My #FireQi was already surging this morning before even starting #Qigong

So, knowing from experience that the #XingyiQigong set would only make matters worse, I went back to the very very basics and did a full regimen solely of #WaterQi focused forms and stances this morning instead

I’m still trying to remember all the different methods for converting #Qi between #Kan and #Li (and not having much luck searching online or my own library), but in the end I managed a very basic, entry-level #WindPath circulation, and that helped a lot

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 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

JFC #TuNaSiBa #Qigong is so much more intense than #XingyiQigong even though the pace is so, so, so much slower

I eased back into it, to give all four breathing forms my full attention and four repetitions each. This morning I did Form 1. This afternoon, Form 2. This evening, Forms 3 and 4. All three sessions followed by #SanTiShi #ZhanZhuang

But since it went so well, and my muscle and #Qi memory have not completely forgotten these forms after all, tomorrow I will do all four, for all three sessions

#Qigong went much better this morning. My Xīn (心) finally agreed to stop interfering with my Yì (意) and I was able to complete the full set of #XingyiQigong exercises again instead of relying on a more basic set.

Xīn seems to be gaining an appreciation for how Yì does things, and feels the need for mutual coordination. It acknowledges the same Yīn-Yáng balance found throughout the discipline, and knows that without it, the four tasks of Liànshén (鍊神) are impossible.