Trunk

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  1. Hello Everyone

    welcome
  2. Urgent: Bad Gateway 502

    on-going thread for this issue:
  3. Software issues.

    Just logged in: super zippy. - notifications: fast. .. betting it was fixed toot suite
  4. Software issues.

    is it just me, or is the site slowing down again? (Unsure if it's my Internet connection that sometimes fluctuates in speed)
  5. Dan tien too tough

    My observational is that the excavation of the layers of the abdomen, opening tissues and channels, activating acupoints and alchemy ... is both really foundational + typically overlooked in the western-popularized-Daoist movement ... in past decades. There's been a lot of improvement. Anyway, a deep topic and I don't have any single solution ... my main point is that you are in vital worthwhile territory .. that sometimes is a long term project. Keep a lookout for methods in this topic area, in many of the internal arts. cheers, Keith a couple of threads that cruise around this territory:
  6. The two gentler layers (above), so simple and short. If I do 2-3 breaths at each Ren acupt that I choose, I can easily activate a sampling of acupts along the abdomen. This is easy enough to do any time. (the #3 vertebral joint opening much more rarely, and only before bed) I find that all of my more traditional abdominal practices, as well as standing & practices in general, have benefited.
  7. Software issues.

    Sean goes by Jules, now. Same person site owner, different name. Oh, and f'in' bravo! that the site is running stable fast & smooth now. relieved ... was causing me background anxiety, lol - Keith
  8. Software issues.

    Reports of good speed, functionality lately ... same for everyone? Holding steady?
  9. Introduction

    Welcome, Yuluka. - Trunk
  10. New to the group

    Welcome, Shane. - Trunk
  11. Old person

    hello, Ian.
  12. Software issues.

    Just now, at least, the site did everything quickly. My observation is that there has been improvement, but occasional snag at this/that feature (hoping all resolved?) ... How are the rest of you experiencing TDBs site performance, now and very recently? - Trunk
  13. To the Mods

    We've been having some technical difficulties. Apologies for the bother, Thanks for your patience, Trunk
  14. Hopefully this is my last post on this, get it off my mind ... REN, exploring some ideas ... 1. I'm cautious about "flowing" energy through channels. Yeah, I do it some, but also cautious ... do I know which direction? it really goes?, or should go? Often, "nope". Specifically regarding ren, some Ch.medical texts say that there's a branch of ren that goes up. (My experience is that there's flow - at least in the vicinity of ren - that goes up and down) 2. I do like activating points, deepening the alchemy that happens at a point ... and then the energy goes where ever it goes from there. 3. I do find connecting to the center to be reliably refining. 4. The "ming lines", and the general integration of front ~ back I find to be progressive. Not merely the loop-d'-loop of the orbit. Consider in regards to the above.