When I first begin to prepare to do Qigong,during the Beginning of the Universe, my body sways all over the place. Does this happen to anyone else? Does anyone know what is happening?

Could someone please post the yin/yang recipe? Thanks

Using spring water, boil half of whatever amount you use and combine it with the unboiled half. Add honey to taste - about a teaspoon is plenty to about 12 ounces of water.

While i am fairly earnestly pursuing Spring Forest, this is one of the things that puts me off considerably - along with some of the Feng Shui discussions.. How could this concoction possibly do anything but hydrate a person. It sounds like simplistic new age mumbo jumbo. I believe Chunyi Lin is a very sincere and skilled person, but this stuff makes me wonder if his success isn't due mostly to his perserverance and dedication t rather this supposedly unique and powerful system that he has developed. Just my own thoughts....Harry

Harry, my impression is that Chunyi isn't claiming to have created anything new; qigong is centuries old, but he has put it into an accessible form for modern westerners. Why not just take from it what is useful to you.

Karen,

I realize that Qi Qong is not new, but I think LS IS marketing this as as a unique system which Chunyi Lin has personally culled from the vast body of qi qong that is out there. Thus, Spring Forest Qi Qong and not just Qi Qong.

Your advice is well taken, but sometimes it is hard to decide what you can use and what you can't when embarking on an endeavour that may take months to show any benefit. None of it makes any logical sense to me so it is all a leap of faith to some extent.

Do you do Spring Forest? If so what has your experience been? Thanks for the input.

Be well, Harry

Hi Harry, I truly understand your concerns, having worked with so many healing tools and having had to choose carefully so as not to overload my nervous system with too much input. (More is usually not better).

And I've found some very useful tools in unusual packages. I've found that as with everything else in life, you can't judge a book by its cover.

Some of the criteria I use to determine whether something might be useful to me, is affordability, accessibility, and traditional wisdom.

With SFQigong, I trust that what is presented represents traditional practices and that the adaptations that Chunyi Lin and/or LS made to make it a marketable product, do not compromise its inherent effectiveness. I only trust this from having read about and practiced other forms of Qigong.

I started SF Qigong because I was hoping for a more integrated program that was doable for me, being in a somewhat weakened condition. Other tape programs just didn't provide a format that motivated me enough. Format, presentation, the way the exercises are organized, plays a big part in compliance. A program that presents excellent material but isn't as accessible or practical, misses the point. Doing the exercises regularly, whatever supports you in doing that, is more important than any technical details, in my opinion.

So I'm still evaluating SF Qigong. My suggestion would be, instead of analyzing its merit, take LS up on the 6-month money-back guarantee and work with it for a while. I'm sure you'll know within that time period whether it's helpful for you.

Whether SF Qigong is a whole new practice or a new form adapted from an old practice, I personally don't think is such an important question as whether it's of use to you in a practical sense. I feel it's worth putting it to the test in the laboratory of your own body to find out Take care.

One more thought, on the negative side.. I thought the program could have been produced in a condensed form, with all the essentials intact, for a much lower cost. (I'm sure there are many people with serious health problems who simply can't spend that amount on anything no matter how valuable).

Thanks Karen. You make a lot of sense. Basically, that is what I am doing; trying the program for the trial period. I feel that I can't really lose because if nothing else I get a nice meditation daily.

I totally agree with you on the package and posted something about that somewhere else on this forum. I could have gotten by just fine with only the video. I realize LS is a for profit company, but the " deluxe model only" mentality is in direct conflict with Chunyi Lin's "a healer in every household" ambition. Whether it works or not is a moot point for those who can't even scrape up enough to get the car running. Maybe the slogan should be revised to "a healer in every neighborhood."

Best of luck to you.....Harry

Claire, I also sway, but it is usualy when
I am going into another frame of mind and have not let it distract or bother me in time it goes away as I get into the exercise.

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Originally posted by Claire:
When I first begin to prepare to do Qigong,during the Beginning of the Universe, my body sways all over the place. Does this happen to anyone else? Does anyone know what is happening?

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Wouldn't it be nice if Master Lin would be on this board to answer some of our questions for us? For instance, he could explain more about the yin/yang drink--Why does it work and what is it suppose to do?

• Boiling the water changes the properties of the water from Yin to Yang (or Yang to Yin, I forget which). Mixing the two together balances the energy of the water, which helps balance your body as you drink it. You can drink Yin Yang water with or without honey.

• Chunyi looks at Feng Shui differently from most Feng Shui "masters" and self-proclaimed experts. He sees a house, for example, as a Small Universe and watches the flow of energy through the house based on its Small Universe. Hopefully we will have more complete information in a couple of years--there are many priorities ahead of it.

• A book will be published next year for those who cannot afford our "deluxe" course. We put everything we could into the course to increase people's liklihood of success. As with PhotoReading where we have a seminar, self-study, and a book so that the technology is available to most everyone we are working with Chunyi and our other associates to make Spring Forest Qigong accessible. Step by step...

By the way, the swaying of the body, which was the first question has to do with energy moving through the body. It is fairly common and tends to disappear as you practice. I had uncontrollable bouncing at first.

ALSO, THE REASON FOR HAVING YOUR FEET MORE THAN SHOULDER'S WIDTH APART IS TO PROMOTE GREATER STABILITY.
THERE ARE QIGONG FORMS THAT INVOLVE SWAYING. I BELIEIVE IT WAS POPULAR IN CHINA IN THE 1980'S. THE IDEA IS FEELING THE MOVEMENT IN THE STILLNESS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'VE HAD HAPPEN SPONTANEOUSLY.