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Lymphatic breath

Submitted by michael young on 2021-04-18 15:52

I just finished the most recent lymphatic breath lesson. I felt all of the things you pointed out. It is very intersting how the sensations change from the belly/hips, to the kidneys/back, and then the very interesting pouring over the shoulders/collar bones. The sensation around the neck and collar bones was a cool, thick, liquidy feeling. Things in my body felt more clear to my awareness. You mentioned smiling down and releasing the perineum simultaneously and that was very helpful.

Cold tolerance

Submitted by michael young on 2021-02-04 18:47

A few years Sifu was telling me about cold tolerance and how it relates to our training. I can't remember everything he said. Personally, probably for unrelated reasons, I have poor cold tolerance. Less than a minute if exposure to a cold wind can cause me to go into shivers. This is obviously the wrong direction of development. Any pointers on what I'm doing wrong and how to address it?

My foot!

Submitted by michael young on 2021-01-12 17:58

I was training Standing and working on the foot couple. I activated the foot couple and the whole foot stretches out. As usual, during the short amount of time I can tolerate Standing I could feel the corrections to my foot and ankle alignments that happened and it produced the biggest feeling of stretch I've felt in my foot. It was along the outside edge of my right foot. My left foot and ankle need a lot more work than my right. This stretch was bordering on painful and I could feel my mind trying to avoid that pain and go away from it. I calmed myself and released into it.