Mal

Immortal Sisters: Secret Teachings of Taoist Women

It's all good, and it wasn't like you don't see 100's of similar pictures in magazines and media every day. Just didn't want everyone going those are nice but these are better and this ending up like some "off topic" threads

Perhaps the easiest way to "alter" the personal practice section is to every now and then move down the folders that haven't had a post for a few years. Eventually that will bubble sort the list into long tern active members at the top, while still retaining peoples sections for prosperity at the bottom of the list (or in a sub folder at the top) But it's a BIG change to the current "I know my place in the list" so I'm not going to change it without further discussion. Basically just posting here to let people know I do consider this now and then (and while I did delete Michael's original post editing the thread title, at least this time I found the original post still in the browser cache must stop doing that)

At the moment this appears to be the most usefull Taoist book I've ever owned There is a lot of INFORMATION here. A sincere thank you to all for the recommendations. Since Dr Yang Jwing-Min is rather prolific (turns out I've read some of his other books) my question is what is the next step? He refers to building up and storing Qi with embryonic breathing, learning small circulation for Muscle/tendon changing, then Grand circulation for Marrow/Brain washing. (sort of hard to summarise without loosing the specifics) So I guess the next step is his "Qigong, The Secret of Youth" as Da Mo's Muscle/Tendon Changing and Marrow/Brain Washing Classic is... well..... a classic but being published in 2000 I can't help but wonder if 2006's Qigong Meditation: Small Circulation is an "update" with perhaps a Qigong Meditation: Grand Circulation to follow at some time. Practically I wouldn't recommend jumping quickly through this stuff. A strong foundation is important and takes time to build. It was really helpful when Dr Yang pointed out that different schools have placed different emphasis on various steps of the process. That helps explain a lot of the confusion out there. And Dr Yang's steps and explanations follow what I was taught in KAP (I'm guessing most systems would/should be similar)

Have fun M8T. Hope to meet you in Brisvegas or somewhere else down under one day. All the best Mal

I like to do my pushups in a yoga style. Very slow, really feeling the way my joints and muscles work through the posture (I do circular Hindi pushups) and stopping once I start to become breathless and mouth breath. Perhaps a bit unusual, but it works for me and makes pushups an enjoyable activity that I look forward to doing everyday (except at the moment as I can't painlessly hyper extend my back )

Anyone like westerns? I cowboy stories. While they are pulp and only $4 Clevland Westerns do seem to give me an engaging read for an hours or so While perhaps not "transformative" I like knowing the good guy is going to kill the bad guy and win the girl Also funny is that while there use to be a lot of writers back in the 60's Clevland Westerns are actually written in Australia and these days it's just one guy writing under a few pen names, and he has never even been to the "wild west" Of course if you want literature + western you need Louis L'Amour "I'm just passing' through," the rider said when they asked him his name. And from then on, in the high country around Parrot City, he was called just that: Mr. Passing' Through, a man who rode a blue roan with a skull and crossbones brand and didn't know to keep to himself. And he wouldn't keep to himself. Because something about a parched and dusty ranch appealed to him, and something about a woman's hair made him think of not being alone." Classic one of my favorites.

As I get older I find that less really is more, about all I have ever achieved from pushing myself to a number is overuse injuries.

I associate pink with an earthy nurturing feminine energy (I don't really work with 5 elements so not sure which "element" that is) Why, this practice For me the light seems to come back up as pink from the earth, rather than when it's reflected back down the 2nd time. Anyhow that's my pink association.

haven't forgotten you guys, but off work with a bad back and doing more than lying curled up in a fetal position is rather painful But give me a couple of days and it will be all good

I seem to recall fixing that previously, still the fact that there is no poll option shows it didn't work if I did try Will look into it, may need Sean's help to poke at things behind the scenes. Will let you know how it goes.

I stopped doing my pushups for a month a few months back. But I really didn't like how my body felt without doing them. So I've slowly been working them back into my routine. Not high reps, there is just no "reward" for me that makes pushing on to do X number worthwhile. For me there seems to be a continuum <nothing>...<right number>...<too many> Do nothing and I miss the feeling of my body working efficiently Too many and I eventually injure myself, sometimes physically but also mentally from "failing" to achieve goals. Do the right number (whatever that is for YOU) and it's something I look forward to doing and it feels effortless.

I'm naive too, when I read that other thread I wondered "How could you even tell what percentage full you are?"

Hi L1 hit this on google whilst reading S. Olson's "Steal my Art" the life and times of Tai Chi master T.T.Liang I was actually searching to find out when T.T. passed on (2002, when the book was published)