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Robert Peng has an online course on Yi Jin Jing. If you sign up in the next day you can get a discount. I might sign up for it. A few people on this forum over the years have said good things about it.

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Sounds like TM. I wonder if there are (or will be) groups that split off and do the method without all the weirdness, as happened with TM.

OT, but here is a joke I read recently: Why were the Star Wars trilogies release out of order? In charge of the schedule Yoda was.

I followed along a few WHM breathing videos, but I could not get past a 2:00 hold. It never got easier. I did not push the tension into my head in the 15-second hold after the main holds. Now I am doing o2 and co2 tables from freediving. I breathe deeply during the breathing part, and only about 10 seconds of hyperventilation before the holds. I do feel like my baseline energy is higher, but not like the immediate boost that a lot of WHM people talk about. Hopefully I am not using any core qi or jing. My instructor has said positive things about WHM and breathwork in general. But he does not think pushing the tension into the head as they do in WHM is a good idea.

Were your issues from the cold baths or from the breathing? When people say "Wim Hof Method", they could be referring to the cold, the breathing, or both.

Even on a Daoist forum I can't get away from christians.

I also live in ATX. What taichi group do you practice with?

I just saw this today: diet tips from a woman who is 106: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/woman-106-still-lives-her-213617906.html

https://nosdiet.com/ Try the No S Diet: No Snacks, No Sweets, No Seconds, except (sometimes) on days that start with "S".

If you are open to suggestions from the cheap seats: How about a sub-forum for Flying Phoenix and TTP?

If you do OMAD, doesn't your one meal have to be a lot bigger and require more prep time?

Were these the same seed sounds as in Yoga/Hinduism?

It's Q-balah-non.

I found a file on Bodri's site where he gives a pronunciation of the Chundi mantra (or Zhunti as he calls it). I extracted it, and looped it and have the mantra on a loop for about 14 minutes. If anyone is interested in using it, let me know and I will see if I can share it. People have had issues with files on this site before.

I once had a dream where I went to work naked, and in the dream everybody was annoyed with me. Not because I was naked at the office, but I was naked at the office on the wrong day. Apparently if someone came in naked on the wrong day, it could jeopardize the chances of an office vacation to Cancun. My real life is far less interesting.

Maybe you have been over this, but: how did you come across the Chundi mantra? And what other mantras did you try? Give us your testa-chundi. I have never tried it. I first read about it on Bill Bodri's site.

"wrong image" meaning you are making the wrong gesture? Or do you mean something more supernatural/sinister, like seeing someone other than yourself in the mirror?

Are there any recordings you recommend? Or YouTube videos? And does listening have the same effect as actually saying it?

Per http://www.meditationexpert.com/meditation-techniques/m_zhunti_mantra_cultivation_technique.htm: The mantra phonetically runs as follows: Namo Sadoh Nah Samyak Sampo Doh Jee-tzu Nah Dah Zah Toh Ohm Zhurli Zhuli Zhunti Soha Ohm Brin After 1,000,000 repetitions, the mantra recitation can be shortened to: Ohm Zhurli Zhuli Zhunti Soha. Ohm Brin. I assume the "zhunti" mantra is the same as the "chundi" mantra.

Thanks. I will look this over.

Does anyone have any experience with fasting? I have heard that it can reset your cravings. I need to lose weight, and I am trying to change my diet. Someone told me I should listen to my body. I did, and it told me to give it chocolate and pizza. And here we are. Someone told me that a fast of a few days will help reset/change what my body craves. This guy was as overweight as I am, so either the effect is temporary or he has never fasted. If I did fast, I would not go for a few days. Maybe just a day to start.

I may have asked you this, but: Do you do the long version? Or the short version? And do you do the mudras? Or just chant?

I think the jar fell on his head.

Thanks for the info.