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 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

All four #TuNaSiBa (吐纳四把) #Qigong forms plus left and right #SanTiShi successfully paced instinctively to 90 minutes total this morning

My Xīn (心) is really invested in Master Li’s methods

#XingYiQuan

#Qigong went exceptionally well this morning, I performed #TuNaSiBa Forms 1 and 2, four times each, followed by some unfamiliar/novel movements as directed by the #Qi itself, followed by Right and Left #SanTiShi finishing with a few more unfamiliar/novel movements as directed by the Qì

90 Minutes on the nose, without checking the clock until I completed my post-qìgōng stroll

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

Santi Shi: "Three-Harmony" Standing Exercise 

https://www.suntaichi.com/training/santishi

#neijia #xingyiquan #neigong #santishi #sunlutang