ridingtheox

in general i read this thread with interest, hence wonder why the exclusive use of SYG instead of occasionally writing it out I can't find an explicit reference anywhere.

how about a reference to SYG?

reading all the martial arts posts has made me consider my own path which is decidedly not martial. I am a vietnam veteran, I do know something about martial. I am a Quaker, pacifist, post-Vietnam. I have seen Quakers fend off violence with no trace of animosity and of course no martial arts, very much like Grandmaster Chan. I have seen them stop violence (I have seen that fail also)>

I practice FPCK seriously too. Moving meditations have always worked better for me. The Quaker Silent meeting not withstanding.

I enjoy this thread immensely.

Peace

Purity can be very divisive among humans. It is a state often inhabited by ego. Our culture is particularly susceptible to the vagaries of purity at this time.

Our shared humanity begs for tolerance and shatters along lines of imagined difference ... mental constructs.

Just practice, no preconceptions, just observe. (Wish i could do that perfectly, would that be Purity?)

Just ordered vol. 7 advance MSW seated ... to begin learning on the Northern Solstice maybe?

Will complete 100 days of long form standing and the first 3 MSW, in one week!

I too wish there was more activity to document the benefits of TCC, QG, FP etc.

 

ex: to Steve via Zen-Bear.

 

(4) As already confirmed by numerous practitioners on this thread, FP Qigong induces deeper and more restful sleep. That alone improves mental health. With some people who suffer from depression and have fragmented sleep, FP practice over time can "mend" the fragmented sleep and foster a more "normal" sleeping cycle.

 

'Would love to have someone with the position and resources in the mental health field conduct controlled experiments studying the effect of FP Qigong on highly distressed, highly anxious and upset persons in specific types of identifiable crises. A study of the effects of FP Qigong on clinically diagnosed depressives would also be most interesting and telling. With solid scientific research, not only would FP Qigong's anxiety and stress-relieving properties be statistically proven, but the mechanism by which this happens might be objectively discovered through monitoring of vital physiological signs. Know anyone who can get this done?

 

Best,

Sifu Terry

 

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Sleep continues after years of Tai Chi and the last 2 with FP to elude me. I am often awake twice in the night. Sometimes I use the time to practice meditation or FP or ZZ. Still I wish this would dissolve.

Practice still going strong ... day 78 of 100 ; missed one day last week for travel

i am including a little more zhan zhuang during the day

Went to the cardiologist who recommended that i return for another stress test in a couple of months but he also agreed that I should cut the bystolic from my prescription so that i am down to one 10mg lisinopril tab per day. BP is as stable as i can remember it ever being. Today i am 72 1/2 125/80 < 60 bpm pulse

one of the primary attributes is the dispelling of emotional charge that FP has.

it also works to mitigate allergic reaction. AZ has periods of very high pollen/spore counts which used to affect my sinus and airways. The breath work has made a very significant difference this last couple of years.

FP practice : for two days my wife and I baby sat for our year old grandson. Talk about energy! I did manage to keep up and to keep him occupied. I attribute FP with giving me the real time energy to take on this sort of task and leave me with good energy at the end.

Meanwhile I am at day 59 in the 100 day program and feeling a good deal of renewal The practice is very rewarding spiritually, energetically and emotionally for this old geezer!!

I am recommending it to a friend who may have some sciatica. I hope he will see a TCM / accupunctrist in conjunction with expanding his practice of Tai ji and some FP ...

i did read Carlos Castaneda years ago. Then I met a Quaker (I am one) who had done a good deal of work with and practical service for Yaqi indians a long discussion with him led me to understand that many Yaqi considered CC to be less interested in them and more interested in advancing a white agenda. I can not really support this idea at this time since that was 25 years ago at a Friends Conference. It is true that many anglo's mis represent native american society for their own purposes. As to the dream world, mine are mostly un-exciting mundane sort of things especially when i am stressed or anxious. So I have limited 'experience' that is interesting sigh ...

This is good idea to add one new practice every 35 years.

uhhh that's a good one liner, not what i said of course ...

hi guys, I am inclined to advocate for simplicity ... do one practice well do it daily, Now I admit to doing both Tai ji quan and the Flying phoenix qi gong, plus ba duan chin, but I have been doing tjq and bdc for 35 years. Add new things slowly gain comfortable masteryb before adding complexity.

peace

Today I am at day 50 in practice of long form (dvd 4) and the MSW seated meditations (dvd 2). I have missed two days. The long drives to Redlands from Cascabel sometime leave me too tired to do. Also I don't always get all three of the MSW routines in each day.

I also include almost every day 2 or 3 of the short form series.

Early morning long form and one MSW. afternoon 1 - 2 MSW and 1-2 short form evenings irregularly long form (yin side) and one MSW.

this little observation re: including feet in video clip frame. The first lesson in photographing people, I had, the instruction was to aim for the 'belly' with the camera not at the face. if you center the photo on the belly you are in fact centering on the level of dan tien. this leads to the possibility of seeing the 'waist move' / dan tien movement as central to the regulating of tai chi, chi kung or other internal arts.

peace

+1 to what ridingtheox just said about the speed at which one does MSW meditations. The feedback feel from the flow of the meditations themselves will inform you of the correct movement speed. Or, I say the FP meditations will tell you how fast to move. For example, last night I did the first MSW 90 50 40 30 10 and it took me 20 minutes to complete.....that was the correct speed for last night. So yes....sensing the flow is indeed seminal.

twenty min is about my typical time 17 or 18 occasionally .... 25+ the longest i remember

i do some pauses on MSW but mostly in the earth mudra (right palm in left) ...

in my sessions i look for 'flow' movement that engenders a continuous (water-like) sensation.

the speed is not always the same, but the sense of flow almost dictates the motion.

sensing the flow is seminal ...

great discussion. think harmony and balance and patience with persistence. energy blockages can take a long time to clear.

i have a little technique bbb, breathe, smooth taoist dan tien breath; brain use your mind to form the intention of movement (or stillness); body motion expresses intention it is smooth flowing water like. I use this with the long form standing meditation.

experience the present moment

I have not fasted seriously for years. The third day is definitely the hardest. Someone told me it was the breakover point, for me it certainly was. I did serious fasts for about 2 years, 3 days every three months. 5 days twice a year and .. one only one 7 day fast. Have never seriously done that again. In fact the third year (which I did not complete) I did only a scattered 3 day.

drink plenty of water ... oh and I also did take a little sustenance couple of crackers, a glass of juice, raw nuts a few, just little bits almost every day. but I was riding a bike to work part of the time.

hope this is a good experience

2013 definitely off to a stumbling start ... every time i get a start on daily practice something rears up and bites. Flu dog bit me last week. I have not had a 'flu' in 15 years. That time it was brought by a California visitor to Cascabel. This time I went to Redlands to find it.

Today I finally got it a good solid long form + MSW meditation period. This is looking positive, but it is the third time this year.

Today I had really good dan tien breath from beginning to end of each session. The long form rooting was solid w one small exception. Tendons relaxed with small pops in my spine, neck, knee and elbows. Definitely came out feeling relaxed and energetic Went out to the barn and unloaded hay and feed easily. stacked and put away. No sense of overdoing.

BP is holding pretty steady <120/<80 actually today <110/<70. Since this is the first day after the long drive home from Calif. I am feeling that the FPCK is really doing me a great deal of healing.

Keep practicing as
Sifu Dunn sayz it is cumulative ...

FPCH practice continues to contribute to my physical health and to my mental feeling of well being. The practice was briefly interrupted by a detached retina (post op one must lie prone face down for 2-3 weeks!) I am back on track now and continue to benefit from the breath, dan tien, movement of this system. Thanks so much for Sifu Terry Dunn's dvd's and guidence.

charlie

re the long string of vegan chat ... i am 72 yr old grass fed beef rancher (recently retired). Eating low stress, gentle managed beef is good for you. NO excess just a harmonious balance. I care deeply for my animals, they are a part of the cosmos. I know and respect (to a degree) several local 'vegans.' But at my point in life and my choices to defend the land by careful grazing of cattle are in my view significant contributions to peace, balance and harmony of life. There is a tone of evangelical, fundamentalist to some vegans, not so much here, but in other encounters I have in my experience.

thank you

charlie

by chance i am working on MSW 1-3 (have not really finished incorporation of #3 yet,, but expect to do so by next week) and use the Long form (vol. 4), daily 2 or more times. Moving and awareness of tan tien breathing, focusing as deeply as possible, and yet recognizing the intruding 'thinking' that occurs.

i hope to complete 100 days beginning Mar 1 when I will certainly have all MSW 1-3 incorporated, hence completing by Jn 13 this year.

oh yes I also use the short form advanced meditation almost daily.

peace to all who practice

unfortunately I had a detached retina operation, successful, but it has interrupted my practice as it requires horizontal head position during the first couple of weeks.

also i had been controlling bp with the practice that spiked at the time of the operation and is not yet responsive to chi the little bit of chi i have been doing. Right now i am discouraged over the prospects for some time to come.

Today I did a short sitting and short form standing since the head can now we upright for several minutes a t a time.

this accident also means that i cannot travel to Calif. for at least a month longer ..

well wish me luck folks

peace to all beings

I do the mirror image FPCK particularly in the 'after' noon ... I think of it as the 'yin' version. Everything is mirrored. The 'yang' version if you notice, emphasizes to some extent the 'right' side of body (left brain). I feel (physically) the difference as if balance / harmony is improved? I am a 'very' mental, in the head person so this approach feels quite comfortable.

For what it is worth ...

the long form fpck continues to rock ... twice a day each session done slowly, lovingly takes 18-20 min. I have experimented with the 5 short forms and continue to do so. However the long form just seems to cover the whole universe of chi. I supplement with one or two of the Ba Duan Chin, 8 pieces of brocade and some silk reeling exercises (Chen style). I have seen some discussion of there being different types of chi, but my take is that chi can be directed to different uses, body parts, spiritual well being each of which may seem to be a different energy, but it is just the practicioner's perception that is being changed.

peace

charlie

yep Samson's hair was his 'strength' actually he was a member of the 'Nazarene' sect of Judahism. Some scholars thhink Jesus was not from Nazareth rather he was a Nazarene. This supports the many 'long haired' images of Jesus