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  2. Posted

    well done, Friend :)

     

    did you search that through google?

    Yes Soaring,

    take important notice on Energy Secret as it has the Child Longevity Qigong!

    Look for Adam West post.

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  4. Posted

    Well.... beside slow motion breathing and breath coordination

    there exist the forceful fast breathing behind each teachique

    which can be exercised after have correct access to the full volume of breath.

    A true full breath can not stack if one want to release and intake the whole.

     

    Slow coordinate breathing also can be "fragmented" even if one has

    a big lung volume.... reducing the effectivness..... with breath in and out 50ml

    while having a lung volume of 3L which slowly decay the lung volume

    and having a lack of breath while having the potential.

     

    In breath coordination with movement there is a stronger awareness on

    breath which extend the breath beyond the "standard breathing"

    ... which occure if one is not aware about it and other observe ones breathing rhythm.

     

    It is easier to correct it in slow motion natural and extend and connect the parts

    in a safer manner and strengthen the body and respiratory system

    before doing forceful breathing with fast movement, which actually is teached in other martial

    arts who exercise with producing sound which comes natural by strong exhale.

     

    Well... at times in the past one has to teach weak and old Royality Tai Chi for health

    and these people sure are not so fit , strong or flexible like the Elite Soldier serving under them

    and as well not having good balance which I read in the past lead to remove of high kicks

    and flying kicks and deeper stance and longer stance in the Yang Stile.

    Remember when the 24 Yang Form has only one kick while the Old Yang Lu Chan still has

    more in common with Chen Style.

     

    Back to breathing is that each hand form and even Shou Yin or mudras do affect the breathing

    by fragmentation or not ....

     

    It is to be warned not to exercise the direct methods of slow breathing defragmentation alone

    as it leads to a state where the defragmentation happens when one breath slowly

    but it hinders and weakens when one need to use impulse and explosiv breathing

    when there is a need of hurry and the inpulsive breathing hasnt been exercised.

    The other part is whenever breathing space is opened and regain .... hydration

    is to be done as more parts become more active and so ask for fluid.

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  5. Posted

    One of thing each lineagesystem depends is the individual.

    While the healing occur all the time the cure depends on the

    practitioners depth of practise he has and his talent.

     

    The Stillnessmovemt sharpens the intuition, the listening

    and the choice that leads to solve a problem and the healing

    beside of projection, intent and sick qi discarding is about

    also raising the energy body of the person it was used on

    or those who are around such practitioner.

     

    So he stop doing stuff which lead to the problem which is banal

    stuff like stopping eating certain food without knowing,changing

    a job or something else or do some strange "accidents".

     

    Stillnessmovement does not interfere with peoples higher choices;

    plans that were made before this incarnation.

    And sometimes problems are not always a problem but the tool

    for the individual to find a solution to it or as example for someone

    other to find a solution.

     

    By loosing or restriction the individual has to tune into finding tools

    to compensate them, as blind rely on the other 4 physical senses

    and getting stronger and more aware than other people.

     

    Such is as I have listen before starting Stillnessmovement Qigong

    because of my Chronic Fatique.

    It increased strongly with this lineage.

     

    It let me find techniques to increase breath, eyes, movement

    and structure beyond written and oral teachings and trancending

    original teachings to unseen application but I still havent see

    the end of refinement to a certain degree to present it to the world

    as it moves like a spiral. It goes round and round but bigger and bigger.

     

    Stillnessmovement Qigong is therefore in my eyes helping in finding

    the answer in the field one wants to solve which again depends on ones

    own talent. It it is to be a full time medical qigong practitioner and

    the person is having the latent talents to give strong projection,

    strong listening for cure (which Edgar Cayce was)

    then wonders can happend if it is allowed and accepted.

     

    But how often such talents occur? Everyone can run as healing is natural

    but how many can run fast and has stamina to be part of olympics

    and put hard work and talent to being world class?

     

    So practitioner in every Qigong has only a limited amount of people

    who can do awesome stuff beyond awesome stuff.

    To find these people depends on luck as some are quietly doing

    this awesome stuff even in the lineage and are unnoticed as fame, show off and exposure

    isnt their style or they practise a very unspectaculary lineage but this gives a individual the right

    stimulation for unfolding the awesomeness by guidance of heaven and hell but those who seek

    for coryphaeus are seeking those who have rank and puplic recognition.

     

    There is a saying "That one seek one not find -as one is filtering everything out

    which is not in the expectation, even if it is right in front of ones nose"

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  6. Posted

    .... volunteer all day everyday :).

     

    So recently I hit burnout again from answering questions and teaching and helping a myriad of people. I also got behind at work from this too. And half of y'all think I should always do this for free? Do you realize how many people I *already* turn down each week? At least the ones that pay help me to take a little time off of work after so I can recuperate. You really think teaching is just about writing or saying words? Really?

     

    You wouldn't beleive how trashed on I get sometimes when I say no to people who ask for me to do stuff for free for them! Trade, that works out 10% of the time, the rest never come through with their half, or the hours end up being 4 to 1.

     

    Also I don't see you doing your job for free. How do you pay rent?

     

    Now I think there should be sliding scales (though I have found people sometimes lie a lot about their income when you do it that way), and not charging 10x what the standard rates are, but that is just me.

     

    I'm most definitely good with someone finding a different teacher if they feel my rates are to high :D. Teachers are a dime a dozen these days with the internet and all.

     

    OK rant over, I do teach for free 80% of the time, but I don't feel I would be doing anything wrong no matter what % it is, nor other teachers being wrong for charging for teachings. I know some people do teach for free, a few hours per week all together. There are others who teach for free many hours, that is awesome too. Then there are those who teach for donations, that works out pretty well sometimes and not so much other times. All is good, there shouldn't be any YOU HAVE TO police.

     

    Sure I wrote this from my perspective, but just imagine the teachers who are actually well known and famous.. I figure they get 10-100 times the amount of requests and emails I do!

    Put money and get off the free loaders and attention seekers.

    Those who are sincere to pay big amount you can send back the money after you receive it,

    or take a part ,especially those who dont have anything.

     

    Those who not lose can not gain.

     

    Especially charge those, who you spend time to teach and they not study and exercise them

    and consume.

    Call it study fee, if they are doing good you can pay back with free stuff or money back.

    See how their hearts are.

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  7. Posted

    I heard that it is not recommended practicing Zhan Zhuang for more than two hours. it's not good. It may be harmful.

    It depends on your development.

    Chinese hours are actually 2hours.

    So practise is 2 chinese hours which is four hours.

    Actually you have build so much Qi you sit on that + arms start to float.

    If after that standing time you get tired and stiff out then it is only willpower and disciplined body

    which will pay back some day for the torture.

    It also happen to sitting meditation or using sitting posture where one fight to sit straight and hold the posture.

     

    This is why Wu Chi is starting first to stand errect by natural like stacking the components.

    To deepen this is to sit. Then if one archive it to max out the torso rising and then go back

    to natural standing with starting using arm posture.

     

    When one is ready for horse stance one is errect when one go down to 90°

    without having an impulse pushing one bending forward but upward.

    If one not follow this one has to fight the bending forward by standing straight which is again

    use of effort which is hindering ones progress to rely on Qi than on Li.

     

    Whenever one start to compete with others how long one can stand then one lost

    and add to the accumulation of stress response to the practise.

    Doing a little every day regular and after long time increase time one gain stable foundation.

    Haste kills the progress and becomes hinderance.

     

    A teacher is a different thing, if can help you with Qigong and increase it while you stand.

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  8. Posted

    This is because it's not a good technique...

     

    Why? Because the flow of pretty much all of the channels is naturally upward, even the front channel of the MCO. Also because when you use your mind to sink energy downward, it causes an over-activation of energy in the head, which coincidentally causes the energy to just continue rising. It also causes a counterflow of qi in the channels...which basically means they stop functioning correctly and you just get further strange symptoms.

     

    A downward flow done gently and moderately isn't so bad if the practice is done for the right reasons...but even then, contrary to what people think, it actually causes a further opening of the crown and an empowering in the head, rather than a natural flow of energy in the whole body.

     

    Just throwing that out there in case you decide it's not working well enough for you.

    It works but the energy has to flow,

    when it acts like a dead mass then it is like ball on water you push into water.

    The energy has to flow and spread through the body.

  10. Posted

    I agree. The trouble is I have spent the last 5 years of my life trying many things and nothing has worked. I regularly mountain bike, get out in nature and do all of the common things to help the body maintain balance.

     

    I want to try a find a way to get my energy channels back into balance and so far have not had much luck. It feels like an impossible puzzle as meditation, reiki, acupuncture and qi gong have only helped so much and am running out of things to try.

    You might do not take the possibility but the phenomenom is bound to the wish by removing the issue.

    When a goal is strongly wished then a special trial will be given to give you the lecture to reach your goal.

    You will run into things to solve it and each part is only one piece of puzzle solving things around the problem

    itself. Even if you want to change it, when the task it not solved it wont go away.

    Healers can not interfere with lesson.

    Later reflection on it will have impact later on understanding what is now learned.

  14. Posted

    How about a teacher in Toronto that can tell me if my dantein is torn or damaged?

     

    To have a torn dantien you need first to have a cultivated one.

    The three dantien existing in every human as "wild fields"

    and in Qigong one can exercise without cultivating a dantien.

    It develops when one spend much effective time on one Qi naturally for

    this Qi.

     

    In a cultivated dantien you have the dantien like a field with a specific crop

    which follow rules of the school one follow and is given arcording to the ethics

    the teacher believe to deserve one.

    In some schools it can torn but not in every school because of the type of energy.

     

    Dont ask me more, I know only that much.

     

    So dont worry, people who have torn dantien have their teacher scolding them,

    the rest is overconcentration or abuse of sexual practise or nocebo effect or

    physical problems.

  15. Posted

    I have input and was question "Ling Qi" again,

     

    which I found here

     

    http://www.pathgate.org/dharma-qigong-a-martial-arts/a-brief-introduction-to-qigong/101-how-many-types-of-human-energy-are-there.html

     

    Taken from link above:

     

    "The third type: ling qi (supramundane essence), also known as ling shen (supramundane spirit) is the subtlest of all human energies. The cultivation of ling qi should only ever commence after the amalgamation of xian tian qi and hou tian qi has been suitably refined and converted into shen (primordial essence). When all the dan tiens - energy centres which store and generate qi in the body - are suitably activated whereby the primordial essence (water qi) from the lower dan tien links up with the temporal energy (fire qi) at the middle dan tien to energise the spirit (shen) at the upper dan tien to produce an energy of pure radiance, a process known as ‘three flowers congregating at the apex’ will eventually occur, leading to the energisation of the mystical pass - a point of being at which the duality of thought ceases to matter, the influences of the material realm dissipate, and the cognition of the ultimate truth begins to emerge.

     

    The attainment of this pure, ultra subtlest ling qi - often referred to as an embryo of the supramundane path - heralds the commencement of the higher practice of True Awakening which includes the developing of skill in thought transference which conveys one’s consciousness beyond the limitation of time, space and matter, even beyond the degeneration of body at death."

     

    One has to remember that there is influence from Longmenpai.

    Also this is what Michael Lomax says :

     

    "The Teacher energetically works with each student to give them a “spark” or initialization of the dan tian with Lineage oriented Heavenly vibrations. The student then goes home and works with this on his own. As the student does his homework the energy there gets denser and denser, glowing brighter and brighter. SEERS see this as once the energy gets to a specific density and vibration, it rises up through the body, opening each energy center in a natural non-traumatic and safe manner. Note this differs significantly from any type of forced method. Once the energy does that it pops out of the top of the head and connects us with Tao (source, Heaven, any number of words utilized in different explanations). When we reach this point we then learn to “dance in the Wu Wei”. I call this process “Listening”… "

     

    quote from http://medicalqigonguk.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/just-what-is-nei-gong/

    (should I mention you or not, since you not include it in the forum)

     

    There is acutally one teacher who can back up and elaborate this:

    BaoLin Wu, one of the Lineageholders from Longmenpai.

    In both his puplished books about "Qigong for Total Wellness" and his book about Feng Shui "Lighting the Eye of the Dragon"

    he speaks about "Ling" and the Modell he has fit the saying of what Stillness Movement Lineage Holder Michael Lomax said.

     

    The elaboration about "why" it happend as above :

    The modell speak of seperation of the Ling with having two parts: one in heaven and one on earth when having birth.

    By bringing the two half together one "connects with universal information" and this is something where "Listening"

    comes into play.

    This information is better understood by reading the Feng Shui Book by Baolin Wu which includes some exercise

    to "read" the Qi of the Enviroment and the key to understand is to be able to project Ling outside of the body

    to communicate with it.

    One piece of important information is about the body's role to be "firmly connected" with one own Ling Qi to find Wisdom

    and guidance.

     

    The special is then Stillnessmovement Qigong unify this part by only doing actually only one exercise: The Jing Dong Gong

    of this lineage.

    Because of the transmission Xian Tian and Hou Tian is passed and directly cultivates Ling Qi.

     

    Then the Ling Qi in chinese and the Reiki with the same word is not same type.

    By lately able to discern the various schools Qi in my body (yuck, dont cultivate so many types and get healings

    from different schools and persons).

    The Ling is do the connection as Michael Lomax said when I tune into it.

    The Reiki is something which centers itself in the head and cause a raise of awarness.

     

    I am only wondering why in humans Ling seem to be very densed while in animals and plants

    they are filling their bodies and surround while flowing in and out it while dead bodies have it at least inside covering fully

    the body.

    It need so a condition of Ziran (naturalness as it is in wild animals) and Wu Wei (which our mind is differing us from trees, stones and animals and as I assume interfering). Without getting contact and linking with the other half one can not know ones destiny

    and become a Zhen Ren (true human) because of incompleteness.

    Becoming complete is actually true healing.

     

    So this is how I understand Stillnessmovement being a High Level Qigong, High Level Energetics with minimum input

    but maximum out (which I personally as I am not so bright only then understand the words in the "A Light Warrior's Guide to

    High Level Energy Healing" book with the thoughts : "He said it before and its so plain and simple that I dont grasp the meaning,

    knowing but difficult to comprehend because of the advance cultivation level he already is and actually I am lucky that he not speaks

    in poems as the ancient teachers about flowes and rivers"

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  16. Posted

    anyone have any tips? or try any methods?

     

    doctors are beginning to learn that bad eye sight actually has to do with the mind and stress.

     

    Bates suggests relaxation methods to improve eyesight. He also notes that glasses and contacts create strain and actually make the vision worse. i think we all knew that intuitively.

     

    I'm thinking I taper down my glasses prescription (20% at a time) and in combination with meditation get some results.

    This is a difficult topic.

     

    One of thing is eyes and muscle tension in the body can influence each other.

    Bates is a topic one has to go to the original ideas.

    Nowaday people using palming without knowing what to do exactly.

     

    The other problem is the use of artifical light and the screen which is stressing the eyes.

    A good thing to use is yellow glasses to filter the blue after 21:00 when the Melatonin starts to rise,

    I find that the sight is less blurry if I do use, as well no metal frame as it seem affect the brain

    it reduce also sleepyness and gives deeper sleep but : do not eat heavy meals, I expirience awful digestion.

     

    Next is about sunlight. One like to expose to it and relax eyes and face and close the eyes and not press

    and tight the eyes as normaly people do. Try to look more near to the sun. Naturally the eyes are close to

    a certain degree. Doing palming arcording Bates work best after the sun which one have to see for the comfortable

    level.

     

    Another thing is in Qigong Methods.

    I found Wu's Eye Qigong being a good method.

     

    Follow Ya Mu's advice there is a personal temporary variation I found with time of practise is if you can feel the eyes radiance.

    The eyes emit Qi and people with Myopia (I do have slightly, would be good if I stop going late to bed)

    do have short distance.

    One put the hands in the distance "on" the eye ray

    It is the same play as if one do with a Qi Ball but taking the Qi of the hands to the skin,

    (because your own hand fields emits a own field which would give a higher range but one seek in inches and cm.

     

    And when one found the distance where it the eye "rays" stop on put this hand on the eye ray.

    From this one move back and forth but stop to hold the qi at the skin of the palm to let the qi flow naturally

    Move forward as far you can feel the repulsion and connection and go back while try to feel the tension and then relax the eyes in the process. Initally its only some half inches or a wobble.

     

    Try to enlarge the distance over time, at time one feel the eyefield "stiff" "unmoveable", try also to feel the quality.

    If its sticky, cloudy or feel else uncomfortable one has to draw the "Sick Qi" out.

    It is you dont want cloud your vision and decision by looking through Sick Qi or emit it by looking on something,

    which is I doubt with short sight vision.... but well others are looking into your eyes with normal sight.

     

    I expirience it works best before sleep and I wake up with less tension in the eyes, also I see more clear

    It is to mention this only a temporary method for a time being until one has reach a arm length

    then one switch back to normal formular as it does not matter what distance and best without observing

    but just doing it as it original was given.

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  17. Posted

    Yes.

     

    I spent some time learning from Sifu Lam Kam Chuen.

     

    On one occasion he said to us, "You do it wrong - in ten year everything fall down" (sic)

     

    I had a strong sense that "everything fall down" was a rather unpleasant experience that should be avoided.

    Oh yes that is when one learn things in this art the "wrong" is stacking over time

    and cause problems, acutally things are subtle but need time to be become obvious.

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  19. Posted

    DIdn't break them lifting the blocks it was more of a recent repetitive use injury. (the break was a long time ago) The blocks were about 15-20 kg each and I was lifting two at a time for a total of about 9,000 lbs (over 4,000 kg). I loaded them then unloaded them. They are fine now - haven't hurt at all since I got the clinical qigong session.

    Good to hear you are fine now thanks to a good student you pass on the teachings.

    You tend to overwork in whatever you do, like its teaching, healing or working, take care of yourself

    and don't overdo it. I know it is very difficult when one is in the Qi (everthing seem possible and easy),

    people around me also have to tell me to stop.

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  22. Posted

    Wuxing strengthens more physical organs and strengthens post heaven qi. It can balance something and imbalance something at the same time. It does not work with Ming but can be good as initial method on the initial stage. But this is not a method for itself. As I mentioned there are fixed methods for every stage in neidan but there are no fixed methods for realization in qigong. They can give out some theory on this but as I believe it is corrupted methods. The difference is in the structure of exercises and the level they work with our energy. Also it can be even harmful when the lineage is not authentic. There are many qigong systems which can connect person to some egregor which is fed up by practitioners energy giving them some sensations.

    The problem is that without proper teaching alchemical turn to qigong and worse a qigong turn to callinestics.

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  23. Posted

    Why are you interested in Huashan Taoist Mudra?

     

    Read this one http://www.naturalhealthweb.com/articles/Rinaldini1.html

     

    The mudra is potent from my view but the finger tips of the left hand should

    show to the dantien as the the Shou Yin is define a space.

    Play around by facing the "beak" to the left and and then back.

    As well take attention to have the thumb in the crease of the beginning of

    the ring finger. Also dont place it but hover it in front of the dantien.

    Try by touching the skin and having it with some space in front of it.

    Observe your conciousness and attentionlevel.

     

    and als Rara ask something similar http://thetaobums.com/topic/29855-taoist-hand-signs-mudra/

  24. Posted

    Actually the approach of a Qigong Practioner is first to learn

    to have awareness and then use itl to see the changes.

    The change of flows and the conciousness.

    Actually seeing the difference and their relationship.

     

    One actually read the flow of Qi it creates when doing the mudras.

    The Shou Yin will start to talk which one depending on the degree

    to understand. Same is for the form one does.

     

    Actually one can bound an idea and anchor it with a hand sign

    but if one has no idea and observe while doing a hand sign

    its true spontaneus nature is shown without the interfering of the

    ideas of the mind.

    Because of this the telling beforehand of an information will giving

    one an expectation which can imitate the original but still it is an imitation.

     

    Therefor the hidden school forbid and remain silent to give out information

    to not disturb the process of undisturbed development of not only the sign

    and superficial use - but the whole package behind the teaching with the chance

    to add a new facet to the interlectuell knowledge, which would be an extra reward

    for the lineage itself to speed up the process for further generation.

     

    It is difficult for a teacher of this kind to guide someone fast and far without

    giving out spoilers and the greatest antagoinst would be someone who tell

    you what will happen which may destroy the cultivation or slow it down.

     

    Lets take for an example a movie you know the story then you would not as suprised as

    when you not know the story.

    The storyteller has to have skill to tell you as much to caught your awareness and as little

    to suprise you and even trick you to believe you know what will happen only to suprise you

    even more with what comes.

     

    The first is to know if energy is running and filling the body enought that the finger stretch

    themselves like a plant does as the whole body raise.

    After that by taking back the stretch the flow is enhanced making the function obvious

    as well the movement range it can restrict and by doing movement with this hand sign

    can open up a hidden restriction which when not resticted adds a greater space.

    Difference is as well with closed eyes and with open eyes.

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  25. Posted

    1. Lately I came across of an old book, something old for me

    as it was the first english book Lighthing of the Eye of Dragon by Baolin Wu

    I ordered and after more a decade I came back to read it on a kindle about the ethics

    which resonate with me and let me think about the "sincere heart" you mention

    and being a "good and moral person" in the Jing Dong Gong .

     

    About two people which get their power by effort and the other kind drawing power from the ethics

    and to be "far away from fame" as

    "This sort of poweroriented thinking created Ba Qi (stopped Qi) in the body,

    which clouds the Original Energy and thereby disrupts the abillity to harmonize with nature" (p.198)

     

    So I get interested to know what you mean by a "sincere heart", how you cultivated it so far

    to draw the interest of immortals.

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