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Sifu Terry, Back in Sep '11 you mentioned two meditations that will aid with hair rejuvenation. If you don't mind, could you post which DVDs they are on and what the DVD titles are? Thanks, Nic

Thank you for your guidance sifu Terry. I have been doing one standing meditation per session. MGM, MHPeach and MHPearl for a count of 100 slow and deep breaths (close to 15 minutes). For the moving standing meds, I am doing Wind Above Clouds and BTB, 1 repetition for 100+ breaths. In fact, in the 20 minutes I practice in the morning I can only fit on repetition of BTB. Since I re-started I feel more relaxed and calm during practice. Best, Nic

Looking forward for reading the book sifu Terry. Many thanks for your effort. I have been following this tread constantly but didn't get to practice FPCK much. I restarted recently with a much differnt approach. Less goal oriented and as much as I can fit in the time I have (quiet and secluded). In one of your posts you suggested a breath count per arm movement for Bending the Bow. Any similar sugestion for Wind Above the Clouds? BTW, since I restarted I am counting the breaths during all meditations. It makes me less interested on known for how long I've been doing the med and keeps the mind from wandering. I'll be happy to post here as I go along. Best, Nic

Sifu Terry, One side effect (beneficial, I think) is an good increase in breath awareness. I practice early morning and do "natal" breathing after the breath sequence, slow and deep. Well after I finish the practice (sometime the whole day) I keep doing the natal breathing (while driving, sitting at the desk etc). What do you advise on breathing outside of the FP practice. Thanks, Nic

Brand new experience this morning while doing bending the bows. Common but somehow unexpected. Did the warm-up for about 10 minutes and then three reps of bending the bows for 15 mins. Half way in the med I started sweating, big time. While doing the last MGM sweat was dripping off my elbows, at the end my t-shirt was soaked. Felt light and refreshed afterwards. Nic

It does help ... a lot. Thank you for the clarification and your endless patience. The reason I keep on asking if all sorts of activities are compatible with FP is because I have a hour in the middle of the day when I can go to a health center nearby. It's a fairly loud place with no private rooms so I can't practice FP. I was looking to do something other than cardio activities. Nic

Sifu Terry, You advise against learning another martial arts system while learning FP. What about practicing yoga at a beginner level? The mainstream yoga, mostly poses and a bit of breathing exercises, no meditation at all. Will it hinder/interfere with the FP? Thanks, Nic

Sify Terry, Is Wave Hands Like Clouds (circling exercise) the warm-up exercise on your tai chi DVD? Great production, by the way. Out of a few I checked out years ago yours resonated with me the most. Will it (an for that matter any of your tai chi warm up exercises) interfere/hinder/help with the practice of FPCK? Best, Nic

Sifu Terry and sifu Garry, I'd like to ask your opinions on a new experience and also share it with the group. This morning, after a 5 min warm up, I did monk gazing at moon for about 15 min then monk holding peach. 5 min or so into monk holding peach I started feeling waves moving up my legs, for feet to hips. The wave would go forward from feet to knees and backward from knees to hips. Very light and enjoyable feeling. I experienced, I guess, around 10 of them, 2-3 seconds apart. I felt like I was swaying forward and backward although my leg muscles weren't doing it. Not sure if I was in fact moving or not, but definitely had that feeling. Then something less expected happened. I started feeling weak in the abdominal area. Not tired from the physical effort of holing the pose, just weak. Ended the med with three deep breaths and started moving around. Felt fine in a couple of minutes. Even though I have read all the posts on this thread many times and something similar is explained by sifu Wong Kiew Kit in his book (from taichimania.com recommended books list) just want to make sure this normal, to make sure I am not doing anything to hurt myself. Thanks, Nic

I am grateful to GM Doo Wai for allowing his family art to become public and to sifu Terry for the efforts he put in to make it easy to understand and learn. Thank you both. Nic

Looking forward to reading the book. I find this thread a great source of info from sifu Terry and sifu Garry. Nic

Has anyone lost weight by practicing the meds? I dropped from 185 pounds to 172 within a month or so and stabilized around 172. I do feel an increased vitality during my other workouts (cardio & pilates) and deeper and calmer breathing throughout the day. I have been doing the first 4 meds on the first DVD for about 8 weeks now. Nic

Sifu Terry, I've been doing regularly the standing meds on the first DVD and recently introduced monk holding peach (90 50 40 20 10). In this standing pose the legs are straight and knees locked. I noticed that if I relax my legs I tend to tilt forward and move the weight to the balls of the feet. On the other hand, if I pull up the knee caps and tighten the legs muscles I could distribute the weight evenly on the soles. Which one is better? Note on Monday 6.21. Figured out that the posture could be balanced even with relaxed legs when I tilt my upper body forward just a bit. Thanks, Nic