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  • December 24, 2008 at 1:39 pm #29894

    Steven

    Hello All,

    I’m in the middle of my hermit cabin retreat, and needed to
    go into town to get a few things. Using the time to also download
    some necessary updates to my laptop . . .

    At any rate, I thought I’d give you a “Christmas gift”–indices
    for QF3. I posted indices for QF1 (2007), QF2 (2007), and Primordial (2004),
    a while back, and never got around to doing anything more. While
    in my hermit cabin, I have periodically returned to working on them
    when I need a break from qigong/meditation.

    I’m including in subsequent posts two versions for QF3–namely 2006 and 2007 versions. Hope you enjoy. During the second half of my retreat, I will
    sporadically work on indices for QF4 and possibly Fusion 1 (time permitting),
    in between rounds of qigong and meditation.

    The retreat itself has been wonderful and been providing much in the way
    of growth–too much to describe in this short post–maybe when I return.

    Best,
    Steven

    December 24, 2008 at 1:47 pm #29895

    Steven

    DISK 1:

    Track 1 –Title of Audio

    Track 2 – Notice your breathing; Background; Link between physical breathing and energetic breathing; lung interaction–inner and outer world; lung spirit; guidance vs. control; three types of breathing:natural, reverse, counterforce; Yin-yang; evaluation of standing on Earth

    Track 3 – Shake the tree; kidneys in winter

    Track 4 – Riding the cosmic horse; natural breathing; PRACTICE: Ocean breathing; observe breath and internal qi ball; ball turns blue/red as it touches the water/fire channels; lift up your qi; notice your breathing and connection to the ground; question about breathing through the nose vs. mouth; question about perineum open/closed; question about shade of blue; warmups; Chinese view of seasons; reverse breathing; lungs as refineries; reverse breathing as breathing internally with lung help; qi ball container

    DISK 2:

    Track 1 – Standing; stress on knees; push into center of palm; pericardium; practicing reverse breathing; pulling in perineum and rocking forward and back; walk around the room

    Track 2 – Self-evaluation of grounding and breathing; tight diaphragm problem; not operating out of deficit; tight shoulders; lung sound; good to do lung sound after reverse breathing; Personal experiences; birth moment and water birthing; personal experiences; warning about qi packing; question about qi ball color; white; question about energy body size; Question about stability of qi ball shape;
    opening an internal pathway; question about imagination; comment about resistance;
    about tight elbows

    Track 3 – Stand and breathe between Earth and navel; grounding; natural breathing; push/pull in opposition; golden qi ball moving in opposition to physical body; about counterforce breathing; movement and stillness of Earth; weightless center

    Track 4 – Center of gravity/neutral space

    Track 5 – Celtic & Taoist and Earth-centered traditions; overview of breathing methods so far; physical plane time is linear, but energetic plane contains simultaneity; present moment is balanced; aligning yourself with the immediate; why counterforce breathing is useful; pause moment in breathing; belly breathing; breathing internally via pathways; overwhelming number of practices

    DISK 3:

    Track 1 – Counterforce breathing brings 3 forces together; energy comes through as heat; Kundalini experience of extreme compression; about developing current from just standing and associated problems; question about focus in head; Body and mind–Xin; question about purpose of neutral space; opening yourself to the unknown

    Track 2 – Getting up

    Track 3 – Blah blah; high pitched squeals; connect to Earth; PRACTICE: Deep Earth Pulsing

    Track 4 – about deep Earth pulsing; surrender to movement; walk around

    Track 5 – (nothing)

    Track 6 – White qi turns to gold; about Blissful Breathing Qigong history; describe Blissful Breathing Qigong

    Track 7 – Recovering from rest; mystical sets of 3; about DVD/handout; notice your breathing; mini-explosion experience; qi blockage/shaking; removing trapped heat; recovery of suppressed experiences; question about modifications; about parts you don’t care for in forms

    Track 8 – Neutral evaluation of breathing and connection to Earth; coordinate qi ball with breath

    Track 9 – Transition to reverse breathing and practicing reverse breathing; return to natural breathing; count to three in neutral space

    DISK 4:

    Track 1 – Difference between natural breathing and counterforce breathing; friction; practicing counterforce breathing; breathe along the vertical axis: earth to navel, navel to crown; rooting: earth to navel, navel out the arms to side; rooting: arms facing forward; rooting in winter; breathing along the vertical axis again; shaking

    Track 2 – attendees introduction

    Track 3 – smiling; opening and closing the dantien; pausing in the neutral space; rocking back and forth with natural breathing and counterforce breathing; holding the bowl/embrace the tree; rooting; notice connection to Earth

    Track 4 – rooting while sitting; tummy rub; inner smile to lungs; breathing to heart along vertical axis; lung sounds and smiling; skin breathing

    Track 5 – deep Earth qi keeps you warm; heating the room via Kundalini yoga; about body/spirit split; counterforce breathing in morning; dealing with changes by staying centered; about individuating; about practicing the different breathing techniques

    December 24, 2008 at 1:53 pm #29897

    Steven

    DISK 1:

    Track 1 –Title of Audio

    Track 2 – Many different methods of breathing; Six healing breaths; notion of qi; breathing into different parts of your body; channels and meridians; maps of the body; where qi comes from; mystical power of three; lungs have opening to outer world; willingness to take in outer world; external vs. internal breathing; 8 hour video of guy with nose and mouth taped shut

    Track 3 – Qi flows where mind goes; qi flows from crowd to speaker; celebrities on drugs because not grounded; bone breathing & spiraling is bone marrow nei gong; overview of lung practices; qigong is skill in subtle breathing

    Track 4 – Qigong as a language

    Track 5 – (junk)

    Track 6 – (junk)

    Track 7 – Essence of all breathing methods; Three methods: natural, reverse, counterforce; purpose in counterforce breathing is to awaken yuan force

    Track 8 – Yin (resp. yang) force is inhaling (resp. exhaling); yin (resp. yang) is female (resp. male); Yuan force as pause in natural breathing; counterforce breathing as “empty force” breathing; yin-yang cycles; lung pulsation easiest to change

    Track 9 – Modify breathing and modify energetic response to the world; lung spirit is Po soul

    Track 10 – (bathroom break)

    Track 11 – Intelligence and will of body spirits; Pranayama controls breath, but Daoist breathing doesn’t; refining metal; Po soul most attached to the Earth; most common illnesses of Tibetan Buddhist communities is respiratory; tonglen (breathe in troubles of the world) overloads lung spirit; good to have strong lung spirit; Shake

    Track 12 – Riding the cosmic horse; mouth breathing vs. nose breathing; heels; yin gate; dantien is elixir field; PRACTICE: Ocean breathing; smile to lungs; lie down

    Track 13 – Dantien and mingmen; yuan qi flows in through mingmen; mingmen as gate of life; dantien; evaluate self; inhale through navel

    DISK 2:

    Track 1 – Inhale through navel/exhale to mingmen

    Track 2 – Inhale consciousness into mingmen/exhale out navel to world; relax into pause; Lung spirit occupies whole body; skin is part of lungs; skin breathing

    Track 3 – Lung spirit loves white; breathing through pores; were any changes noticed? ; comparison of comfortability in pause on exhale vs. inhale; cultural tendency to overinhale; question about expanded energy body; neutral force;
    story about breath stopping while correspondent in Africa; natural vs. reverse breathing

    Track 4 – Reverse breathing with qi ball practice; notice your qi; swallow smiling saliva; lunch break

    Track 5 – About Blissful Breathing Qigong and neigong; breathing in deep channels; link between lungs and metal; metal out of earth; metal as structure of cells; metal and white

    Track 6 – Lung meridian in arms; Describe Blissful Breathing Qigong up to Great Heart Breathing

    DISK 3:

    Track 1 – After doing two rounds of Blissful Breathing Qigong; doing things in threes

    Track 2 – Doing the third round of Blissful Breathing Qigong; lie down

    Track 3 – Milk and cookies; hand position while lying

    Track 4 – relax into pause

    Track 5 – (nothing)

    Track 6 – White pearl size in navel

    Track 7 – Milk and cookies; experience of feeling heat; pericardium and Lao gong point in hands; yang and yin parts of day; quality of neutral space; time of day to do form; about hard qigong; about Fusion; pearl is crystallization of consciousness; about Lesser Kan and Li; dantien is form side of portal and mingmen is formless side; spontaneous movement of qi ball; sweat is jing response; lungs feed kidneys; color shift in reverse breathing; empty space as neutral space; belt channel acts to contain front and back channels; skill in breathing makes response in world more conscious and quickest way to energize; lungs in charge of wei qi; resonance/vulnerability to outside influence; aura vs. wei qi

    Track 8 – Shake; downside to reverse breathing; reverse breathing to intensify orbit practice; reverse breathing practice and qi packing; natural breathing

    Track 9 – Shake; lifting up your qi; stretch and sky breathing; sighs; shift of consciousness; natural breathing; about counterforce breathing; friction creates neutral force

    DISK 4:

    Track 1 – Awareness of friction; simultaneity of energy body and equilibrium; noticing counterforce; counterforce breathing intensifies natural counterforce; describe counterforce breathing with golden qi ball and practice

    Track 2 – Assessment; neutral force and sleep reaction; counterforce breathing creating warmth; story of person practicing in snow and freezing to melted snow; neutral force becomes yang to generate warmth; question about too much practice; start day with counterforce breathing; neutral force is a force; kidney qi; people sharing experiences; about vertical counterforce breathing; shake; lifting up your qi; about kidney belt; hand movements with natural and counterforce breathing; vertical hand movements; about spinal fluid; straighten and slouch; alternating
    practicing horizontal and vertical counterforce breathing; sharing experiences; rooting: arms to side; rooting: arms to front; rooting: praying posture; rooting: embrace the tree

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