Introduction to Chi-Gung video

Chi-GungChi-Gung: Energy work

As I mentioned in my earlier post, Chi-Gung is the most profound science I applied in my life; hands down! I am a life long athlete that had tried every program, technique or regiment existing on the planet, and one thing for certain, I wish someone would have turned me on to Chi-Gung much earlier in life. In the attached short video, Dylan gives an articulate, short presentation providing a specific exercise known as palms raised to heavens triple burner, a moving meditation exercise for mobilizing, circulating, balancing and storing of energy. This exercise is simple but very effective, coupled with the earlier post Intro into Chi-Gung “Energy work”, will provide the new practitioner with a great foundation to work with. Watch the vid and read the article, once you put into practice you will be very grateful you did! The exercise seems a little slow and boring in comparison to many western exercises, but don’t under-estimate the power of the subtle and spiritual energy gained from Chi-gung practice.                                  

Chi-Gung is for everyone

The awesome thing about Chi-Gung, it’s for everyone! Healthy, sick, young and old, everyone can enjoy the health benefits from practice, and you do not have to belong to a specific religion or be a martial artist to do so. Set aside all the dogma and give it a try! Just thirty peaceful, meditative minutes a day and you’re on the way 🙂 Hope you enjoy, like and share the video so others can catch the opportunity too. Thanks for stopping by! Namaste, love & peace.

Beach Shots

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More quick hitters with the Galaxy S4.  Jon Paul & Dylan playing around puppy beach Pier Park, doing some bad wolverine poses 🙂

Leetsauce athlete’s smoothie

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This particular recipe is used by a group of  vegan athlete’s that train rigorously on a daily basis. The chocolate smoothie has numerous beneficial vitamins & minerals (energies) to facilitate an extremely intense workout regiment (My main course meal everyday).  With that said,  if this recipe can provide a pro athlete with ample energy, then imagine what it can do for someone who would like to trim a little off the belly, or someone who simply wants to add a little snack treat without stressing about it. Whether youre training for competition sports or just wanting to add a new treat to your diet, I think you will enjoy  this healthy and delicious recipe.  In effort adding some diversity I like to mix up the ingredients and quantities a little, and this chocolate smoothie is no exception. For the sake of having a base to start with I will give quantities, but I rarely measure any of the ingredients anymore; a splash of this and a splash of that to get the desired taste and effect 😉  You will need a blender and a stick to fight off those sneaky buggers that come running every time they hear the blender. I hope you enjoy!

Single serving portions:

  1. 1 Banana
  2. 1/2 – 1  cup spring water ice (the more ice and milk the more watered down effect)
  3. 1/3 cup Hemp milk ( or almond, coconut, or soy) sometimes I use all of them.
  4. 1/3 cup of Almond butter
  5. 1/3 cup of Organic peanut butter
  6. hefty tbl spoon of unsweetened cocoa (experiment to get desired chocolate taste)
  7. 1 tbl spoon of  oraganic blue agave

I throw in a splash of Vega One brand- all in one nutritional shake mix, to get a little added protein (optional of course)

Depending on my activities for the day I usually can make it the entire day off this one smoothie,  a veggie fruit juice, and water.

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Your healing hands

alexgreyjesusalex-grey-body    The attached photo’s are artwork by Alex Grey. Several years ago, I was contemplating the need for a visual reference of  the human energy network and meridians, when I stumbled across Alex’s work, I was blown away! And to this day I still haven’t found a better example to use for visualizing in meditation, or teaching on the subject.  As seen in the Christ rendition, the hands are seemingly lit up at the center of the palms. In TCM these energy gates at the palms center, play a very important role in harnessing, cultivating, moving, storage, and projecting energy.  I cannot stress enough the importance of focusing your thought into your hands, and coordinating with the flow of the breath!  Which, brings me back to the title: YOUR healing hands! Yes, you do the healing, so give focused attention to these energy gates at the center of your palms. With moving practices like Tai Chi Chuan, the body and hands will flow with the tempo of the breath.

In preparation for all meditation/healing practice, I will start by sensitizing the energy gates at the hands. I do this by pressing my  index and middle finger into the center of my hand, taking a deep breath, centering and focusing my thought at the pressure point. One deep breath into each hand is usually enough to get the energy flowing and open up these gates for the proceeding energy work. We now hold our hands out in front of the body facing each other, as if we are gently holding a large balloon.  I practice all my routines with my eyes closed. OK, so now take a deeeeep breath, slowly pull your hands apart as you inhale and slowly push them together as you exhale; should feel as if we are squashing that balloon, or a slight push/pull sensation of the hands. Keep up this routine untill you can feel the polarity at work. If you feel the push/pull with the ebb n flow, you’re ready to Go!

Now that the hands are fired up ready to go, we can experiment a little by feeling the energies all around us, both animate and inanimate, by not touching, but rather, by holding our hands near the object with the palm facing the object we are attempting to connect with. For example, we could test the continuity between your hand and a tree, or family pet, crystals, a glass of water, anything really, just have some fun in practice and over time your hands should become sensitive to the energies around and within you. Remember, you need to open the gates by the compression technique I mentioned earlier, and we should always remember to close these gates upon completion! We do this with our minds by thinking about it, and as added support, you can wave a hand in front of the palm; as if you were cutting a cord attached to the palm. Also, breath deeply and slowly into you lower abdomen while practicing! Feeeeel the subtle energy, moving your hands closer to the object exhaling and moving further away from the object as you inhale.

Not a very complicated process now is it? The real difficulty, mostly, is in the hours of stretching, meditation, accumulating, and the occasional transmutation of  illness, disease, and pain. 😦 And is why Chi-Gung healers must spend years of meditation practice and prepare their mind/bodies to deal with possible difficulties. We will discuss more on the topic of transmutation, in later post and videos. Untill then, practice, practice, practice! Oh, one more thing! I wouldn’t practice with electrical components or in electrical storms!! The human body is a very good conductor of electricity, we are mostly water. I highly recommend multiple sessions with a Chi-Gung or Prana healer! Sometimes Chiropractic firms will have acupuncturist on staff with touchless healing experience. I like to hit pain and injury with a multitude of healing efforts:  Acupuncture; Chiropractic adjustments; massage; hydrotherapy, guided meditation, nutrition, health coaching, Yoga, physical training, and even an occasional blood test 😦 to check my ph balance.

Before proceeding to video, I wanted to layout a good foundation, making it easier to follow the videos, plus I really do not want to break it down everytime I’m waving my hands over someone in practice. We will further examine the human energy channels and their associating elixer fields’ (dan-tien), or Chakras, later. Untill then, Happy healing! Mirrors within mirrors, plans within plans, believe what we will, but God has two hands 😉 Happy healing! Jon Paul

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