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Improving the TSMQ PracticeS: In TSMQ, you tell us to pull the energy into the body from the head, the feet and the palms. I do not feel anything when I practice. Am I doing something wrong?
DC: When you meditate become mindful of your breathing. Open up your senses. Sense the energy flow into and through your body.
 | Pull the Qi into the top of your head and guide it down to the Lower Dan Tian. |
| Pull the Qi up through your feet and guide it into the Lower Dan Tian. |
| Pull the Qi in through your palms into the Lower Dan Tian. |
If the palms, feet and top of head are cool, it means that external Qi is being channeled into the body. If these areas are warm, it means that it is internal Qi that is being used.
Feeling Heat in the Lower Dan TianS: After I eat, my Lower Dan Tian becomes very warm. Is this okay?
DC: Yes, it means the digestive system is working well. It is very efficient. Your food is being transformed into energy. When this happens, gently guide the warmth up the back to the back of the head and then bring it around to the top and front. Then gently guide it back down the front to the Lower Dan Tian. Allow the energy to circle easily and comfortably around you – you have formed a "little universe."
Practicing Qigong with a PartnerS: Are there some Qigong forms that I can practice with my spouse?
DC: Yes, there are several different forms that are very powerful when practiced with a partner. When two energy systems (people) practice Qigong together they create more power than when just one individual practices. The energy systems theory states that rearranging the parts creates more than the total sum of its parts. Thus, 1+1 does not necessarily equal 2. Try these three forms and enjoy the sharing of each other’s Qi.
Rock back and forth on the floor.
| With your partner facing you on the floor, hold each other’s hands and place the soles of your feet together. The Laogong and Bubbling Springs cavities should be touching. Gently pull your partner towards you and breathe in. |
| Release your breath as your partner pulls you towards him/her. |
| This movement will create a rocking motion. |
| Practice this for at least five minutes. |
Back-to-back meditation.
| Both should sit on the floor in a meditative posture with their backs touching. |
| Breathe in each other’s Qi through your backs. Pull the Qi up into the head as you breathe it in. |
| Gently exhale allowing the Qi to flow down the front, through the Lower Dan Tian and back out through your back into the other person. |
| Practice this for 15-20 minutes. |
| This practice will help open up the back and Tu meridians. |
Push and pull Qi into your partner.
| Start by standing a little more than arm’s length apart facing each other. |
| One person will be the receiver. This person should just relax, close the eyes and open up the senses. |
| The other person performs La Qi-Qwan Qi (LQQQ) on the receiver. This person should slowly push Qi into and pull Qi out of the other person. |
| The receiver should verbally respond as he/she senses the Qi. |
| After five or ten minutes, the roles should be reversed with the receiver now performing the LQQQ. |
| When you push in – add in the thought that you are pushing in therapeutic (healing) energy. Push the Qi into and also through the other person’s body. When you pull the Qi out, gently add the thought you are pulling out stagnant energy (Qi) from the other person’s body. |
| When you finish, add the thought, "you are healed" or "it is healed." |
S: When is the best time for me to practice self-healing?
DC: After you have practiced PQQD or La Qi-Qwan Qi, your palms are full of energy and ready for healing yourself or others. Healing others expands your Qi frequency and energy wavelength. This happens because your Qi must adjust and adopt the other person’s energy frequency and wavelength.
Use your fingertips, your toes, and your palms. This also helps open up your channels (meridians). A Universal Law: "The more you give (energy) the more (energy) you receive."
Key point – do not use your own Qi to heal others. Gently and simply tune in to the Universal energy that surrounds you and channel that energy to the other person. Healing yourself is usually the easiest since you are already compatible with your own Qi.
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