Nasal congestion

I would practice more movement practices, such as qigong.
It would help get the blood and fluids moving.

Once you do so, and you head clears, then being stationary
for meditation will probably be easier for you.

As for the congestion, you might try increasing your
daily consumption of water and increase vitamin C intake.
You may find a reduction in symptoms.

S

While I have the utmost respect for M. Chia, and
don’t want to discourage you from solely following
materials put out by him, one of the flaws in his system
is the relative lack of moving qigong.

Yes, Tai Chi Qigong is movement, and the Iron Shirt practices
are very physical, but there really isn’t enough in the
way of moving qigong practices in my opinion. This is
one area that Michael Winn has corrected with his DVD/CD
home study courses. In Michael’s program, each DVD has a
qigong (movement) set or sets that corresponds to the sitting
meditations that you are learning.

For instance, Qigong Fundamentals 1 DVD teaches the Five Animals,
a fun movement qigong to do the Six Healing Sounds in motion;
meditations and theory are covered on the QF1 CD set. Similarly
with the QF2 DVD & CD sets, DVD has movement qigong to open orbit
while CD has theory and meditations.

I recommend getting these so you have some qigong to do that
involves moving your body.

To answer your original question, you can get started with
Iron Shirt Qigong I and Tai Chi Qigong I now if you wish,
no harm . . . Tai Chi Qigong I has Iron Shirt I as prerequisite
only because it helps you to have a better structure in Tai Chi
(primary reason), but this you can always correct this later. There
is no reason why you couldn’t start it now. (Or pick up Michael’s
Primordial Qigong DVD, which is an “alternate Tai Chi form”; it
has no prerequisites.)

Iron Shirt I you can start now, just skip all the exercises and
information about “qi packing (chi packing)” as this can be
somewhat dangerous if your channels are not open properly or
it is done incorrectly; however, practicing the standing postures
in and by themselves without qi packing is perfectly safe; just
listen to your body so that you don’t overdo it physically.

Be very careful doing practices from Taoist Secrets of Love,
if your microcosmic orbit is not open, if you are not energetically
grounded, if you have energy blocked in the head/upper regions (say
from congestion), you could create some undesirable side effects.

Best,
Steven

I´m just curious if you have tried the different kind of nose massages in the Qi self massage program?

Hi Floorman,

At one point years back I remember having some chronic nasal congestion. I went to see a friend who was practicing acupuncture, I had told her my issue and she gave me two different acupuncture sessions about 1 week apart. In addition she gave me some Eucalyptus oil to drop in hot water for aroma therapy. I can say the the acupuncture really worked as it went away in never came back

So depending on your location perhaps you can look up somebody local to you and try scheduling an appointment.

Best,

Damon