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Louis is Navi Kriya similar to the dan tien you were talking about above?)
Hi Shweta
I've read Navi Kriya a couple of times now but havn't tried it properly yet.
It is possible that using Navi Kriya will also develop the Dan Tien, since the attention is in the same area, I could'nt be sure.
The Dan Tien is regarded as the physical and energetic centre in martial arts, such as, Aikido, Tai Chi, Kung Fu and others. It is where all movement is centred and from where all the power is developed, in the soft martial arts.
Also ballet dancers, as far as I know, dance from this centre, although they may not refer to it as the Dan Tien.
Generally there is just the awareness of this being the centre when one is moving, so all movements are performed from there. When this is combined with the breath we can perform tasks much more easily, whether it be punching someone, as in Kung Fu, or say lifting something heavy, or pushing a spade into the ground. If we centre ourselves in the Dan Tien and breath out whilst doing these things, they become easier and more powerful.
This is something I have taught the kids from an early age. They really enjoy this, especially when they see the hugh difference between the two ways of doing it.
Even just walking around with an awareness of the Dan Tien as one's centre of movement can make a hugh difference, when done with breathing and present moment awareness, it takes on a new meaning.
So I don't know if the more developed and subtle aspects of Navi Kriya would be the same, perhaps it is. Maybe you or someone else with more experience of it could say. I would be very interested to know this myself.
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