Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ Spring Forest Qigong sick/pain ever since practising

I have only recently been practicing SFQG consistently - about 2 months on Lvl 1. Since I started it has been one thing after another - first a cold, then infected finger, then flu, pains in the knee, toothache..... Is this usual?

also have been experiencing severe shoulder and neck pain from the active exercises. Yhis means I can only do only sitting mediations for a period of time. am getting some bodywork done on shoulders etc but wondered if any one else had this problem and what they did about it.

Thanks and Best

Sva

Hi Sva :-)

My first thought is that you're bringing up energetic blockages that were deeply rooted for release.

sickness is, after all, only the body's attempt to restore balance.

regarding the shoulder and neck pain, one of my other masters says that it's very easy to be unconsciously very tense in this area. The shoulders are key to allowing the energy to flow throughout the system, so maybe you could put your attention here when you begin and ensure you're relaxed. Just go back and check throughout the session.

Master Lin also says that any pain that comes up is an opportunity to work through it for release :-)

Many blessings,

Dean

Naturopaths call what you're experiencing a herxeimer's reaction, also called a healing crisis, which means basically that you are entering back out of the toxin tunnel (when you go it there are symptoms and when you go out, symptoms, which can be the same or vastly different than what you're used to). They tell you to welcome the experience, as it's your body working hard to recover.

I have had many such experiences doing qi gong. More colds, more fibromyalgia pain, skin eruptions, dizziness, weakness, and others. I just keep on trooping and try to rejoice that my body is healing!!

Increasing your water (esp yin yang water - pour boiling water into a cup and then add fresh spring water and if you want a bit of raw honey) intake can be very helpful. Master Lin highly recommends this.

I know this is a forum on qi gong and I don't want to get off message too much, but I've had a lot of luck when having healing crises to work on colon cleanses. The more toxic waste can be pushed out of the system the better. (Enemas, colonics, or cleanses are helpful.) Also, a bath full of 4 cups of epsom salts helps pull out toxins quicker. (According to Master Lin, don't take a hot bath right after doing qi gong; wait 30 min at least.)

Hugs,
Cawwie

Thanks Dean and Cawwie

really appreciate your comments. Its so obvious now what is going on, but ... just needed someone else to put it into words. Pain is still there (sometimes worse) but am taking actions you suggested and noticing my relationship/reaction to the pain.

Again thanks

Best and Love

Sva

3 weeks into practice of SFQ - I have the same experience as Sva
ALL of my medical (severe and chronic) concerns have gotten worse and some new
ones I have not experienced in years (or ever) have also surfaced. In a word,
I'm a limping wreck. (I used to be a walking half-wreck)

How can I actually know I am getting better ?

Isn't it a mental spin of no-fail possibility ?

what I mean is - if I am getting worse, I am told, that I am going thru a "healing"
process
and if and when I get better I would be told "see ? it works" - so there is a no fail possibility

Can anybody actually share personal results of practicing level I
(from VHS/DVD) without being healed by Master Lin or in personal contact
with him - and having gone through worsening symptoms actually
emerged healthier ??

Aloha AllThisIsThatAndNotThat,

I've had a very brutal chest cold, that could have laid me up for a good week and a half. During those couple days the symptoms got worse and I even had got pink eye from my son. My evening meditation on the second day was so powerful, that the next morning I awoke with no issues with my eyes and the chest cold cleared to about 70% and continued to diminish the following day.

I there are many people that share their stories with me at Guild meetings of things where the symptom discomfort had increased for a while after doing Spring Forest and then the symptoms and issue releases. Some found the symptoms to lessen or disappear while doing the work, others saw them reappear after finishing their daily practice, but lesser in magnitude. Some issues took 30 minutes and others two years to balance out of the system.

Don't ignor the example of Master Lin's healing work on people sometimes having the same results. For an example, usually when a person comes in with arthritis, he'll let them know that they may or may not have an increase discomfort in their joints as the energy continues to work through those channels that night. He lets them know that if there is an increase in discomfort, to realize what is happening and relax, do some active exercise meditation, or call on his energy to help it work through.

Much Love, Shawn

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear - let me explain further

Unfortunately, my medical issues are not as mild as a chest cold, but are
numerous, severe and even life threatening. I am seen by 4 specialists and under 15 medicines daily for years. I rely on medical equipment to breathe and stay alive.

I mention all that because when these conditions worsen,my life is at stake
and SFQ for me is a gamble. It can heal me, but the "healing process" itself
may kill me before I get there.

That is why I need to be as sure as possible.

So I am asking to hear from a potentially similar group of people as follows:

1) From people who had severe and/or life-threatening health issues
2) who did NOT get treated by Master Lin and learned SFQ remotely
by Tape/DVD
3) who saw their health issues worsen but then clear