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I first attended a Qigong class with Michael about three years ago. For the first year I attended pretty regularly but unfortunately then I could no longer get to regular Qigong classes and since then have infrequently attended weekend courses. I had not been on a course for at least 18 months when I attended a morning course with Michael in February 2008. My path to Qigong has come about because I “do” energy healing work and have an abiding passion in trying to find out just how it works. Qigong seemed a natural choice to incorporate into my study of all things to do with energy. This is what I wrote to Michael after this last course. “I think I am like a horse that has been given what we call "dwell time", you show a horse something new and then let them have time to let it all sink in. This dwell time can be minutes or months. It seems for me that not having done any Qigong of any note for some months has had that effect on me. Today everything suddenly made so much sense...the way to stand (and why!!) the "feel" when you were in the right stance and also your words about not putting your focus on the stance alone. The stance is there to facilitate the energy flow – it’s NOT just about holding the stance for as long as possible and aching all over as you do it. This was very re-assuring... and that last exercise ...well!!! During this stance I felt I had lost my boundaries, there was no thought of "keeping" the posture, as my legs no longer existed... as legs, there was just a "force" holding me up!! And all the while I felt I was filling up with energy. At one point it seemed that my internal organs were vibrating... I have experienced limbs taking on a life of their own during Qigong practise, but never my viscera!! Truly amazing!! I am also very interested in your effect on the energy when you work with people. As I said to you afterwards, everything went very still and deep, the energy lost the "jangly" feel and was smooth and calm... I know I have hardly scratched the surface of the art and practise of Qigong, and talking to you today highlighted just HOW much more to this there all is. Over the last five years I have studied through reading, and explored through experiencing many diverse subjects. From Quantum physics (no don't ask me to explain it I understand it at gut level but to try and put into coherent words ... not quite there yet!!??) to doing a Life-between-Life (LBL) regression - just to see what it was like The LBL bit was very interesting especially as the originator of this technique Michael Newton who was a strait-laced hypnotherapist with no interest in past-life regression, only took to studying LBL as so many of his clients slipped into this LBL place and were reporting the same experiences. Suffice to say I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and I took it all in with an open mind. I have also for the last couple of years been experiencing spontaneous Out of Body Experiences (OBE) in the middle of the night. They frightened the life out of me to begin with, energy rushes, vibration so I felt like I was falling out of bed, thinking I had got up and was in another room, only to wake up in bed etc. etc WEIRD! Finally I discovered what might be happening - OBE, so I then found a text on how to control them. And yes I have managed to do a controlled OBE - Jeez - is that a cool experience - Again my sceptical side is still on guard against getting carried away, but it is another very interesting experience to expand my knowledge of all things energetic to do with ourselves. So today talking to you about the energy control in Qigong and the different aspects of it was wonderful as it confirmed so much for me personally. It shows me how the "new" science that incorporates quantum mechanics as well as the spiritual, is only really confirming what has been known for eons by the Eastern Masters of so many practices such as Qigong. So once again thank you for being such a skilled, empathetic and most of all fun teacher. I just wanted to let you know that your skills are much appreciated. A while ago I would have thought "Isn't it strange that after so long, this class was being held just at the time I could finally get to it!" But no more, I truly believe "everything for a reason", and if we are quiet in our mind we can see it. Today I think I was ready for, what was for me, a major step forward again on many levels! |