grounded
08-03-2002, 07:15 PM
hello all
this subject has been beaten to death but i want to reiterate for emphasis.
recently an old friend of mine informed me he had been doing energy practice out of a book alone. Despite my warnings he continued trying without a teacher.
So here's the deal- he has practiced incorrect "abdominal" breathing for more than a year, and now has developed an extremely tight diaphragm, and needless to say, has not benefited from ANY of the possitive effects of internal training. In addition, he is suffering from a number of persistent health problems and minor discomforts that may be traced to stagnant energy and improper lung usage.
Sorry if you are sick of hearing about this, but I feel that it is quite important. If you don't have a good and I mean GOOD teacher, don't do this stuff. The best you can hope for is setting yourself back- remember, my friend has to now unlearn AND relearn these methods. This equates to several years of wasted time, any way you look at it.
The proliferation of literature on internal training is great for recreational reading or for reinforcing teachings- Dr. Yang's students get alot out of his books! But, and big but here, they should never ever ever be used on their own.
sorry for beating a dead horse
grounded
this subject has been beaten to death but i want to reiterate for emphasis.
recently an old friend of mine informed me he had been doing energy practice out of a book alone. Despite my warnings he continued trying without a teacher.
So here's the deal- he has practiced incorrect "abdominal" breathing for more than a year, and now has developed an extremely tight diaphragm, and needless to say, has not benefited from ANY of the possitive effects of internal training. In addition, he is suffering from a number of persistent health problems and minor discomforts that may be traced to stagnant energy and improper lung usage.
Sorry if you are sick of hearing about this, but I feel that it is quite important. If you don't have a good and I mean GOOD teacher, don't do this stuff. The best you can hope for is setting yourself back- remember, my friend has to now unlearn AND relearn these methods. This equates to several years of wasted time, any way you look at it.
The proliferation of literature on internal training is great for recreational reading or for reinforcing teachings- Dr. Yang's students get alot out of his books! But, and big but here, they should never ever ever be used on their own.
sorry for beating a dead horse
grounded