How to Grow a Lotus

[sean]

Decent article I just came across on working your way into a comfortable Lotus position: http://membres.lycos.fr/zenmontpellier/Lotus-english.html

 

Since starting my Chinese Acrobatics class I've been really diggin' practicing various forms of Lunges and splits to open up and release my groin. I'd like to work up into a full front and side split in a few months, which is a fairly agressive goal given the current state of my splits.

[Trunk]

.. really diggin' practicing various forms of Lunges and splits to open up and release my groin. I'd like to work up into a full front and side split in a few months,

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I find that if I get in a some stretch like that, and practice lower tan tien breathing (gently, but expanding~contracting all the way around), and some k1 breathing - it produces really interesting results.

[sean]

I find that if I get in a some stretch like that, and practice lower tan tien breathing (gently, but expanding~contracting all the way around), and some k1 breathing - it produces really interesting results.

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I will definitely try that Trunk.

 

A lot of the stretching I've been doing lately really lends itself to stillness meditation. I find myself holding sometimes very painful poses for up to 30 minutes to release enough to let me move further into the stretch. In order to do this I am almost forced to get into a space where pain is just phenomenon. I just let it be there and I let go of trying to do anything with it. In this space I can slowly watch the layers of tension come up and dissipate, it's pretty fascinating.

 

I've also been playing with Yoda's tip about whispering "release, relax" to my muscles.

 

Heh. Come to think of it I'll probably start personifying my muscle groups soon so I can discuss things like local politics with them.

[Yoda]

here's another free tip: watch porn while in the stretch. Let me know how it goes! By my figuring, it should work remarkably well... all that jing will pump into the barrier. If you start getting tense, do the heart sound to stay distributed. Seriously.

 

-Y

[Trunk]

A lot of the stretching I've been doing lately really lends itself to stillness meditation. I find myself holding sometimes very painful poses for up to 30 minutes to release enough to let me move further into the stretch. In order to do this I am almost forced to get into a space where pain is just phenomenon. I just let it be there and I let go of trying to do anything with it. In this space I can slowly watch the layers of tension come up and dissipate, it's pretty fascinating.

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Wow! Good work!

Inspired.