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  1. Astral Projection and the Energy Body

    New2Qigong replied to FraterUFA's topic in Esoteric and Occult Discussion

    As if that's an easy task to do I'll stick to my books in the mean time.

  2. Astral Projection and the Energy Body

    New2Qigong replied to FraterUFA's topic in Esoteric and Occult Discussion

    Hi @astralc, I read something similar somewhere: one has to have their lower dan tien full of energy in order to facilitate an out-of-body experience... Easy to say but, how to know one is practicing the wrong way? What's your opinion on Robert Bruce's books on this matter?

  3. Astral Projection and the Energy Body

    New2Qigong replied to FraterUFA's topic in Esoteric and Occult Discussion

    Hi @lifeforce Can you expand on how they helped you?

  4. How do you experience your energy body?

    New2Qigong replied to Jox's topic in Daoist Discussion

    Hi @astralc, I'm interested in these dan tien meditations. Does one need to do some previous qigong exercise? You mention some visualization... Some people here seem to be against any sort of visualization. What do you think about that?
  5. These days I’m reading Born A Healer by Chunyin Lin and I’m feeling more attracted to his teachings so I’ve tried and old video of his SFQ level 1 that I had and I like it a lot, I find it very similar to Robert Peng’s teachings. I would like to give it a try to the 100 days of qigong challenge that he promotes on his website. The thing is that there are 2 points in his teachings that I can’t quite catch yet: 1) The location of the lower dan tien. Any of the SFQ practitioners here on this forum could explain why Marter Lin locates it below the navel? 2) I find it difficult to understand the mechanics of his qigong breathing (some call it here reverse breathing). Master Chunyin Lin explains: “As you breathe in, draw the lower part of your stomach in a little. As you breathe out let your stomach out” Whenever I try it I tend to expand my upper chest when inhaling, when I think it’s the abdomen which has to get expanded … ? In few breathes I end up breathless so, obviously, as I said, I don’t get it Is there any good soul here willing to help me understand these points?

  6. Questions to Spring Forest Qigong students

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Systems and Teachers of

    Hello Aeran, This is from the SFQ website: You talk a lot about energy in the body. Is any one place more important to focus on than others? Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches us there are three major energy centers in the body: the Lower Dantian, Middle Dantian, and Upper Dantian. The Lower Dantian sits behind the navel, almost in the middle of the torso (this varies depending on the size of the body); the Middle Dantian is located in the bottom of the heart area directly in the middle of your chest; (.. Read More) the Upper Dantian is found in the third eye position, which is a couple of inches behind a spot located about one inch above your eyebrows in the middle of your forehead. https://www.springforestqigong.com/ask-master-lin

  7. Questions to Spring Forest Qigong students

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Systems and Teachers of

    Hello Chi 2012, Thank you for sharing this post you found on the Learning Strategies SFQ forum; that story clearing this topic up is awesome.

  8. Questions to Spring Forest Qigong students

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Systems and Teachers of

    Hello Apeiron&Peiron, So there's a current of thought which considers the LDT to be behind the navel?? That's a revelation to me!! Thank you for the link, quite interesting indeed

  9. Questions to Spring Forest Qigong students

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Systems and Teachers of

    Hello Mudfoot, Yeah, that was my intention when posting this question here on this forum, I thought there would be more SFQ practitioners but I see I was mistaken...

  10. Questions to Spring Forest Qigong students

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Systems and Teachers of

    Hello chi 2012, Yes, I've also considered that option, but at the beginning I'd like to be as loyal as possible with the teaching in order to get the maximum of them, that's why I'm being so "picky" about it. If I find it very hard to follow, I'll have to go back to normal breathing. Thank you tip and your time in replying

  11. Questions to Spring Forest Qigong students

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Systems and Teachers of

    Hello Aletheia, Interesting, I'll keep this in mind. Thank you!

  12. Questions to Spring Forest Qigong students

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Systems and Teachers of

    Hello Sudhamma, The name is not really important for me, but I know where the LDT is supposed to be and Master Chunyi Lin places it behind the navel... And he calls it LDT! So that's why I am a little confused... But any breathing which is not natural, it's forced, right? That is how I find it at the moment, trying to get used to it. Oh, don't worry, the breathing is nasal (through the nose) in SFQ, at least as far as I know in Level 1 Thank you for your posts

  13. Questions to Spring Forest Qigong students

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Systems and Teachers of

    Hi nyerstudent, Yes, I will end up going back to normal / yogic breathing if I find reverse breathing hard to accomplish; I'm still trying to learn it little by little. Thank you for your good tips and good wishing!

  14. Questions to Spring Forest Qigong students

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Systems and Teachers of

    Hello OldAngel, You are right; I'll have to stop and learn the different parts of the sequence separately before putting them together. Thank you for the link to the interview with Master Chunyin Lin, I really enjoyed it.

  15. Questions to Spring Forest Qigong students

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Systems and Teachers of

    I forgot! Thank you for answering anyway!! I thought there were more SFQ practitioners here on this forum...

  16. Questions to Spring Forest Qigong students

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Systems and Teachers of

    Hello Sudhamma, Yes, I know; I made a mistake typing my post; where I wrote: I should have said: ... why Master Lin locates it behind the navel. Thank you for these guide lines; I think I understand it a bit better, but still I don't find it easy to breathe fully while pulling in the LDT. I'll keep on practicing though.
  17. Great stories, Celibacyandsexualenergy. Thank you for sharing with us
  18. Hello, I'm very interesting in this Astral Travel Course Online Course which is no longer available. Does anybody keep the PDF's, videos, or even the eBook which once was available for free and is willing to share it? It seems that Belzebuub's website is currently down... Please, PM me
  19. Since there is not qigong school or teacher where I live, I'd like to give it a try to some online course. This online course must have good material for study, good explanations and there must be a way to contact the teacher/s in order to solve the usual doubts a new student tends to come across. I've checked the net and I have found diffent courses: some quite expensive; some very fishy; some too fitness / healing oriented. So, according to your own experience (not hear say, please), what would you say it's the best online couse at present? Thanks!!

  20. Nei Gong: Taoist Process of Internal Change

    New2Qigong replied to Thunder_Gooch's topic in General Discussion

    Hello Aeran, I can't find the other video I was referring to, but here you can get the idea (fastforward to min. 3:05):

  21. Nei Gong: Taoist Process of Internal Change

    New2Qigong replied to Thunder_Gooch's topic in General Discussion

    I have read Damo Mitchell's book and I loved it. Since I'm still new to all this, please, let me ask you experts / senior practitioners: In order to practice Nei Gong (internal form) is it always necessary to train as a martial artist meaining to combat others, to fight? I've seen some of Damo's videos and in some is shown what it seems a SEAL boot camp... Does one need to train this hard for internal / spiritual gain?

  22. Tien Tao Chi kung

    New2Qigong replied to Adam West's topic in Group Studies

    In its new website it says: "Tens of Thousands of Students" http://www.chinamantis.com/tien-tao-qigong.htm But I see that none of them visits The Dao Bums forum? I'm searching the net but I can't find any source for this Tien Tao / Tien Tai Qigong system apart from this course / website... It seems that there isn't a known school, known master or even student on the net related to this system. Since I'm new to the Qigong practice, is this a well known system in the Qigong world? I'd appreciate to contact anybody who had practiced this Tien Tao Qigong system.

  23. Anus control and breathing

    New2Qigong posted a topic in Daoist Discussion

    Hello all, While I'm still searching for a suitable distance qigong course, I'd like to give it a go to the The Tien Tao Qi Gong Correspondence Course which someone mentioned in this forum; it looks very interesting indeed. For the first month's practice there is an exercise called Anus Control and Breathing (exercise three of this course). Here you can read: Push the anus forward and upward to the navel, relax and push the anus backwards and upwards toward ming men (without regulating the breath). Inhale slowly, expanding the abdomen and simultaneously pushing the anus toward the navel. Without relaxing, exhale slowly pushing the anus toward ming men... I don't know if I understand this correctly: how am I supposed to do this? I mean, the only movement with the anus I can think of is contracting it. How can I push it forward and upward to the navel or to the ming men? I hope there are some experts here who can shed some light here for us the beginners...

  24. Anus control and breathing

    New2Qigong replied to New2Qigong's topic in Daoist Discussion

    Hello Chang & Soaring Crane, First of all, thank you guys for commenting my post. I wanted to wait for a couple of more days of practice before answering your comments. I'm doing the 4 exercises recommended for level 1 (first month of practice) and I still don't know whether I'm doing it right. About the slight anus contractions, I think I can contract 2 different sides of it: the front side and the back side. I hope this is what this manual means because the part when they say "...forward and upward to the navel / backward and upward to the ming men" is something I still don't understand. It gets tense, but I try to relax it and do the contraction a bit softer because the instructions doesn't say anything about this... is that right?
  25. Hi Amoyaan, Could you provide a link to this correspondence course you mention? Thanks.