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Here is a Qigong form for the Belt or Girdle Vessel. One of the 8 Extraordinary Vessel of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The Extraordinary Vessels are more like streams or reservoirs of Qi. Formed early in in our in-utero development, they are often worked during big transitions.
The Belt Vessel is relevant to pregnancy and motherhood, sexuality, circulation in the legs....
https://youtu.be/QzaBrbUu_sA

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