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qigong therapy: April 2007
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Since the beginning of my practice, I've instinctively closed my eyes while doing qigong. I find it easier to be aware of my body; the external world goes away and I get to focus on my insides. And peripheral vision seems much more compatible with the kind of comprehensive, body-inclusive awareness that qigong requires. My head feels lighter, naturally floating upwards. the base of my skull comfortably rises. my neck feels more open, like energy is flowing more freely.
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qigong therapy: May 2007
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Monday, May 07, 2007. Sinking rising = fullness. Well, perhaps "=" is putting it a bit strong. but let me explain ;-). Virtually every qigong instructor and/or instructional talks about rooting down to the earth and opening up to the heavens. A variety of analogies and visual aids are employed. roots literally growing down from your feet into the earth. your skull being suspended by a string. the vertebrae of your neck and back floating upwards. etc. At least for now ;). In the confluence of these two ac...
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qigong therapy: March 2008
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Thursday, March 27, 2008. It's been a very long time since I wrote about my practice. yet it is been strong during these months. and it hasn't been so much a matter of time, but of being in the mood to write or not. I'm fairly successful at creating the right head and heart space for qigong; it's a priority that I live; why not writing? Why not language study? Why not the synchronized swimming I'm so obsessed with? Well, okay. just writing ;-). Topics that have been coming to mind:. The power of rooting.
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qigong therapy: June 2007
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007. During my practice I have a tendency to get excited by (and focus on) "the cutting edge" of my experience. lately that has been feeling/building energy flows through my shoulders to my fingertips, and also spiraling rooting energy from my hips down through my legs and feet into the earth. It's easy for me to lose myself in these extremities and disconnect from my core, which quickly sabotages my entire session! To progress further I have to reconnect! My entire core/hip area.
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qigong therapy: July 2007
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Monday, July 09, 2007. Thank you Bruce Frantzis! Qigong master/author Frantzis wrote an anecdote in his book "opening the energy gates of your body" that caught my attention. He's describing working with one of his teachers. who encourages Frantzis to "relax" as a paper bag of coins "relaxes" when the coins rip through the bottom and fall. Anyway, Frantzis thought it worth relating, and I never quite got why it was such a special story. Lots of little breakthroughs in "dark tissue" areas.
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qigong therapy: August 2006
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Thursday, August 31, 2006. Resistance" by any other name. Stagnation, blockage, pain. I've come to see these as very close cousins, or different faces of the same phenomena. Leah, your attempt to force energy through this blockage in your back reminds me of my own shoulder/arm issues. frustrated with this distant, disconnected tissue. if only I could control my energy better, concentrate it more, push it through and experience that warm sensation of healthy flow! I now see my role as less of a qi-enginee...
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qigong therapy: July 2006
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Monday, July 10, 2006. One of my favorite, most fundamental exercises is the spinal spirals. My teacher taught these as part of our our warm up. yeah I find them so subtle and helpful, I spend a lot of time in this exercise and feel like I could do it every day for years to come and still be surprised by what I find. Alternate clockwise/counterclockwise spirals. these reveal shockingly different things! Remember. where the mind goes, the qi will follow. Posted by devon girard at 3:47 PM. I am always surp...
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qigong therapy: March 2007
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007. For the past few days (ie. years) I've been learning interesting things about specific elements of standing. rooting through the feet, rising from the upper back/neck, opening the hips, energy meridians. Awareness scope and intensity seem to have an inverse relationship, which is what makes zooming in on one part so seductive. yet as soon as I tune out of my larger body, tension creeps in! Posted by devon girard at 5:17 PM. Sunday, March 25, 2007. The power of rooting. Open" sp...
