tanden; point below the navel
In traditional East Asian medicine and martial arts, the area about three finger-widths below the navel, considered the body's center of energy and focus for meditation and breathing techniques.
In qigong, it is important to focus your awareness on the tanden.
He gathered strength in his tanden and lifted the heavy load.
pit of the stomach; lower abdomen; tanden
From Chinese 丹田 (dāntián), literally 'cinnabar field', a concept in Taoist internal alchemy referring to the area where the 'elixir of life' is cultivated.