Timul20 Posted February 28, 2021 Hello everyone. By way of introduction, I've been planning on practicing for about 20 years and finally convinced myself to actually start practicing seriously in 2016. Since then I've been doing a daily sitting practice in the Buddhist Theravada tradition, mainly Shamatha, some Vipassana. At the beginning of 2020 I finally managed to convince myself to add in daily neigong/qigong practice, attended a retreat with Sophie Johnson, one of Damo Mitchell's senior teachers and since then I've been practicing an hour of Dano's system daily in addition to the Buddhist seated work. I'm very interested in these arts and interested to chat and explore with like minded people. I make no claims to any sort of attainment but am a serious follower of the path. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ilumairen Posted February 28, 2021 Hi Timul20, Your account is approved; welcome to the bums. You will find three topics pinned at the top of this sub forum regarding rules and expectations, please make sure you have familiarized yourself with them. warm regards, ilu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ilumairen Posted February 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, Timul20 said: Thanks Ilu Glad to have you join us here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiverSnake Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) Welcome too TDB. Edited February 28, 2021 by RiverSnake 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted March 1, 2021 On 2/28/2021 at 11:27 AM, Timul20 said: At the beginning of 2020 I finally managed to convince myself to add in daily neigong/qigong practice, attended a retreat with Sophie Johnson, one of Damo Mitchell's senior teachers and since then I've been practicing an hour of Dano's system daily in addition to the Buddhist seated work. Welcome to the forum. I'd love to read about what the Sophie Johnson retreat was like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timul20 Posted March 1, 2021 I really enjoyed the retreat. Sophie is good fun and will stretch students. She has a discernable qi field even someone of my meager spiritual development can notice. Bonhays, her retreat centre is a really nice place to visit and spend time at. Highly recommended. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites