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Hello everyone,
This is my report from the Florida course with Sifu. Compared with the other reports mine will be shallow. While my typical manner is to throw myself into something headlong, I decided to take things one at a time and begin with Generating Energy Flow on its own. Since the course I have been performing Lifting the Sky and Pushing Mountains morning and evening, most frequently at sunrise and midnight respectively.
Sifu Wong is all that I expected: vibrant, energetic, warm, encouraging, magnetic and exuding a palpable internal power, and a visible joy. The reverberating yet soothing words, "Smile from your heaaart," fill me with my own pale intimations of these same qualities. Certainly learning from books is the lowest common denominator in learning qi gong. I have been practicing in this manner for a while, with helpful pointers from Sifu Anthony Korahais. I have practiced other styles of qi gong in the past as well. As an acupuncturist, I simply have to be able to manipulate qi, and have developed this capacity through years of conscientious acupuncture practice. But, even taking a single course with a Master of Sifu's calibre has surpassed any previous experiences i have had. One highlight: I often experienced a sense of expansion in the past, as though I had become 12-feet tall. While practicing Lifting the Sky, though, I felt more like 20-feet tall. I have experienced strong qi sensations in my hands, as though wearing magnetic gloves; while practicing Pushing Mountains, my hands are encased in six inches of thick qi padding all the way around. I can direct qi in my patients well, with or without needle insertion, and I am sure that I will radically increase in this capacity through sustained practice of Shaolin Wahnam Chi Kung.
One question: during the spontaneous qi flow following Pushing Mountains, my hands were shaking very vigorously, but without tension, until I turned my attention to the dantian upon Sifu's instructions. Is that a discharge of blockage, a sign of an inability to contain generated force, or just a sign of the generation of energy?
Interestingly, within a few days of the course, my previously very skittish bird alighted on my finger calmly and playfully. I do not believe this is a coincidence. I've also enjoyed a sustained feeling of what I can only describe as hollow solidity in my arms and abdomen.
I love the "simplicity" of these movements, and have clear personal evidence of their efficacy, with conviction that I am only in the nascent stages of a wonderful journey. Having been happy in my well, I have now taken a dip in the ocean, and look forward to one day taking to the high seas: one day to Malaysia, God willing. (With frequent stops in Gainesville, naturally).
Thank you to everyone who made the courses possible, and to all of the other attendees, who likewise, encouraged and strengthened us all. I will post an update in the future for your edification with special attention to acupuncture.
Sincerely, joyfully,
Brandt
This is my report from the Florida course with Sifu. Compared with the other reports mine will be shallow. While my typical manner is to throw myself into something headlong, I decided to take things one at a time and begin with Generating Energy Flow on its own. Since the course I have been performing Lifting the Sky and Pushing Mountains morning and evening, most frequently at sunrise and midnight respectively.
Sifu Wong is all that I expected: vibrant, energetic, warm, encouraging, magnetic and exuding a palpable internal power, and a visible joy. The reverberating yet soothing words, "Smile from your heaaart," fill me with my own pale intimations of these same qualities. Certainly learning from books is the lowest common denominator in learning qi gong. I have been practicing in this manner for a while, with helpful pointers from Sifu Anthony Korahais. I have practiced other styles of qi gong in the past as well. As an acupuncturist, I simply have to be able to manipulate qi, and have developed this capacity through years of conscientious acupuncture practice. But, even taking a single course with a Master of Sifu's calibre has surpassed any previous experiences i have had. One highlight: I often experienced a sense of expansion in the past, as though I had become 12-feet tall. While practicing Lifting the Sky, though, I felt more like 20-feet tall. I have experienced strong qi sensations in my hands, as though wearing magnetic gloves; while practicing Pushing Mountains, my hands are encased in six inches of thick qi padding all the way around. I can direct qi in my patients well, with or without needle insertion, and I am sure that I will radically increase in this capacity through sustained practice of Shaolin Wahnam Chi Kung.
One question: during the spontaneous qi flow following Pushing Mountains, my hands were shaking very vigorously, but without tension, until I turned my attention to the dantian upon Sifu's instructions. Is that a discharge of blockage, a sign of an inability to contain generated force, or just a sign of the generation of energy?
Interestingly, within a few days of the course, my previously very skittish bird alighted on my finger calmly and playfully. I do not believe this is a coincidence. I've also enjoyed a sustained feeling of what I can only describe as hollow solidity in my arms and abdomen.
I love the "simplicity" of these movements, and have clear personal evidence of their efficacy, with conviction that I am only in the nascent stages of a wonderful journey. Having been happy in my well, I have now taken a dip in the ocean, and look forward to one day taking to the high seas: one day to Malaysia, God willing. (With frequent stops in Gainesville, naturally).
Thank you to everyone who made the courses possible, and to all of the other attendees, who likewise, encouraged and strengthened us all. I will post an update in the future for your edification with special attention to acupuncture.
Sincerely, joyfully,
Brandt
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