Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ Spring Forest Qigong In relation to SFQ and cold weather

At the moment I am usually practising 1/2 hour SFQ as soon as I wake up before I go to college as I don't have much space for it during the rest of the day (or I feel more easily motivated to practise as soon as I wake up).
I will normally eat breakfast or shower practically straight after Qi gong.
Chunyi Lin mentions how getting our hands or face wet or eating after practising can affect our energy.

Maybe a stupid question but I thought I'd see if anyone can give advice. Morning is a better time for me but should I try to organise doing it when I get home from college, around 6pm (when I suppose my energy could be less "awake")?
This would mean that I would have to do meditation in the morning instead, so I suppose I could have the same problem.

Thanks,
Theo

Aloha Theo,

Good, Better, Best.


If you have to eat after doing your Spring Forest Qigong, then do so. Some of the energy you've cultivated will go toward digesting the food, but it's not like you are loosing all that you've worked for.

Give it as much time as you can after the exercises before using the bathroom, and if you "need to go," then you need to go, so bring the energy up to your heart area during your "fluid adjustment," and then back down to the lower dantian when finished.

If this were me, I'd have the shower be the last thing I did, so I'd eat after doing my Spring Forest Qigong, then shower, making sure to stay warm and not chilled.

Much Love,



Shawn

Thank you for the good advice.

Very helpful!

Wishing you a happy day.
With Love,

Theo