Acupressure
Gentle finger pressure at points described in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Practices A–Z
Every practice and tradition in Yarra’s compendium, alphabetically — what each one is, what it covers, and what it connects to.
46 entries. 10 have documented movements you can practise today; the rest are written into the compendium plan or included as tradition reference. Nothing here is hidden until it is finished — you can see the whole map, including the parts still being drawn.
A
Acrobatics — see Gymnastics Fundamentals
Anapanasati — see Sitting Meditation
Asana — see Yoga
B
Ba Duan Jin
The most widely practised qigong set in the world: eight gentle standing movements, each with its own classical rhyme.
Baduanjin — see Ba Duan Jin
Balance & Grace
Weight shifts, single-leg families and tightrope walks — balance trained as a skill rather than a test.
Balance drills — see Balance & Grace
Ballet Barre Basics
The first dozen positions of classical barre work, used here as posture and balance training rather than as dance.
Barre — see Ballet Barre Basics
Beijing form — see Yang Style Tai Chi
Bhramari — see Pranayama
Body Scan
Attention travelling through the body region by region, as a guest rather than an inspector.
Box Breathing
Four equal sides — inhale, hold, exhale, hold — a square drawn in breath.
Breath awareness — see Sitting Meditation
4-7-8 Breathing
Inhale four, hold seven, exhale eight — a strongly exhale-weighted pattern popularised as a wind-down ritual.
C
Candle gazing — see Trataka
Chair Yoga
A complete yoga practice built for a chair from the ground up — not a lesser version of anything.
Chakra system — see Chakras
Chakras
The seven principal energy centres described in yogic tradition.
Chan si jin — see Silk Reeling
Channels — see Meridians
Chanting & Mantra
Repeated sound as an anchor for attention, across several traditions.
Chen 18 — see Chen Style Tai Chi
Chen Style Tai Chi
The oldest surviving family style, and the most physically demanding tai chi in common circulation.
Chi gung — see Qigong
Chi Kung — see Qigong
Chore practice — see Mindful Chores
Coherent Breathing
Slow, even breathing at about five to six cycles a minute, continued for a few unhurried minutes.
Contrology — see Pilates
Cyclic sighing — see Physiological Sigh
D
Dao yin — see Daoyin
Daoyin
The joint-opening warm-up tradition that predates and underpins much of modern qigong.
Desk resets — see Movement Snacking
Dhyana mudra — see Mudras
Dirga — see Pranayama
Double inhale — see Physiological Sigh
E
Eight Brocades — see Ba Duan Jin
Eight Pieces of Brocade — see Ba Duan Jin
Eight Section Brocade — see Ba Duan Jin
Energy healing — see Reiki & Energy Healing
Exercise snacks — see Movement Snacking
F
Five Animal Frolics — see Wu Qin Xi
Five Animals — see Wu Qin Xi
Floor basics — see Gymnastics Fundamentals
Four-square breathing — see Box Breathing
G
Guiding and pulling — see Daoyin
Gyan mudra — see Mudras
Gymnastics Fundamentals
Rolls, bridges and holds — the floor vocabulary underneath tumbling.
H
Hand mudras — see Mudras
Hatha yoga — see Yoga
Horse stance — see Shaolin Foundations
I
Ice skating — see Skating Fundamentals
Ida — see Nadis
Imprinting — see Pre-Pilates Fundamentals
J
Japa — see Chanting & Mantra
Jian — see Weapon Forms
Jingluo — see Meridians
K
Kinhin
Walking slowed until it becomes visible to itself — a short circuit travelled with nowhere to arrive.
Kriyas — see Kundalini
Kundalini
A yogic framework describing an awakening of energy along the spine, with kriyas as its practice form.
Kundalini yoga — see Kundalini
L
Laojia — see Chen Style Tai Chi
Liu Zi Jue
Six breath-and-sound exercises, each paired in tradition with an organ system.
M
Ma bu — see Shaolin Foundations
Mantra — see Chanting & Mantra
Mat Pilates — see Pilates
Meridians
The channel map of Traditional Chinese Medicine — twelve primary channels plus the governing and conception vessels.
Microcosmic Orbit
An internal circulation practice described in Daoist tradition.
Mindful Chores
Ordinary household tasks done as attention practice — the sink, the broom, the laundry pile.
Movement Snacking
One-minute movement cues scattered through a sitting day.
Mudras
Hand gestures used across yogic and Buddhist practice as anchors for attention and intent.
Muscle-Tendon Change Classic — see Yi Jin Jing
N
Nadi shodhana — see Pranayama
Nadis
The channel framework of yogic tradition, of which three are principal.
Neigong — see Microcosmic Orbit
P
Pelvic clock — see Pre-Pilates Fundamentals
Physiological Sigh
Two inhales through the nose, then a long unhurried exhale. Your body already does this on its own.
Pilates
A twentieth-century movement system built around control, precision and breath.
Pingala — see Nadis
Plié — see Ballet Barre Basics
Pranayama
The breath discipline of yogic tradition, from simple lengthening to structured ratio work.
Pre-Pilates Fundamentals
The small preparatory movements underneath the classical mat work.
Push Hands
The partnered sensitivity practice of tai chi.
Q
Qi gong — see Qigong
Qigong
The broad Chinese family of gentle coordinated movement, breath and attention practices.
R
Reiki & Energy Healing
A modern Japanese practice of hands-on or hands-near attention, and the wider family of energy-healing traditions.
Relaxing breath — see 4-7-8 Breathing
Resonance frequency breathing — see Coherent Breathing
Resonant breathing — see Coherent Breathing
Restorative Yoga
Supported shapes held for long, unhurried minutes, with props doing most of the work.
Return to Life — see Pilates
Roller skating — see Skating Fundamentals
S
Shaolin Foundations
The stance and basic hand vocabulary underneath Shaolin practice.
Silk Reeling
The spiralling whole-body movement principle at the centre of internal martial arts.
Simplified tai chi — see Yang Style Tai Chi
Sitting Meditation
The plainest practice there is: sit, follow the ordinary breath, and walk attention home each time it leaves.
Six Healing Sounds — see Liu Zi Jue
Skating Fundamentals
Balance, edge control and falling well — on and off the blade.
Slow walking meditation — see Kinhin
Small heavenly circuit — see Microcosmic Orbit
Square breathing — see Box Breathing
Staff — see Weapon Forms
Standing meditation — see Zhan Zhuang
Standing post — see Zhan Zhuang
Sun Salutation A
The twelve-position sequence most people meet yoga through.
Sun salute — see Sun Salutation A
Surya Namaskar — see Sun Salutation A
Sushumna — see Nadis
Sword form — see Weapon Forms
T
Tai Chi
An internal Chinese martial art practised worldwide as slow, continuous moving meditation.
Tai chi chuan — see Tai Chi
Taiji — see Tai Chi
Taijiquan — see Tai Chi
Tendu — see Ballet Barre Basics
The Miyagi Lane — see Mindful Chores
Trataka
Steady gazing at a single point as a concentration practice.
Tui shou — see Push Hands
U
Ujjayi — see Pranayama
W
Walking meditation — see Kinhin
Weapon Forms
Sword and staff forms, presented as moving meditation rather than combat training.
Wu Qin Xi
Five animals — tiger, deer, bear, monkey, bird — each with two exercises.
Wuji standing — see Zhan Zhuang
Y
Yang 24 — see Yang Style Tai Chi
Yang 8 — see Yang Style Tai Chi
Yang Style Tai Chi
The most widely practised tai chi family, and the source of the standard 24-posture form.
Yi Jin Jing
Twelve movements emphasising tendon strength and sustained isometric effort.
Yin Yoga
Passive floor shapes held for several minutes at a time.
Yoga
The broad tradition of postures, breath and attention, of which the physical practice is one limb.
Yoga Nidra
A guided lying-down practice moving attention systematically through the body.
Yogic sleep — see Yoga Nidra
Z
Zazen — see Sitting Meditation
Zhan Zhuang
Standing still on purpose — the structural foundation underneath qigong and the internal martial arts.
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