Since practicing with you for only 4 months I can safely say I have not only discovered the mysterious and illusive phenomena I have, with your help and fantastic tutorials, learned to embrace this gift of qi.

My realization and discovery of qi is quite funny, apart from the side effects ie more energy, changes in perception of life and self, peace, harmony, balance, flexibility etc etc etc, I discovered when I perform my routine I kept having to check my fingers where separated, because the qi surrounding my fingers made me feel they where touching or closed, I can feel the qi everywhere but that experience is funny because it emphasizes the humanness of us all to want to discover qi and become an instant Iron Fist.

Find a great Instructor Find the time to do the time and work needed Find the qi easy peasy just do what Sifu Anthony says and you will find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Great, I look forward to being part of your new online qigong class!
Steve

Oh good. I’m glad you’ve already got a taste of zhan zhuang.

Sitting is always going to be deeper. That’s why it’s considered an advanced technique in the qigong world.

But I’m guessing we can get you to go deeper in the standing postures too. I’ll do my best to help you discover the “stillness in the movement”, as they say.

Hi Sifu,
yes, I do standing post every day as it is the last position upon completing Longevity Qigong form from the Purple Cloud Temple at Wudang Mountain. The Qi builds quite strongly around the hands then. I hold for 5-10 minutes. Very enjoyable quiet experience but is not the same as the transcendental state of consciousness I have from TM. I have also held static qigong postures for up to 25 minutes when having done Falun Gong.

Steve, if you could do it during TM, then I’m betting that you can learn it quickly in qigong. Have you learned any zhan zhuang postures like Hugging The Tree? If not, you’re in for a treat!

Suspension of the mind means transcending thoughts. That is what happens when one does Transcendental Meditation which takes us to Pure Consciousness. Egoless state, authentic Self, ground state of Quantum Physics. I have felt this from doing TM but never while doing Qigong.

Well said!

I believe I recently read something from John Alton, qigong researcher, that China now claims to have equipment that detects qi.

Love your antique chair analogy!