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a car window, I assume

My Lenovo yoga is instant-on, instant-off with win 8.1 (not sure how much a role the ssd plays in that)

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That sounds an awful lot like one of the movements from the classic shibashi sequence

Tbh, you'd be best served by first learning correct Wuji posture, and then bringing a variety of arm positionsinto it. Wide mabu involves more than just copying a posture. There are internal dynamics that have to develop over time. The same dynamics are component parts of Wuji, too, but more gentle.

8.1 is a huge download, but worth it. I would downgrade to win7 (and was in the process of doing just that) before working with 8.0.

That was a good idea, Hagar! It doesn't look nearly as extreme as I was picturing it. Your back isn't rounded like the skier's (good). I'd almost put that into a "squat" category. You should be able to shift your weight to your heels by letting your butt sink lower and leaning a little less, and that should in turn calm your pulse a little. I would at least try it just to see how it feels. 2 Questions -- can you breathe comfortably? How do you hold your head when not making a demo video? I think it shouldn't be any different than standard wuji position and not lifted the way you did a couple times in the video. Gonna give it a try :-)

I think thats a very wise conclusion :-) A couple hours ago, I had to wait 45 minutes for my daughter's piano lesson, which takes place in the basement of a very nice Catholic church in the next town over. It was raining outside so I just hung out in the foyer with my dog (the dog doesn't like the rain, haha) and took the opportunity to stand Wuji. There's a full-length mirror and I was standing about seven meters from it, looking at myself (and my dog sitting next to me). After twenty miuntes, the piano teacher came up to use the toilet and interrupted me, but I went back to it after he left. The mirror made it interesting. First, simply as a way to keep track of my posture and my level of relaxation, especially my face/forehead/smile, and second, well, some weird stuff started happening, stuff that involved being transported through the mirror ...

Again. (I'm speechless). I'm not! Ha ha ha ha ha! Olé! Ha ha ha! :-)

Or two-thousand-fourteen :-) (we had a short summer this year, as point of reference haha)

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but this is true for all static, standing practices, no? What about the specific posture Hagar is describing? haha nice They've all got their feet turned outward, which makes a world of difference, I can do that a long long time. Feet parallel is far more challlenging.

I think those goals would simply be working against the posture and it's probably better to a) don't hold this one for more than a few minutes and have another posture to balance it out. It could take years for this posture to 'cool down' for you and by that time you'll either be on to something else, or dealing with side-effects (again, these are just thought-bubbles on my part, based on some personal experience but not directly with your posture). To reduce the over-yang condition of this particular posture, maybe try to make adjustments so that your weight is settled about 60% on your heels(?). But again, that's fighting the natural tendency of your Crouching Tiger and, I dunno, maybe he bites.

is it win 8.1? They fixed many issues (win 8.0 is a disaster). And it really only makes sense with a touchscreen. Win 7 is on my standard laptop and I wouldn't even consider 'updating'.

I believe hagar is experienced enough to know that, or to have a well-founded approach regarding intention.

heavy-duty stuff, there! For mere mortals like us (or anyone else), there is no one way. There are many variations on the theme(s), each with its own unique effect on the practitioner. One thing to watch is the palms and the direction they face. Rule of thumb: hands turned toward body warms and builds up energy; hands turned away from body cools and releases excess. Fists close Laogong, stopping flow, building power; palms together are completing a closed circuit... Every school has its special, esoteric techniques and methods and the postures will always be part of a bigger system. Out of the context of the complete system, the effect will be different.

I have Win 8.1 on my ultrabook and love it. Does your Dell have a touch screen? You do have 8.1, I presume (if not, update now).

Being an American with a daughter in German school (9th form "Grammar School", the most academic/challenging of the three systems here) and knowing how incredibly hard she works at it, it's always frustrating seeing her tests and reports come back filled with red ink after correcting, and with rarely better than an average grade. For the first four years, the kiddies aren't allowed to write with anything other than a fountain pen, and no correcting allowed. The penmanship in the first form was more strictly graded than the academic subjects in my US high school. Regarding the competition, I like the word 'challenge' better, or 'remote group training', or somethihng like that? That makes more sense to me 45 minutes standing yesterday evening -- after about ten minutes of arm swinging and leg circling exercises: 15 minutes Wuji; 15 minutes Metal posture (holding ball in front of chest, legs in Wuji posture, it's really just a variaiton on Wuji); 15 minutes Fire posture (hands raise from chest to hairline, also just a variation on Wuji); then three or so minutes hands on LDT; finished with extremely slow 'qi games' and slef-massage .... I don't do horse stance or any really deep postures. I hold specific one-legged postures to open my Fanhuangong sessions, and practice staff-holding, bow stance sometimes. The most intense posture for me is still Wuji.

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woah, classic thread, mega-kudos to Trunk for starting it a short nugget I want to jot down before I sign off for the night -- I used to exclude the chakras completely from my practice and from my world-view. But now I see it like this: the three classic dantiens associate with the 'even numbered' chakras, and the four remaining chakras function as gates or could be seen as smaller centers that are more closely associated with movement or transformation (enabling and encouraging it, or hindering it as needed and where necessary) between the three dantien. I would perhaps associate them with communication.

I agree with this. I wasn't sure if I was reading the description correctly. Someone needs a fatter horse I've been doing a lot of standing for quite a while ago. Never thought of it as a competition. I think experience should be factored into the standings -- the more you have, the longer you have to go

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I hope someone with direct experience enters the thread for you but I think it's very unusual. Is it for martial training? Sounds like it to me, except for the rounded back. Definitely a yang-heavy posture. Think about it. When we get ready to leap into actionn, we shift our weight to the balls of the feet, like the 'get set' stage of 'on your marks, get set, go!'. And you're setting yourself into that stage and that energy. Your pulse should rise and your awareness should expand, along with your level of tension. So, as possible negative effects I'd say things that are associated with giddiness, tension and stress. You called it 'uplifting', which fits my expectations and I'd say don't let it lift you up too far and be sure to balance it out with more 'standard' zhan zhuang standing/horse stance. But like I indicated, I'm just thinking outloudly. Try to keep the thread alive, I'd like to read other people's take on it. It's interesting that your back doesnt give you trouble, by the way. Also, the iPhone idea is clever. You put it on the floor, I imagine :-)

cool, haven't encountered that before. Crouching Tiger, I'd say. Ready to leap. Extremely yang state, no? Is your weight on the heels or more toward the front/yongchuan? Is your bck as rounded as the skiier's?

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