Steven

Well, the Lesser Kan & Li practice itself has a lot
of applications and benefits alone.
It helps resolve psycho-sexual emotional issues.
It helps resolve Water/Fire, Inner Male / Inner Female issues.
It resolves Yin-Yang tension.
It generates Yuan Qi, which is neutral unprogrammed qi, that
like Stem Cells (but the energetic version) can…[Read more]

War is simply a pathetic attempt to thwart free will
and impose a collective form of control on those under assault.
The collective can not thwart free will. It never has,
and it never will. I find it sad that the collective is
too stupid to realize this and still keeps trying.

The only good thing is that the resulting chaos promotes…[Read more]

>>>I simply think that certain things can really be also dangerous.
>>>I for example saw once interview of young finnish
>>>male-to-female transsexual who had started to understand
>>>how he/she became as he/she was.
>>>For he/she had been for years autosexually active
>>>while imagining that he is actually a she.

I also find it very…[Read more]

>>>are there any dangers of practicing this?

You could become conditioned to becoming sexually aroused if
your abdomen is touched. 😉

>>>i’ve read recently that in true sexual meditation,
>>>one does not focus on erotic thoughts… is this true?

Lots of people have opinions about sex; it doesn’t mean they are right.
What feels…[Read more]

I would allow some, because as c_howdy says, some of it
is simply underdeveloped muscles and tendons. Some of it
is also energy rushing through blocked areas.

However, it is also important not to overdo it.
Some things need time to develop, and if you push yourself
too much, you can trigger injury and/or negative detox…[Read more]

I personally have no problems showering immediately before or after practice.

Similarly, I personally have no problems eating immediately after practice.

If I eat a meal, I usually have no problems doing standing practice afterward.
For vigorous movement, I usually wait until I feel comfortable [about an hour].

But everyone is…[Read more]

either way . . . whichever method motivates you to practice . . . S

>>>I don’t know iron shirt, but are these postures better?

I think they are better for Bone Breathing, but not as good as
Iron Shirt 1 for grounding, in my opinion.

S

They are demonstrated on the QF4 video.
There are a few places on the QF4 video where certain things
would make more sense if you already knew counterforce breathing
from QF3 audio set, but it is not critical. You could start
watching and learning from the QF4 video immediately without much loss.

S

I will alert him to this . . . S

Reverse breathing (as in QF3), done correctly, is a safe way to charge the kidneys.

Separate from that:
The qi packing method from Iron Shirt 1–for reasons you mention, as well
as others–I think is a dangerous method. I do not teach it when I teach
Iron Shirt 1.

In any case, some time after the Iron Shirt 1 book was written, Master…[Read more]

By its very nature, qigong tends to stimulate and provide energy,
rather than sedate. Doing the Triple Warmer sound while in bed
can be one thing you can do . . . however, I personally find
that the “melting into the earth” exercise to be far more effective.
It avoids any unintended body stimulation.

However, oftentimes waking up early…[Read more]

It is kind of funny you made this post, as I just got done
talking about “my insomnia cure” in the Greatest K&L class
I’m in, a few days ago.

As far as a short-term fix when lying in bed, the best qigong
I know is to let yourself feel your energy body melting downward
into the earth. Feel the gravity underneath your lying body,
and…[Read more]

He is basically talking about “reverse breathing”.
This method is discussed on the QF3 audio set.

Dantian-mingmen breathing can be done in either
natural breathing or reverse breathing format
depending on what you are trying to achieve.

S

It is really your preference.

Personally I just prefer to do relaxed abdominal breathing,
drop my consciousness into my abdomen, and feel the earth
connection beneath my feet. I feel this amplifies the
grounding effect, and for me, is the real purpose of doing
Iron Shirt 1.

But if you want to do packing, MO, etc., there is nothing…[Read more]

Yeah, it is a nice set of practices.
He is now covering some of them in his Lesser K&L course (non-Adv.).

S

Michael sells a full 80 minute guided meditation that does what you are requesting.
Check out:
The Way of the Inner Smile CD

You can stop the Inner Smile at any point you wish.
The Inner Smile is inherently a safe practice and has zero precautions.

S

I could write books on that. 🙂

If you check out Michael’s Deep Healing Qigong page, and you scroll down, you will see a testimonial that was written by me. I’ve had a lot of healing experiences with that form. It helped heal some trauma that I had surrounding the end of a relationship about 7 years ago, and it started me out on the Healing…[Read more]

Inner Smile
and
Standing Practice (e.g. Iron Shirt 1, Yiquan, etc.)

are probably the two best for getting you to surrender
to what is and to be able to just be, resonating from
your core. Standing Practice is critical for grounding
and getting you out of your head / into your body.
Inner Smile’s unconditional acceptance helps in…[Read more]