Last week I noticed alternating days of just two #TuNaSiBa #Qigong forms was still too much, so I switched to just one each day, and have been experimenting with doing them in the morning or evening, to find the right time for cultivating the #OriginalQi as well as keep my #Qi balanced as the four breathing forms have been doing.

But it also occurred to me: hey, I have narcolepsy, and Master Li, Gui-Chang’s system is a synthesis of the #Yijinjing, #Xisuijing, and #RouShu. Maybe I’m sleeping so much and so well BECAUSE it’s accomplishing exactly what it was meant to accomplish.

So yes, take it slow, because I do need to learn how to better cultivate, store, and protect my Original Qì—that’s an on-going process—but I can feel the strengthening of muscles and tendons, the nourishment of my marrow and brain, the softening of all my joints and fasciae. Listening to my body and my Xīn (心), it feels like the last thing I should be doing is fighting a good night’s sleep every night.

I started #TuNaSiBa #Qigong again on Sunday night, since over the weekend my #FireQi kept surging—only this time I’m doing Forms 1–2, and Forms 3–4 on alternating days so as not to drain all my #Qi within 4 days like last week

Feeling much more balanced, energized, and limber this week, so far

#SanTiShi is also going better—really starting to feel the inner strength of the posture while also being a lot more relaxed, which makes it a lot easier to hold for extended periods of time

I slept for over 10 hours last night, and felt so emotionally and spiritually drained when I woke up today… and if I’m being honest, this whole week was far too exhausting for me to tolerate

I don’t think I’ve managed to cultivate and store enough #OriginalQi in my #LowerDanTian to keep going with #TuNaSiBa yet—at least not every day; this should be no surprise, it IS a synthesis of #Yijinjing #Xisuijing and #Roushu so what is true for them is true for it

So, I decided to take a step back (as I usually do when I push too far), and just completed the #XingyiQigong set for my middle-of-the-day slash effectively-morning #Qigong session; now my coffee is perfection, and I feel alive again

Gotta keep focusing on the fundamentals and not get ahead of myself

#TuNaSiBa #Qigong went well this morning. It felt more normal today, rather than wildly intense and overwhelming like yesterday morning; and mid-day meditation was very peaceful.

Although the deep-muscle #Qi flow, in my lower back in particular, is a LOT stronger. Such localized and focused muscle fever is a bit of a strange experience, but it all makes sense based on the aspects of the body that the Four Breathing Forms train which #XingyiQigong neglects

It’s weird that I wasn’t able to get any sleep last night. I did my evening #XingyiQigong exercises, and I was already so wiped out yesterday

But #TuNaSiBa this morning was REALLY intense—like, #Qi throbbing explosively out of my fingertips and toes intense; such an odd sensation, not anywhere near as painful as the very first time I opened my Láogōng and Yǒngquán cavities (centres of palms and soles), though still a sensation I would describe as pain

#Qigong #XingYiQuan

I’ve done all four breathing forms of #TuNaSiBa #Qigong but only once each, while following along with the videos accompanying Song, Zhi-Yong’s #XingYiQuan books.

But doing them just once feels like I haven’t done them at all. So, even though I’m completely emotionally exhausted today, I’m going to work through them another three or four times.

They’re free to watch, available at (direct link):

https://www.internalartsinternational.com/programs/song-zhi-yong-tu-na-si-ba-videos/

I really took my time with #TuNaSiBa #Qigong and #SanTiShi this morning, a full two hours: 90 minutes for the four breathing forms, and half an hour for #ZhanZhuang

Yesterday, I didn’t have the emotional energy to repeat all four breathing forms a second time, so I did still meditation in the afternoon (in three half-hour sessions as I was trying to build up to four breathing forms), and then the #XingyiQigong exercises in my evening session

That seems to be a good balance, maintaining three sessions a day but a wider spread of Qìgōng practices; so I plan to follow the same schedule today—save for the fact that I’ll commit to still meditation in one solid 90-minute block

#XingYiQuan