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Hello Cobie, Thanks for your question. My Answer: No. What you described is not the commonly experienced tangible effect of FP Qigong in the head, according to hundreds of descriptions and accounts by FP practitioners of the energy phenomena they experienced while practicing both the standing and seated FP Qigong meditations. More than 95% reported more startling, deeper effects from doing the seated MSW meditations. Speaking subjectively from my experience in this art since I learned it in 1991, the "washing" sensation in the brain is not from side to side nor is it a feeling of energy "flow" between one's headspace and the environment--i.e. between inner and outer, or self and environment. But a profound slowly, gently roiling, thick sudsing, or "washing" sensation of all the matter inside the skull at the level of the eyes and above, that is thorough and balanced. To date, FP's "washing" sensations are also the most blissful experiences that I have ever experienced in my life (--yes, even more blissful than great sexual intercourse with an equally healthy and high-spirited woman). I also want to clarify language in describing this experience: my teacher, GM Doo Wai, used the words, "a washing in the brain." and also that FP Qigong "pushed back the energy of the head", as he pointed with his index finger to his hairline and moved it slowly back towards the crown of his head. This was his way of stating how the FP Qigong activates the body's self-healing faculties. I don't like to use the term "brainwashing" to describe FP Qigong's energy sensations in the head region obviously because of the word's most common meaning. Also, for a good number of years now, I prefer to describe it more scientifically by naming the parts of the brain affected--i.e., specific brain centers such as frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occiptal lobe/hindbrain, etc. So I'd like to put it out to all FP practitioners who have experienced profound and moving energy sensations in the head during and after FP Qigong practice to post their experiences using the most precise scientific language that they can. To learn the language of brain anatomy, just Google "parts of the brain" or what I searched under: "lobes of the brain", "names of brain centers." Johns Hopkins Medical School has a good page on brain anatomy and function: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/anatomy-of-the-brain 'Looking forward to learning more about everyone's "head trips"! Sifu Terry Dunn P.S. Also, I want to clearly differentiate my tangible experience of the Flying Phoenix Healing Qi from the energy transformations brought about my practice of Yang style Tai Chuan in the manner of Prof. Cheng Man-Ching, which I learned from late Masters Abraham Liu (1980-1992) and Benjamin Lo (13 consecutive summer retreats) and which I currently study under GM William C.C. Chen (since 2013). FP Healing Qi is completely different "flavor" of vital energy that contrasts greatly against the "jing" cultivated through Tai Chi Chuan practice in that the former is lighter, purely healing energy that has an intelligence of its own, while the latter is an elastic-feeling martial energy, which has to be directed by one's shen. The gradual cultivation of Tai Chi's jing through form practice and Tui-shou, or course, brings about Tai Chi's broad range of solid and clinically proven health benefits. Tai Chi Chuan training is not without its high points and profundities, mind you: after about 4-5 years of training with my first teaching, Gen. Abraham Liu, I was doing Tai Chi forms in L.A.'s Rancho Park when suddenly I felt like I was totally--100%-- electrified--like struck by a bolt of lightning, but with no pain or discomfort whatsoever. I had no volitional control over my body. I tried to move but my body wouldn't do my brain's and will's bidding. I felt rather helpless and a total clutz in a weird way. But I was totally "charged", full of sensation, and could feel everything around me--I mean everything in the environment. I was standing wondering what was going on and couldn't take a step or move my arms more than a few inches. Then I became very self-conscious and worried that someone might see me in this slightly catatonic state and come mug me or something. The filled-with-lightning sensation gradually subsided and I was back to my ol' self and normal functioning within about 4-5 minutes. I later found out from my teacher that that was a normal benchmark in Tai Chi Chuan training. Back to FP Qigong: Another prominent distinction that differentiates FP Qigong from all other Qigong systems is that diligent regular practice--over many months, not years--will cultivate a healthy superabundance of FP Healing Qi that has powerful and unique restorative properties (and as I mentioned, an intelligence of its own) and that manifests in one's aura and internal/inward vision as a certain color--that can be and has been captured on film and video media. www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

Hi Learner, For all the years that I've taught FP Qigong (since 1992), I have not had students who had a diagnosed form of ADHD until only last year. I have one serious student who had ADHD as a child, who said he had typical symptoms of short attention span, constant tension, and profound restlessness, which all caused some learning difficulties throughout schooling. Now 38 years old, he is extremely intelligent and well-read, versatile and hard-working, active in his community, but repeatedly frustrated in reaching life goals during various stages of his life. His assessment of FP Qigong' effect on his generally tense comportment and behavior is extremely positive--and overlaps some of the primary benefits cited on this thread by other FP practitioners. He started FP Qigong last fall at a workshop I gave in Catskill, NY, and says he's never found any regimen or meditative discipline that calms him down so quickly and reliably as FP Qigong--and also where the calmness continues for hours after practice. I'll let you know if I get more info about FP Qigong benefits and ADHD. Hope this helps. Best, Sifu Terry www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

Hello daokedao, Thank you for your comprehensive report at 2.5 months of the positive and enjoyable experiences you've had with FP Qigong byusing just the exercises on Volumes 1 and 2. Here are my responses to your specific statements and questions: Hey everyone, I've been practicing Flying Phoenix for 2.5 months now, specifically DVD's 1 and 2. I'm absolutely addicted. I've already gotten significant benefits, like overall relaxation and clearing a cold really quickly without any medication. • Yep, 2 to 3 months of regular practice of basic FP meditations taught on Vols. 1 and 2 will activate the body's self-healing faculties (induce allostasis). And the shutting down of colds is one of the first noticeable effects of FP Qigong training. Before FP, I practiced some other systems for about 4 years. They were also amazing, but I hit a plateau with my health and found my way to FP. I'm still doing the other practices, but I've carved out big chunks of my day to just do FP. • Having other Chinese holistic practices under your belt only supports and enhances the healing efficacy of FP Qigong. It is very compatible with other healing Qigong systems. I have a couple questions: 1) I am currently training in BJJ and MMA. Is it a bad idea to practice Flying Phoenix right before? Sifu Terry has touched on this before but I'm unclear on the specifics. • The key qualification in your question is "right before." You can practice FP Qigong before you do BJJ and MMA, but NOT IMMEDIATELY before you practice them--because (A) it is unsafe, and (B) FP Qigong energy does not and cannot fuel, or conduct, or actuate any type of martial intent. (a) One should NOT do FP Qigong immediately before combat training or real combat because FP is a purely healing and restorative Qigong that puts you in a very sensitized auto-healing mode called allostasis. And the longer you practice, the deeper this restorative process of allostasis becomes and the more sensitive your entire body becomes to everything in your environment. If you suddenly switch to martial training or real combat of any type, your mind may want your body to fight, but your body will still be filled with the FP Healing Qi--which has a constant and lingering healing quality. Plus, FP Healing Qi has the interesting characteristic that it cannot be moved or directed with martial intent. And martial energy won't be mustered unless there's an imminent thread to life and limb that triggers your "fight or flight" reflex. ( I learned this at an early workshop I gave in 1997 in St. Paul, MN, where after the last session of a 3-day workshop, the students asked for a demonstration of the effects of Qi across a distance. But I couldn't switch out of the FP Qigong's restorative mode ("rest, feed, and breed") and into combat mode ("fight or flight") because there was no imminent threat to my life and limb and I was still floating in deep self-healing bliss after leading 14 hours of FP practice. So my attempt to instantly demonstrate the martial Qi failed. Slightly embarrassed, I explained on the fly that I needed to completely switch out of healing mode into martial mode. so then I did a quick breath control sequence from the Bat Dim Gum system (8 Sections of Energy Combined) to switch to martial mode, then tried it again. And then it worked fine and raised all eyebrows in the room.) •> Plus, if you somehow allow yourself to absorb blows while still in deep allostasis induced by FP Qigong, your vital energy system and your health can be severely damaged, as I've warned throughout this thread.•< 2) Is it significant if I don't get that many involuntary movements? While I occasionally get some minor jerking and twitching, it's nothing like the entire body gyrating like some people report in this thread. • No, not significant at all. Everybody responds differently to the FP Qigong healing energy. Some vibrate a lot involuntarily; others very little or not at all. I had a very experienced martial artist named Mark Goblowsky (who had a school) come to one of my early FP Qigong workshops in St. Paul, MN in 1997. I noticed that he didn't vibrate much throughout the entire workshop. And when I taught the workshop group a very advanced 10,000 Buddhas (standing) Meditation in the final session of the workshop, Mark did not vibrate one bit. That told me that he was very well-trained and had very well-developed Qi circulation. Since you've been practicing FP for 2.5 months and devoting a "good chunk of time" each day to it, I would say that lack of involuntary vibratory states can indicate one of these two possible conditions: (A) that you are so well-practiced in Qigong, BJJ and MMA and have so little deep-seated tensions and time-bound pains in your body that there is no energy "blockages" to vibrate out of the system. (B) that you are so banged up from BJJ and MMA --plus life's very hard knocks--and are so loaded with tension encrusting your deeper pains in muscles, bones, nervous system, and organs, that it's only a matter of time and your regular daily FP Practice before that corporalized and repressed pain comes into awareness and is released. Also, I found it fascinating how FP is so different from other types of qigong! A lot of crucial cornerstones of other practices don't seem to make any difference in my Flying Phoenix practice. • Yes, in the entire universe of Qigong and of Yoga, FP Qigong demonstrably stands out as unique. The yogic methodology of FP Qigong and all the Ehrmei Mtn. Bok Fu Pai internal arts is different from all other Qigong methods and systems. As stated many times before on this thread: no visualizations whatsoever, no mental concentration on anything is required--other than doing the percentage breath control sequences correctly and then doing the concomitant posture or form correctly. Anyways, I'm really glad I found this awesome qigong art and I'm excited to join the community. • Great that are enjoying this art and I hope that you'll discover its full range of benefits. Welcome to the FPCK community. Also really thankful for how simple and clear Sifu Terry's instructions are on the DVDs and website. • Thank you for this compliment. I'm very pleased with how the DVD series--made in 2004--turned out. Thanks for your good questions. Sifu Terry P.S. To see Mark's generous testimonial on FP Qigong, see the very last comment on this page of reviews on my website: http://www.taichimania.com/CKFH_reviews.html

Hi Pak_Satrio, What you describe as "Cool liquid at top of the head" is what GM Doo Wai described long ago as the very common "washing" sensation..and what I later felt as activation of specific brain centers. What you've experienced is a sign of very good progress in FP Qigong. Let me know if you experience very specific parts of the brain that you feel the cool liquid "washing". Sifu Terry www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

Hello Beep, Yes, it's okay to train in Xingyi Quan. Tao Tan Pai 31 Meditations, and FP Qigong all in the same day. But i don't advise doing all 3 in the same session. Do your TTP-31 and FP Qigong separately and not in same session in which you do Xingyi. And if you want to practice TTP-31 and FP Qigong in the same session or in close temporal proximity, practice TTP-31 before FP Qigong because as I'm sure I've mentioned before, TTP-31 serves as a superb/fantastic foundational catalyst that intensifies and prolongs the healing effects of the FP Qigong. Enjoy your practice of all three arts. Sifu Terry www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

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Hi Beep, Two suggestions for you--and any other practitioners who experiencing discomfort doing the seated MSW meditations on Volume 2: (1) Use a meditation pillow. It's fine to sit on a meditation pillow or a booster cushion that raises your seat a few inches that makes the half-lotus or crossed-legged position comfortable.. (2) Prop your back up against a wall or piece of furniture like a ottoman or front of a couch. As I've posted starting in Year One of this thread, FP Qigong is very accommodating and user-friendly. You can start the seated meditations with your back against a wall and then eventually move away from the wall to practice. Enjoy. And feel free to send me a video of your seated MSW practice if you are still experiencing problems. Best, Sifu Terry P.S. Today, as a warm-down at the end of my Tai Chi Class 11a.m., after 75 min. of Tai Chi form practice, I led the class in practicing these 4 standing FP Qigong meditations-- Monk Gazing at Moon, Monk Holding Peach, Monk Holding Pearl, and Wind Above the Clouds --for a total of 40 minutes.

Hi Beep, Two suggestions for you--and any other practitioners who experiencing discomfort doing the seated MSW meditations on Volume 2: (1) Use a meditation pillow. It's fine to sit on a meditation pillow or a booster cushion that raises your seat a few inches that makes the half-lotus or crossed-legged position comfortable.. (2) Prop your back up against a wall or piece of furniture like a ottoman or front of a couch. As I've posted starting in Year One of this thread, FP Qigong is very accommodating and user-friendly. You can start the seated meditations with your back against a wall and then eventually move away from the wall to practice. Enjoy. And feel free to send me a video of your seated MSW practice if you are still experiencing problems. Best, Sifu Terry P.S. Today, as a warm-down at the end of my Tai Chi Class 11a.m., after 75 min. of Tai Chi form practice, I led the class in practicing these 4 standing FP Qigong meditations-- Monk Gazing at Moon, Monk Holding Peach, Monk Holding Pearl, and Wind Above the Clouds --for a total of 40 minutes. www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

Hi Beep, As Miffymog correctly advised, you can eat something right after doing FP Qigong--especially if you wish to turn off the cultivation process ignited by the FP Qigong practice. But don't eat or drink anything that's ice cold soon after practicing any type of Qigong. As i described in past posts, that's called "cracking the ting" --i.e., "cracking the caldron that's been heated up". Not eating food 30 minutes before you practice Flying Phoenix is a good rule to abide by. Sifu Terry Dunn www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

To all FP Qigong experienced practitioners: On July 28 to 30, I will be teaching my bi-annual 3-day, 14-hour immersive workshop teaching Taoist Elixir Method ("Tao Tan Pai") Basic 31 Meditations ("TTP-31") at the Tao Retreat center in Catskill, NY (Han Chinese Culture Estate). This workshop is Zoomable. Taoist Elixir Method ("Tao Tan Pai") is the other Taoist monastic system of Kung Fu, Qigong, and healing arts that I preserve besides Flying Phoenix Qigong and the encompassing Ehrmei Mtn. Bok Fu Pai tradition. GM Doo Wai was a peer, fellow kung fu grandmaster and friend of Taoist priest Share K. Lew, the 23rd generation priest of the Tao Tan Pai tradition. Tao Tan Pai is a more ancient tradition that Bok Fu Pai Kung Fu by more than 700 years. Full details about Tao Tan Pai are on this issue of the Newsletter: https://terencedunn.substack.com/p/tao-tan-pai-31-meditations-workshop?sd=pf If your FP Qigong is well established--i.e., you have been practicing it for more than one year and have all the material in Vols.1 to 3 memorized--i.e., up through "Moonbeam Splashes On Water"--then I strongly recommend learning and practicing the TTP-31 because it happens to work as a foundational catalyst that greatly enhances and prolongs the healing effects of FP Qigong--even though it is a totally different style of Qigong with drastically different/worlds apart yogic methodology than that of FP Qigong. I first realized the great synergy of doing FP Qigong preceded by TTP practice as soon as I learned FP Qigong fro GM Doo Wai in 1993. Then starting in 2013, I further experienced this catalyzing effect with while I was teaching both arts as NCCAOM-accredited courses at Emperors College of TCM in Santa Monica, CA. Then I proved this synergy beyond any doubt starting in 2017 when began teaching both arts-- one hour of TTP-31 practice followed by one hour or more of FP Qigong practice. Since Jan. 2020, in my weekly Sunday course called "Qigong For Health For First Responders," I teach one hour of TTP-31 practice followed by one hour of FP Practice--set at the appropriate levels based on the experience of the students in the class or taking it remotely via Zoom. These are reviews of by two of my long-term east coast students since 2017 who have taken the full FP Qigong workshop several times and also my Tao Tan Pai Basic 31 Workshops at Eastover Estate in lenox, MA when I was master-in-residence there from 2017 to 2022, attesting to the powerful enhancing effects that TTP-31 has on FP Qigong practice: 2 Reviews of “Qigong For Health For First Responders” class by Master Terence Dunn on March 29, 2020 (one hour of TTP Basic 31 Meditations + one hour of Flying Phoenix Qigong) I felt a surge of tangible sensations coursing through my entire body, streams of subtle vibrations and tingling with a particular focus in the chest and head areas. Unlike the typical calming, relaxing, and sometimes sedative effects that I usually experience from Flying Phoenix Qigong practice, this pattern of energy was more invigorating, enlivening, and longer-lasting. I was alert and full of energy with an underlying sense of ease and contentment. Its effects were still mildly present three hours after the practice session ended, and most surprisingly, after a heavy meal, something I haven't quite experienced before even having attended a dozen intensive workshops. Although we only practiced basic exercises from each system, my experience mimicked ones I’ve had practicing advanced meditations of Tao Tan Pai Qigong and Flying Phoenix Qigong separately in longer sessions. I can only attribute these effects to the thoughtful, specific, and unique combination of TTP and FP that was offered by Master Terry Dunn. --Spencer Lawrence, Jersey City, NJ I’ve studied with Sifu Terry Dunn for 5 1/2 years at Eastover and any place else I could get the chance. The major focus of that study had been Flying Phoenix Qigong and related Bak Fu Pai arts. I’ve taken a couple of workshops in Tao Tan Pai but never gave it any thought, devotion or practice. Recently I’ve partaken in Sifu Dunn’s Sunday class “Tao Tan Pai + Flying Phoenix Qigong for Peak Immunity...” It consists of one hour of Tao Tan Pai followed another hour of Flying Phoenix. For the last 12 weeks I’ve faithfully practiced TTP daily with profound results. My lung capacity has greatly increased; my inhalation and exhalation are longer and deeper now (something useful In this time of pandemic). I’ve noticed, too, that my heart rate has slowed down by 5 beats per minute. As to the synergistic relationship of these two seemingly unrelated disciplines, I’ll mention a few. Tao Tan Pai is the perfect warmup for Flying Phoenix Qigong. It loosens both the body and mind. It deepens the relaxation response putting one in an altered state much sooner. This state of relaxation is so deep that by the end of Sunday’s class I can barely keep my eyes open. This is especially true of the Monk Serves Wine series of exercises. My personal practice will forevermore start with TTP and end with Flying Phoenix. --Tony Arcuri, Queens, NY See you on July 28 on Zoom or in Catskill. Sifu Terry www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

Hi EFreethought, Welcome to the world of Flying Phoenix practice and our FPCK thread. Yes, please follow my instructions on (mentally) calibrating your breath cycle into 10 parts that Searcher7977 was kind enough to find and quote for you. Don't limit yourself to a 10 second inhalation or exhalation. There are many people who are born with large lung capacities and can easily take longer breathes than average. Then there are people who either due to genetics or high stress, take much shorter breathes than the average.. There are athletes who do aerobic sports and non-athletes who do aerobic sports, aerobic exercise, or Yoga who have developed large lung capacity (tidal volume), take deeper longer breathes, and have developed resting breathes per minute that's lower than the average rate of breathes per minute. (which is 12 to 16 breathes per minute, btw). Many people can comfortably take breathes longer than 10 seconds for each inhalation and 10 sec. for each exhalation while doing certain activities. For a very good example: in the other Taoist monastic Qigong system that I preserve and teach, Tao Tan Pai ("Taoist Elixir Method"), the very first exercise in the first level practice called the "Basic Tao Tan Pai 31 Meditations" ("TTP-31") is called "Circling Palms", which involves doing inward circling of both arms at shoulder level on a horizontal plane (palms facing the floor) while standing dead-center (double-weighted) in the square horse stance ("ma-bu")...as seen here in at the beginning of this overview video of the TTP-31 showing 8 of the meditations: One does 8 cycles of the Circling Palms (right and and then left arm sweeps) in one set. The standard orthodox practice is doing 4 sets (of 8 cycles). The regular daily practice of 4 sets of 8 of just this first exercise will gradually and steadily expand one's lung capacity and reduce the number of breathes per minute that one needs to take. And the training goal of Circling Palms--according to how I was trained in the mid-70's at the Taoist Sanctuary in Los Angeles under Taoist priest Share K. Lew and his senior student, the ven. John Davidson, is to systematically increase one's breath cycle up to 20 seconds on each exhalation and 20 seconds on each inhalation. It's doable and only a matter of conditioning with the right method. So all that is to say: develop keen awareness of your breathing cycle just by being mindful of your breathing while at rest over long periods. You and others can try this method: 1. Take about 10 deep breathes (or more) --where each breath inhalation and exhalation is at least 5 seconds long (i.e., so that each breath is 10 seconds long). 2. Then take in as full and long a breath as you can comfortably inhale. (Swimmers can Imagine your about to swim a good distance underwater...and then take a very deep inhalation. 3. Then exhale that deep breath you're holding and calibrate it into equal 10 parts. (I found that silently saying "one potato, two potato, three potato, etc." allows one to effect the 10 part calibration. If you're a super athlete or Aquaman, you can count 10 parts using "one potato-with-butter", etc.) Regards, Sifu Terry www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

Hi EFreethought, Welcome to the world of Flying Phoenix Qigong practice and to our jazzy thread! Yes, please follow my advice for mentally calibrating the breath cycle into 10 parts that Searcher7977 so kindly found and quoted for you. He's right, you don't have to strive towards or limit yourself to 10 seconds per each inhalation and exhalation. Not everyone can stretch their breath duration to 10 seconds on the inhalation or exhalation. There is an average resting breathing rate for humans, which is 12 to 16 breathes per minute (thus 5 seconds per breath [2.5 secs. per each inhalation and exhalation] or shorter is "normal"). Every person has their own resting breathing rate. Plus lung capacity and breathes/minute can be readily trained and conditioned to super-normal durations by exercise and voluntary training or involuntary reaction to stress. Athletes who do aerobic sports and non-athletes who do aerobic sports and exercise can easily expand their lung capacities and lower their heart rates and breathes per minute--and maintain these higher functional levels--by their active professions and lifestyles. So can practitioners of Yoga (--I mean, real Yoga like Ashtanga Yoga, Arobindo's Integral Yoga, and Iyengar Yoga--the way they were taught in the 1960's (as opposed to the diluted, over-commercialized, 5th generation New Age, tea-and-sympathy, "a.m./p.m." wastes-of-time that only makes leotard, yoga mat and incense companies wealthy). As a good example: in Tao Tan Pai ("Taoist Elixir Method") Nei Kung, the other Taoist monastic Qigong system I preserve and teach (that I started learning 18 years before I started FP Qigong with GM Doo Wai), the first level Qigong is the Basic Tao Tan Pai 31 Meditations ("TTP-31"). As the name reflects, this level consists of 31 Meditations. The 31 consists of 15 standing and 16 seated. Each exercise and the sequencing of the entire system was designed in the Tang Dynasty (24 generations ago) to effectively increase lung capacity, decreases the resting respiratory rate (breathes per minute at rest). And the first exercise of the 31 is a signature exercise called "Circling Palms" (also called "Cloud Hands"--but no relation or similarity to Tai Chi's "Wave Hands Like Clouds"). This exercises consists of overlapping inward circling of the arms done on a horizontal plane and at shoulder level. And when this circling pattern is done the classically prescribed number times or rounds in each session a regular daily basis (with the appropriate follow-up meditations), this conditioning gradually and steadily expands the practitioner's respiratory efficiency far above normal while keeping the body in parasympathetic tone throughout. During my years of training at the Taoist Sanctuary under my favorite teacher the ven. John Davidson, we would work our way up to 20 seconds for each inhalation and 20 seconds for each exhalation. Circling Palms is seen in the the beginning of this overview video showing 8 of the TTP-31 Meditations: *All of the 31 basic meditations work individually and together synergistically in the classical sequence to effectively expand lung capacity (tidal volume), reduce resting respiratory rate--through a yogic methodology that coordinates the functions of eyes, mind, movement, and breath--where the eyes and mind constantly directs the flow and manifestation of the internal energy (Qi) to the intended part of the body, starting with the hands. The TTP-31 Meditations as a system develops natural body mechanics that enables frictionless movement to do better kung fu--which in the broader sense going beyond martial arts means "mastering work". And, again, the Qi cultivated by the TTP Yogas is a general vital energy that can be directed by one's shen (psychic focus or intentionality) to effect healing or to empower kung fu or any type of physical or athletic activity. Traditionally, the TTP-31 is practiced concomitantly with the TTP Five Animals Kung Fu forms--tiger, dragon, snake, crane, and monkey, where all the kung fu forms have the TTP Yoga built into them, making each one an essential complement to the practice of TTP-31 system and the higher levels of the Tao Tan Pai Nei Kung system. In other words, without the Kung Fu forms, one cannot attain the full benefits of the TTP Yogas. • I repeat again that the the Flying Phoenix Healing Qi has purely healing properties and cannot be used in any way with martial intent. Qi cultivated by the TTP Nei Kung system--at any level--is different from which . Because FP Healing Qi purely healing and restorative and because FP Qigong is tamper-proof and asshole-proof, I've been able to teach the complete art including the esoteric breathing formulas since I first learned it from GM Doo Wai. (I can now say this after 14 years on this thread), in •for it scares away evil people who don't like the feel of its health transformation) of [And, again, in answer to your question and others' questions about how one can learn the TTP-31 system, the answer is only through my classes and workshops that are Zoomable--or those given my classmates who trained at the Taoist Sanctuary. There are no published instructional materials on Tao Tan Pai.] All that said: the bottom line in terms of how to calibrate your breathing cycle into equal 10 parts is is to be very mindful of your breathing over a good period of time. Here's one healthy approach for beginners that I haven't posted before: (1) Take a series of deeper-than-normal breathes all of the same approximate duration--and try to stretch each breath so that each inhalation and exhalation is more than 5 seconds (that's 10 sec. per breath). That automatically puts you into "parasympathetic tone" (rest and recovery mode). 2. Then take as deep an inhalation as you can comfortably manage and exhale for the same duration; 3. Calibrate or partition each breath into 10 parts. When I first started learning FP, I counted "one potato, two potato, three potato. etc." At the start of this thread, Sifu Garry Hearfield in Australia posted that he also counted "potatoes" when he practiced his Sunn Yi Gung from GM Doo Wai. I hope this clarifies how to do FP Qigong's percentage breath control formulas. Sifu Terry Dunn P.S. btw, LAST CALL for my 14-hour FP Qigong workshop this weekend, June 23 to 25 at Tao Retreat in Catskill, NY that is ZOOMABLE--where all remote students get real-time interactive form corrections and guidance to the same extent as my in-person students. (I have large monitor set up on which I can see all students participating.) WORKSHOP SCHEDULE -- June 23 to June 25: 7 two-hour sessions with 2 sessions on Friday, 3 on Saturday, and 2 on Sunday at these times (EST): Friday: 3pm - 5pm; 7:30pm - 9:30pm EST Saturday: 10am - noon; 2:30pm - 4:30pm; 7:30pm - 9:30pm EST Sunday: 1 0am - noon; 2:30pm - 4:30pm EST •TUITION $350 early registration $385 day of workshop $55 for each of the seven 2-hour sessions • ZOOM PARTICIPATION: $40 per 2-hour session or $250 for all 7 sessions [Zoom log-on links will be emailed to registrants the day before the workshop begins] • Please send payment via Paypal (to [email protected]) or via Zelle (to [email protected] • FULL DETAILS: https://terencedunn.substack.com/p/flying-phoenix-qigong-workshop-14

https://terencedunn.substack.com/p/flying-phoenix-qigong-workshop-14 Hi to all FP Practitioners, I want to share two training tips: (1) The first is one that I had mentioned once before during the first couple months of this thread in 2010--around the same time that "ridingtheox" recommended the same: and that is to practice the capstone Long Form meditation (taught on Vol.4 DVD) two times back-to-back--as slowly as you can. The benefits of of continuous, uninterrupted FP Meditation is self-evident. All you have to do is Just Do It. I did two rounds of the Long Form this morning and on the second round, my postures were lower than ever, more relaxed than ever, and almost completely effortless--whereas the first round I ran into tension that caused breaks, kinks and hitches. The second roundis always slower and smoother than the first round. Of course, I also recommend a third round. (2) Tip Number 2 is a very simple thing to do when you practice the seated "Monk Serves Wine" ("MSW") meditations that will make you more tangibly aware the distinctive, sublimely restorative Flying Phoenix Healing Qi that you are cultivating, increase your enjoyment of the fruits of your practice, and naturally allow you to appreciate the awesomeness of the FP Qigong system--and love its side-effects: a. Rather than doing your seated MSW Meditations on the floor or carpet inside or on grass outside or a yoga mat outside, do them seated on one or two regular bedroom pillows with preferably down filling and cotton pillow cases. (polyester filling is also okay, but down feathers is better) b. Do one, or two, or three, or even four different MSW Meditations (7 rounds for each meditation)--in one sitting. c. When finished, take the (one or) two pillows on which you were sitting and lie down on them (supine)--with the top pillow placed underneath your upper back and neck. You will notice that the "heat" retained in your pillows (especially the top one) is not ordinary body heat but a most distinctively comfortable, soothing, and penetrating type or "flavor" of energy. Call it the Flying Phoenix Healing Qi. It's light and deeply infusing. Also try lying your head sideways on the warmest part of the pillow. I discovered this lovely side effect (of a super-abundance of the FP Healing Qi outside of one's body) back in the early 1990's when I first learned FP Qigong from GM Doo Wai and practiced it more than any other student in our group. But it's only been in the past year that I started doing a lot of MSW practice on a bed, sitting on pillows, and thus regularly experiencing this most pleasant FP Energy phenomenon. I'm sure other FP practitioners have discovered this pleasant effect. Please share your experiences if you have! And state whether you think it's just body heat--or something else. Sifu Terry https://terencedunn.substack.com/p/flying-phoenix-qigong-workshop-14 http://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html

IMMERSIVE 14-HOUR FLYING PHOENIX QIGONG WORKSHOP JUNE 23 to 25 -- ZOOMABLE !! To all Flying Phoenix Qigong practitioners and followers of this thread: On June 23, 24 and 25, I will be conducting a 14-hour immersive workshop in Ehrmei Mountain Flying Phoenix Celestial Healing Qigong that's very suitable for beginners but will be focussed on the intermediate and advanced practices of our art. This will be my first FPCK workshop of 2023 and sixth workshop at the beautiful "Tao Retreat" (Han Chinese Culture Assoc.) at 33 Tao Road in Catskill, NY. The seven 2-hour sessions of this workshop are Zoom-able where all remote attendees will get interactive feedback and corrections just the same as in-person attendees, as I will have a large monitor with everyone's Zoom frames displayed. This new video recently posted on this thread shows the FP Qigong material that I will be teaching at this workshop, including one of the 10,000 Buddha Ascends to Heaven meditations. Pour yourself a cup of tea, sit back, and view this video as my latest reference to correct your form--in order to refine your practice and further experience how elegant, sophisticated, sublime and powerful Feng Do Duks' Flying Phoenix Qigong ("Fei Feng San Gung") system is in its performance and delivery of supreme good health: There's qigong and there's qigong. Then there's Flying Phoenix Qigong that differs from all other Yogic arts created in China or India or anywhere else in the world in the way that it so remarkably fulfills the 5 essential functional criteria of any authentic Qigong system--as defined by the late great Master R.K. Shih (elaborations by me are in italics): (1) prevents disease by elevating immune levels (which I hope to get proven by medical science in the near future) (2) cures (some) diseases by inducing allostasis without adding stress to the system; (3) strengthens the body--by, in the words of GM Doo Wai, "bringing all the organ functions under the regulation of the subconscious mind"; (4) improves intelligence and thereby increases longevity (for starters, by developing the mental function of visualization like no other Qigong art); and (5) develops latent powers (e.g., clairvoyance, clairaudience, remote viewing, remote healing, advanced kung fu, psychokinesis, seeing all forms of energy that go unseen by the consensus reality, etc.) --i.e. If a so-called "qigong" does not develop latent powers, then it is NOT qigong!!!) Astonishing and revelatory for most beginners is the common Flying Phoenix Qi phenomenon where the tangibly energizing and rejuvenating effects experienced during a practice session set on again several hours later in an unexpected total-body Qi-envelopment of the most pleasant and sublimely healing nature. This was echoed by a western physician and professor of public health at Yale School of Public Health in December, 2020, after I she took one two-hour beginner's FP Qigong lesson with me: "Flying Phoenix Qigong practice significantly elevates parasympathetic tone. 90 minutes of practice of this Qigong is restorative in real time and over time afterwards." - Yetsa A. Tuakli-Wosornu, M.D., M.P.H., IOC Dip. Sp. Med. Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale School of Public Health Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology. December, 2020 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE The 3-day immersive workshop on June 23, 24 and 25 consists of 7 two-hour sessions with 2 sessions on Friday, 3 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday at these times (EST): Friday: 3pm - 5pm; 7:30pm - 9:30pm EST Saturday: 10am - noon; 2:30pm - 4:30pm; 7:30pm - 9:30pm EST Sunday: 10am - noon; 2:00pm - 4:00pm EST WORKSHOP AGENDA The goal of this workshop is to help beginning and intermediate FP practitioners reach proficiency in the Long Form Standing Meditation and to introduce them to some of the Advanced Flying Phoenix Meditations—a set of 9 standing moving meditations and to some of other 16 advanced seated “Monk Serves Wine” meditations that I have not yet published. A. Thus each session will review of the Flying Phoenix Qigong meditations presented in the Chi Kung For Health DVD series, with special focus on perfecting the "Moonbeam Splashes On Water" in Volume 3 and the Capstone Long Form Standing Meditation (Vol.4), mastering the five powerful 90-second meditations on Volume 5, and all memorizing the 5 advanced seated meditations on Volume 7 of the DVD series. • All participants are encouraged to practice to the Volumes 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the DVD series prior to the workshop. B. In addition to reviewing the basic level of the FP Qigong system, I will also teach: 1. Excerpts from Advanced Flying Phoenix Qigong Meditations (9 standing moving meditations). 2. Excerpts from Advanced Long Form Seated (Monk Serves Wine) Meditation — consisting of 22 postures. Not that difficult-- twice as long as the MSW meditation on Volume 7 that has the breath-control sequence (70 50 20 10)--plus 2 more movements. 3. Selections from the 10,000 Buddhas Ascend To Heaven Meditations System — a highly esoteric system of martial and healing Qigong consisting of 54 meditations organized into 3 sets of 18. 4. Advanced “Monk Serves Wine” seated Meditations not taught in the DVD series, such as this self-applied acupressure facial massage, repeated 7 times: https://www.facebook.com/1584272222/videos/a.10217921381417870/10217924324531446 C. A 15-minute warm-up module at the start of every class will include: "The Silkweaver’s Exercise" (unaffiliated with any martial art or Taoist tradition but immensely valuable for beginners in almost any internal art); excerpts from Master George Xu's Qing Dynasty Imperial Guard Exercises; the "Short Form Power Yoga" of the Taoist Elixir Method Basic 31 Meditations--all of which have catalyzing and accelerative effects on the Flying Phoenix Qigong cultivation. TUITION $350 early registration $385 day of workshop $55 for each of the seven 2-hour sessions ZOOM PARTICIPATION: $40 per 2-hour session or $250 / all 7 sessions [Zoom log-on links will be emailed to registrants the day before the workshop begins] •• Please send payment via Paypal (to [email protected]) or via Zelle (to [email protected] •• ROOMS & MEAL PLAN: See postscript below or my Newsletter: terencedunn.substack.com If you have any questions about the workshop, please post here or write to me at: [email protected] ** Please also see recent reviews of my last workshop (Sept. 30) posted on this thread by David Lloyd Hastings on October 8 and by Tao Now on October 16. ** I hope to see many, many of you at this post-summer solstice Flying Phoenix Workshop to tune y'all up to be in sync for a most sunny, alchemic, and victorious summer. mitakuye oyasin, Sifu Terry Dunn P.S.: ROOMS AT TAO RETREAT A. There are 3 rentable rooms at the main event hall at Tao Retreat: One room with bathroom: $350 / day* Two rooms with a shared bathroom: $248 / day* B. Ten floor beds in the main tea house / event hall: $60 / night* C. 4 new comfortable trailer rooms with sofa-beds for up to 4 people: $250/night*; $50 for additional person.* *Room or floor bed rent includes each day’s meals. MEALS: 2 excellent meals each day (authentic Xichuan cuisine for lunch and dinner) plus one smoothie or light soup before sleep. • Meals are included with room or floor bed rentals • Meal plan for non-residents: $50 per day. TO MAKE ROOM AND/OR MEAL PLAN RESERVATIONS, PLEASE CONTACT Yurong 豫容 Julia Li 李 at: [email protected] or [email protected] Tel: (917) 828-0731 PLEASE NOTE: The town of Catskill is convenient 14 minutes away by car (8.5 miles) has plenty of comfortable bed & breakfast inns, motels and resorts in and around the nearby town of Catskill such as Wolff's Maple Breeze Resort: https://www.greatnortherncatskills.com/.../wolffs-maple... https://wolffs-maple-breeze-resort.new-york-state.net/en/

For all FP Practitioners and Daobums: I am providing this newly filmed comprehensive general reference showing what 12 of the 24 seated Flying Phoenix meditations (that are collectively called "Monk Serves Wine") looks like. 26 of this video's 32 minutes shows me demonstrating one round of each of the 3 MSW meditations on Vol.2, the 5 more advanced MSW meditations on Vol.7, four unpublished MSW meditations, plus one of the very advanced San Gung Meditations of Feng Do Duk. Of course, orthodox practice is doing 7 rounds of each MSW Meditation's choreography. And each of the 10 Fen Do Duk San Gung meditations is done 18 times. Thus you know by the sheer size of the FP Qigong and the "FDD's Ten San Gung Exercises" codices--along with Sunn Yi Gung and all the BFP internal arts that my sihing Sifu Garry Hearfield preserves-- that all the Bok Fu Pai internal arts could only have been created in a monastic setting like the Ehrmeishan Taoist Temple. I demonstrate all of these seated meditations without presenting each one's breath control formula. Other highlights: • You are not alone in your FP practice: from (26:00) to the end of the video, you will see Monk Holding Peach, Bending the Bows, and one special advanced standing meditation (non-FP) being practiced during some of my FP workshops in Lenox, MA within the past 4 years. • For inspiration and encouragement: at (20:12) on the time code, one of my top FP Qigong students Spencer Lawrence gives an excellent demonstration of one of my favorite MSW meditations (the 3rd one on Volume 7 (70 50 20 10))--during the first session in which he learned it. Impressive. • Special treat: At (30:00) on the time code, is a clip showing my workshop students practicing one of the 54 advanced meditations in the system called, "10,000 Buddhas Ascend To Heaven" ("Wan Fuo Shang Tian"P), which cultivates both 3 different types of martial art energy. 10K Buddhas, named after the tallest peak in the Ehrmeishan range, is a truly esoteric art that Grandmaster Doo Wai used to freak us out when he first showed the system to only me and two of my classmates, Tino Baguio and the late Jeffrey Roth. Note: I shot this video on April 17. So audiences will see how my form has evolved since I produced and released the DVD series 19 years ago. Enjoy...and please share this video and use it as a reference to educate others as to what FP Qigong looks like and how vast, deep, substantial and sophisticated the Flying Phoenix Qigong and its Monk Serves Wine sub-system are. Sifu Terry Dunn http://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

Hi Pak_Satrio, I'm sorry top take so long to reply to your report of this FP mediative experience: But I was traveling a lot during the last half of April. Excellent that you experienced the sublime and blissful jacuzzi "washing" of the brain matter!! "Washing", btw, is the term that GM Doo Wai used when he first taught the Monk Serves Wine seated series to me. I think I even have that comment on video. The energetic "washing" sensation throughout the brain matter is an initial activation of the brain. As you practice more, down the road, you will experience the pleasant charging up and activation of specific brain centers. Just to let you know what's ahead. When you get to feeling that, that will probably cause you to research and study some neurology and brain anatomy. Interesting that it started with a rolling ball sensation up your back. I did so many years of training with GM Doo Wai in standing and seated position that when I do meds. like Monk Holding Pearl in supine position, I just go to sleep...because all our tensions and blocks were worked out by the Bok Fu Pai kung fu forms and in the upright FP postures. Maybe the corrections for Long Form you gave me from our lesson helped the energy flow better. • Yes, that very well may be the case because this brain activation game right after we corrected your Long Form. Because you've been doing the Long Form with the breath control formula each time, the FP Healing Qi cultivation is still ignited each time you practice it. But FP Healng Qi isn't circulating efficiently due to form flaws (like leaning too much in certain postures, shoulders too tense, not deeply rooting into the back leg of the cat stance, not having the arms/hands in correct position, etc.). But once a practitioner corrects such form flaws and removes ALL friction from one's movements--i.e., am able to move with total relaxation as in advanced Tai Chi--and NOT FEEL THE BODY WHILE MOVING (as per the FP Interpretation of HEXAGRAM #52 of the I CHING), the FP Healing Qi will manifest further in unmistakable and tangible ways. Sometimes very intense and yet still sublime. The bliss is lasting for a few hours after that session, let’s see how future training goes!• Not only does the restorative effect of FP practice continue for hours after has stopped a practice session, but as reported by many on the older and longer FPCK discussion thread on www.thedaobums.com, the FP Healing Qi will suddenly set again several hours after the tangible restorative effects have subsided. • Continuous practice of the Long Form 2x a day will only continue to open your energy channels while steadily cultivating a reserve of the FP Healing Qi. When you feel the tangible "reserve" of that FP Healing Qi in your body, and can call it up, then that's another major milestone in your FP cultivation.Congrats on this excellent and very typical benchmark yogic achievement--the blissful "washing" sensation throughout the brain matter.Best,Sifu Terry http://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

Hi Jamie552, I saw the email with the videos today. I will get to them and let you know if they are related to Flying Phoenix Qigong. If you know the breathe control formulas for each of the meditations in question, they may help me identify the meditations because within each Bok Fu Pai energy are, the breath-control formulas a have a certain distinguishing structure. You will hear from me in the next 48 hrs. Sifu Terry Dunn

As I mentioned in my comment to BluePhoenix above regarding vision of Kuan Yin --and I believe i had posted once before in this thread: I STRONGLY recommend that all FP Qigong practitioners read these free online articles written by Daniel Goleman around 1979 that translates and explains the Visuddhimagga and in doing so provides a complete and semantically correct language with which to describe and understand your meditative states of consciousness facilitated by FP Qigong or any meditative practice. PART I, THE TEACHINGS: https://www.proquest.com/openview/ded681544ec561a09e24da20df67db44/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1816469 PART II, A TYPOLOGY OF METHODS: https://www.atpweb.org/jtparchive/trps-04-72-02-151.pdf Otherwise, you can his 1996 book, "The Meditative Mind: The Varieties of Meditative Experience", , which contains the same info. https://www.amazon.com/Meditative-Mind-Varieties-Experience/dp/0874778336/ref=sr_1_7?crid=JIKSIQNGQ9YI&keywords=Daniel+goleman+t&qid=1680853831&sprefix=daniel+goleman+t%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-7 Enjoy and become more articulate about your experiences in MSC. Sifu Terry http://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

BluePhoenix133: This advice is based on my assumption that you saw Kuan Yin during your FP Qigong meditation: Besides shopping for a nice statuette that resembles Kuan Yin as you saw her during your FP meditation, you might consider drawing a likeness / illustration of what you saw. That would re-activate the mental and psychic image you have of Kuan Yin...and perhaps strengthen your spiritual channel with her. Then, after illustrating the likeness, you can even have a sculpture made based on it--although that might be quite expensive to commission if you don't make the sculpture yourself. (I myself have scores of illustrations of the visions I've experienced in meditative states of consciousness ("MSC"-- as defined and used by Daniel Goleman is his ground-breaking translation of the Visuddhimagga [Buddha's original teachings on meditation] that first came out in 1979 in articles in Journal of Transpersonal Psychology titled "The Buddha on Meditation and States of Consciousness, Parts I and II." Btw, I strongly recommend that all FP practitioners read Goleman's articles that are now also in book form. See my next posting.) Sifu Terry http://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

Here is a demo video in which I perform "Moonbeam Splashes On Water"--at proper speed. Moonbeam is the 2nd longest and 2nd most advanced moving meditation in the FP Qigong system. I advise all FP practitioners to redouble their efforts to learn and practice this Meditaiton-- because I know that it's not being practiced enough out there--because I don't get very many questions asked about this particular meditation! This video from 2017 shows my leading a class in the "Moonbeam" meditation during one of my workshops in Lenox, MA--and at pretty much the same speed that's optimal for rejuvenation and restoration: Advice to all: "Get busy with "Moonbeam Splashes on Water!" Sifu Terry Dunn http://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

Hi Lo2022, Further to my answer of last December to your question about making better decisions in life, which I'll refer to as "better executive function": Please view the video that I just posted above of the late Kobe Bryant's comments about how FP Qigong and "Monk Gazing At Moon" in particular helped his concentration and enabled greater success in his basketball career. He sums it all up by saying. "I BOUGHT INTO THE DEEPER CONNECTION." Interesting that it was the late Kobe Bryant who very aptly describes the positive-super integrative and grounding effect of FP Qigong. Good luck, Sifu Terry http://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html terencedunn.substack.com

"I BOUGHT INTO THE DEEPER CONNECTION." --KOBE BRYANT This is a spontaneous testimonial given by the late great Laker star Kobe Bryant about his personal practice of Tai Chi and Flying Phoenix Qigong--and specifically, "Monk Gazing At Moon" that took place 22 years ago when I trained the L.A. Lakers during their 2000-2001 NBA season. For all non-basketball fans: Kobe Bryant was the No.4 highest scorer in NBA history and holder of 8 other unparalleled records. He died 3 years ago in a tragic helicopter crash in Calabasas, CA along with his daughter and seven other friends. The following is copied from my recent Facebook posting and pasted here to confirm for all reading this thread that back in 2000-2001, I trained the L.A. Lakers in Tai Chi, Flying Phoenix Qigong, and basketball-related exercises that I designed for them: 22 years after I trained the L.A. Lakers in--Tai Chi and Qigong as their warmup regimen--during their 2nd World Championship season under Phil Jackson, this tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement by the late Kobe Bryant surfaced and found its way to me: My friend and Qigong student Marcus de Mello just sent this link to me yesterday. It's of the late Kobe Bryant reminiscing about the Tai Chi and Qigong training that I provided the L.A. Lakers throughout their 2000-2001 season. No doubt that the phenomenal success of my Tai Chi For Health instructional videos (on VHS starting in 1991 and still top-selling in the genre today on DVD) made it easier for Phil Jackson to bring me as a specialized trainer (after his predecessor Del Harris's secretary, Chris Luken, showed him my proposal and videos that I had originally sent to Harris). Plus a lot was being written at the time in the college coaching journals about Tai Chi as an effective recovery regimen for basketball players. So for that Sept. 2000 to April 2001 season, the first 50 minutes of every home practice at the Health South center was spent with me teaching the players, coaching staff and trainers Tai Chi and restorative Qigong. As the season progressed, I necessarily added a lot more kung fu conditioning exercises (to burn off the intoxicants in their systems that they came in with every morning). I also created several ball-control and ball-takeaway exercises using simple Tai Chi body mechanics and martial arts footwork that Kobe's teammate, my man Shaq, especially liked. *NOTE OF CORRECTION: Contrary to what Kobe quips in this interview, I NEVER had the players take off their shoes and go barefoot. As a matter of fact, I've never required that students in any of my classes take off their shoes--since I started teaching in 1983(!) LOL. The late Kobe just made that stuff up on the fly in this interview...to add atmosphere, I guess, to his story. But Kobe's overall recollection is correct: I did do all my morning trainings of the team at center court at Health South. And after the first few sessions, he did get into it. The whole team got with the program and Shaq, Mark Madsen, Greg Foster, Devean George, Mike Penberthy, and elder statesman Ron Harper (who came from the Bulls and was 36 yrs old at the time) really loved it. Although this interview show didn't get a photo of me, but just grabbed stock footage of some guy in a robe (who, btw, doesn't do anything close to what I teach), Kobe does identify me as the Laker's Tai Chi trainer when he mentions by name the "Monk Gazing At Moon" exercise and does its hand posture somewhat correctly on camera. "Monk Gazing At the Moon" is one of 32 exercises in Ehrmei Mountain Flying Phoenix Qigong (Fei Feng San Gung), an extremely rare an esoteric system of Taoist monastic Qigong and hygienics--of which I am the sole living 7th generation preserver. Except Kobe got an important detail of this particular exercise all wrong in this interview: "Monk Gazing At Moon" is done with the eyes wide OPEN--not closed! For it says so in its name--LOL!! (It's not called, "Monk Gazing At the Moon Through Closed Eyelids"!!) • Anyway, thank you, Kobe, for mentioning my Tai Chi and Qigong training during this interview--however loosely! And thank you, Marcus, for forwarding to me this bit of acknowledgment 22 years after the fact. My training the Lakers in 2000-1 also started a trend in pro basketball. I was the first Tai Chi trainer in NBA history. My very good friend, Steve Saltman, was close friends since childhood with Ki Ki Vandeweghe, as their fathers played together for the Knicks. (Steve's father. "Shelly" Saltman, was president of the Lakers during the Jack Kent Cook days in the 60's. So when Steve told Ki Ki that I was training the Lakers in Tai Chi for warm-ups and for recovery from the sport's wear-and-tear , Ki Ki at that time had just become general manager of the Denver Nuggets after a 21-year career as a player and coach, and Ki Ki immediately went out and hired a Tai Chi master in the Denver area for his team. Enjoy the read. I hope it inspires you to practice more Monk Gazing At Moon and more FP Qigong because, well... ...it worked for the late great Kobe Bryant's game. Sifu Terry http://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html Zoom classes: terencedunn.substack.com

Hi Pak_Satrio, Know that you can be pro-active in envisioning and invoking Kuan Yin, which is what most of the Buddhist world and the non--religiously oppressed members of Chinese society does. For everyone's general info: Kuan Yin (Guanyin in pinyin) is a the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara, a Buddhist diety seen in iconography as the attendant to the Budda to his right, who has 108 avatars. Kuan Yin is the goddess of mercy and compassion, a bodhisattva venerated not only in Chinese, Tibetan, Nepalese, and southeast Asian Buddhism, but also throughout Chinese culture, folklore. and other religions. Taoists and non-Taoists alike-- just all kinds of lay folk-- in Chinese communities around world worship Buddhist dieties, Taoist dieties (e.g., the Taoist Immortals), Confucius and his disciples. The general custom amongst many Chinese Buddhist cultures is for women to wear a likeness of or emblem of the Buddha and for men to wear likeness or talisman of Kuan Yin. The sourcebook on Guanyin that I like and recommend is this more recent one by John Blofeld: Bodhisattva of Compassion: The Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin (Shambhala Classics) https://www.amazon.com/Bodhisattva-Compassion-Mystical-Tradition-Shambhala/dp/1590307356/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2AHX7X3VIVO1X&keywords=Kuan+Yin+goddess+of+great+compassion&qid=1680299565&s=books&sprefix=kuan+yin+goddess+of+great+compassion%2Cstripbooks%2C80&sr=1-5 I had my first spontaneous experience of Kuan Yin in 1977 after I had finished college while I was living in Los Feliz in LA and training intensively in Tao Tan Pai Nei Kung at the Taoist Sanctuary of Los Angeles. One night, I saw her in dreamstate, standing beautifully serene like her representation in the alabaster statues. All white/ivory in color. Then she took the stemmed flower out of a narrow vase she was holding and tossed it towards me. It tumbled through the ether a certain way (my secret) and then it landed in my open hands while i was lying supine, with my body and feet aligned towards her. I was not praying to Kuan Yin specifically nor doing any invocative rituals, for I didn't know how to do either at that time of my life. Over the years and in perfect hindsight [--and thanks , Pak-Satrio for your post about Kuan Yin], I realize that this dream visitation by Kuan Yin was a great blessing and a prophecy: Besides being blessed to be able to learn the FLying Phoenix Qigong from GM Doo Wai during a safe window of time that lasted from 1991 through 1997, I also learned from him the ultra-rare and shockingly powerful and "Eight Sections fo Energy Combined Kung fu ("Bat Din Gum") that cultivates a purely destructive martial energy that conducts through organic matter like cotton and wood. GM Doo Wai learned this ultra-rare martial art at the Kuan Yin Goddess of Mercy Buddhist Temple in Macau in the early 1960's when he traded the abbot of that temple some of his Bok Fu Pai Kung Fu for this art. The only known practitioners of this art besides yours truly are the monks at the Macau temple--assuming that the temple is still functioning. During a training session in 1995 recorded GM Doo Wai telling me that when he was learning the BDG, he had witnessed the monks (plural) at this temple cracking large boulders with a piece of silk. Thus GM Doo Wai seriously quipped that 8 Sections Combined Kung Fu was "more rare than the DoDo Bird." This is the 8th Section, the capstone form of the system, which contains elements from the previous 7 BDG kung fu forms: https://www.facebook.com/100057842221650/videos/411458890390443 At any rate, Happy Channeling of Kuan Yin to all! Sifu Terry P.S. There are many different types of prayers to Kuan Yin. Early on in my life, right after I finished college, I found and instinctively starting using the "Dharani of Great Compassion" (below). I would recite it in Sanskrit and in Chinese. Even though I did know Sanskrit and had to read the English translation to know what I was saying. I soon found that reading/saying Sanskrit prayers out loud regulates the breathing a certain way as mantric Yoga. Plus, the Dharani of Great Compassion is powerful--it's no wimpy, tea-and-sympathy window-dressing for screw-ups. Here is the English translation for a couple of the dharani's ending passages: Awake. Awake. Awakened. Awakened. Merciful one. Blue Necked One! Daring One. Joyous One! Amen! Successful one. Salutations! Great successful one. Salutations! Masterful. Creator. Salutations! Blue Necked One. Salutations! Boar faced! Salutations! Powerful Lion Headed. Salutations! Weapon Holder. Salutations! Wheel holder. Salutations! Lotus Holder. Salutations! Blue Necked. All Causing! Salutations! Beneficient One. Salutations! Hail to the Three Treasures! Hail noble Avalokita. Salutations! • Here is is the Dharani in Sanksrit for anyone's use at your discretion: Namo Ratna Trayaya. Namah Arya Avalokitesvaraya Bodhisattvaya Mahasattvaya Mahakarunikaya Sarva Bandhana Chedana Karaya . Sarva Bhava Samudram Sosana Karana. Sarva Vyadhi Prasamana Karaya. Sarva Mrtyu Upa-Drava Viansana Karana . Sarva Bhaye Su Trana Karaya. Tasmat Namas – Krtva Idam Arya Avalokitesvara Bhastinam Nilakantha Pi Nama Hrdayam Avarta Isyami Sarvartha-sadhanam Subham Ajeyam Sarva Bhutanam Bhava Marga Visuddhakam Tadyatha, Om Aloke Aloka-mati Lokati Krante. He Hare Arya Avalokitesvara Maha bodhisattva , He Boddhisattva , He Maha bodhisattva , He Virya Bodhisattva He Mahakarunika Smara Hradayam. Hi Hi , Hare Arya Avalokitesvara Mahesvara Parama Maitra-Citta Mahakarunika. Kuru Kuru Karman Sadhaya Sadhaya Vidyam. Ni Hi , Ni Hi Varnam Kamam-Game . Vitta-Kama Vigama. Siddha Yogesvara . Dhuru Dhuru Viryanti, Maha Viryanti . Dhara Dhara Dharendresvara. Cala Cala Vimala Amala Murte Arya Avalokitesvara Jina Krsna Jata-Makuta Valam Ma Pra-Lamba Maha Siddha Vidya dhara.Vara Vara Maha Vara . Bala Bala Maha Bala. Cala Cala Maha Cala Krsna-Varna Nigha Krsna – Paksa Nirghatana. He Padma-Hasta Cara Cara Desa Caresvara Krsna –Sarpa Krta Yajnopavita Ehyehi Maha Varaha-Mukha,Tripura-Dahanesvara Narayana Va Rupa Vara Marga Ari . He Nilakantha , He Mahakara , Hala hala Visa Nir-jita Lokasya. Raga Visa Vinasana. Dvesa Visa Vinasana. Moha Visa Vinasana Huru Huru Mala, Huru Huru Hare, Maha Padmanabha Sara Sara , Sri Sri , Suru Suru , Bhu ruc Bhu ruc Buddhiya Buddhiya , Boddhaya Boddhaya Maitri Nilakantha Ehyehi Vama Shitha Simha-Mukha Hasa Hasa, Beautiful mother Guanyin is one feminine aspect of Avalokiteshvara. Munca Munca Mahattahasam Ehiyehi Pa Maha Siddha Yogesvara Bhana Bhana Vaco Sadhaya Sadhaya Vidyam. Smara Smaratam Bhagavantam Lokita Vilokitam Lokesvaram Tathagatam Dadahi Me Drasana Kamasya Darsanam Pra-Hiadaya Mana Svaha. Siddhaya Svaha. Maha Siddhaya Svaha Siddha Yogesvaraya Svaha Nilakanthaya Svaha Varaha-Mukhaya Svaha Maha-dara Simha-Mukhaya Svaha Siddha Vidyadharaya Svaha Padma-Hastaya Svaha Krsna-Sarpa Krta Yajnopavitaya Svaha Maha Lakutadaharaya Svaha Cakrayuddhaya Svaha Sankha-Sabdani Bodhanaya Svaha Vama Skandhadesa Shitha Krsnajinaya Svaha Vyaghra-Carma Nivasanaya Svaha Lokesvaraya Svaha Sarva Siddhesvaraya Svaha Namo Bhagavate Arya Avalokitesvaraya Bodhisattvaya Maha Sattvaya Mahakarunikaya Sidhyanthu Me Mantra-Padaya Svaha Four-armed aspect of Chenrezig (Tibetan name of Kuan Yin)

Hello to All, As a custom, I don't normally post video clips of other masters demonstrating other styles of Qigong except for the ones that I am involved in, such as FP Qigong and Taoist Elixir Method, or any of FP Qigong's sister arts underneath the Ehrmei Mtn. Bok Fu Pai "umbrella" such as Sunn-Yi Gung and other arts taught by my Sihing/classmate, Sifu Garry Hearfield, in Austrailia. But I'm making an exception here by posting this video that was recently shown to me by a friend and Tai Chi teacher (of a different style) who had taken classes with Master Hong Yang out west. Master Yang is in the direct lineage of the third generation master grandmaster, Yang Cheng-Fu (1883–1936).º I don't know what style of Qigong Master/Madame Yang is doing here, and the Youtube page doesn't disclose it. But she is quite masterful and her level is very advanced as seen in this video. The quality of her movements in this form are such that I know she can unbalance someone with barely a touch or perhaps even without a touch. Although our FP breath-control sequences all work to envelope you in the deep and relaxed parasympathetic "tone", study this video to intuit how to further refine your movements and deepen your calmness to attain "At-Onement." Enjoy. Sifu Terry _______________________________________________________________ Footnote º –– Over the past 43 years, I have studied 24 years (and counting) under 3 senior students of Prof. Cheng Man-Ching from Taiwan (the late masters Abraham Liu and Benjamin Lo, and currently with GM William C.C. Chen). Prof. Cheng was Yang Cheng Fu's last student in China who attained high mastery.

Hi Richard, Sorry to take this long to get to your question about your friend the Tai Chi practitioner's advice. Overall, your friend's advice is good and correct for learning Tai Chi Chuan...and reflects that he has good level in the art. But some of his statements do not apply to Flying Phoenix Qigong this art is not Tai Chi. Two big differences: FP regulates the breath and the mind using a yogic methodology that is totally unrelated to Tai Chi--e.g., (A) regulating the breathe using each FP meditation's unique breath-control formula involving a series of "percentage exhalations", and (B) regulating the mind by doing the meditations with eyes closed at a speed 3x slower than typical Tai Chi form speed. How much more different than Tai Chi can you get with respect to regulating the breathe and regulating the mind?!!! What FP Qigong does have in common with Tai Chi Chuan is the essential Monk Gazing At Moon posture, which is a Wuji (Wu Chi) posture (that's also identical to one of the 9 Sum-I or I-Chuan postures, btw), the Monk Holding the Pearl posture (that's also a Wuji posture), and in the seated preparatory meditation on Vol.2 with breath control sequence (5% 60 80 40 30), which very effectively "flexes" the upper body Wuji posture. As a striking example of how different Flying Phoenix Qigong is compared to Tai Chi, one can simply view my recent Youtube video in which I demonstrate 12 of the 24 seated Monk Serves Wine Meditations of the FP Qigong system. To video has a quick overview of FP Standing meditations "Monk Holding the Peach" and "Bending the Bows" starting at ( 26:00). Then (at 30:00) you get to see a very powerful meditation the from a Bok Fu Pai sister art called "10,000 Buddhas Ascend To Heaven" (Wan Fuo Shang Tien), which consists a total of 54 meditations organized into 3 sets of 18: My responses to your friend's statements about Tai Chi: If you want to teach you must make sure you know the subject well. starting with the spelling of the subject it is either Qigong or Chi Kung - it is semantic but you won’t be impressing potential students by getting it wrong. Chinese sounds are transcribed into a Latin alphabet using systems of romanizations. Pre-communist China, the romanization system was Wade-Giles, which spelled it "Chi Kung" and gongfu as "Kung Fu", which, of course, is still in use today. Since 1958, China officially adopted the pinyin romanization, which spells Chi Kung "Qigong" or "qi gong". Both are correct, although pinyin is form is more commonly used today. So you did mangle the two romanizations to get chi gong. In order to be called qigong the art must involve 3 basic ingredients: it must aim to Regulate the Posture (why I mentioned this earlier. It is not enough to assume you know the posture. It takes many years of being corrected and most serious students will have a mentor making adjustments for decades) Regulate the breath & Regulate the mind. Correct in that all authentic qigong arts have 3 functional aspects that "regulated": "Xing" = Shape/form of the body or what your friend calls "posture"; Yi or I = mind, mental activity, or mental focus; "Qi" or "Chi" = Breathing method that effects the energy of the body. Every authentic and legitimate Qigong art has a unique way of regulating each of these 3 aspects: the shape/form of the body, the breathe, and the mind. FP Qigong, of course, regulates the body starting with "Monk Gazing At Moon" posture, which is fundamental to the entire system. If you've practiced FP Qigong to my DVD series, then you already know that FP Qigong regulates with its powerful and ingenious breath-control formulas involving 3 up to 5 percentage exhalations alternating with full breathes. (More Advanced FP Qigong Meditations and Exercises in other Bok Fu Pa internal arts have up to 8 percentage exhalations.) *** However, FP's powerful breath-control formulas induce such deep mind-body integration that once you hold the essential Wuji-equivalent posture of "Monk Gazing At Moon", just holding this posture for 10 minutes or longer on a regular basis will enable you to correct your own posture subconsciously--i.e., your body will simply instinctively over time assume the optimal MGM form. This is an aspect of why FP Qigong that makes the system so effective and fast-acting: it "auto-corrects" . That's why I put out the DVD series in 2004--because I knew that this Qigong can be quickly and effectively learned and practiced without a master like myself standing next to you making adjustments. • This rare "auto-correct" quality of FP Qigong does NOT exist in the other Taoist monastic Qigong system I teach, Taoist Elixir Method. Every level of TEM requires in-person instruction and correction. • This "auto-correct" feature also does NOT exist in Tai Chi Chuan, until one has mastered all of Tai Chi's form principles, which takes a very long time--at least 15 years of intensive training under superior instruction. Regulating the Mind: Again, FP Qigong regulates the mind through its moving meditations done with eyes closed AND at a speed 3x slower than typical Tai Chi form speed, as I demonstrate here in this video of "Moonbeam Splashes on the Water" (especially at 3:30): **PLUS: FP Qigong is absolutely unique and extraordinary amongst all Qigong arts because once you are in a particular FP Qigong exercise's posture and have performed the corresponding breath control formula, you can engage in any type of mentation--you can think about anything that you can imagine. That is, your mind can be anywhere doing anything; NO VISUALIZATION OF ANY SORT IS REQUIRED IN FP QIGONG. And yet you will derive the same health benefits as anybody else who has performed the posture and breath control formula correctly. One could also add Regulate the Qi and Regulate the Shen (spirit) Each FP exercise and the system as a whole regulates the Qi and cultivates it to a profound and super-normal level, building a tangible "reserve" of the FP Healing Qi. Each FP meditation and the system as a whole very effectively regulates the Shen (the purely speculative aspect of action)--especially through the ALL of its moving meditations done with the eyes closed. Cultivation of the Shen (defined as "spirit")--so that upon death one's spirit rises as a Shen instead of sinking as a "Kwei" to become earthbound or bound to lower realms, depends on one's self-purification and karmic attainments as mapped out in Taoism, Buddhism and the world's other Gnostic religions--including the ancient and sadly eradicated Catharism, btw. Spiritual development is a function of the one's actions in this lifetime --i.e., your doings and the either good or bad karma that your "doings" create...and is not exclusively dependent upon a "transmission" from a master of this yoga or that spiritual tradition. I have seen renegade priests of eastern and western orders, including a very famous Indian "holy man" whose name I won't mention here, plus one most highly cultivated Tai Chi Chuan master--with all their received "transmissions"--go straight to hell for their actions that I witnessed. As I mentioned previously one needs direct transmission to understand posture correctly- one cannot do this from dvds/online forums. If you don’t address this most important issue you will forever be faking it. That is generally true of Tai Chi Chuan postures. If one has mastery of Tai Chi Chuan, then one can advance in FP Qigong most readily and easily--because the two arts have similar fundamental "Xing" -- the shape form of the body. FP's "Monk Gazing At Moon" posture (without the breathing formula) is a Wuji posture that directly translates to Tai Chi. But that is all that is similar between FP Qigong and Tai Chi. The breathe regulation and mind regulation of these two respective arts are world's apart. The meditational and breath work, guiding and leading Qi etc are easier to pass on. Just requires perseverance. This statement can apply to FP Qigong. FP's "breathe work" amounts to practicing each of the unique breath-control formulas ascribed by the ancients to each meditation. In the first level of FP Qigong, 37 different breathe-control formulas for 37 different meditations (24 seated "Monk Serves wine" meds.; 3 seated preparatory meds.; 10 standing meds.). **All that said, if one wants to teach FP Qigong beyond sharing the DVD programs, one must be certified and initiated into the lineage. For certification, one must demonstrate: (1) proficiency in the entire basic system that is taught in the 6-part DVD series, and then (2) demonstrate proficiency in the Advanced Standing FP Meditations (there are 9) that can only be learned from yours truly. (The Advanced FP Standing Meditations have not been published and never will because they are too dangerous should they fall into the hands of the profane and spiritually unfit). (3) Most importantly, one must learn how the Bok Fu Pai / Flying Phoenix manner of energy healing that includes practical knowledge of: (a) Tui-Na Acupressure and (b) our BFP system of herbology--which is a vast pharmacopoeia. --that would enable one to heal most martial arts injuries on the spot, as well as develop sound hygienic regimes and holistic health counseling to address specific chronic diseases as they present themselves. Learning how to heal others using the FP Healing Qi (which is its sole purpose and functionality once one has fully healed and empowered oneself with it) depends on: (1) one's quality of FP Qigong practice; (2) one's perseverance in the art to learn the advanced levels, the Tui-Na acupressure, and the Bok Fu Pai herbology; (3) one's natural predilection to do healing; (4) one's experience in this life with holistic healing prior to starting FP Qigong; (5) one's karma with respect to all of #1-#4 above--that would ultimately enable one to tap into the macrocosmic Flying Phoenix Energy channel, or "Trunk" --as Grandmaster Doo Wai called it. • Proficiency in Flying Phoenix energy healing would also include healing a person of severe energy sickness caused by an internal energy blow or by a more sophisticated form of martial Qigong. My requirements of certifying one able to teach FP Qigong are high and stringent because one has to be able to deal with the energy sickness brought on by a beginner or a dufus who does the breath-control formula incorrectly and doesn't stop immediately but continues-- or mixes and mismatches one FP Meditation's unique breath-control formula to another Exercise. As I warned earlier years of this thread, messing up the breathing formulas will do the opposite of "regulate the breathe" and cause damage to the internal energy system of the body that will manifest disease symptoms that western medicine may not be able to remedy--or find an etiology. Without naming a name, I can attest to witnessing someone who had done certain advanced Bok Fu Pai Qigong exercises quite improperly in the early 1990's and wound up developing brain lesions--bleeding of the brain severe enough to cause constant loss of equilibrium and black outs. But when the neurosurgeons opened his skullcap and to try to stop the bleeding that showed up on the MRI scans multiple times, they didn't find anything, even though the person was still regularly blacking out and fainting. Thus, I will end this summary about how FP Qigong regulates posture ("xing"), breathing ("Qi"), and mind ("Yi" or "I") and the requirements for an FP Qigong Instructor's Certification with this fair warning--and repeated strong admonition--that one must be VERY CAREFUL, PRECISE and ACCURATE in doing breathe control formulas for each and every FP Qigong meditation. Sifu Terence Dunn http://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html Zoom classes: terencedunn.substack.com