It's really all about how much you can handle without getting too sore. A little sore is to be expected and don't worry about taking a day off to...
Have you tried the PNF stretching (where you tense your muscles hard for 20 seconds in a stretched position, relax, go deeper and repeat)?...
I think women often find it to be the opposite, though. They need to be flexible sideways for having babies and...stuff.
Stretch more frequently at lower intensity. 3 times a week is not enough if you want to see significant gains. That would only be enough to...
Try taking an Iyengar Yoga class that includes Pranayama or a Taiji class that includes Qigong and meditation. Unfortunately, most Taiji classes...
Because drinking is fun? :rolleyes:
I noticed a similar effect. I drank nothing for about 6 months at one point because of qigong--it would all make me dizzy. When I finally started...
If it was really that easy then the counseling and psychiatry industries wouldn't be booming. Even sometimes when you have an intellectual idea of...
Real meditation does not mean dwelling on your feelings, emotions, sensations, etc. It's using physical means like breathing exercises to induce a...
Actually, not really. We don't "visualize" qi flowing through our meridians. We just do the various qigong exercises, breathing and meditation. We...
Real qigong meditation is not a man-made mind game. You do not imagine images. They come to you the way dreams come to you. You don't have to try...
Well, I rarely if ever lucid dream, so they may be completely different. Meditation, however, can take on a quality I might describe as "a waking...
Do you actually practice meditation or qigong? How did you arrive at these definitions? I know dreaming and meditation are not the same, but I...
Sounds similar to meditation.
So I guess now daydreaming is a sin too, huh? What about actual dreaming? I wonder why our body does that? Probably because you need to be in...
The abilities you gain through qigong are the ones I described. Qigong also affects your brain, so in a way, it can bring maturity, perspective...
Because growing up is, to a certain extent, a process of closing off, tensing up and learning to deal with stress. The baby has to be super...
Look at a video of a baby. Look how soft, flexible and resilient it is. Look how its eyes glisten. Look how happy it is (unless it's hungry or...
It doesn't work any better than it would if I made it my mission to convince you to believe in qigong. Stop trying to carry out a one-woman...
If you're upset that "energetic" threads outnumber martial threads, then why are you starting new "energetic" threads? If you're hoping people...
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