Don Carlos – Special Request To … (Iron Shirt Instructors)

>>>Adel, Steven, Michael:
>>>If you would be so kind,
>>>how would you suggest that
>>>one begins with Iron Shirt,
>>>before receiving training?

Hi FT,

A person can take the IS1 course without any background whatsoever, but familiarity with the material of Qigong Fundamentals 1-2 aka Tao Basics, i.e. Inner Smile, Six Healing Sounds, and Microcosmic Orbit can be supportive. Probably 3/4 of all students that I personally have had come to an IS1 course have had no background whatsoever, or maybe only the week-long retreat in QF1-4 that Michael offers the week immediately prior. So prior background is not terribly important.

If one wants to get some practice with standing prior to taking a formal course in IS1, a good start would be to get the QF4 DVD by Michael and learn the “3 Standing-in-stillness” postures. Despite the label QF4, there is no prerequisite for this DVD–one does not need to know QF1-3 for this. The “3 Standing-in-stillness” postures are part of Yiquan standing meditation, which is sort of a more beginner level standing practice. In fact, in the IS1 course, I actually begin with Yiquan . . . although I use a different set of postures than Michael does in QF4. I find the Yiquan standing postures to be a good entry point into IS1.

Qi,
Steven

You’re welcome.
I don’t necessarily expect a response, nor people to even necessarily read my posts.
In fact, on the latter note, I expect some folks suffer from alliteracy. 🙂