Body — the mini-track (overview)

A deepening of Module 3 — Body and state: there — the principle, here — the concrete forms. This is the "state engine" (layer 2 of the runescript loop) in detail. Course plan → the course overview.

Why a mini-track

Module 3 gives the idea "breath + posture + galdr + anchor." Here is what exactly to do with hands and body: concrete stances, breathing forms, and rune postures, so the body reliably brings you into a collected state.

Two streams (do NOT merge them)

1. Taiji / qigong — relaxation-in-the-vertical, standing-post stance, slow breathing, the dantian and the "orbit" as maps of attention. A well-known bodily foundation. → body basics (breath, stance, relaxation).
2. Stadhagaldr / "rune-yoga" — rune postures (stödhur) + galdr; the body "draws" the rune. German Runengymnastik (rune gymnastics; Kummer/Marby, 20th c.) via Thorsson. → stadhagaldr (the rune postures).

Sequences and progression (how to fold it into a daily practice) → sequences and progression.

⚠️ The honest frame

• Literal energy (qi/prana/"rune force" flowing through channels) = [unverified]. The dantian, chakras, orbit, "flows" — we take as maps of attention and breath (where to direct focus), not as proven energy physiology (→ subtle body — a comparison of systems). Intention-and-flow practices ≠ Daoism; we don't merge the traditions.
• Rune-yoga = a 20th-c. reconstruction (revival-claim), not an ancient Germanic practice; the claimed effects of the postures = [unverified]. The ethical context of the Kummer/Marby/von List line → the timeline of the rune revival: we take the technique (posture + breath + chant), not the ideology; we don't amplify ariosophy.
• What actually works — posture/breath/relaxation/attention (body and state).

⚠️ Physical safety

• Don't stretch or strain through pain. Do the postures gently, within a comfortable range.
• Do breathing practices without hyperventilation or holds that cause discomfort. If dizzy, return to normal breathing. With blood-pressure/heart issues or pregnancy, be careful with breath holds and long standing.

What's in the mini-track

• body basics (breath, stance, relaxation) — the taiji/qigong foundation.
• stadhagaldr (the rune postures) — the rune postures after Thorsson (sourced).
• a visual gallery of the 24 postures — 🖼 realistic art references of the postures (one per rune) + what/why.
• advanced forms (galdr, breath, gestures) — technique in depth: galdr intonation, breathing, the formula (formáli), "signing" the rune, hand-grips (Runengriffe), the "9 mothers."
• sequences and progression — daily sequences, a beginner→onward progression.
• rune-yoga (systems and forms) — research: Marby/Kummer/Spiesberger/Thorsson, concrete forms, legal sources.
• ⚠️ rune-yoga — origins and ethics — required: where it came from (the 1920s, not antiquity), the hatha-yoga borrowing, the ariosophic/Nazi context.

Links

Module 3 — Body and state · the Daoist dantian and neidan · yogic chakras and prana · Thorsson's catalog of techniques · HOME.