Aloha cboonsan,

Make sure to use the search option of the forum, since many of these good questions have come up time and time again and you can get a response right away.

Much Love, Shawn


quote:
"What is the proper way to breathe?"

Breathing is important to your
practice. In Level 1 it is more
important that you breathe slowly
and evenly than it is to do Qigong
breathing.

When you practice breathing like I
suggest, it will soon become second
nature. When you inhale, the area of
your stomach below your navel should
draw in a little. When you exhale,
let it out a little as the abdomen
muscles release in an even flow. This
might be opposite of the way you
breathe, but it helps balance your
body's energy better. I breathe
this way all of the time.

Just remember there is no "right" or
"wrong" way to breathe in Spring Forest,
there is only good, better, best.

~Master Lin

quote:
Lotus Sitting

It does not matter which leg is in front of the other when a person sits in a semi lotus position. For full lotus, the yoga person is right. Both legs should be in a balance. The purpose of doing lotus sitting however, is not mainly to help the balance of the body with its left or right legs, but to help the body stay in deep meditation and in the emptiness as long as possible. If a person switches legs often, he won't get into a deep meditation. For a beginner, put the right leg on the top first to help the body bring the mind back to the body. Putting the left leg on the top can help to put the body into deep meditation and stay in the emptiness longer. It was told that Buddha, in his late practice and teaching, always put his left leg on top of the right. Buddha was a good yoga master
too.

I hope this can help you.
Chunyi


[This message has been edited by Shawn_Grim (edited June 10, 2005).]