Chicken Feet and the Path to Manifesting

Chickens are instinctual, territorial animals that are paying attention to every detail. Their mind is in their feet. They have perfect balance because they have skinny little legs that hold up large bodies. 

The ultimate in learning to ground is to learn how to do chicken walks as they are called. First, you have the feet that are glued to the ground (with millions of years of practice) and secondly, you have perfect balance from top to bottom. 

You will never see a chicken fall over. They can go super fast or super slow, change directions instantly and even sleep on a perch using their feet. 

For most of us, grounding is a concept, not a physical practice or an actual thing in the body. Yes, you can do a tree pose in yoga to learn balance, but Taoist movements are movements, not poses. They teach an animal’s intelligence. 

It shows you how the Tao is in the way the animal uses its intelligence to live. 

When you have connected your visionary mind, converted it to energy, and organized it in your linear mind, you put it in your feet and get ready to go. 

Now you are grounded on the vertical plain from up to down. 

When you hear all of this for the first time, it might sound complicated. With practice, it can become your natural state.

And from there the process of manifesting can begin.