Attumidha

Hello there, I just have a question about the Tao Tan Pai exercises and their synergistic relationship with the Flying Phoenix Qigong. If one practices exercises in the same day - say Tao Tan Pai in the morning and Flying Phoenix in the afternoon will this synergistic effect be there, or does Tao Tan Pai and Flying Phoenix need to be practiced in the same session? with many thanks Adhimutti

Hello everyone, I wanted to thank you for such generous sharing of information on this forum. I’ve been practicing FP Qigong for about 2 months now. Reading through the various dialogues and information has been really helpful, both in providing an overall feeling for the system and how to work with it, as well as giving a sense of being plugged into a greater community. I also feel very grateful, as Tao Stillness’ recommendation and high praise of FP Qigong, elsewhere on this blog, led me to FP Qigong in the first place. So, in the spirit of sharing, to add some comments. I had a consultation with Eric Isen, recently. My experience of him was that his clarity of perception and diagnostic ability is just as amazing and exceptional as others here have mentioned. One thing I asked him about was FP Qigong. In particular I was interested to know whether it would enhance and compliment my meditation practice (I practice in the Theravada Buddhist tradition) or whether that would interfere with it. Eric said that Flying Phoenix great for me, mainly spiritual really opens higher chakras and very compatible with Buddhist practice and really help it long term. No problem. Since I travel a lot, and can often be quite sleep deprived (and this can also apply to life at meditation centres) I asked Eric about the issue of adequate sleep and the FP Qigong practice. Eric echoed what Sifu Terry has often mentioned in the forum in regard to the issues of sleep and FP Qigong practice: that for the FP Qigong to work, one does need sufficient sleep. However, if, for example, in my case my meditation practice advances and the body naturally needs less sleep, then there won’t be any problems with FP Qigong. However, denying the body sleep, then Flying Phoenix isn’t going to work so well. Eric also said about the different Qigong methods, that they have their own intelligence and what a system might be doing for one now, would not what they would be doing for one in a few years. Also, what he says about how the different practices are operating is a subjective interpretation that will just be relevent for me, at this moment. This is just a general comment re. Qigong practices - as I asked him about many different styles (I’ve practiced in about 7 different schools). I also asked Eric about how the Flying Phoenix worked with Pangu Shengong. He said that the two systems don’t mix so well. I didn’t quizz him further, however, about how FP Qigong would mix with other Qigong styles. But, his response re. Pangu and FP does echo Sifu Terry’s comments elsewhere in the forum about FP Qigong being a stand-alone practice. There’s much more I could write, but leaving it here for now. Wishing everyone very well and happy practicing, in, according to my own experience a very beautiful, and, to echo Sifu Terry’s description, a truly sublime Qigong system.

Hello Everyone, I primarily practice in the Buddhist (Theravada) tradition (I'm a monastic), but have also been practicing Qigong for the last 6 years or so - largely for health and to build up energy (which seems to help with meditation to some extent). Have largely learnt from videos (Ken Cohen, Lee Holden, John Milton, Robert Peng, Bruce Frantzis Energy Arts - Dragon and Tiger etc) and recently, after reading through this forum - have started learning Flying Phoenix, and Blossoms in the Spring as well as a short practice by GM Kellen Chia called Ten Immortals). Anyway, am really still a newbie to this world. And it's great to have this forum where there is so much experience to learn from and people who have good advice and perspectives to offer. . . .