Correct knee position - for qigong standing (Damo Mitchell's course)

[JJBo]

Hello, I am new to qigong. I can't find a good teacher in my area so I am exploring online video courses.

I started Damo Mitchell's online course on vimeo, for beginners. I am really confused about the basic standing position, more exactly - the knees.

Should they be perpendicular to the ground? Like, from the ground to the knees, there is a straight line up?

I am looking to learn just from video resources, but I want to have a 100% correct posture.

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On 4/26/2020 at 12:39 PM, JJBo said:

Hello, I am new to qigong. I can't find a good teacher in my area so I am exploring online video courses.

I started Damo Mitchell's online course on vimeo, for beginners. I am really confused about the basic standing position, more exactly - the knees.

Should they be perpendicular to the ground? Like, from the ground to the knees, there is a straight line up?

I am looking to learn just from video resources, but I want to have a 100% correct posture.

Shouldn't you be asking him since it is his system that you are practicing? I read somewhere that he responds to queries.

Alignment in standing is a big issue that is very hard to correct by yourself. If i am not mistaken he has some seminars and paid online courses, so maybe you could get some live teaching which is far better than what this site can offer.