Consensus on the details of zhan zhuang posture

[joeblast]

That is an excellent drawing, thanks Gerard!

[i am]

So I think it's just a matter of one being more meditative than the other, but I notice that in that link anyways, the arms are very low. I was shown the way of holding my arms much higher, and to look at the tips of my middle fingers, or close my eyes.

 

Are there different benefits to holding the arms lower vs higher?

 

For some reason the standing drained me this morning...got really shaky and the muscles around my knees were spent for about 45 minutes. But I was trying some of the suggestions in this thread, so I was probably doing something my body wasn't used to.

[i am]

I hold my arms somewhere just below my nipples, and actually almost in line with them. Not up any higher than that, except when I do a different kind of standing which seems to be unique to my teachers lineage...

 

It actually has the palms facing down, elbows dropped, hands about level with the chin.

[spiraltao]

Great photos! I think these will be of great help in personal study and to help others, on the things I know and hasve mastered.

Edited September 28, 2012 by jaysahnztao