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This post is to leave a review for Master Dunn's Flying Phoenix Chi Kung / Tao Tan Pai Workshop two weekends ago. I attended via zoom for the fifteen or more hours of workshop. I'll start off by saying that Sifu Terry over delivered. We learned a number of new practices beyond the TTP, including some not on DVD Flying Phoenix Meditations. We saw archival footage Doo Wai and received articles from some of Sifu's Kung Fu brothers. There was enormous value in the tips, tricks and insight only a skilled and practiced teacher can provide; the stories and conversations between those in attendance were highly entertaining as well. Since combining the short form power yoga from Taoist Elixir Method and Flying Phoenix Qigong I have made massive leaps in my practice. My body mechanics are improving and and perfecting and for Flying Phoenix it is easier to get into meditative, effortless states. My eyesight and focus is improving. I am beginning to discover for myself what it means when masters and teachers like Sifu Terry talk about forgetting about your body. The way I conceptualize this is that our body is a tool for what we really are, which is consciousness. We often fall trap to illusion due to identifying with the body. We create aches and pains and movement patterns that keep us in those limited state. These practices are ancient technologies to unlock the true essence of our being by melting away inner tension. I believe that when falsity and illusion (tension) is dropped we automatically traverse the path of our highest destiny. A practice that can take you beyond the physical is where the magic is at. In searching for authentic systems and experimenting on all kinds of ways to heal its clear that the arts that Sifu Terry preserves and teaches are some of the best out there. To give this review some real world context, my work is highly complex, demanding and busy. I credit being able to show up energized and succeed from being able to rejuvenate and empower myself through qigong. I am currently working on the long form in volume four and plan to have it memorized by the end of the year. From the TTP + FPCK I can I feel my hands becoming healing tools and my core gently filling up with life force. These practices are a part of my energetic hygiene rituals because not doing them tends to make me feel vibrationally dirty or scattered when I don't. To round this out and wrap up. I really enjoyed and highly recommend training with Master Terry. Its next level compared to the DVDs which in themselves are very high level. I plan on learning more and continuing to deepen these arts. We are lucky to have a teacher of this caliber. The idea that keeps coming up is from a quote by Doo Wai that Sifu Terry often brings up; something along the lines of, ‘healing is the most i important thing’ I didn’t realize how much I needed healing until I engaged in this art. I feel new life sprouting within.

This same question regarding first responders was answered three posts above by Sifu Terry. Please take the time to read it. As far as prerequisites; Im sure it’s helpful to have some experience of Flying Phoenix Chi Kung prior to attending but not required else there would be a disclaimer.

Hi Sifu, Immense gratitude to you for your care and diligence in spreading FPCK! I am 1/4 through the thread so far and it’s some of the best reading on the internet. Thanks to all who have contributed and big thanks to Sifu Terry, of course. I am currently 2 months into volumes 1 and 2 and am having huge gains. My body is restructuring and dead or frozen zones are coming back to life. I notice that my nasal breathing is restricted due to tensions in my torso and specifically my jaw and neck. The subtle tightening of the neck and jaw to ‘control’ life and control the breath has been a life long survival response which is slowly undoing (big help from FPCK). My question relates to the aforementioned and breathing. I have been taught not to breath through the mouth but recently I have learned to do rhythmic open mouth breathing where I relax my jaw and I notice that doing this allows my torso to move more free and the breath to actually become full. Nasal breathing results in a rigid torso, neck and face and the breath is not going to the lower belly as much. After the breathing sequences i just started to do a small inner smile with my mouth slightly open and I breath deeply thru my mouth allowing my neck, chest and and belly to open up. This is huge because I can raise my arms now from my LDT. When I breath with my nose and the tongue on the roof of my mouth I tend to lock up and hold tension in my face head neck torso so I try to maintain the open breath passageways after doing a few open mouthed, relaxed jaw breathes. I then put my tongue up on the roof of my mouth from this relaxed place and try to maintain it with nose breathing however this is difficult to maintain. Many years of practicing qigong and putting the tongue up had locked in a rigid posture which I am learning to stop doing and pace it more comfortably on my pallet. I notice swallowing is difficult and not smooth or efficient when I play around with my jaw, neck and face tension. There is a technique called ‘mewing’ where when one swallows the tongue pushes up and lengthens the back of the head. is this OK to do? Do you have any advice for unlocking my neck, throat, face, eyes and head? For jaw and tongue posture? I sense that my head and skull muscles may be important here. Are our teeth supposed to be lightly touching or slightly apart? I recognize the connection with the sacrum and lower Dan tien as a being connected to these areas and important in getting to optimal posture. I trust continuing to practice daily will eventually clear this up but wanted to ask you as I haven’t seen this question yet (sorry if was asked) Perhaps a specific exercise from Flying Phoenix would help? I do MGAM daily and basic seated 1 and 2 and msw 1 and 2 I am going to order volumes 3 and 4 next. I feel and ready for 3. any advice would be appreciated. I welcome any member to also respond. thanks! Austin

Hi @G_in_Training Shrinkage is a good reason to stay on the straight and narrow path. lol I did celibacy last year for 6 months along with a strict raw vegan diet with no salt for 3 months in preparation for ayahuasca where I sat in ceremony 10 times over a month in the Mayan jungle. It wasn't easy and I wasn't in a good mood most of the time. The plant medicine wrung out my consciousness and blasted me wide open and to cope I ended up drinking alcohol again. Its all smoothed out now but lesson learned, one must cultivate their body to handle these higher energy inputs to avoid getting fried. I got burnt to a crisp, but it was worth it looking back and perfect for my path. A super accelerant fueled by coming face to face with my shadow and going into the pain and agony of it all. I'm more at peace with my whole self and continue to integrate all my fractured aspects of self. I had been doing Qi Gong and Tai Chi for 5 years prior to this but after that wake up call I realized how much of a novice I was. I committed to several hours of qigong a day afterwards in order to manage and ground my energy and my practice in the last 12 months has improved leaps and bounds. Have you looked into MMS for detoxing? I'm going to be experimenting with it. Its been demonized by pharma as well as suppressed but any savvy researcher can find quickly that it is legit for detoxing at the cellular level, destroying all biological pathogens and removing heavy metals. The Holy Fetus wording reminds me of Western Hermeticism's concept of the Holy Guardian Angel. Thanks for sharing the book and more about this path of alchemy. I've saved it on Amazon. Let us know how it goes for you. Thanks @Earl Grey and @Pak_Satrio for the authenticneigong link. I started FPCK after seeing it suggested and diligently endorsed by you two in r/TrueQigong on Reddit . It has exceeded my expectations and I now recognize the true seeking you've done to find the 'Good Stuff' and appreciate the guidance. TaoNow from the Eternal Now

@G_in_Training You're welcome. I am the same way, I like to come at things from multiple perspectives to enrich my own. I have been regularly practicing Flying Phoenix Chi Kung after a year of fairly intense training of Qi Gong and Dao Yin. Its only been a few weeks but I'm really enjoying it as I am experiencing tangible results. The work I had been doing prior had 'loosened' me up or to use a metaphor, it had made the iron hot and malleable where now the FPCK is bending me into shape and connecting by body as a whole. Plus I love that it incorporates the breath the way it does in the system. My spiritual practice consists of getting outside into nature, self hypnosis and visualization and my chi kung practice. I have practiced celibacy / SR, fasting, including a 21 day juice followed by a three day water and much more. Lately it is like all of life is my spiritual practice now. Can you share more on the 100 day foundation? I am interested. Alchemy is a interest of mine. I like to Taoist template a lot. I feel my tan dien really beginning to build, which is great. What we eat is really important in inner alchemical work. When we can Alkalize the body we are doing Alchemy, they are etymologically connected for a reason. Those follow up steps sound intense. What makes them that way? Loosing body functions is serious business! lol Austin

What up G? Nice to connect I am a new member here too. Neville is a a teacher’s teachers and inspired many after him like Wayne Dyer and many other modern law of attraction teachers. I usually go straight to the source of his lectures now. Lester Levenson is another great teacher from the West. I have lurked in this site for 6 years but finally made an account to read the flying Phoenix chi kung thread. I didn’t realize this site wasn’t as active as it once was anymore. Hope it picks up again there are legendary threads and more to be made. I also want to thank who ever hosts and maintains this forum. Gracias. - Austin the God aka TaoNow ‘I am the Tao the Tao is me’

Thanks Pak. Yes its great!

Hi Dan, Thanks for the greeting! I think you are right about us Qi people sharing a common perception - it's one that stands on the foundation that everything is energy - enabling us to communicate to each other about abstract things but always understanding the principles governing everything. Dreams remind me of the training scenes in The Matrix, where we construct an entire set for our consciousness to play, learn, experience and work things out or discharge. Really amazing that you downloaded some profound lessons and trained. I reckon we are probably tapping into the spirit of the systems we are training in and in the spirit of Tao as well and are gifted for it. Feel free to elaborate more if you'd like, I'd be interested to hear more. FPCK is a proper qi gong! Very grateful for Sifu Terry and GM Doo sharing this system. The thread is awesome. I am only 22 pages in so I have a long ways to go! The content has already has been top notch. I knew it was gold when Israel Regardie was mentioned. Cool the inner thigh tip stuck out and helped you too. It must be a pretty common correction although I haven't heard it anywhere else. It clicked some things in to place for me. Glad to connect and take part in sprouting some new life in thedaobums. Godspeed, Austin

Hi, I am happy to join this forum and discuss some of my favorite things: ancient wisdom, alchemy, taoism and chi kung. Qi Gonger's are some of the most interesting people who I enjoy conversing with. Recently I have been doing Flying Pheonix and really enjoying it after 6 years of doing other systems, I am hooked with this one and am going to see it all the way through. I had a dream last night where I was 'gifted' a move that is sort of like a pushup and a cross between a frog stretch that I remember very specifically. After doing a few times this morning I thought to share it here. I have been reading Sifu Terry's posts and learning about the inner thigh muscles really helped things click. This move I dreamt of targets and connects to the shoulders and neck. I also had an insightful dream of doing a movement to focused on my neck and shoulders a few months ago. Later I was watching a Tao Tan Pai demo and delightfully discovered this move was similar to Circling Palms. Anyway, thanks for having me. Look forward to conversing, sharing practice insights and learning from others. Cheers. edit for grammar