IntroductionTraditional Chinese medicine and the Chinese way of nurturing life is based on the principle of supporting the normal and expelling the Pathogenic.
Yi GongAwareness is the core of Yi Gong practice. Practicing Yi Gong without awareness is not Yi Gong. If you learn the practice and do not develop your awareness, you have lost the essence of Yi Gong.
Yi is mind. Gong is work, skill, method, effort, efficacy, and achievement. Yi Gong is mind training. It is techniques for awareness development. Through skillful techniques and cultivation of ones mind, one is capable of reaching self-awakening. Self-healing or the appearance of supernatural powers is side-effects along with the body and minds awakening. They are not the ultimate goal for Yi Gong. Nevertheless, training ones mind is a path to self-awakening. Yi Gong is a process of studying, practicing and harvesting. Realization is the result of that cultivation and self-awakening. Words cannot convey the knowing, the cognition, Gnosis or prajñå.
Lecture Contents include
Ten Essential Qigong Exercises
Spontaneous Adjustment Qigong
Crucial Points for Practicing
Spontaneous Adjustment Qigong
The Benefits of Practicing Spontaneous Adjustment Qigong
Contra-indications for Spontaneous Adjustment Qigong:
Opening Channels Exercises
Tapping Qigong
Strike wall with back
Contra-indications:
Indications in general
The best time to practiceFor instance, the Bladder channel is the biggest detoxifying channel in the body. According to Chinese medicine, between 3:00-5:00pm, the Bladder channel is maximally active and receives the maximal Qi and Blood flow. If one wants to practice for detoxifying, between 3:00-5:00pm would be the best time for practice. In the same way, if one wants to strengthen the Kidneys or treat the Kidney deficiency, 5:00-7:00pm would be the desired time to practice.
Of course, there are many inner and outer aspects that one should consider, in order to make practice suit one’s lifestyle and schedule. Also different types of Qigong have different requirements on its time frame of practice for achieving its goal. In general, the time of yin-yang transition or most balance in nature is a good time to practice (around noon, midnight, 6am or 6pm). Nevertheless, the bio-Zishi (when you feel the strong electric energy current flowing) is always a precious moment for enhancing one’s energy.
Most of all, to select a proper time for our practice, we need to consider the environment that we are living in, our own convenient schedule, availability, and our own bio-time. So the best time for practice is the time your body and mind can be both devoted and engaged with practice. Avoid a situation where you have to hurry to finish your practice, in order to carry on your next commitment.
Time, Channels (Meridians), and Organs’ Correspondence Table
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時辰 Shichen |
寅時Yinshi |
卯時 Maoshi |
辰時 Chenshi |
巳時 Sishi |
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Time |
3:00-5:00am |
5:00-7:00am |
7:00-9:00am |
9:00-11:00am |
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Channel |
Lung |
Large Intestine |
Stomach |
Spleen |
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時辰 Shichen |
午時 Wushi |
未時 Weishi |
申時 Shenshi |
酉時 Youshi |
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Time |
11:00am-1:00pm |
1:00-3:00pm |
3:00-5:00pm |
5:00-7:00pm |
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Channel |
Heart |
Small Intestine |
Bladder |
Kidney |
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時辰 Shichen |
戌時 Xushi |
亥時 Haishi |
子時 Zishi |
丑時 Choushi |
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Time |
7:00-9:00pm |
9:00-11:00pm |
11:00pm-1:00am |
1:00-3:00am |
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Channel |
Pericardium |
Sanjiao |
Gall Bladder |
Liver |
Teaching StoryThere was a Siddha who possessed great psychic powers. During a winter day on the mountain, he encountered a very heavy rainstorm. Rain was pouring down and it was very cold. He did not have an umbrella or any kind of shelter. He came upon a cave and intended to run in to escape the rain. However, there were two people who ran into the cave in front of him and there was no room left for another person. In reaction to the situation, he shouted to them that the mountain was going to collapse. The two people in the cave immediately ran out despite the downpour outside. When they ran out, the Siddha ran in to claim the shelter. As soon as he ran in, the mountain collapsed. He had forgotten his highly developed powers caused his words to manifest instantly. His words buried him in the mountain and he lost his life because of his own power.
Of what benefit is power without wisdom?
Be well, be peaceful, be happy! 