Thanks very much Shawn and Ckerins. Not only is this useful information about how to do the exercise more effectively but a good explanation of why it should be done like this. In my manual it talks of bringing hands together but not fingers - maybe this has been revised since. I am now thinking that in the ending exercises when you rub your hands together fingers should be closed so that the general rule is in effect open fingers to collect qi and close them to direct it to parts of your body.
Kind regards
Kev
