Does the qigong you practice have a name, Michael? In Fairfield, the two most popular forms of qigong are Golden Shield and Spring Forest. I've tried both and prefer the latter. I'm guessing it's very simplified for Westerners.
________________________________ From: Michael Jackson <mjackso...@yahoo.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: muula-bandha? My knowledge of qigoing comes from daily practice, instruction, reading and research - yours comes from wikipedia and youtube - go figure. ________________________________ From: Richard J. Williams <rich...@rwilliams.us> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 2:20 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: muula-bandha? > > "Qigong...literally "Life Energy Cultivation", is a > > practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness > > for exercise, healing, and meditation." > > > > Qigong: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qigong > > > > 'Qigong' is just a matter of placement and positioning. > > mjackson74: > If you think that qigong is a "matter of placement > and positioning" you are ignorant... > Qigong is all about placement and positioning. If you can't place your body, how would you place attention on self? Qigong is derived from Indian Mahayana Buddhism. Shaolin Qi Gong Energy Master Xiao: http://youtu.be/-_C0rUBGZb4 > > and FYI most qigong masters and teachers do not consider > > qigong to be a meditation technique > > > Look, until you get some smarts and at least start doing > some research before you post your comments, I'm going to > stop debating with you and emptybill. > > Get a teacher, practice a program, read some books, do some > research, then get back to me in a few years. LoL! > > > > > Didn't we go over this before? Qigong is the alignment > > of breath, movement and awareness; a meditation technique > > similar to Hindu and Buddhist yoga and vastu. The main > > symbol of the practice is the Dharma Wheel, or Dharma > > Cakra - a yantra or mandala, like the one Guru Dev used > > in his program, like the one Shankara got in Kashmere. > > > > According to Qigong teachings humans are originally and > > innately perfect, but that they descended into a realm > > of delusion and suffering after developing selfishness > > and accruing too much karma. This Qigong philosophy is > > very similar to Yoga-Sankhya, with the three gunas, > > except that Gigong has Yin and Yang polarity symbolism. > > > > > > Using the tip of the tongue to the roof of the mouth > > > > to close the circuit is Qi-gong not Hatha/Kudalini. > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > I've thought muula-bandha is something like Kegel. > > > > > > > > > > Reading some descriptions yesterday made me abandon > > > > > that thought. > > > > > > > > > What exactly is it? > > > > > > > > > >
