Explorer
Blue Belt
I've been combining still qigong with self-hypnosis. It allows me to work on specific areas in my life that could use imporvement. After years of practicing both moving and still meditation with good results ... I'm now having excellent results. I'm doing things in two parts; still qigong using a self-hypnosis system referred to as Seventh Path and moving qigong based on the Daoist 5 set.
In the first I have a passive body and an active mind. In the second I have an active body and (mostly) passive mind -- the Daoist 5 set includes breath visualization, color visualization and sound components.
My health is better ... both physically and emotionally, I'm more centered and less inclined to knee jerk emotional outbursts (you know the kind ).
I have two emotional responses to this new method ... gratefulness and joy. Sometimes in the middle of my moving qigong I'll just laugh out loud for no reason ... it's really nice. Often at the end of a session I find myself whispering, spontaneously, "thank you". It feels really good ...
In the first I have a passive body and an active mind. In the second I have an active body and (mostly) passive mind -- the Daoist 5 set includes breath visualization, color visualization and sound components.
My health is better ... both physically and emotionally, I'm more centered and less inclined to knee jerk emotional outbursts (you know the kind ).
I have two emotional responses to this new method ... gratefulness and joy. Sometimes in the middle of my moving qigong I'll just laugh out loud for no reason ... it's really nice. Often at the end of a session I find myself whispering, spontaneously, "thank you". It feels really good ...