Leif

I have been contemplating on it too, and came to the conclusion that stillness-movement makes no sense without transmission. Sure it makes sense to do it, but then you are doing just a random sitting meditation, like from any other source. Transmission is what makes the difference, to speed up progress. Without that, you might be better of learning some basic zhang zhuang or sitting meditation with LDT, as there will be likely more content than in the s-m ebook, from most sources. Gift of the Tao is taught on the dvd as a pretty much loose form, movements are shown without any stress on precise execution. If you have a book with GOT movements (I wasn't aware there was one, but I am not up to date about S-M or GOT at all), IMHO you might be able to do it by the book. It is more like "loose shamanic movements" than qigong, at least first level.

I liked dzogchen teacher who used to say "use what works for you". Anyway, Tsoknyi Rinpoche includes qigong somewhere, I believe I have seen it in their online course: https://fullybeing.org/courses/warmups/ And I have heard one buddhist practitioner talking about going very early out in the field to practice, only meeting I believe Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche practicing some kind of qigong. And I have listened to Lama Lena's teaching few days ago, while to one practitioner she recommended tummo IIRC, to another taichi, based on what she thought was best for each individual.