Healing Journal

This is just the beginning. I've always wondered about blogs and now I will know. I got into bodywork to heal myself. My closet is full of notebooks from the various Asian Bodywork classes I"ve taken over the years. I'd like to use this space to revisit and organise some of those notes to reaffirm my practice and maybe find others who share my same interests.

The first thing I've learned as a practitioner of Asian Bodywork is that I'm going to have to do my Tai chi and Qigong every day. The combination of movement and breathwork allows me to stay balanced and feel really good. My teachers for this are Mantak Chia, Jamie Wu, Jeffery Yuen, Renee Ryan and their students. Yes...I have notes from these people. Their instruction was mostly doing simple moves but I had to draw little pictures and such so that I could remember the instruction.

Jamie Wu teaches 5 element Qigong, it is a pushing method and great for my heart. Oddly, the day I took instruction from him I was having discomfort around my heart. After completeing his class I felt better. No more chest pains! For a while I was doing it every day. It was the best when I'd go to the park. I'd find a secluded spot so. (Not everyone requires that much privacy...actually it could become dangerous should you lose focus of your surrounding.) I'd focus my gaze softly toward the trees/greenery in the distance, it was so refreshing. When I was done I'd find a big rock and lay down focusing on the blue sky and the clouds (when they were there). The experience was so other worldly. If I can, I'm going to post some of the diagrams I made of his class.