Practice Qigong Daily

I practice qigong on a weekly basis and would like to practice daily. Discipline, discipline, discipline. I think it is interesting how easy it is give up a daily regimen when things are going well. It is so much harder getting back into to it as well.

I do it twice a day. If I am busy, I practice once in 2 days. I practice the 8 brocade (Ba Duan jing) and some Taiji movements. I also do the bone breathing. For neigong I do dantian breathing, small circulation/microcosmic orbit and love meditation. On top of that, I meditate. I recommend Qigong books written by Yang Jwing Ming and Paul Brecher. Qigong is my most important daily activity other than eating.

I’ve been practicing daily. Started learning 8 years ago.

The epiphany – finding “my” teacher, and subsequently having a miraculous healing experience. Very motivating. Even if it’s only 5-10 minutes, I practice every day. Of course I try to practice longer, but the important thing, is to do it every day, it affects the most change. And prepares you for more intense experiences: like practicing with others during classes or retreats.

When I feel the best about my practice, when I’ve done all of the following in one session:

shaking,
practiced a form 3 or 9 times,
then sitting meditation with chanting
closing, “harvesting”

I’ve been practicing shaolin qigong on and off since last year with a couple of friends.I was very lucky this summer to find a great sifu. My aim is to practice at least 2-3 hours daily but at the moment I am not reaching my target. I need to get organized and find that time. Isn’t it funny that it’s easier to find time for silly things like surfing the net? Qigong does me good, so I just need to put it higher in my priorities list and be harder on myself.

I’m currently studying Qigong. I’m not doing it daily, but I’m pretty damn close. I’m still working toward it.