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Hello everyone,

I have written in this forum earlier regarding anxiety,
thank you everybody who has responded.

I now have a new question regarding this; is there any use in practising SFQ at this point? My anxiety is so severe at the moment that I`m not able to focus on much else. I try to do the exercise both active and small universe, but I struggle to focus, because of the anxiety. Non of the exercises seems to calm me down at all.

Should I just put it aside until my problems subside a bit or just keep going?? Could the increased anxiety be due to blockages opening?

To sum it up: if I am not able to relax or focus is it doing anything for me??

Thanks in advance.

Love from Marianne

Marianne,

My two cents: yes, it is well worth your time to practice as much as you can. I would even try to do a bit more, if you have time. This sounds a bit like a healing reaction. I had a kind of panic/anxiety reaction during a bout of intensive SFQ practice about a month ago. I felt it was a sign of energy blockages being released and by "working through it", it got much better.

If you have so much trouble focusing, try and distract yourself, with something else for a few minutes and then come back to the practice. It is a bit like weeding: sometimes you have to "play" with the roots of the weed to get it out of the ground" pull a little, dig a little, pull a little more, dig from another direction etc.

Sometimes when something is interfering with my ability to focus, instead of trying to "fight it", I more or less,"play" with it. For example, I might do a bit of the active exercise, maybe only one or two exercises for 15 mnutes or so. Then, I might play the guided meditation, "self concentration" (or the Butterfly meditation, which I like even better). That might turn into a nap, which is fine. Then I might try to do a little more active, and then a few minutes of Small Universe.

It is a bit like "pushing hands" in Tai Chi-- it is not direct confrontation, but more a give and take with the blockage.

So, you might do a combination of what you are asking: both put aside AND keep going. In other words, put it aside just for a few minutes, watch a little TV or something else to distract yourself: music, a puzzle, read an entertaining story or a book and then come back to the practice for a few minutes and see if you can do a little more this time. Then distract yourself again.

Hope this helps.

Hi Marianne,
Yes, keep practicing.

SFQ is signal or message healing. This isn't just applicable to level II clearing techniques, where you put in a healing message as you pat in healing energy. You can also apply it to how you think. If I look at your above post, there are several messages that support the blockage/anxiety: " My anxiety", "my struggles" , "struggling to focus"... There is some ownership of a negative condition in those messages, as well as self limitations imposed. I don't mean to pick apart your communication. It is very normal to go from experience to thinking. It is common to 'react' to experience had. It is best, not to react to experience, and it is best not to go from experience, to too much thinking about it. If you aligned more with the signals " no more anxiety", or " I feel fine", " I am okay", "everything is fine", "completely calm, completely relaxed, etc, etc" Thoughts arise from feeling. You are feeling uncomfortable, then thinking... Meet those feelings with assuring messages. Treat yourself well, calm yourself. Change the signals, messages, ,,,stop the thinking that is of no use to you.
It so happens that excessive thinking can harm the stomach/spleen system. Anxiety is also tied to this system. In addition, an ability to integrate , stabilize, feel centered and balanced, are also psychological qualities related to this organ system. This is not my wisdom! I just came across it in a five element chart. It seems useful here.
So, what are you thinking about when you practice, and post practice. Is it positive, supportive, beneficial, to transforming the experience of anxiety? What are those messages/signals?
When you remove the reaction/thinking, you can still have the feeling of something. Let's say you have a cut that bleeding. First, stop the bleeding. Once the bleeding is stopped, there still can be a sensation of pain or discomfort. In this experience, put in the right signals, don't get lost in thought that supports any negative manifestation. Don't react to the feeling. Do your qigong, then stay mindful. If you've done your qigong and stay mindful, frame 'whatever' you feel, as healing. Be 'absolute' with this, and diligent. Healing can have a very strong feeling piece to it. Often , that feeling is reacted to, then the mind starts to question or doubt or tell you nothing is working, or the problem is still there, or back...
Put your spirit in charge, not your mind. Be firm, clear and continually meet what you feel, with positive affirmations and clear supportive signals. Treat yourself well. It is okay to feel something uncomfortable. It is a new experience to have experience, and not think about it or react to it. It can feel awkward and unfamiliar. We have behavior patterns, thinking patterns, that require diligent focus during and post practice sessions.
The more qigong you do, the more you will effect the feeling you have, that perhaps now is framed as still having anxiety. The blockage can be felt more acutely as you work with it. You will be able to relax and focus. If you take out the reactions and thinking, you will make better progress.
You 'can' transform energy. This can take time. You hold the image of where you want to be, and don't let other thinking into that. You are manifesting your health. No doubts, no fear, no anxiety.
Don't shape your practice relative to your blockage. Like, what should I focus on to help my stomach/spleen system.. You are an entity of connected systems. Your stomach/spleen system has relation to your other systems. Just do your practice as complete as you can. It will take care of you, take care of this part of you, help you transform, and you can 'trust' that completely. Qi is intelligent and will do it's thing when you are in a good alignment.
You will get out of your practice, what you put in. The more the better. Work with not reacting to what you experience, and then thinking, doubting, worrying. Again, you may still feel something. Stay diligent at that point. Either go to a focus, or neutralize the tendency to go into thought about it. Framing the feeling as a strong healing sensation is helpful. Meeting the feeling/thoughts with positive signals(strength of spirit behind that). You are not just kidding yourself with that. It is simply how you manifest health. For you, the thinking part is very important.
I would also add, relative to focus, that you could look at your physical alignment as a focus too. Maybe your sense of focus is just what you feel you are supposed to be seeing/focusing on in your mind's eye. Your physical alignment/position, is also a focus, in a way. Just keep standing, breathing, relaxed moving, let go, let go... lengthen the spine, tongue up, etc. All physical alignments, a physical focus. Qi responds to that piece too. You are putting yourself in a transformative alignment. From their, align with spirit, hold intention, watch the thinking and reacting. Be patient with this process over time.
Qigong works beautifully relative to what you are working through.
love,
gallen

Bonjour Marianne,

I started about 1 month ago to pratice SFQG to heal my anxiaty. (Probably not as severe as you though).

I am doing better and better.

The first week, I could barely feel my body : too many worries ("Am I doing it right, should I do this this way or that way, if the master saw me he would say I'am all wrong and reject me, I do not deserve to be healed because I am anxious and can't focus !! It is sekfish I wont use my powers properly...).

So I began thinking : "The master, The unikverse loves me anyway, let go and let them love you" while praticing up until I began to feel love (about a week).

The I went to think : "I am selfich ? I want to know what I really want". So I asked to be healed of what keeps me from knowing what I want. A few days later, I found knew thing I want in my carreer and I am going to tlak to my boss about that tomorow.

It's like I am solving personnal issues a step at the time.

Every time I pratice, I choose a theme I want to release and I keep asking for healing it while I pratice until it feel ok.

Then, something else comes up and I deal with it.

I don't know if I am doing it the proper way but I know it works : Anxiaty is fading awway.

I would suggest to try one aspect to find one part of your anxiaty that you wnat to heal beacause you are sure that if that part was not there you would feel better. Then practice asking for that specific healing.

Hope it helps ?



Take care,

Daniel

Thank you so much :)I`m so glad this forum exist, and that there are so many caring people out there.

I will keep up with the exercice than, with strong faith.

Thanks.

Love from Marianne