loved the description of Qi as “the common factor between your respiratory, circulatory, & nervous systems.”

i do some meditation/breath work that i learned from a Taoist book (one of the sex ones, actually, lol) that’s supposed to move Qi around my body. i breathe in, tighten my anus ever so slightly, hold the breath a bit, then let it out and relax my body for 12 heart beats. When i do this, i feel my heart beat all over my body, and a tingly sensation of flow through my arms and legs. i’ve always just thought of it as feeling my blood move around my body.

Blood, oxygen, electrical signals interpreted by my nervous system, Qi—doesn’t really matter what i call it, it feels good, doesn’t hurt me, doesn’t hurt others, and calms me down.