Post by Alena on Dec 26, 2006 20:06:03 GMT -5
Basics of Qi Gong
Qigong
Ancient Chinese art of developing internal energy
in this style you feel and move energy within the body.
Body movement
- in some poses you are sitting or standing in positions
and being mindful of the energy going on within your
body
- other positions are fluid movement like in Tai Chi
Benefits include
- toning the body
- greater flexibility
- sense of relaxation.
Other Benefits
- inner focus
- frees trapped Chi or Qi
- increase energy levels
Qigong routine
Ba Duan Jin
(8 fine exercises)
This exercise was brought to the Shaolin Temple back in the 6 century C.E. and is still practiced today. This routine has a number of wonderful benefits from Qi or Chi generation to physical strength, to enhanced circulation. I would highly recommend everyone at least trying to do this everyday for a month straight; you can most likely do this full routine in 15-20 minutes. Qigong healers say it takes at-least 100 days of doing this type or routine until you can feel the healing effects, but after 30 days you will feel your body have increased Chi Flow, after 1 month this routine will become a habit and you will be on your way to raising your own chi for personal or other healing uses.
1. Holding the heavens
- stand with feet parallel, shoulder width apart, knees shoulder width apart, and palms facing your body
- Inhale deeply raises your arms in a circular movement, when your arms are vertical interlock your finders and keep palms facing your head. Exhale
- Inhale, rotate your palms to face the sky, lift heals off of the ground and stretch, hold for 2 seconds.
- exhale and return to start position
- do this 10 times total
2. Drawing the bow
- stand in horse stance
- cross your arms on your chest,(x position) right over left, left palm touching, chest point index finder of right hand, make a fist with your left hand
- extend your right arm to right side of your body; follow your hand with your eyes as you do so
- At the same time draw your left elbow back
- Breath in as drawing the bow, exhale when releasing the arrow
- Step out of horse stance to standing position, left foot meets right foot
- repeat on other side of the body
- Do this 5-10 times per side.
3. Separating heaven and earth
- stand with your feet shoulder width apart, facing out (your feet should be in a V position)
- Place hands together in front of your chest, vertically, left arm over head, palm facing up
- inhale deeply, imagine inhaling healing energy, raise left arm over head, palm facing up, lower right arm , down b side palm facing the earth, (arms should read 6:00, like on a clock face)
- exhale, be sure arms are extended fully and your feel the stretch
- inhale lower left arm and raise your right arm
- 5 to 10 times each side
4. Looking Backwards
- stand up straight, hands touching your sides
-look straight ahead, breath in
- While exhaling slowly turn your head clockwise as far as possible
- return to start position, breath in
- step 3 except other side of body
-10 times each side
5. Looking For Treasure
- stand in horse stance
- Bend at the waist until upper body is parallel with the ground
- raise body up toward the right in a twist movement
- go back to starting position, then repeat step 3 except on left side of the body
- 5-10 times each side
6. Touching the earth
- stand upright, arms at your side
- Breath in deeply, raise your arms over your head, and bend back wards slightly
- Exhale brings your arms in front of you; bend at the waist forward until your arms touch the floor
5-10 times total
7. Reaching out to Nature
- stand in horse stance
- make fist, raise arms above your waist, and hold at hips elbows back
- stretch your left fist in front of your body, palm facing down (arm should be fully extended in front of you
- inhale as you exhale pull left arm back and move your right arm forward
- This looks like a punching drill in martial arts, except it is done at a slow movement
5-10 times each side
8. Generate Waves of Energy
- Stand with your feet should with apart, arms at your sides
- look forward and clear your mind, slowly raise your heals off of he floor, once you are on your tiptoes slowly lower your heals back to the floor
- 5-10 times
Ba Duan Jin Closing exercise
- sit comfort with a straight back
- clench hands into loose fists
- Gently tap your all over your body, start with arms, and move to chest and back then down your legs.
These steps are variations of the original exercises. I will list the next towards the end of the section. Also if you have issues with standing you can do all these movements in a chair.
Qigong Meditations
Counting Meditation
- lay on your back
- 4 count breath in, 4 count breath = on cycle
- Start with 25 cycles then progress to 50,75,100
- On your breath in and out I like to breath in with the concept of knowledge and breath out ignorance. If you decide to use concepts instead of counting in and out to a count of 4 I recommend that your concepts are about he same length to keep your breathing stead.
Abdominal Breathing
- sit cross legged with your back straight
- hold your left palm over your abs, and your right palm over your left
- follow your breath
- see and feel the heavenly chi/ living force enter your body and cycle through, and watch the negative energy leave your body (Focus on feeling the energy in your abs circulating throughout your body)
- this can be done in a sitting, standing or laying position
3rd Eye Meditation
- sit in Lotus, Half Lotus or on your knees
- sit with your back straight and your hands resting on your knees
- bring attention to in-between your eye brows
- focus thoughts on specific event and keep focus
- with practice you may feel a warming sensation in the 3rd eye area
- I personally use this meditation before practice, belt test and competitions the most and sometimes in the start of the day. It helps me to see the things I would like them to be and helps to enforce the power of positive thinking
Affirmations
- sit in cross leg position
- close eyes and relax the body
- focus on 3rd eye are, steady breath and clear your mind
- repeat affirmation quietly to yourself 5 times
- repeat affirmation in your mind 5 times
- see yourself actually achieving the event in your mind
Examples
I am a Jedi, Strong with the force!
For a visual I personally use the Anakin becoming a Jedi knight as seen in the clone wars cartoon. I try to imagine how e felt when the council lit their light sabers arround him, and Yoda officially Knighted him into the order. Or the scene in the Jedi order books were Luke knighted Jania and her group of padawans.
I am a Healer, shining with healing chi!
I see myself as bright energy in a dark room with chi entering my 3rd eye, flowing through the 3 Dan Tians and then out of my palms to those arround me.
3 Dan Tians Meditation
Dan = essence of energy, Tians = area for essence of energy
- see and feel heavenly chi enter through your upper Dan Tians (3rd eye)
- feel it filter through middle Dan Tain (solar plexes)
- fill up lower Dan Tian(Chi spot, ΒΌ inch below your navel)
- feel the energy cycle through your body and out of your palms, or to the area that is need of healing energy
Wu Hsing Meditations
5 elements/ 5 material agents
(Do not forget, these meditations are for drawing chi necessary for healing, they are not just mind clearing meditation exercises. I will be covering healing practices in a later section that will use the chi your gather from these mediations as well as the other ones posted two weeks ago.)
Water
- essential to life
- 2/3 of our bodies
- Where we spend the first 9 months of our life
- Cleans the mind and the body
Benefits of Water Meditation
- issues with the kidney, bladder, urinary track and reproduction
- those who suffer with fears will find courage
Water Meditation
- can be done indoors or outdoors
- close eyes, draw senses inward
- sit comfortably with back straight, relax your body part by part
- listen to the sound of water surrounding you, feel it run within you
- breath in the energy of water, then exhale energy back into it, breath in power, courage, breath out fear
- 10 breath cycles
- Focus on the water source for a few minutes
- Bring self out of meditative state, rub hands, eyes and tape body from head to toe
Wood meditation
Benefits of Wood Meditation
- liver, and anger issues
- gain understand of the trees, withstand the other elements of nature, draws life from both the earth and the heavens
Wood Meditation
- Find a tree, one that draws your attention, mentally great the tree, and ask if you can share its healing energy, and help remove your negative energy
- Sit on the ground crossed legged in front of the tree
- Close your eyes, dray your senses inward
- Relax your body system by system
- Become one with your environment
- Inhale energy of the tree, exhale and give the energy back to the tree
- Visually the tree offering you healing energy, while removing your negative energy, feel a energy link between you and the tree
- Clear your mind for 36 breath cycle count
- Rub hands, eyes and tap your body awake when finished
- When done with practice you will feel a connection to the tree, if someone breaks off part of the tree, or drives a nail into it, you will feel it. If you can plant a tree and visit it often, when you do connect with the tree, over time you will notice the connection and bond you have.
Earth
Benefits of Earth Meditation
- Helps digestive system
- Strong Chi Development
Earth Meditation
- standing or sitting with your feet touching the floor, barefoot if possible
- relax your body from head to toes systematically
- become one with the earth
- feel earth chi entering your body through the soles of foot as well as your toes
- breath in the earth chi, and expel all negativity
- 18-36 breath cycles
- Run hands, eyes and dust of your body
Fire
Benefits of Fire Meditation
- heart, repertory, and circulatory systems
- helps people with envy and hatred
Fire Meditation
- Indoor or outdoor, campfire, or a candle will be necessary
- Sit upright, with your back straight
- Relax your body systematically
- Look into the fire, imagine you are surround by a ring of fire
- Watch flames dancing, feel the heat of fire awaken your inner vitality
- Imagine yourself absorbing healthy energy of fire, while negative energy leaving your body is consumed by the fire
- Keep this state for a few minutes
- Rub hands eyes, brush off from head to toe
Metal
- basis of all energy types
- energy of strength
- bedrock of life force
- related to lungs and long life
- acts as a conductor for the other elements
Benefits of Metal Meditation
- repertory issues
- good to cast off sadness, depression and grieving
Metal Meditation
- indoor or outdoor, if indoor try to open a window
- sit up with your back straight
- visualize a shiny metal mountain in front or your or that you are on top of surrounding you
- feel the chi reflecting off of this mountain into yourself
- breath in the metal healing chi into your lungs, and expel negative emotions
- 9-36 breath cycles
- Keep your focus of this mountain for a minute or so after breath cycles
- Run hands, and brush down your body
Sensing Qi From within
1. Standing in a natural stance
- Stand with your feet a shoulder-width apart and your
knees slightly bent
- Release tensions from your body as you sway your body
gently
- Cease movements and gently close your eyes and
breath gently bent
- Focus your attention to your five senses and experience
yourself in the nature
2. Qi Sensations in Hands
- Hold your hands together for a while
- Slowly move your hands - further and closer(Practice
until you can sense Qi with your hands a shoulder-width
apart (We`ll use this in Step 6))
- Create a ball by moving your hands like kneading
- The sizes of balls are about a golf ball, a baseball and a
basketball
3 Qi Sensations in Fingers
- Use your index and middle finger to touch other hand*s
palm. Separate slightly and feel Qi.
- as your fingers slightly separate from your palm, move
your sword fingers - right and left and circle, and feel the
movements of Qi.
- Same as above Practice your thumb and index finger and
all five fingers.
- Please practice until you learn how to use these three
fingers and sense the movement of Qi
4.Sensations of Qi in different body parts
- Sensing Qi inside and outside of your arms as you
separate the arms a few centimeters apart.
- From your chest to your belly
- From your belly to your buttocks
- The outside and inside of your legs.
- Your face and both eyes
- the sides of your head and ears
- Practice until you can sense the different sensations of
Qi from certain body parts experiencing exhaustion or
pain and other body parts that are normal.
5. Seeing (sensing) Qi
- Rub both of your hands until they become slightly warm
- Separate the hands slowly
- See the tips of your fingers and hands with an
unfocused gaze
- Seeing other`s Qi
- When you become able to see your own Qi, let`s
practice seeing other`s Qi around their fingers and
hands. Once you accomplish this, ask a person to sit by a
wall and practice seeing his or her body`s Qi. A key is to
see this person`s Qi with an unfocused gaze.
External Qigong Practices
1 .Feeling the Qi-sensations of hands
- Put your hand above a partner's hand
- Put the palm of your right hand above your partner's left hand
- Feel Qi-sensations by moving your hand closer and away
Qi-sensations are experienced with different sensations (heat/warmth, tingling, repulsiveness, etc.
2. Point your fingers at your partner's palm
- Point at your partner's palm with Kenshi ("Sword Fingers"; both index and middle
fingers)
- Sense the Qi by moving closer and away or turning
When you begin to feel Qi-sensations, you will be able to sense movements even with your eyes closed.
Bodily Sensations of Qi
- Put a palm of your hands above different bodily locations
- Outside and inside of the partner's arms
- From the partner's chest to abdomen
- From the partner's shoulder to buttocks
- Outside and inside of the partner's legs
- From the partner's head to face
- Put a palm of your hands above the top of a head (Hyakue)
- Put the palm above the top of your partner's head
- Put your palm above your partner's head with images of the lights emitting from your
palm.Allow the lights to go through the partner's body all the way to the sole of his or
her feet.
- Putting a hand between bodily parts
- Feel Q-sensations on the palm of your hand, which you have practiced
- If you can feel Qi-sensations, put your hand between bodily parts of your partner.
Feel Qi-sensations as you move your both hands
3.Qi-sensations of Plants
- Come close to a plant
- With an unfocused gaze, put your hand about one to two inchs above the plant.
- Move your hand around the plant
- Feel the Qi from the plant.
kenkuroki.net/qipro/qi01.html
Qigong
Ancient Chinese art of developing internal energy
in this style you feel and move energy within the body.
Body movement
- in some poses you are sitting or standing in positions
and being mindful of the energy going on within your
body
- other positions are fluid movement like in Tai Chi
Benefits include
- toning the body
- greater flexibility
- sense of relaxation.
Other Benefits
- inner focus
- frees trapped Chi or Qi
- increase energy levels
Qigong routine
Ba Duan Jin
(8 fine exercises)
This exercise was brought to the Shaolin Temple back in the 6 century C.E. and is still practiced today. This routine has a number of wonderful benefits from Qi or Chi generation to physical strength, to enhanced circulation. I would highly recommend everyone at least trying to do this everyday for a month straight; you can most likely do this full routine in 15-20 minutes. Qigong healers say it takes at-least 100 days of doing this type or routine until you can feel the healing effects, but after 30 days you will feel your body have increased Chi Flow, after 1 month this routine will become a habit and you will be on your way to raising your own chi for personal or other healing uses.
1. Holding the heavens
- stand with feet parallel, shoulder width apart, knees shoulder width apart, and palms facing your body
- Inhale deeply raises your arms in a circular movement, when your arms are vertical interlock your finders and keep palms facing your head. Exhale
- Inhale, rotate your palms to face the sky, lift heals off of the ground and stretch, hold for 2 seconds.
- exhale and return to start position
- do this 10 times total
2. Drawing the bow
- stand in horse stance
- cross your arms on your chest,(x position) right over left, left palm touching, chest point index finder of right hand, make a fist with your left hand
- extend your right arm to right side of your body; follow your hand with your eyes as you do so
- At the same time draw your left elbow back
- Breath in as drawing the bow, exhale when releasing the arrow
- Step out of horse stance to standing position, left foot meets right foot
- repeat on other side of the body
- Do this 5-10 times per side.
3. Separating heaven and earth
- stand with your feet shoulder width apart, facing out (your feet should be in a V position)
- Place hands together in front of your chest, vertically, left arm over head, palm facing up
- inhale deeply, imagine inhaling healing energy, raise left arm over head, palm facing up, lower right arm , down b side palm facing the earth, (arms should read 6:00, like on a clock face)
- exhale, be sure arms are extended fully and your feel the stretch
- inhale lower left arm and raise your right arm
- 5 to 10 times each side
4. Looking Backwards
- stand up straight, hands touching your sides
-look straight ahead, breath in
- While exhaling slowly turn your head clockwise as far as possible
- return to start position, breath in
- step 3 except other side of body
-10 times each side
5. Looking For Treasure
- stand in horse stance
- Bend at the waist until upper body is parallel with the ground
- raise body up toward the right in a twist movement
- go back to starting position, then repeat step 3 except on left side of the body
- 5-10 times each side
6. Touching the earth
- stand upright, arms at your side
- Breath in deeply, raise your arms over your head, and bend back wards slightly
- Exhale brings your arms in front of you; bend at the waist forward until your arms touch the floor
5-10 times total
7. Reaching out to Nature
- stand in horse stance
- make fist, raise arms above your waist, and hold at hips elbows back
- stretch your left fist in front of your body, palm facing down (arm should be fully extended in front of you
- inhale as you exhale pull left arm back and move your right arm forward
- This looks like a punching drill in martial arts, except it is done at a slow movement
5-10 times each side
8. Generate Waves of Energy
- Stand with your feet should with apart, arms at your sides
- look forward and clear your mind, slowly raise your heals off of he floor, once you are on your tiptoes slowly lower your heals back to the floor
- 5-10 times
Ba Duan Jin Closing exercise
- sit comfort with a straight back
- clench hands into loose fists
- Gently tap your all over your body, start with arms, and move to chest and back then down your legs.
These steps are variations of the original exercises. I will list the next towards the end of the section. Also if you have issues with standing you can do all these movements in a chair.
Qigong Meditations
Counting Meditation
- lay on your back
- 4 count breath in, 4 count breath = on cycle
- Start with 25 cycles then progress to 50,75,100
- On your breath in and out I like to breath in with the concept of knowledge and breath out ignorance. If you decide to use concepts instead of counting in and out to a count of 4 I recommend that your concepts are about he same length to keep your breathing stead.
Abdominal Breathing
- sit cross legged with your back straight
- hold your left palm over your abs, and your right palm over your left
- follow your breath
- see and feel the heavenly chi/ living force enter your body and cycle through, and watch the negative energy leave your body (Focus on feeling the energy in your abs circulating throughout your body)
- this can be done in a sitting, standing or laying position
3rd Eye Meditation
- sit in Lotus, Half Lotus or on your knees
- sit with your back straight and your hands resting on your knees
- bring attention to in-between your eye brows
- focus thoughts on specific event and keep focus
- with practice you may feel a warming sensation in the 3rd eye area
- I personally use this meditation before practice, belt test and competitions the most and sometimes in the start of the day. It helps me to see the things I would like them to be and helps to enforce the power of positive thinking
Affirmations
- sit in cross leg position
- close eyes and relax the body
- focus on 3rd eye are, steady breath and clear your mind
- repeat affirmation quietly to yourself 5 times
- repeat affirmation in your mind 5 times
- see yourself actually achieving the event in your mind
Examples
I am a Jedi, Strong with the force!
For a visual I personally use the Anakin becoming a Jedi knight as seen in the clone wars cartoon. I try to imagine how e felt when the council lit their light sabers arround him, and Yoda officially Knighted him into the order. Or the scene in the Jedi order books were Luke knighted Jania and her group of padawans.
I am a Healer, shining with healing chi!
I see myself as bright energy in a dark room with chi entering my 3rd eye, flowing through the 3 Dan Tians and then out of my palms to those arround me.
3 Dan Tians Meditation
Dan = essence of energy, Tians = area for essence of energy
- see and feel heavenly chi enter through your upper Dan Tians (3rd eye)
- feel it filter through middle Dan Tain (solar plexes)
- fill up lower Dan Tian(Chi spot, ΒΌ inch below your navel)
- feel the energy cycle through your body and out of your palms, or to the area that is need of healing energy
Wu Hsing Meditations
5 elements/ 5 material agents
(Do not forget, these meditations are for drawing chi necessary for healing, they are not just mind clearing meditation exercises. I will be covering healing practices in a later section that will use the chi your gather from these mediations as well as the other ones posted two weeks ago.)
Water
- essential to life
- 2/3 of our bodies
- Where we spend the first 9 months of our life
- Cleans the mind and the body
Benefits of Water Meditation
- issues with the kidney, bladder, urinary track and reproduction
- those who suffer with fears will find courage
Water Meditation
- can be done indoors or outdoors
- close eyes, draw senses inward
- sit comfortably with back straight, relax your body part by part
- listen to the sound of water surrounding you, feel it run within you
- breath in the energy of water, then exhale energy back into it, breath in power, courage, breath out fear
- 10 breath cycles
- Focus on the water source for a few minutes
- Bring self out of meditative state, rub hands, eyes and tape body from head to toe
Wood meditation
Benefits of Wood Meditation
- liver, and anger issues
- gain understand of the trees, withstand the other elements of nature, draws life from both the earth and the heavens
Wood Meditation
- Find a tree, one that draws your attention, mentally great the tree, and ask if you can share its healing energy, and help remove your negative energy
- Sit on the ground crossed legged in front of the tree
- Close your eyes, dray your senses inward
- Relax your body system by system
- Become one with your environment
- Inhale energy of the tree, exhale and give the energy back to the tree
- Visually the tree offering you healing energy, while removing your negative energy, feel a energy link between you and the tree
- Clear your mind for 36 breath cycle count
- Rub hands, eyes and tap your body awake when finished
- When done with practice you will feel a connection to the tree, if someone breaks off part of the tree, or drives a nail into it, you will feel it. If you can plant a tree and visit it often, when you do connect with the tree, over time you will notice the connection and bond you have.
Earth
Benefits of Earth Meditation
- Helps digestive system
- Strong Chi Development
Earth Meditation
- standing or sitting with your feet touching the floor, barefoot if possible
- relax your body from head to toes systematically
- become one with the earth
- feel earth chi entering your body through the soles of foot as well as your toes
- breath in the earth chi, and expel all negativity
- 18-36 breath cycles
- Run hands, eyes and dust of your body
Fire
Benefits of Fire Meditation
- heart, repertory, and circulatory systems
- helps people with envy and hatred
Fire Meditation
- Indoor or outdoor, campfire, or a candle will be necessary
- Sit upright, with your back straight
- Relax your body systematically
- Look into the fire, imagine you are surround by a ring of fire
- Watch flames dancing, feel the heat of fire awaken your inner vitality
- Imagine yourself absorbing healthy energy of fire, while negative energy leaving your body is consumed by the fire
- Keep this state for a few minutes
- Rub hands eyes, brush off from head to toe
Metal
- basis of all energy types
- energy of strength
- bedrock of life force
- related to lungs and long life
- acts as a conductor for the other elements
Benefits of Metal Meditation
- repertory issues
- good to cast off sadness, depression and grieving
Metal Meditation
- indoor or outdoor, if indoor try to open a window
- sit up with your back straight
- visualize a shiny metal mountain in front or your or that you are on top of surrounding you
- feel the chi reflecting off of this mountain into yourself
- breath in the metal healing chi into your lungs, and expel negative emotions
- 9-36 breath cycles
- Keep your focus of this mountain for a minute or so after breath cycles
- Run hands, and brush down your body
Sensing Qi From within
1. Standing in a natural stance
- Stand with your feet a shoulder-width apart and your
knees slightly bent
- Release tensions from your body as you sway your body
gently
- Cease movements and gently close your eyes and
breath gently bent
- Focus your attention to your five senses and experience
yourself in the nature
2. Qi Sensations in Hands
- Hold your hands together for a while
- Slowly move your hands - further and closer(Practice
until you can sense Qi with your hands a shoulder-width
apart (We`ll use this in Step 6))
- Create a ball by moving your hands like kneading
- The sizes of balls are about a golf ball, a baseball and a
basketball
3 Qi Sensations in Fingers
- Use your index and middle finger to touch other hand*s
palm. Separate slightly and feel Qi.
- as your fingers slightly separate from your palm, move
your sword fingers - right and left and circle, and feel the
movements of Qi.
- Same as above Practice your thumb and index finger and
all five fingers.
- Please practice until you learn how to use these three
fingers and sense the movement of Qi
4.Sensations of Qi in different body parts
- Sensing Qi inside and outside of your arms as you
separate the arms a few centimeters apart.
- From your chest to your belly
- From your belly to your buttocks
- The outside and inside of your legs.
- Your face and both eyes
- the sides of your head and ears
- Practice until you can sense the different sensations of
Qi from certain body parts experiencing exhaustion or
pain and other body parts that are normal.
5. Seeing (sensing) Qi
- Rub both of your hands until they become slightly warm
- Separate the hands slowly
- See the tips of your fingers and hands with an
unfocused gaze
- Seeing other`s Qi
- When you become able to see your own Qi, let`s
practice seeing other`s Qi around their fingers and
hands. Once you accomplish this, ask a person to sit by a
wall and practice seeing his or her body`s Qi. A key is to
see this person`s Qi with an unfocused gaze.
External Qigong Practices
1 .Feeling the Qi-sensations of hands
- Put your hand above a partner's hand
- Put the palm of your right hand above your partner's left hand
- Feel Qi-sensations by moving your hand closer and away
Qi-sensations are experienced with different sensations (heat/warmth, tingling, repulsiveness, etc.
2. Point your fingers at your partner's palm
- Point at your partner's palm with Kenshi ("Sword Fingers"; both index and middle
fingers)
- Sense the Qi by moving closer and away or turning
When you begin to feel Qi-sensations, you will be able to sense movements even with your eyes closed.
Bodily Sensations of Qi
- Put a palm of your hands above different bodily locations
- Outside and inside of the partner's arms
- From the partner's chest to abdomen
- From the partner's shoulder to buttocks
- Outside and inside of the partner's legs
- From the partner's head to face
- Put a palm of your hands above the top of a head (Hyakue)
- Put the palm above the top of your partner's head
- Put your palm above your partner's head with images of the lights emitting from your
palm.Allow the lights to go through the partner's body all the way to the sole of his or
her feet.
- Putting a hand between bodily parts
- Feel Q-sensations on the palm of your hand, which you have practiced
- If you can feel Qi-sensations, put your hand between bodily parts of your partner.
Feel Qi-sensations as you move your both hands
3.Qi-sensations of Plants
- Come close to a plant
- With an unfocused gaze, put your hand about one to two inchs above the plant.
- Move your hand around the plant
- Feel the Qi from the plant.
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