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Here are sample pages from the course manual that comes with the Spring Forest Qigong personal learning course, which is what you will receive when you upgrade.
Components o Spring Forest Qigong Level 1 Course Your course arrived as either CDs and a DVD or as recordings in your online “My Library.”
Table o Contents below
Inner Beauty Meditation Music
CDs (or MP3s)
DVD (or Streaming Video)
Course Manual (or PDF)
Watching Your Streaming Video When streaming videos in “My Library” you can easily move to any section o the video. Just click and drag the square marker on the time line at the bottom o the video player to the section you choose.
1: The Miracle of Qi Energy 2: The Secrets of Qigong 3: Explore the Active Exercises 4: Helping Others Heal 5: Practice Session for Active Exercises Track 1 Beginning o the Universe Track 2 Forming o Yin & Yang Track 3 Moving o Yin & Yang Track 4 Breathing o the Universe Track 5 Joining o Yin & Yang Track 6 Harmony o the Universe Track 7 Seven Steps o New Lie Track 8 Harvesting o Qi 6: Sitting Meditations Track 1 Small Universe Track 2 Sel-Concentration
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Introduction Welcome Active Exercises Sitting Meditations Basic Healing Technique Testimonials rom Students
Table of Contents for Course Manual Spring Forest Qigong Master Chunyi Lin Welcome Why “Spring Forest” Qigong? How to Use This Course Energy and the Essence o Qigong How Qigong Works What is Spring Forest Qigong? Health Benefts o Spring Forest Qigong Healing Experiences with Spring Forest Qigong The Question o Religion and Qigong Six Factors that Block Qi Three Principles o Practicing Qigong Eectively Four Vital Elements o Qigong Exercise Six Keys to Success Helping Others Heal The Source o Healing Power and Joy
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Exercises and Meditations Active Exercises 1) Beginning o the Universe 2) Forming o Yin & Yang 3) Moving o Yin & Yang 4) Breathing o the Universe 5) Joining o Yin & Yang 6) Harmony o Universal Energy 7) Seven Steps o New Lie 8) Ending Exercises: Harvesting Qi Further Explanation Walking and Running Exercises Sleeping Exercise Sitting Meditations Small Universe Sel-Concentration Helpul Tips or Your Practice Experiences and Sensations While Practicing Qigong Tools or Lielong Learning
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Hello, my dear riend. Welcome to Spring Forest Qigong. You were born with the ability to help yoursel and others to heal, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. This program opens a door or you to experience the prooundly simple and powerul healing art o Spring Forest Qigong. When you read this manual, you will fnd my energy and the love energy o the universe with you. Qigong is a very personal experience. As you learn and practice the techniques and meditations, I sincerely hope you come to experience that you were born a healer. I you are experiencing a current medical condition, I encourage you to use Qigong as a complementary practice to any current medical treatment. Consult thoroughly with your physician or other licensed health care provider beore you begin to practice Qigong—and beore you make any decision to change any current medical treatment. Sometimes the benefts o Qigong are not apparent at frst; sometimes it takes time to experience the benefts. I encourage you to continue to practice Qigong even when the benefts are not immediate. I you experience any new medical condition or a change in your condition while practicing Qigong, consult with a physician or other appropriate licensed health care provider.
Why “Spring Forest” Qigong? Imagine a orest in springtime. Spring is the season o awakening rom the cold, dormant period o winter, a time o new lie and rebirth. A orest is a beautiul place with trees, other plants, and many animals, a natural haven where diverse living things thrive in har mony. Remember, one tree does not make a orest. A orest is alive with many, many trees. Spring Forest Qigong oers you a simple yet powerul way to awaken your natural healing ability. It is not just one way, or one tree, standing alone. Spring Forest Qigong works in har mony with other practices and techniques people use to become ree o pain and sickness and to live the richest, most rewarding lie possible.
How to Use this Course Qigong is easily learned. Start by listening to the frst our recordings. They introduce you
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6) Consistency Practice Qigong exercise and meditation every day, preerably at the same hour. This will help you set up a system o regulation that can be very healthy to the body. Practice at least hal an hour a day. The longer you practice, the greater the results. Many people say that they do not have that much time or Qigong. Making time now, however, saves time spent in the doctor’s ofce or at home sick in bed. Qigong practice may also reduce the amount o time needed or sleep. I you do not have hal an hour every day, fnd twenty minutes, or even ten minutes, and you will see its beneft and power. With Spring Forest Qigong, you can even do an exercise while waiting or a trafc light, walking through a park, sitting at a concert, waiting at the bus stop, or sleeping. When you have just a minute or two, ocus on your breath. Say the password in your mind, “ I am in the universe. The universe is in my body. The universe and I combine together.” Then do some energy breathing (Page 13). Many people in western culture like to window-shop Qigong. They attend a Qigong workshop today, practice with another master tomorrow, and then participate in another Qigong conerence next week. They may learn a lot intellectually but do not enjoy the ull benefts o Qigong. Almost all good masters o Qigong agree that it is good to choose one style o Qigong and stay with it or a long time, even the rest o your lie, because you will build up your system. One day when you become ver y good at this orm, you may explore other Qigong styles. When you shit oten rom one technique to another, you change your regulation system, which makes it very difcult to bring your meditation and your energy to a higher level. O course, i you have not ound a Qigong style that works well or you shop around until you fnd one. When you frst practice Qigong, you might eel the energy strongly, because in the very beginning, your body is like a small energy container: only a little energy will fll it up. Ater you practice or a while, more energy channels open and your body becomes a bigger container. You need more energy to fll it up. At this point you may not eel the energy strongly anymore. This is the best time to develop your energy urther, because your body is collecting more energy and getting ready to move to a higher level. I you give up and stop practicing, the already-opened channels will close again. Please do not stop. Do not give up. Practice Qigong daily, and reap the rewards.
Helping Others Heal You can use Qi to heal yoursel. You can also use Qi to help others, because the principles are the same. You will fnd it easy and simple to send energy out to help others heal. A long time ago, I asked dierent Qigong masters how long it would take to lear n to heal others. Some said ten years; some said fteen years; some even said fty years. I have learned it takes only two minutes! Follow my instructions, and try it today. • First,holdyourngersinapositioncalled“swordngers.”Thetipsofthelittleand ring fngers touch the frst part o the thumb, orming a circle. The middle and index fngers rest together and point straight out.
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1) Beginning of the Universe This exercise brings your focus back into your body and wakes up internal energy. Length on CD: 2 to 3 minutes Time to practice on your own: 2 to 3 minutes There are many energy channels in the body, but the most important ones are the ront channel and the back channel. The ront channel runs in the ront and middle o the body; the back channel runs along the spine to the head. All the other channels work around these two channels. A blockage in these two channels will result in a problem in the body. When you practice this exercise, place your tongue against the roo o your mouth (leave dentures/retainers in place). Your tongue acts as a switch connecting the two channels. When you practice this exercise, you may notice tingly sensations in your ngers and eet as the energy channels in the eet and hands wake up. It is good to do Beginning o the Universe or two to three minutes prior to practicing any o the other active exercises on their own. This will help you to become more settled, more aware o your body and breath, and more connected with the universal energy. • When doing this exercise standing, stand straight with toes pointing orward and knees slightly bent. Set your eet a little more than shoulder width apart or good balance. • Weara smileonyourfaceto relaxevery part o the body and stimulate the brain to produce endorphins. • Drawyourchinback alittleto straightenthe entire spine. Energy travels up and down the spine in the governing channel more easily when the spine is straight. • Gazeforwardandcloseyoureyes. • Gentlyrestthetipofyourtongueontheroof o your mouth.
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• Openyourngers. • Drop the shoulders. Gently hold the elbows outward. • Slowly take three deep, silent, and gentle breaths, inhaling through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. As you breathe in, draw the lower part o your stomach in a little. As you breathe out let your stomach out. • Imagine using your whole body to breathe. Visualize the universal energy coming into every cell o your body and collecting in the lower dantian, deep behind the navel. • Whenyouexhalevisualizeanypainorsickness changing into smoke and shooting out rom every cell o your body to the end o the universe. • Gentlysayinyourmind, “I am in the universe. The universe is in my body. The universe and I combine together.” • Feeltheemptiness,the quietness,thestillness o the universe.
Further Explanation
Spine Exercise
In the ending exercises we have movements that involve the spine and massaging, cupping, andpattingthebody.Let’sexplorewhywedo these exercises.
Most human ailments relate to blockages in the spine. Mental problems and other sickness in the head relate to the neck; illnesses in the major organs relate to the back spine; and reproductive organ problems relate to the lower back and the tailbone. The spine exercises balance and energize that vitally important area o the body.
Massage the Hands There are six main channels starting rom the ngers. Two heart channels start rom the middle and the little ngers. The lung channel starts rom the thumb. The large intestine channel starts rom the index nger. The small intestine channel starts rom the little nger. The pancreas channel starts rom the ring nger. When you massage the hands and the insides o the ngers it helps to open those important energy channels.
Massage the Face and Ears The ace and ears have all the points linking to all energy channels and all parts o the body. When you massage your ace and ears, you massage your whole body. I you eel pain when you massage your ears, you have a blockage in the relative part or organ in the body. Keep massaging that point on your ear until the pain is totally gone—the blockage in the body will disappear.
Massage the Kidneys Kidney energy is the most important energy or our lie and vitality. I we use up the kidney energytoofast,ourliveswillendsooner.Aman’s kidney energy goes down ater age 40 and a woman’safterage35.Ourlegsaretherstparts o the body to indicate we are aging. When we eel our legs are not as strong as beore, our kidney energy is getting lower. In Tao meditation, Chinese medicine, and longevity exercises, the kidney energy is always number one in our attention. When we massage our kidneys, we help energize and balance this vital energy center.
Cupping Exercise The areas to be cupped include almost all o the energy channels. Cupping wakes up and moves the energy in those channels and clears away blockages. (Note: I you catch a cold, cup your arms to help stop coughing, because the lung, heart, and large intestine channels run through the arms.)
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Another technique to help unblock channels in the spine is to interlace your ngers to the point where they almost clasp, moving them in and out in a brisk motion.
Heel Exercise When you move the heels up and down, you open the energy channels in your eet including the liver and kidney channels. This exercise is very good or constipation as well as cold eet and hands in the wintertime.
Patting the Tailbone The tailbone is the gate o vitality in the body. Tapping the tailbone strengthens the kidney energy and balances energy, helping with weight control, reproductive problems, ertility, headaches, and memory. To help open channels that have closed due to long periods o sitting or other blockages, get up every couple o hours to pat the tailbone and sacrum area. It is recommended women over 35 spend several minutes patting the tailbone area every day to prevent blockages in the emale organs.
Tapping the Hips Hip problems and problems with cartilage or tendons in the hips, joints, and knees are related tothisarea’senergypoint.Firmlytappingthis area can strengthen the knees, joints, and back and improve the energy in the legs. This also oers relie or the sciatic nerve and benets the reproductive organs and digestive system. Tapping this point can eel a little like hitting your unny bone, creating a tingling sensation. Tap this energy point with the base knuckle o your thumbs (ngers closed in a st around the thumbs) or a minute or more.
• Feelyourwholespine,startingfromthetailbone, growing longer, straighter, even longer, even straighter, and completely straight.
• Imaginethat youareintheseasonof spring as a happy little girl or boy, running on the green grass. The air is resh, sun warm, trees green, water blue, and fowers beautiul. Birds • Feelallthechannelswithinyourbodyopen:the sing sweetly. Children play. You have no worry, head channels, the neck channels, the shoulder sadness, sorrow, depression, or stress. You eel channels, the chest channels, the back channels, sae, peaceul, and relaxed. Burdens are gone. the stomach channels, the lower back channels, Love, kindness, orgiveness are all coming back the tailbone channels, the channels in the to you. You eel happy and healthy, totally lost bottom o the torso, the thigh channels, the leg in the harmony o the universe. channels, and the eet channels. • During the music-onlyportion of the guided • Feel any blockages in the lungs, liver, and audio meditation, continue with your pancreas change into smoke and disappear. visualization as a joyul child. Any stones within the body explode and turn into smoke and disappear. Any tumors in the • Whennished,takeadeepbreaththreetimes. body turn into smoke and completely disappear. Rub your hands. Massage your ace. Cup your Visualize the inside o your body as clean and head. Massage your ears. healthy.
Helpful Tips for Your Practice I recommend you do the Active Exercises, any component o the Active Exercises, or one o the meditations at least twice a week or one hour. I strongly recommend you do the exercises or meditations at least once a day. You will receive more benet i you do it three times each day, especially or those people who have severe blockages in the body. The best time or exercise and meditation is whenever you can t them into your schedule. Beyond that, we nd the best times or doing the Active Exercises are in the morning and early in the evening. The best times or the Sitting Meditations are in the morning, at noon, and in the late evening around midnight, because the energy during these times is more balanced. Consider these additional tips or your practice. Keep in mind there is no right or wrong inSpringForestQigong—only“good,better,and best.”Trustyourinnerguidancetoshowyouwhat is best or you right now, knowing that as long as you continue to practice you will receive benet.
energy better and more easily experience the emptiness. • Ifpossible,donoteatthirtyminutesbeforeor ater the Qigong exercise, because the digestion process may absorb energy that otherwise would be used or healing. • Trynotto have anything cold to drink thirty minutes beore you do the Qigong exercise, because cold energy can interere with the fowing o the Qi. • Althoughtherearenomaximumtimelimitsfor any o the exercises, you may want to take a break during sessions lasting more than two hours. • Refrainfromdoingthe exerciseswhen you are too excited or too emotional, because then it is more dicult to ocus, quiet the mind, and go into the emptiness. Try to settle yoursel down beore you begin or wait until you are not so emotional.
• If possible, do not use the bathroom within thirty minutes ater the exercise, because • Findaquietplacefreefromdistractionssuchas this can cause you to lose Qi. (When it is not the telephone. possible to wait, bring your awareness to your • Wearcomfortableclothesthatdonotconstrict heart center and gently lit your heels up as the body. you use the bathroom. This will help keep the • When practicing the Active Exercises, move healing energy in the body.) your hands and legs as slowly as possible. The slower, the better. This will allow you to eel the
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