Has anyone had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)--which is so widespread these days--and been really helped with SFQ practice? (I'm sure, yes). Perhaps some of you know of someone who has had CFS and is now over it with help from Spring Forest Qigong practice? Perhaps some of you have, or used to have, CFS?
I've had CFS (whatever THAT is!) for over seven years, and have been very busy learning all about natural health through seeing top naturopaths (mainly Ayurvedic), trying to heal. I first found out about qigong during my studies in Wing Chun Kung Fu (which I did for three years full-time). I now know that (for me) a lot of it is digestive and emotionally-related. There are the physical issues around the fact that I got a parasitic infection and a virus of some sort from which I never recovered around the time I came down with it, as well as long-term stress (a BIG factor for me), and that I had a lot of my gut flora ruined by long-term antibiotic use....but all this seems only to have highlighted for me the overriding importance of my emotional health. My emotional resilience has become very low (it feels like the reserves almost hit rock bottom, if I can describe it that way) and often I feel very unstable emotionally in a physical sense, if that makes sense (for example, I have to try to contain myself when I watch a movie as the slightest bit of emotional-sounding music can make me want to just burst out crying). It's as though there are all these emotions that need to be released.
The result is that I am now extremely aware of the physical effects of my emotional responses to my thoughts (that's probably a good thing): I feel it so defnitely in my gut whenever I feel the slightest amount of fear or anger (those two emotions do it for me), and the result of that is that I have trouble digesting my food, much more than someone who doesn't have "CFS" (a label I was never satisfied with, BTW).
Would anyone like to comment on what they have found useful, or know is useful (or think may be useful!) in the SFQ course, or their SFQ practice, to help digestion? (I am saving up for the course, level 1 and 2, but am just putting out my feelers to help me think about the benefits I'll be able to get from the course when I can afford it).
I'd love to hear people's input/experiences/suggestions!
Smiles and thanks.
PS. Another big factor--and one that I just KNOW is going to help me heal--is the FEELING OF BEING SUPPORTED by people. I went through a TERRIBLE time for almost a decade where I was unsupported and unfairly criticised by a group of people who definitely should have been supportive... Just being able to write this down to people who I can already see are supportive by the things they say is already giving me the feeling of being supported--and this is so necessary for my healing. I believe that giving to others helps the giver as much as the receiver... Thank you to all.
