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Yi versus imagination

Submitted by michael young on 2021-12-15 19:46
Salk Institute Blue Sky

I have recently began to notice the qualitative difference between the light yi associated with movement and what I normally associate with "thought". With yi, it always leads to movement or change in the body. I feel like it could be compared to wind. Yi is wind when it it fills a sail and the boat is moved along. Imagination is wind as well but it's immaterial to the boat because the sail is not up and the direction is wrong.

Bending with the cavities and stretch under the scapula

Submitted by pchou42 on 2021-12-05 21:58

Pretty much as the title says. I was practicing standing tall and trying to get all the slack out. Then I started practicing bending with the cavities. I felt like I was doing a pretty good job standing tall and getting the slack out and when I did the bending I felt some kind of stretch or release under the right scapula. When I would bend down I would feel this tissue stretch and the should blade just felt like it was hanging off the back.

Stress response and chronic hip/back pain

Submitted by wrenii on 2021-12-01 20:23

For maybe four or five years since middle school I have been searching for the cause of a constant pain in my hip/back/leg socket. On days when it is bad I can have a hard time walking, and bending my head down is very painful right on the tip of the tailbone. I considered injury or some type of uneven body parts putting strain on my hips, but