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Quality versus Quantity PracticeS: Is it more important to practice Qigong more often or to make certain that the practice is a quality one?
DC: Quantity comes first. Quantity (the amount of time and frequency of practice) leads to quality after a time. Keep practicing and the quality will come.
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Qi and Internal Organ QiS: What is the difference between PQQD and Meridian Qigong?
DC: PQQD facilitates you to gain and integrate external energies quickly into your body. These energies are located on the surface level of the body.
Meridian Qigong facilitates the opening up of the deeper internal organs' energies. You are using Qi to create activity instead of using the muscles. If you have meridians that have not opened yet, use the Twelve Forms Meridian Qigong to open them.
Improving the Meridian Qigong Practice
DC: When you practice Meridian Qigong, pay attention to your palms and finger tips. The purpose of using the postures is to make the Qi flow from the beginning of the meridian to the end. When standing, have all ten toes grip the ground – for the same reason.
When you practice PQQD and La Qi-Qwan Qi, do the same thing. When pushing and pulling pay attention to the fingertips. Grab and release the Qi. Grip the floor with your toes. Both actions will help open the channels.
When a meridian channel opens, analyze the posture and sensations you are experiencing. Remember how the channel was opened and attempt to repeat the process the next time you practice to assure all the channels eventually open. Be patient – the amount, quality and length of practice time, the location where you practice, and your current emotional state are all factors in increasing the quality of your Qi flow.
Use La Qi- Qwan Qi and palm flapping to facilitate, maintain and smooth out the opening of your channels.
Prior to beginning each posture, tap your fingers or run your palms along the meridian - about one-inch above the skin - from the entry to the exit point.
S: Should I attempt to guide the energy during PQQD?
DC: Do not use the mind to guide or push energy. Use the body to condition the mind, body and spirit. Simply allow the Qigong form and posture to guide the energy flow. If the channel opens, it opens. Allow nature to take its own course.
Release your thoughts when you practice. If your mind wanders or your mind attaches itself to a thought, gently tell yourself to release the thought.
S: My legs are weak. I have difficulty standing or walking. Is there anything I can do to build up my leg strength?
DC: The primary ways to strengthen the legs are:
 | Increase the length of time you practice Triple Means Standing Meditative Qigong (TSMQ). |
| Lower yourself down further on your knees during TSMQ. |
| Practice "wall squatting." |
| Practice feet La Qi – begin at 100 and increase the number. |
| Practice Qigong walking. |
| Soak your feet once a day in warm water. While soaking, send Qi down into the legs and feet. |
| While walking, visualize energy is being pulled up through the heels into the legs. At the same time visualize Qi is being pulled down through the top of the head into the body. Push out waste energy through the balls of the feet. |
With any of these, do not over exert yourself.
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