ChiDragon

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There is one most important procedure in Yun Chi is to hold the breath and move it up and down inside the trachea to prevent suffocation. It is a life saver when someone fell on the back causing to have a gap in between breathing. If one knows this technique will save one's life. I remember that I was fell off the exercise bar that was attached to my door jamb just by the spring action inside the bar. The bar doesn't hold the body weight too well, hence, I fell on my back and cannot catch my breath. Lucky I knew how to Yun Chi and saved my life. In another situation, not long after I fell off the exercise bar, a girl rolled down the hill when we were hiking and cannot catch her breath. I told her not to say anything but hold my finger if she is still alive. Then, I told her how to Yun Chi and saved her life.

Well, without the Yi, any Chi Kung practice cannot be stopped. The Yi actually is the cultivation of the mind. Only the intend of the mind that can control the breathing and movements. When one breathes deep into the dan tien, it was said to be Yun Chi. One can imagine "Yun Chi" as transporting your Chi from the outside to the dan tien inside the body. So, the the maximum of Chi will be distributed throughout inside the body. If Chi can move by itself or with the universal Chi, then why do we need to practice Chi Kung breathing in the first place...???

I did not want to introduce the secondary meaning of "Yun Chi". Thanks to our newcomer. The secondary meaning is "luck". The definition in Chi Kung only: Yun, 運: to circulate; to transport; to move; to manipulate; to manage; to maneuver. Chi, 氣: air; breath; energy. There are three four groups of people who understand Chi Kung diffenently. 1. Beliefs: People just know the general knowledge based on what they were told to believe. 2. Intermediate: People who know that Chi Kung is the ultimate method of breathing. 3. Advance: People who like to understand more by linking modern science to Chi Kung. 4. People who advance modern science/arts through qi-gong. Edited to add item 4.

The Yi, 意, is the intent of the mind. If there was no Yi or the intent of the mind, what else is going to initiate the flow of Chi and movements...??? The Yi is YOU, yourself. If YOU have no Yi, you are a dead body.... 意 出 做 (yi chu zuo) Which I translate simplistically as "mind produces movement/action" The phrase is not proper Chinese or translation to convey its meaning. 做(zuo) means "to do something". It doesn't mean "movement/action".

Umezuke; You are experiencing "Spontaneous QiGong(自發功)". It is very dangerous if you cannot control it or stop it. Lots of Chinese in Taiwan practice it, but don't know how to end it and ended in the hospital. The doctors did not know how to treat this symptom. The least thing they can do was treat them as a patient with mental problem. Sometimes, they have to call a qigong specialist from Hong Kong to help them. I had read some advices, if this happens, one should try to stop it immediately to prevent from further occurrence if possible. I think it was mentioned in my Translation of the Dragon Gate Zhan Zhuang post. (四)若出現自發動功(現功)現象時，宜克制勿使其現功。 If the spontaneous chi kung occurs, it should be restrained from happening. Ref: Dragon Gate Zhan Zhuang

Your breathing is correct. How fast are your movements...??? If you do it too fast, your heart rate will go up. If your movements were synchronized with your slow breathing, your heart rate will not go up.

When you do the qigong(in motion) and the 8 brocades, how was your breathing...??? What I meant was how did you breathe...??? Did you get a little sweat on your forehead after the 8 brocades practice...???

Mountain as mountain as she stands. There is a sunny side on the south side and a shady side in the north side. The ancients called the former as "Yang" and the latter as "Yin". The mountain cannot be invisible again as soon she becomes visible; so, the concept of Yin-Yang was retained to manifest the existence of Tao.

You are not Lao Tzu, are you......???

Yes, the Yi(意) initiates the movement of Qi. Without the flow of Qi, the movements in Taijiquan cannot be activated. Another words, the Qi and the Tai ji movements have to flow together which are in synchronize with the Yi. The Qi must be sufficient in the body to support all body movements. The process of sending the Qi allover the body is called Yun Qi. The next question is what is Yun Qi(運氣) and how...???

Yes, that is only one of the results of the action but not the description of the action(Yun Qi) itself.

1. It doesn't matter where the sage is. However, in people's mind, he is always in the front. 2. Exactly, wise statement. I had noticed that was what you had been doing....

Hahahaha.I see, you want me to display my ignorance?........

The body heals itself, Chi Kung was only to enhance the healing process. Is this fair to say in this modern scientific world...???

I had made a round one(23.75" dia.) with four legs about 7.5 inches above the floor. The way it was arranged that I must step on the center to get on, otherwise, it will fall off to increase my awareness. It forces me to sit in the center to assure balance. I made it round, so, I can sit in any direction without moving the platform.

I think that was called cultivation of the mind and your patience.

运氣 yunqi is moving the Chi by guiding with your 意(yi). In the way, it was not by force completely but with a little help from your yi to guide the chi properly to go different places inside the body....

Yes, the word "enlightenment" must be used carefully. It is not that easy for one to be enlightened. In order to be enlightened, one has to be thought of something that no one has thought of or understanding something all the sudden that one never knew before. That is what enlightenment was all about. Thus I wouldn't use the word lightly.

Hua Hu Ching, 化胡經, was written by Wang Fu, 王浮, to record the history of LaoTze after he left China and gone west. Hua Hu Ching was suppose to be recorded LaoTze's trip to India and became a Buddhist monk and educated the non-Chinese(non Han Tribe) about Buddhism. People had make revisions one after another and it turns out to be ten volumes. The Hua Hu Ching created a big conflicts between Buddhism and Taoist Religion. Hence, the two emperors in the Tang Dynasty had ordered them to stop their disputes. After the Mongolian took over China and ordered to burn the pseudo Taoist Classic in 1285. Since then, the original copy of the Hua Hu Ching has been lost. However, there are still broken pieces of Hua Hu Ching in English and French but that was not the original copy which written by Wang Fu's copy. Ref: Hua Hu Ching, 化胡經

Have you been practicing the basic movements...??? The demo shown in the VID is an advance level. The "build up the energy for a sudden powerful release" is called "Fa Jin". A practitioner must have been practiced the basic for sometime in order to Fa Jin. If you haven't done so, maybe that is why your heart rate goes up to 180. If that was the case, it would be like that you were doing strenuous exercise without passing the basics.

There is one way of breathing is through the respiratory system. The only things that are affecting the heart rate were the change in blood pressure and the amount of oxygen in the oxygenated blood.

Here is a independent source for you. Independent source of MCO

Let me try again to put it in a simplest way and think like a Buddhist. 1. 无性随缘是智， Do not use your own thoughts, in the first place, to make things happen. Let them happen spontaneously and that was called intelligence. 2. 随缘无性是慧。 Let things happen spontaneously, in the first place, without getting involve with oneself and that was called wisdom. Another words: Do not use your own wisdom but fate and that is intelligence. Believe in fate without your own intelligence and that is wisdom. The last thing comes to my mind was equivalent to LaoTze's term "Wu Wei" I don't know does this make any sense to you...