise, Cinnabar Fields refine the spirit.
What if keeping a flat stomach for the author of this blog requires imprinting various motions on a rather tiny segment of the body while breathing in and out? Devoid of any muscle contraction, this leads, among other things, the abdomen to be swallowed, the whole body fascias to extend, the backbone to straighten all the way up to the cervical vertebrae, the buttocks to tense and the eyelids to open1.
