Thank you all for replying to my question.
I really appreciate you taking to time to do this.
Iam2, I certainly honor your experience with this energy which changed your life. Hopefully after a time of pracing Qigong I'll experience some changes as well. I guess I won't know unless I give it a chance!
Agent B (I love these names! <g> ), thank you also for your thoughts. I will check the library to see if they have the book that you mentioned. Btw, one special thing about this forum that I've noticed is that people seem to be very concerned about
each other here...it has the "feel" of a caring community. Not that everyone always agrees totally, but that there is a great tolerance to questioning as well as supporting each other's stage of growth.
gallen, what a delight to "meet" another visual artist here! What medium do you sculpt in? Mine have mostly been stone but also wood and some clay works.
Yes, there has been a trend in some art toward more "ridiculous" the past few years but maybe this is only reflecting much of society, and the world, as it is today? It's definitely not my preference either but I feel strongly that the freedom to express oneself in this manner, without official censor, is crucial.
Bernini's pieces are indeed beautiful, intricate and at the same time powerful...I can understand why you would like his work!
I have just started doing the exercises of SFQ (a friend loaned me her video and some of the exercise parts of the manual). I'll continue to practice, as everyone has suggested, to see what happens. 
Shawn, yes, it's the Spring Forest Qigong that I was referring to. With regard to the "finger lengthing" example... my fingers obstinately persisted in staying the same length as they are, no matter how long or hard I tried to make them longer. Lol
Thanks again to you all for answering my
questions!
Lynn-Marie
