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In the past few days I have had certain chi congestion zones or knots on my body usually which when slapped or gently punched will release a rush of chi similar to but much more intense than when a muscle knot is punched.   These knots do not always correspond to muscle knot areas but sometimes do.   Also they have been more often in my back body, often in the kidney area or just above, sometimes in the knot areas behind the shoulders, and rarely in the front of the body such as on the forehead, throat or solar plexus. Now usually I was able to clear these by simply tapping them occasionally.  However in the past two days it has become a fairly steady dull ache back body chi congestion but is still just a minor nuisance.   I still occasionally tap my back at certain points and it helps a little but not as much or as long as before.   I also have tried some basic energy/breathing/visualization stuff that I sometimes try and that helps a little but not as much as usual. Now I thought such back body chi congestion indicated an excess of yin but a glance on a Japanese article on ki that I have says that the back body and forehead are more yang associated. However if I had an excess of yang I would expect perhaps more hypomania in my case, but certainly I don’t class this back body chi congestion as depression. So anyway I was wondering if there are any qi gong poses/moves/breathings I should try, reiki visualizations I might try (I may also consult a friend who is a 3rd degree reiki master), yoga asanas and pranayama exercises, and/or dietary adjustments I should try to remedy the imbalance.  However it may go away by itself in the next few days and for now I will try some basic qi gong from The Way of Energy (and again try my usual balancing visualizations) and some gentle but deep yoga back bends and breathing awareness, drink lots of water and stick to a healthy diet. In case you wonder, I am pretty sure there is nothing wrong with my back medically but if this mild annoyance continues for a while may get it checked out by a GP and posibly a traditional medicine person too. But anyway my back is like a dammed river of chi or something like that today. For those few following my mystic cycles, there is no sign of a waning crescent high so far this week though it is almost 12 years from my first one, and almost 9 years from my last one, and my low years have lasted 7.55 years. My current probable delusion for today is that I and my stuff and the human species are being judged today by my 8 main deities and others invited by them, probably including other someones who are each deity to at least one living human.   For more see my web page http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html  . But anyway I probably mistakenly view this back chi congestion as a sign this judgement axe has fallen on me at least (so instead of this waning crescent being one of inspiration for me it may be like a blade of judgement). However all that is an aside and I am mainly interested in dealing with the back chi congestion. David

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Hi to all of you interested by backache, Liangong is a form of therapeutic gymnastic inspired by baduanjin, five animals play and yijinjing among other forms of traditional chinese exercises. With a  daily practice, someone has very good chances to reduce/resolve back problems. For more info, go to www.chiflow.com. VHS and DVD of the form are available. Best regards, Claude Fournier

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zones or knots on my body usually which when slapped or gently punched will release a rush of chi similar to but much more intense than when a muscle knot is punched.   These knots do not always correspond to muscle knot areas but sometimes do.   Also they have been more often in my back body, often in the kidney area or just above, sometimes in the knot areas behind the shoulders, and rarely in the front of the body such as on the forehead, throat or solar plexus. you have to work on basic exercises like mingmen breathing and yiquan to clear this up. whatever your regular practice is, it is jinking you around and causing these knots.

OK, I’ll give that a try.   And recently I’ve been pretty slack in my regular practice of yoga/qigong so a bit of both, even a half hour a day, should help.  I still haven’t done a good long thorassic spine back bend with deep belly breathing, and hamstring stretches but will try them this evening, and found that a short uttanasana earlier helped some. foundation exercises along with visualization to clear the body of congestion is the prescription. stand yiquan five minutes a day and work on the ‘conduit’ visualization, so that energy flows easily and cleanly from earth to heaven.

OK, I’ll try that, I’ll do a grounding connection and then work on the flow/river thing I guess, to clear whatever block is there. remember that your energy is the way you think it is- yi leads the qi. might not hurt to blow off ome steam, get good and tired, eat well, forget your troubles, etc.

Well, I have found also that a little Tylenol may have helped a bit last night, and it could be that moderate alcohol (which I don’t drink during waxing moon) helps a little, and also it is worse in the morning than later in the day and night. (Also late last night it really eased for a while so someone may have done a remote healing/unblocking thing on me and if so I thank whoever did it.) This morning the chi congestion had moved from worst zone in lower back a bit above the kidneys up to the thorassic spine area, and I imagined that an ancient mystic might have described the sensation as like a "demon on the back" though unlike my waxing gibbous moon trials (which I sort of relate to demon trials of Buddha, Krishna and Jesus) there are no reality distortion or other mental effects other than just slowing me down slightly and making me mor concerned with my problems than external matters such as inducing positive world change.   But anyway since this morning it has improved a fair bit and the phenomenom of chi congestion buildup that would then disperse when lightly punched has diminished a lot so when I now punch myself in the thorassic spine back area I don’t get the dispersal rush much.  There is still a dull ache though and I will try some yoga and your qigong suggestions this evening and if I feel up to it may even then go out and catch some Django Reinhardt style guitar/etc later. Thanks again for your tips! David

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zones or knots on my body usually which when slapped or gently punched will release a rush of chi similar to but much more intense than when a muscle knot is punched.   These knots do not always correspond to muscle knot areas but sometimes do.   Also they have been more often in my back body, often in the kidney area or just above, sometimes in the knot areas behind the shoulders, and rarely in the front of the body such as on the forehead, throat or solar plexus.

you have to work on basic exercises like mingmen breathing and yiquan to clear this up. whatever your regular practice is, it is jinking you around and causing these knots. foundation exercises along with visualization to clear the body of congestion is the prescription. stand yiquan five minutes a day and work on the ‘conduit’ visualization, so that energy flows easily and cleanly from earth to heaven.  remember that your energy is the way you think it is- yi leads the qi. might not hurt to blow off ome steam, get good and tired, eat well, forget your troubles, etc. carl – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Now usually I was able to clear these by simply tapping them occasionally.  However in the past two days it has become a fairly steady dull ache back body chi congestion but is still just a minor nuisance.   I still occasionally tap my back at certain points and it helps a little but not as much or as long as before.   I also have tried some basic energy/breathing/visualization stuff that I sometimes try and that helps a little but not as much as usual. Now I thought such back body chi congestion indicated an excess of yin but a glance on a Japanese article on ki that I have says that the back body and forehead are more yang associated. However if I had an excess of yang I would expect perhaps more hypomania in my case, but certainly I don’t class this back body chi congestion as depression. So anyway I was wondering if there are any qi gong poses/moves/breathings I should try, reiki visualizations I might try (I may also consult a friend who is a 3rd degree reiki master), yoga asanas and pranayama exercises, and/or dietary adjustments I should try to remedy the imbalance.  However it may go away by itself in the next few days and for now I will try some basic qi gong from The Way of Energy (and again try my usual balancing visualizations) and some gentle but deep yoga back bends and breathing awareness, drink lots of water and stick to a healthy diet. In case you wonder, I am pretty sure there is nothing wrong with my back medically but if this mild annoyance continues for a while may get it checked out by a GP and posibly a traditional medicine person too. But anyway my back is like a dammed river of chi or something like that today. For those few following my mystic cycles, there is no sign of a waning crescent high so far this week though it is almost 12 years from my first one, and almost 9 years from my last one, and my low years have lasted 7.55 years. My current probable delusion for today is that I and my stuff and the human species are being judged today by my 8 main deities and others invited by them, probably including other someones who are each deity to at least one living human.   For more see my web page http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html  . But anyway I probably mistakenly view this back chi congestion as a sign this judgement axe has fallen on me at least (so instead of this waning crescent being one of inspiration for me it may be like a blade of judgement). However all that is an aside and I am mainly interested in dealing with the back chi congestion. David

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