The Microcosmic Orbit is An Ancient Inner Alchemy practice– that uses the body’s deepest level of energetic structuring. The primary purpose of the Microcosmic Orbit practice is to create a continuous circular energetic loop between what typically, in an adult human body, are two distinct meridians: the Ren (Conception Vessel) and the Du (Governing Vessel).

Before birth, while still in our mother’s womb, our energy circulates naturally along this pathway, moving from the perineum up along the spinal column, and then down along the centerline of the front of our tiny torso, back to the area of the lower dantian.

Once we’re born, and the umbilical cord is cut, a rather dramatic reorganization unfolds, one of whose consequences is that, within the first few years of our life, that once-continuous energetic circuit separates into the Ren meridian – flowing from the perineum up the front of the torso to the area of the lower lip – and the Du meridian – flowing from the tip of the coccyx up along the spinal column, over the head and ending near the upper lip. We can use the Microcosmic Orbit practice to remember a flow of energy very similar to what we experienced in our mother’s womb.