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Lately I have been praticing chi kung but I noticed I started to devloping upper back pain. Not in the muscles of the back but right on the bone. It felt like I needed to crack my back so it wasn't so severe but enough to bother. Then one night I woke up and really felt the pain and at the same time I had an asthma attack. Then I realized it was roughly about the same area as where my lungs are.
What does this mean? Lately from praticing Chi Kung, my pains are back and I don't feel much chi flow? I need a little guidance
Check out my post on the Yoga Asana for Back Pain Thread in the Other Styles of Chi-Kung Section of this Forum. I'll bet the simple exercise described there will relieve your back pain and increase the flexibility of your spine to help prevent the pain from returning....if you were to practice it on a daily basis. Good luck!
From your last two posts, it sounds to me like you are going through a phase that many Shaolin Wahnam students experience. If you do a search on "cleansing" you can read some of their experiences: http://www.wongkiewkit.com/forum/sea...searchid=81905
I think there are a few things at work here. Despite your doubts, you are practicing well. This results in a lot of cleansing. The exercises that you learned in New York are EXTREMELY powerful and emphasize a rapid cleansing of bad energy. With some styles of chi kung, this cleansing may take years. But with our method, the cleansing is often condensed into a much shorter time period.
This is a bit of tradeoff, but well worth it, in my opinion. If the cleansing is spread out over a longer period of time, then the discomforts and difficulties will be less. But time is not always a luxury for students with serious illnesses. And once you get through one bout of cleansing and witness the results, the subsequent bouts become enjoyable.
Reading my words, you may be doubting whether or not you are truly cleansing. After all, you're not feeling your chi flow as much as in the beginning. Again, this is a common phase. In the beginning, the sensations of chi flow are powerful. But as you clear blockages, the sensations diminish. Later, when you reach the next level of cleansing, new sensations will appear. And then later, those will disappear.
Peter, the best advice I can give you is to carry on with your practice, and to enjoy it. Don't worry about the pains. Don't worry about whether the chi is working on your lungs or your liver. Just enjoy your practice.
But if you would like some personal guidance, I would suggest that you get in touch with Eugene. He's in Brazil at the moment, but he should be back in about 10 days. Eugene is reluctant to start teaching, but he is more than qualified to do so.
Actually, Eugene's chi kung is of a very high level. I am confident that he can help you. If he will not accept payment for helping you (as I suspect that he won't), then you should at least take him out to a nice dinner or buy him a nice gift. And you should address him as "sihing" (older brother) even though he will likely tell you not to.
Last edited by Antonius; 31 December 2005, 06:51 PM.
Yeah for a while my mind wasn't at ease for I had fear that I have been praticing wrong. All these signs seem to look like I must be doing wrong. So thanks for putting my mind at ease.
Also due to school I was so bussy that I didn't get a chance to pratice for a month about 2 weeks after I learned it from Sifu but now im praticing daily. Do you think that would be determential to my pratice?
I will also chime in and tell you that I have also been "suffering" through some cleansing these days. There are times that I pray that it will end quickly, but after reading Anthony Shihing's post, I see that I should be very grateful for these sensations.
As for some advice: be sure keep your mouth open, that way it will take less effort if you have to cry out in pain.
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