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Qigong, Day 11 What I did wrong last time Spirit, 090624 Some years ago I took a Qigong course, but I never quite liked it. The reason I did not like it was: 1) Qigong have me problems with my knees 2) that i took for ever to do the routine 3) and that the practice did not give me any form of instant pleasure. The last couple of days of Qigong practice has turned out much more positive then I would have imagined and this is the reason why: 1) I have been focusing and putting a great deal of effort not to curve my back inwards. When I push my hips forward, the knees naturally bend a little and does not lock. So far no problems with my knees and actually it feels really good. 2) My teacher used to tell me that if you did not practice for at least 20 minutes a day, it was no use practicing at all. Now I got this book that tells me that 6 minutes of practice is enough to do good. 15 minutes is a hell of a difference, especially since I have to fit the Qigong practice into my other daily routines. Now I practice for a little less time, thus I feel it is much easier to stay focused and do the movements right. 3) My teacher was good at telling us the technical aspects of Qigong. He told us how to technically move the arms and so forth. But now I got this book that tells me how to do the very same movements, but in a slightly different way. So obviously there are variations in how to technically perform the movements. And from what I understand this does not such a big deal. But what my teacher failed to tell me and what I have learned is of great importance, is how it should feel when one does the movements. Luckily I one day came across this great instructions which gave me a glimpse into what I guess it should feel like when you do Qigong. The last couple of days I have got the same kind of feeling in my arms when I do some of the moves, as described in the instructions (above). It feels like no effort is required to move the arms. It feels as they somehow move by themselves. This morning I got this tingling sensation in my fingers. It is no where near euphoria, but it feels good and gives me the kind of reward that I am looking for and that I need to keep motivation up. - Aramis 
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