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5 Elements stomach

Submitted by pchou42 on 2021-11-09 14:07

I know I've noticed this before I got busy with moving but I was doing the 5 elements some more and I noticed that after I do it when I sit down my stomach feels different, maybe larger or full? Is this just related to increased blood flow in that region or something from the different pressures on the organs? I know sometimes you've said if there is a full belly feeling it can mean that you are disconnected. Is this indicitive or something positive or negative? Or just what happens from doing the practice?

Achilles tightness

Submitted by pchou42 on 2021-11-04 06:53

After our class yesterday I had a lot of tightness in the Achilles area.
We were doing the weight on one leg bending with only half the cavities for the beginning of class. Wondering if this is related to the ankle flexibility that you have said I need to work on as it's inhibiting some movement. I only felt the tightness on the ankle that was in the rear, should I practice the same thing with the other foot in the rear?

STS Bending

Submitted by pchou42 on 2021-10-08 19:15
Torsion image from Wikipedia

I was practicing the beginning of the san ti shi with the bend and coordinated arm movement. I was trying to not float from the crown point, not sure if I was doing it correctly or not but the thing I was noticing was that when I was unbend and the arms would go down I could feel a stretch or like a rubbing against the lower back/ribs along the side of the back. It was more pronounced on the right side but I could feel it faintly on the left side as well. Is this related to the transverse couple or is this just a passing sensation.