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I've seen lots of threads and conversations about a system called "Stillness Movement". What exactly is it about? Does it teach healing? Who teaches it? et cetera

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You just joined today? I would recommend you do a search for "stillness-movement." You should find plenty of material to keep you occupied.

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A kind of Neigong or Internal Alchemy. B)

 

My 2 cents, Peace

 

yer asking for it!

 

Fred - look into member 'Ya Mu', he's the man with the Stillness plan :-)

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Glad you referred to it as Stillness-Movement. Often people will shorten it to S-M practice and i wonder if people think we're hard core sadomasochists :).

 

A member here, Ya Mu teaches it, usually in seminars. Its a healing form of qi gong. He learned it from a famous master that he apprenticed under in China. I took a seminar. Much of it is simple. I'd meditated for years before learning his system where little bobbing motions during meditations are fine. They allowed me to sit longer. Things as simple as keeping my hands laying touching my hara/dantien also made a surprising difference.

 

Then there's a whole set of moving routines in it. I found it worthwhile.

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huh. I sometimes think about putting together a system built around all the 'little big' things I've learned over the years, and going on tour with it in the US. Nah...

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:ph34r:

 

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One thing worth mentioning is that Stillness-Movement is a system that seems to be particularly good with healing. While there are several martial artists who practice it (one of the senior students is also a kempo master) it isn't really martial in nature.

 

It might still make you a ninja, but instead of sneaking around and assassinating people, you'll be sneaking around and relieving their inflammation. ;)

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There is this concept from a Chinese master, Hu Yao Zhen 胡耀貞(1879-1973), which he called 靜動功(Stillness-movement Gong). While sitting still, externally, it seems stillness. Internally, there are movements inside the body such as the breathing and blood circulation. He suggested to call it Stillness-movement method while practicing Zazen(打坐).



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The name of the Chinese master, Hu Yao Zhen 胡耀貞(1879-1973), was added.

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I've seen lots of threads and conversations about a system called "Stillness Movement". What exactly is it about? Does it teach healing? Who teaches it? et cetera

This should provide at least a few minutes of reading :)

http://thetaobums.com/topic/7783-chinese-taoist-medicine-stillness-movement-medical-qigong/?hl=stillness-movement

http://thetaobums.com/topic/34733-sm-importance-of-tree-gong/?hl=stillness-movement#entry545678

http://thetaobums.com/topic/23817-gift-of-the-tao-ii-neigong-movements/?hl=stillness-movement

http://thetaobums.com/topic/34214-stillness-movement-workshop-comments/?hl=stillness-movement#entry541147

http://thetaobums.com/topic/15225-stillness-movement-neigong-and-michael-lomaxs-light-warriors-guide-book/?hl=%20stillness%20%20movment%20%20workshop

http://thetaobums.com/topic/30376-stillness-movement-neigong-review-june-2013/?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview

http://thetaobums.com/topic/21193-sequential-energy-center-activation-balancing-dimensional-expansion/page-7?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview#entry305326

http://thetaobums.com/topic/19103-stillness-movement-neigong-review/?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview

http://thetaobums.com/topic/14604-stillness-movement-with-michael-lomax/?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview

http://thetaobums.com/topic/13789-the-gift-of-tao-ya-mus-dvd/page-3?hl=+stillness%20+movement%20+review

http://thetaobums.com/topic/10576-review-stillness-movement-worshop-june-20-and-21-2009/?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview

http://thetaobums.com/topic/9456-stillness-movement-and-michael-lomax/?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview

 

If this doesn't produce the answers you are looking for, I am always glad to answer genuine questions about Stillness-Movement Neigong.

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Glad you referred to it as Stillness-Movement. Often people will shorten it to S-M practice and i wonder if people think we're hard core sadomasochists :).

Lol, thanks for the note, I tend to find some instruments missing, but indeed my first interpretation of SM is not Stllness Movement :D

Sounds contradictory, btw.

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This should provide at least a few minutes of reading :)

http://thetaobums.com/topic/7783-chinese-taoist-medicine-stillness-movement-medical-qigong/?hl=stillness-movement

http://thetaobums.com/topic/34733-sm-importance-of-tree-gong/?hl=stillness-movement#entry545678

http://thetaobums.com/topic/23817-gift-of-the-tao-ii-neigong-movements/?hl=stillness-movement

http://thetaobums.com/topic/34214-stillness-movement-workshop-comments/?hl=stillness-movement#entry541147

http://thetaobums.com/topic/15225-stillness-movement-neigong-and-michael-lomaxs-light-warriors-guide-book/?hl=%20stillness%20%20movment%20%20workshop

http://thetaobums.com/topic/30376-stillness-movement-neigong-review-june-2013/?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview

http://thetaobums.com/topic/21193-sequential-energy-center-activation-balancing-dimensional-expansion/page-7?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview#entry305326

http://thetaobums.com/topic/19103-stillness-movement-neigong-review/?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview

http://thetaobums.com/topic/14604-stillness-movement-with-michael-lomax/?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview

http://thetaobums.com/topic/13789-the-gift-of-tao-ya-mus-dvd/page-3?hl=+stillness%20+movement%20+review

http://thetaobums.com/topic/10576-review-stillness-movement-worshop-june-20-and-21-2009/?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview

http://thetaobums.com/topic/9456-stillness-movement-and-michael-lomax/?hl=%2Bstillness+%2Bmovement+%2Breview

 

If this doesn't produce the answers you are looking for, I am always glad to answer genuine questions about Stillness-Movement Neigong.

 

Thanks for the list! :)

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yer asking for it!

 

Fred - look into member 'Ya Mu', he's the man with the Stillness plan :-)

 

Is Ya Mu the founder of SM?

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Nope

Hope Michael doesn't mind me posting this? Here's a lineage chart I was given at my first S-M workshop. Attached below.

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I would encourage anyone curious about the system to do a little web-research on each of the five people at the top of that chart. The system is both deep and wide.

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There is this concept from a Chinese master, Hu Yao Zhen 胡耀貞(1879-1973), which he called 靜動功(Stillness-movement Gong). While sitting still, externally, it seems stillness. Internally, there are movements inside the body such as the breathing and blood circulation. He suggested to call it Stillness-movement method while practicing Zazen(打坐).

 

 

 

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The name of the Chinese master, Hu Yao Zhen 胡耀貞(1879-1973), was added.

Thank you for editing and giving credit to where it is due; my teacher's teacher.

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