Jesse

In Ayurveda they recommend drinking plain hot water for de-congesting your lymph....you can read more here http://lifespa.com/the-miracle-of-lymph/

Yes for sure you can. In the HT system it has been traditionally taught to practice the six healing sounds, inner smile, and MCO all in one sitting. However you can combine the practices depending on your needs or practice them separately. Time wise depends on your level of concentration and how much time you have to practice. If you practice the traditional method of 3, 6, or 9 times it will take 10 - 20 mins...again depending on your concentration level.

Gua Lin Qigong is a pretty famous style of "walking qigong". It's used a lot as a qigong for cancer. Here's a explanation and video series of it....for free http://www.healthyfoundations.com/guolin/guolin_video.html

Heiner Fruehauf has promoted and been teaching a lineage of Confucian Qigong called Shan Ren Dao...you can read/listen more about it on these sites http://www.truenatureradio.com/archive/healing-emotions-confucian-therapy-system-wang-fengyi/ http://www.truenatureradio.com/category/archive/ https://www.jadeinstitute.com/jade/assets/files/Fruehauf-AllDiseaseComesFromTheHeart.pdf http://www.classicalchinesemedicine.org/

If you go the M. Chia route for learning the MCO don't overlook practicing the six healing sounds and inner smile first. Both of these practices help you to feel your energy and release stuck energy. I would recommend practicing the six healing sounds and inner smile practices first for 100 days and really diving deep into them. Also add a movement practice ie Tai chi chi kung, primordial qigiong, etc. Relax into each practice until you own it...don't be in a hurry and try and force anything.

Has anyone tried the Audio Chi download/CD from iAwake technologies? It's sounds really interesting and I'm always looking for new background music/sounds too use during my qigong practice. I especially like that you don't need to use headphones with it...but i'm always kind of skeptical of products that make certain "claims" like this: So I was hoping someone here has already tried it an could give a honest review. I have used the lifeflow downloads in the past (with good results) and you don't need headphones with those either but I like the concept of this being focused on chi... Thanks for any help

Ahh now I understand...will try it out thank you.

Would you be able to talk about this more? I'm not sure if I follow what you mean by this because I have never played around with sounds or Equalizers Thanks much!

Thanks Friend for your input.. Which CD of Sifu Jenny's are you referring to here? I would love to get that. I completely agree with you I have been using his for awhile and love them...too me I noticed the most effect when I was doing sitting meditation not so much moving qigong forms. Thanks for the reply Learner Interesting reaction...do you think it;s causing too much energy in your head? Thanks

I don't know if this has been posted on the Bums before but I found this cool 10 day Zhan Zhuang course on Lam Kam Chuen's Youtube page. Enjoy! 10 day Zhan Zhuang course

Hi TenebrousMystery I'm truly sorry to hear what you are going through. Having been through some similar situations with my digestion I know how frustrating and nerve racking it can be. There is a way through it though. I saw doctors, took herbs/supplements and tried acupuncture and nothing seemed to work (for me at least). I then ordered this book from amazon called Curing IBS Naturally with Chinese Medicine. I honestly didn't expect much because I had already been to see an acupuncturist. This book changed everything for me when it came to my digestion(and mood). Almost everything you mentioned above is talked about in the book and what you can do to remedy it. It takes a while but it is WELL worth it.

Boy...a lot of us have a tendency to dump a lot of issues onto money (myself included). When in reality it does not need to be that way, money is just a neutral energy or exchange. It's what we want it to be or wish it to be that causes the problems. Before there was money people traded goods and services, and there came a point when trading became to cumbersome and there needed to be a different form of exchange so money was developed as a neutral form of payment for goods or services rendered. It has no other value then that, but we tend to pin a ton of our desires on money which gives it an elusive quality to it. Here are a couple of items that continue to help me better understand money. Prosperity Consciousness This program helped me a lot. Fredric Lehrman talks about money from an energy standpoint. He suggests that you save a portion of your income and put it into 5 separate savings accounts (based off of the 5 elements/phases). He has a good way of taking the "mystery" out of money and making it seem real and simple. He is a student of Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing and happened to be my first Tai Chi instructors teacher which I didn't even know until one day I heard my instructor talking about him and I put two and two together. Your Money or Your Life This one was mentioned in this thread earlier and I second it whole heartily. This is a great money book. It truly has you look at whats important in life and it stresses living a more balanced simple life. They talk a lot about truly deciding if you need one more "thing" or can you be satisfied with what you have and save your money. It's a great book...it felt very grounding to me when I was reading it. Hope these suggestions help

There are thought to be six different types of Reishi mushrooms which are classified according to color. Do you know what color the one you are using is? The black Reishi has a salty flavor and is associated with healing the Kidneys, so if you are using the black variety it would make sense that your Kidneys are possibly detoxing and you are instinctively craving more water to help flush out the toxins. Cool post Jesse

Hey Raymond I have the CD set, it's pretty good I use it during qi gong mostly. Sometimes I will use it during meditation but not to often. From what I remember he does not give the translation for the liturgies. The first three discs are guided by Bruce and the last two are just him performing the liturgies without any instruction. I was really excited to get these because his sales copy really makes it seem like your going to open up all these channels faster by listening to it. Well I can't say that happened for me but I do enjoy them. I guess what I'm trying to say is they are good and I would recommend them, but their not great. Maybe if I use them more I would notice more. I do have to say some of the liturgies can be quite agitating but that probably just means I have more crap to dissolve.

check into Healing with Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford it's a great book about integrating western and eastern nutrition with a emphasis on eating no animal products.

Do you have seasonal allergies? Like allergies to grasses and trees and pollen? If you are talking about that type of allergy (compared to food or pet allergies) you might want to try local honey. I have tried it all over the years from over the counter med to freeze dried stinging nettles and most things in between. Whats worked best for me is Honey that is made in the area i live. I have done an experiment also where i would buy any kind of honey and try that and local honey and take that and the local honey has always helped where as the regular honey didn't do anything. All you do is take a teaspoon of local honey(from your area/state) a day. I still every once in a while get allergy attacks but it not very often, you should give it a try its cheap and effective.

For all the fans of Peter Ralston here (which I'm am) I just received his new book called The Book of Not Knowing it's 26 chapters and 581 pages long. I just started reading it and I'm already grinning ear to ear, if anyone else here has read it or is starting to read it let's discuss. I think I will be posting a review every so often as I read through the book because I have a feeling this is a good one.

Thanks for the link. I first read his book Zen body being 3 or 4 years ago and it just struck such a chord with me and because I loved that book so much I decided to order Cheng Hsin: Principles of Effortless Power, Cheng Hsin Tui Shou: The Art of Effortless Power, and Reflections of Being. Boy where those hard to read especially Reflections of Being. I would reread sentences like 10 times and I still didn't grasp/comprehend what he was saying. So far this new book is more along the lines of Zen body being in comprehension terms. I think his wife helps him put his thoughts/teachings/ideas into layman terms.

Yeah, it's 581 blank pages

there's only a couple differences between the two. Outer dissolving starts at the top of your head and the release point of neutral energy is outward , away from your body. Inner dissolving starts above your head in you etheric body and the release point of neutral energy in inward, into the infinite inner space inside yourself.

start on your body, start on the top of your head. Begin on your skin. As your awareness grows and stabilizes you will start to go deeper into your body/mind.

I agree, everytime I read it I learn something new. It's just so full of info it's great

You might want to look into Healing with Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford. I know in the wood/liver section of the book he has a section on liver/gallbladder cleanses and he mentions doing the olive oil drink but he also mentions a milder cleansing method by drinking 6 cups a day of a strong decotion of chamomile tea. He mentions alot of people dismiss this method because they don't believe the chamomile tea to be strong enough to have any effects but he has seen a good deal of success with it.

you could aso check out BK Frantzis online bagua course when it comes out this spring http://www.baguamastery.com/

It'ts funny I just picked up this book last Friday and thought about starting a thread on it. I haven't got to the money part of the book yet, but I have been pleasantly suprised with it. This is the first" Chia" book I've bought in years and so far i'm glad I did.