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Notendo
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Some are almost indistinguishable from bullshit.
Oh yeah???? What about this?
Did it make you laugh or cry?
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Huehuecoyotl
Fading Slowly


Registered: 06/13/04
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I practice once a day. Sometimes in the morning...sometimes in the evening. Often I practice outside.
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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nightkrawler
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So i've been doing each of the first 2 positions for 10 minutes a day for around 5 days now. it is pretty difficult doing that 2nd position for a full 10 minutes. as i was doing it today my arms and hands were getting extremely tingly. i was thinking to myself, wow am i getting weaker? and should i be eating breakfast before i do this every morning? then i checked out the book again for the first time in a few weeks and apparently the tingling sensation is a good thing that comes from increased blood and chi flow. i guess i'm making some progress.
for the most part i'm doing this twice a day now, once in the morning, once at night. it kind of took the place of my nightly meditation, but i still do meditate a couple days a week after the qi gong exercises.
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Icelander
The Minstrel in the Gallery



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I just finished my first week at 5 min each, per directions in the book. Two more weeks to go. I plan on doing it twice a day (as advised in the book) as I progress towards the next level.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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blewmeanie




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Re: Qi Gong Practice [Re: Icelander]
#8141311 - 03/13/08 12:32 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well shit...I bounced from the shroomery about 6 months ago, quit smoking and everything else, got a good job at a university, and for the most part had a much needed straightening out my chaotic nogin. During that time I started doing allot of qigong, and now here I am back to the good ol shroomery and there is a huge qigong forum going, and 2 really good books posted. Synchronicity, it never ceases to amaze me how full of them my life is sometimes.
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OrgoneConclusion
Blue Fish Group



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Re: Qi Gong Practice [Re: blewmeanie]
#8141439 - 03/13/08 01:11 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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We DO try to revolve this entire forum around you and your needs.
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blewmeanie




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Well that is exactly why I keep coming back...the love. I'm pretty sure you have all been monitoring my activity's the past few months, extrapolated that I would be back on here pretty soon, and began discussing my current interests just so I would feel all warm and fuzzy. ----so romantic----
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nightkrawler
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so how's everybody doing with it?
i was supposed to start doing each position for 15 minutes today, but i think i'm going to give myself another week of 10 minutes. i feel like i'm getting better and better at remaining completely still. i think at first i was moving around a little bit without even realizing it.
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Icelander
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I am up to 10 minutes a day now. I like it very much and have not missed a day. Still it's too early to tell what the benefits may be in the long run.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Huehuecoyotl
Fading Slowly


Registered: 06/13/04
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I spend about a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 45 minutes a day (5 to 6 days a week). I am still standing, but I am thinking about moving on to section 2 of the book. I have been juggling Qi Gong with a steady diet of kettlebell lifting and swinging. I see benefits to the Qi Gong in mental focus, but it is hard to judge. My mental focus may have improved by trying to keep from bonking myself with a kettlebell. In any case I am still on board and going strong.
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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Icelander
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You can hold your arms in that position for 45 minutes?
Master may I sit at your feet?
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Huehuecoyotl
Fading Slowly


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Re: Qi Gong Practice [Re: Icelander]
#8204987 - 03/28/08 04:32 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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I spend some time in position 1, but I can and have "held the ball" for over 30 minutes. I don't really get distressed until about 25 minutes into it. I have considered trying it while holding my 53lb kettlebell. The standing practice does increase arm strength in the laterals quite significantly if you push yourself a tiny bit.
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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InnerStillness
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I been with it for maybe a month an a half, havent missed many days, maybe i could count them on my hand. I really like the practice. 20-30 mins a day. gonna stick with it for while. awareness of the interplay of various muscles is increasing. =]
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dorkus
don't look back
Registered: 04/12/04
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I have done it for two (!) days now, and am sweating like crazy. Usually this happens if I mediate as much as I'd like to too. Makes me back off because so much stuff comes up at once.
Is it safe to just keep trodding through this?
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blewmeanie




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Re: Qi Gong Practice [Re: dorkus]
#8268321 - 04/11/08 06:19 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yes. If you are having difficulty, that is all the more reason to stick with it.
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Icelander
The Minstrel in the Gallery



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Re: Qi Gong Practice [Re: dorkus]
#8268507 - 04/11/08 08:25 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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I sweat like crazy much of my practice.
I do ten minutes of just standing to get ready and then do the ball standing. I'm up to 11 minutes now. I have still not missed a day since I started. I feel if I did allow myself a day off I would find a way to quit.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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nightkrawler
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Re: Qi Gong Practice [Re: Icelander]
#8269372 - 04/11/08 01:09 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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i do the first position for 10 minutes a day now, and the 2nd position for 15 minutes. in 2 weeks i think i'm going to bump each position up 5 more minutes, then after a couple weeks of that i'm going to move on to the next set of exercises.
i think ive missed a total of 3 days out of doing it for 2 months now, and i only missed because i was staying over friends places on those days.
i'm still really enjoying this. glad i started doing it.
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TrippinNinjaBuddha
ShroominSamurai

Registered: 04/11/04
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i'm on about the 10th day of this practice, and grateful for it.
Some numbness, and a lot of tingling in my upper back and chest are frequent. I, too, sweat like a motherfucker. It feels really good. Mmmm, chiiiiii.
it also makes me very high Mmmm, oxygeeeeennnn.
-------------------- Jumped in a river, what did I see? Black eyed angels swimming with me Moon full of stars and astral cars, all the figures I used to see All my lovers were there with me All my past and all my futures We went to heaven in a little rowboat There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt
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dorkus
don't look back
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Re: Qi Gong Practice [Re: Icelander]
#8270802 - 04/11/08 06:32 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Icelander said: I sweat like crazy much of my practice.
I do ten minutes of just standing to get ready and then do the ball standing. I'm up to 11 minutes now. I have still not missed a day since I started. I feel if I did allow myself a day off I would find a way to quit.
I will keep it up then. I sweat more after practice. Maybe I just need to work on grounding that energy.
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dorkus
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Re: Qi Gong Practice [Re: dorkus]
#8284652 - 04/14/08 10:32 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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This is the good stuff. I have decided to enroll on studies under Master Lam himself once I return to Europe this summer.
Many of the moving qi gong exercises I have done spontaneously during trips. It feels very natural.
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