Kojiro

@thelerner what is your advice as a wim hof practitioner regarding cold hands and feet?

The ugly thing about all that is not just the cold hands and feet. When they are cold it is because the blood is congested in the internal organs, which happens to be overheated. The heat and the blood that don't go to the extremities go to the internal organs, and this excess of blood and heat is quite damaging for them and impairs their proper functioning A good massage may help to improve blood flow to the capillaries and skin.

But in your message above you said that you hands were still cold

It is a little ridiculous, but it may work! I will decide if it is more efficient than ridiculous to give it a try

At the end of this website you can find good info too on Raynaud's: https://web.archive.org/web/20150322151428/http://www.soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/020117tildenpt2/020117.ch9.html

"Raynaud’s phenomenon is caused by overly-sensitive blood vessels within the fingers and toes. They are more affected by cold and stress. The blood vessels narrow substantially, causing a decrease in blood flow and associated color change. The lack of blood flow often results in a pale, or white, discoloration. Subsequently, the digits can turn blue and eventually red as there is a sudden influx of blood into the digits after the episode is over."

exercise of almost any kind, or just walking should help

I am reading books from the hygienist tradition: Herbert Shelton, John Tilden, Henry Lindlhar, etc. I highly recommend these books, you can learn a lot

I am doing some research on this topic and I see some authors recommend cold water, while others recommend hot water for warming the feet. Still others recommend first hot water and finally cold water on the feet, plenty of options to choose!

and what is true power according to your conception?

What kind of work is necessary to build up a decent foundation and open up some shit? just to know what the basic stuff is like in your tradition, no need to go into details, thanks!

Personal power is a necessary and good thing, as long as you don't do evil things with it

Some day I will create a thread listing the things I have done in these last years that helped me to grow somehow, versus things I did that didn't help. For example, to quietly understand (without over-reacting emotionally) what has happened in these last 2 years and a half is something that has helped me to develop tremendously. Also to properly understand the human body and its hygiene through authors like John Tilden or Herbert Shelton. The several qi gongs I did I am not sure if they helped me or not, maybe not a lot in my case.

We are probably more conscious, we think about things that our neighbour don't even care about

the pineal gland secretes a liquid that hydrates the body? can you share some source? thanks I ask this bc I am also interested in dry fasting and pineal gland activation

thanks for your kind words. I come from a different environment probably, so these nice words are not often heard, a different style I guess. We prefer the hard ones As for a simple medical/health qi gong, which one do you recommend? In fact, I am looking for some kind of simple qi gong to mix with my intermittent fasting routine. And for the self-delusion thing, I think one golden rule for us internal cultivators is do NOT lie to yourself, be honest with yourself ALWAYS.

I am not sure, many people deceive themselves about their practice and progressions. In my case, my years of qi gong training didn't really make me grow a lot. Intermittent fasting, the starvation cure, has benefited me much much more, but again, there are many paths for self-development, each of us must choose which is our's. Self-deception is one of the main hindrances in the journey to self-development. I myself fell into this trap at some point while doing qi gong in the past, imagining I was going to be able soon to use and control the energy of the universe or at least to improve myself and my health. None of this happened, maybe because I wasn't good enough or maybe because qi gong is not for that, I don't know. But after seeing many people I can say that self-honesty, avoiding any kind of self-deception, is difficult but necessary to progress.

wow, yes, inner transformation is very very difficult IMHO, you have to work hard on yourself, and then maybe, and only maybe, this will happen. Methods to do it are many, but you probably need to find one that suits you, or even create one yourself! Self improvement has been one of my biggest passions for years, and difficult as it is, it is also a beatiful attitude, a great path. Some years ago it was through qi gong, now it is with intermittent fasting, who knows what will be in the future, I am still learning and progressing.

If full moon gives you increased kidney energy, my guess is that you detox more on these days. So in order to plan a fast it can mean more detox and more benefits. I wonder if new moon also has these effects

Intermittent fasting and healthy eating (in moderation always) will improve your condition

This topic is more difficult than I thought! Some theories claim that the full / new moon can give you energy, while others say that it can take your energy away. Who knows! I guess I will have to experience what effects has on me

I see there is a tradition in India in which they fast during new moon and they eat during full moon. Does new moon has similar effects like full moon? in that case a fast in full or new moon would be of similar effects. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_tides/tides06_variations.html Edit: According to this site, both full and new moon have similar effects on tides, this is called spring tides. In full and new moon the sun, the moon and the earth are in alingment, so the gravitational pull of the moon is added to that of the sun creating higher or lower tides. So I guess that energetic practices can be enhanced both in full and new moon, if it is possible at all.

I am thinking of doing a special full moon fast next month to see if I can notice an increase of energy and detox. Fasting is a highly energetic practice, so if these theories are correct to mix it with full moon can be interesting.

Interesting, so in these traditions the full moon also helps with the flow of energy. What traditions are you talking about?

I would like to have access to the current events subforum