Flying Phoenix Chi Kung
I am wondering if anyone else has practiced this system? Specifically, I am referring the the Chi Kung for Health Series by Sifu Terry Dunn.
I have been practicing qigong for about 7 years now. I have dabbled in a number of styles of qigong, but mostly have stuck to the basics.
I tried the Flying Phoenix system about 2 years ago, and for some reason the breathing sequence just didn't feel right for me. So, I discontinued.
However, about 6 weeks ago, I scheduled a private conversation with Sifu Dunn to discuss the system. I was prepared with a number of questions. The conversation cleared a few things up that I was not quite clear on regarding the practice. Sifu Dunn was very informative and displayed genuine enthusiasm for this style of qigong, BTW.
Then, I gave this system another try. It rocks! I hesitate to discuss a Qigong system I have only practiced for 6 weeks, however, I think this is worth a post. Also, I have an 7 year frame of reference.
Flying Phoenix is seriously the most powerful qigong I have practiced. For me, it generates so much qi, that I have to limit how much I do per day, as my body is still getting used to the amount of energy created with this practice.
The secret sauce here is the breathing sequences to begin each exercise. Master Dunn told me he had to get permission from his master to teach these methods. The breathing, followed by the movements of the system have provided quite astounding effects for me.
So, I am throwing this out to see if anyone else has experience with this system. If yes, I would appreciate any comments.
Thanks...
Hi White Crane,
Ooops. I quoted "Maddie"'s post above to answer your question. Here is my answer again, nor properly addressed to you.
Yes, keep FP Qigong practice completely separated from receiving acupuncture treatements.
When practicing FP Qigong and especially while learning it, you don't want any type of interruption of disturbance of any of the FP meditations. You can certainly do FP Qigong before or after an acupuncture treatment, but under no circumstances should you have acupuncture done to you while you're practicing FP. ABSOLUTELY NOT!
Not only is any type of needling or touching of the body interruptive of the subtle state of consciousness and physiological allostasis induced by each FP Meditation and each meditation cumulatively, but as I've stated here on this thread dozens of time, FP Qigong does not follow or apply the laws of TCM--the principles of acupuncture do not apply at all to the Flying Phoenix Healing Qi cultivation. FP Qigong and the entire Ehrmei Mountain Bok Fu Pai tradition is founded and premised on a totally different cosmology than TCM--one that utilizes the positions of the sun and the moon. (Those curious about this distinction can confirm with my school brother, Sifu Garry Hearfield in Australia.) TCM is valuable and effective and works just fine. But FP Qigong and the Bok Fu Pai arts does not in any way utliize the cosmology and set theory of TCM. As demonstrated and explained by GM Doo Wai when he taught us healing with the FP Healing Qi (in comparing it to the Tao Tan Pai Energy Healing--of which I am thoroughly trained and ordained overall since 1981): "We don't manipulate energy; we just pass our hand over."
So keep your acupuncture treatments totally separated from your FP Qigong practice.
And, if you or any reader out there are an acupuncturist, NEVER give a treatment to someone who is doing an FP Meditation!! NEVER!
Thanks for your interesting question here, though.
Enjoy your further exploration of FP Qigong.
Sifu Terry
P.S. Here again is synoptic video showing lots of advanced FP seated Monk Serves Wine Meditations, followed by numerous scenes from my workshops of the standing FP Meditations and even one ultra-rare 10K Buddhas Ascending Meditation towards the end: