Am reading this fascinating book…Obviously i love Feng Shui & Acupuncture -both work with enhancing Qi, one in the home & one in your body/soul matrix – but this is making me re-think Tai Chi. It used to always bore me. Does anyone practice Tai Chi or Qi-Gong??? Of course Qi is just the Chinese word for it. It’s also Prana & vital force…loads of different terms for It.
“Even now the stars, the planets, the elements, the creatures and ourselves; all of these move within and are penetrated and influenced by that original field of Qi. Qi is what causes the planets to maintain their orbits around the sun. It is the Qi that causes each snowflake to be unique and the Qi that shifts the moon phases and the tides. Qi sustains our health and Qi si the force behind intelligence and emotions. Qi is the vitality that causes the evolution of a tiny embyro of dividing cells to mature into a full size human. The longing of the Qi of the earth to reach up and merge with the Qi of heaven drives a small sprout out of the seed – upaward in spite of the force of gravity-to become a giant tree. Qi is known from the expressions that it embodies: the process of healing, the creativity that generates poetry and art; the transformation of tadpoles into frogs and caterpilars into butterflies. Qi is life force, energy and consciousness – it is the essence behind all effects, influences and events as well as all elements, materials and objects.”
So, basically, it is magic – no?
Tags: acupuncture, astrology blog, astrology fitness, astrology qi, Feng Shui, Qi, Qi-Gong, Roger Jahnke, Tai Chi, The HEalin, The Healing Promise Of Qi
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“life’s longing for itself”
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Ooh, I love that eo!
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I went to Tai Chi. It was boredom personified. I went away thinking maybe I had missed something,….maybe it puts one in such an empty state that it creates the vacuum for meditation. I just couldn’t handle it, but I tried. Horses for courses. Maybe I need to try another teacher.
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Definitely try another teacher! in fact try out several, ask to observe their class before you join, check out their YouTube presence (although not everyone will have one), ask questions. How much do they understand of the structure and process of teaching (pedagogy)as well as doing Tai Chi? Is it “just for health”, “mostly for meditation”, a full system of martial arts that includes energetic development, solo form training, partner work, sabre, sword and spear training? An empty state it is not!
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i’ve always wanted to try it – think if you could get the required balance of intense concentration and relaxation that it would be amazing, soothing, good for muscles and spirit!
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I once watched the LA Aqua Kung Fu boy practice a Qi Gong move for 40 minutes in the Aegean – when I asked why he spent so long doing this one move, he answered that he was practicing it as it was meant to feel as if your arms were moving through water….. so he wanted to imprint the actual feel of moving his arms through water for reference! Lets just say I toppled a little bit more in love with him there and then!
I love the centering energy of TaiChi etc, but have never practised it regularly, maybe come spring I’ll sign up, it just seems to me to be a gorgeous morning activity for those long spring and summer days! -
taura sis swears by ThaiChi, currently practising each morning PRE bike riding the kids to school, says her world has a different take. I have GREAT Qi Gong master….havent been for a while, but pos results are truly fantastic!!
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Hi Mystic – I teach a practice called Yoga Chi Gung. I have this book too! I found it very profound and useful.
I am also a practising witch, i got into both Chi Gung and witchcraft the same week (back in february 2002 when I was having a major meltdown) They are the same thing to me just approaching from different angles. Chi Gung is based around Daoist philosphy and teaches you to align your internal energy with external forces. Ultimately magic does the same thing. I never do any spell without being open to internal change. My understanding if I do a spell is that the only thing that I am 100% sure that I can influence is myself. Also I do ritual with my circle (there are five of us) to celebrate the 8 Sabbats which is very similar to the Daoist being in touch with the natural cycles. Turning the wheel is an important part of my witchcraft.
Both have given me so much. They’re very intertwined to me and have made me stronger and healthier and happier than I would’ve ever imagined possible.
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P.s. Tai Chi is a just one form of Chi Gung and yeah i find it pretty boring too. There are over 900 traditional forms of Chi Gung and others like the hybrid practice I teach so don’t let your Tai Chi experience put you off.
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I lways feel as though tai chi is going to be like a slower-moving step class, where I am out of sync with the rest of the group – funnily, I never have this problem with the “go at your own pace” practice of yoga.
I figure it’s just about finding a way to honour the life force that works for you.
Very keen to try acapuncture though, anyone have any recommendations for good practitioners in Sydney?
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Hi CBA, I’ve just started acupuncture for the 1st time, have had 4 sessions so far and after the 3rd session I was driving home and realised I’ve NEVER felt better in my life than I do right now. I was ‘guided’ to this guy, am so glad I went. He’s in Randwick, let me know if you want his details
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Hey Lex – that would be perfect. And Randwick is ideal! Have linked to my email. Merci mille fois!
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oops i posted before i saw that link. I will send you an email. Cheers
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Hey Lex, I would love his details also.
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Mine! Melinda – 9565-2793 She is HEAVEN
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hehe… Mystic, she doesn’t make you take those awful chinese herbs does she? I just can’t stomach that stuff.
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Thanks Mystic!
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robo scorp – the herbs rock!! get into to them!
my dog has acupuncture, reiki, osteo & chinese herbs (cancer preventatives)
http://www.naturalvet.com.au/content/content.aspx?l1=NAT0002601
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no way RLP – EVER AGAIN!! I’ve tried on two different occasions – had to hold my nose and force myself to drink it. I’m of the ‘follow your bliss’ school and there’s nothing blissful about drinking bits of boiled up bark. So i’m not going to bother wasting my money on it anymore. Once i decide i don’t like something there’s no turning back. I am a fixed sign – stubborn as.
But hey, if it works for you go for it.
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Qi Gong resurrected me from the dead when I was too stuffed to even manage yoga. It’s amazing and I’m angling to get more time to do it. Tai Qi and Qi Gong are especially good for older or weaker people who are lacking qi as those practices totally build it. Also good for arthritis etc.
I haven’t done Tai qi, but I imagine you’d need to stick with it a while to get into max qi flow.
As for the paragraph above, it goes a bit overboard and reads as a thoroughly western take on qi PR. Qi is not written about in such gushing terms in the East, as qi in general terms is too diverse to be described (ie, as a whole, it is the Tao itself, the nameless), but it can be classified according to its properties, as in yin, yang and so on. Certainly it has force and sometimes substance, but the magic is in learning techniques to harness, manipulate or boost it.
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I intend to practice Tai Chi when I am too aged to pursue my present martial art. I’m hoping that’s never. But then again, if I break another bone, it might be sooner than later.
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A coinkidink. Le Scorp and my Kataka Voice Mistress has been asking us to go and do Tai Chi together saying there is not a muscle in your body that does not move in practice.
My only problem? I would be tempted silly to “wax on, wax off” soz, I really would. But I am soo envious of you guys trading acupuncturist details..I need one but am too addled to drive all the way to the San Gabriel Valley where all the hard core Chinese ones are.
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Took acupressure in school. Use when moved to use it with the massage. Find that because I can massage a male’s whole front torso, do some areas that are good for energy vitality esp. They don’t know it, but gently arouse between the breastbone…”The Sea of Emotion”….But gently…
Love what my Columbian patient calls acupuncture….”A-cupe-i-ture”
Thougt she was talking about astrology (Jupiter) and took a moment to get it.
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Sweetpea, have a question… I LOVE having my belly and my breasts massaged, but thus far I have only experienced Aussie and Asian therapists who will do it. I asked for it here and they kind of just..prod you there.
I did have one therapist who did it ok here, he was a gay Cappy and he told me that it was a sign of trust and openness that I liked that. Please DO share more about the breastbone move, I am intrigued.
I was raised doing massage so I am excellent at it, Le Scorp isn’t big on it unfortunately, though he looks daggers when FScorp1 gets one from me (he is gay and partnered). I would love to be able to touch Le Scorp’s sea of emotions…I might calm the sea down, haha
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There is an acupressure point right on the nipple itself. No, sadly, it is not the norm to use that move in the U.S on women.. If one has ever been to Nuremburg Germany Airport though, there is a huge mural of topless women on the beach. Just don’t see that here, do we? America being so possessive of Cancer Mom (Sun in Cancer, July 4th) and all, and not only her apple pie, but her breasts!
Never the less, The Sea of Emotion is situated bi-laterly between the nipples in the center of the chest. I use it primarly as an extra for example starting below the belly button, pressing there and then in certain increments up the center of the belly to the Sea of Emo whereupon I usually spread out and do a little work between the ribs.
One can do the pressing movements from below the belly button up through the chest three times. But one does not hold their fingers too long on the Sea of Emotion as can activate deep issues for the patient/client. Of course if they choose this knowingly, then fine.
My method is just a once over and a light touch on the sea of emotion for vitality purposes, not deep processing as with a 50 min. massage, don’t have time. And, most 50 min. massages are back, neck, shoulders and primarly deep tissue stess release. And gosh if lately I don’ thave a huge number of accident patients. Must be Mars sq. Ur!
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Wow, fascinating, I’ll remember that! Thanks Sweetpea!
I was curious because prior to the Bigamy Revelation of 07, Le Scorp started to feel a protrusion on his sternum. We had it checked out but it was just tissue that the doctor said was nothing to worry about..I have been meaning to get Louise Hay’s books on self healing and the designations for certain ailments but I had not heard of the Sea of Emotion.
I am going to try it..cautiously. Can you do it on yourself?
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I have massaged quite intricately between my own ribs and on the sea of emotion itself. You most certainly can although I would go easy as these areas will then be quite tender afterward.
And speaking of sternums, below that area, the diaphram, is usually quite tender but a good place to massage as we hold all kinds of “stuff” there. The division between heaven and earth chakras are there and energy can become quite stuck.
Also, if the sternum is pressed on to strongly, the end piece can actually break off!
If one cannot break their heart, break the sternum, eh?
Well, my Mars return in Gemini is in one minute and hellion that I am, going to bed…lol
Been busy, busy busy. Today, massage 8 and a half hours. That is not normal…Must be Mars-Ur thing as I have had tons of energy as well.
Good luck with your massges FA! Sure they are wonderful…x
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Oh yeah, stuck sounds about right. Can I blast a sternum with super positive photons meant to bring light into those chakras? haha.. I WISH.
8.5 hours of massage must be intense, after doing just one I get tired. I don’t know how you keep from absorbing clients’ energies..obviously through skill and experience. Thanks for the encouragement, I’ll certainly try! xx
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I did Tai Chi in the Kings Cross community centre in the early 80’s. Our room had one way glass and overlooked the infamous fountain on Macleay St. There we were, doing out moves while watching drug deals going down, pimps wrestling with pros and drunks spewing in the gardens. It was a weird setting, especially as it was me and about 8 elderly ladies. I really enjoyed it.
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the teacher was a 60 something Italian lady, it was all so wrong, it was perfect
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ha… I love it’s all so wrong it’s perfect moments!!
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cross this with the leopard print post & i’m having visions of maria venuti !
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nice one Lex
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Tai Chi is a fighting art – anything and everything else has been stuck on top.
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