Healing Tao USA | adel | Activity https://healingtaousa.com/members/adel/activity/ Activity feed for adel. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:15:15 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 471252172428d4773508365064221b99 adel replied to the topic Questions about pain possibly from practice in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/questions-about-pain-possibly-from-practice/page/3/#post-42893 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 19:59:45 -0400 e79e681729a2b86565dd9458d174f8c8 adel replied to the topic Questions about pain possibly from practice in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/questions-about-pain-possibly-from-practice/page/3/#post-42889 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:24:41 -0400 Hello,

I’ve also done Michael Winn’s homestudy material and got a lot out of it.

This summer was the first time I started learning Tai Chi. For me it was
about having good alignment before beginning because I didn’t want to
practice Tai Chi and incorporate bad habits in. So I saved up to go to
the retreats. We did a lot of Tai Chi (1 and…[Read more]

]]> 3f7563752df7286510ede0b55c21f34e adel replied to the topic Questions about pain possibly from practice in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/questions-about-pain-possibly-from-practice/page/2/#post-42885 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:47:22 -0400 Hello,

Glad to see so many people interested in Iron Shirt 1.

When I started the HT, there was not a lot of comment on the practice. Whenever
I was reading a book about any of the practices it was always mentioned as a
prerequisite along with the Inner Smile and MO. There were tons of articles,
posts on the forum regarding those two…[Read more]

]]> a95339e923255afc878fa7052389b2c4 adel replied to the topic New Quantum Theory Could Explain the Flow of Time (article) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/new-quantum-theory-could-explain-the-flow-of-time-article/#post-42347 Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:56:49 -0400 Great article.

Is taoist immortality then the state of becoming so entangled with the
environment that you merge (reach equilibrium), or is it that you do not merge with the
universe but retain your state of “pureness”, coffee heating itself up?

Aging being entangled mixture leading to merging : death.????

Adel

]]> 5e01fcb6a9181cb5a10ada98a9f5f874 adel replied to the topic Happy Spring Equinox-100 Days of DHQ! in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/happy-spring-equinox-100-days-of-dhq/#post-42018 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:05:02 -0400 60c92da9791e62c061f8a2fe64d619c2 adel replied to the topic Tendon Nei Kung (neigong) in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/tendon-nei-kung-neigong/#post-41837 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:36:35 -0400 Hello Frechtling,

Iron Shirt 2 is one of my main practices right now. I was lucky to be able to take a lesson this past summer and have been practicing pretty much daily since. I completely agree with Steven that there is no possible way to learn from the book. You do have a better chance with the DVD though I believe.

You just have to be…[Read more]

]]> 9437048b081ba58fdcd779b80f18235d adel replied to the topic Fukushima power station update in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/fukushima-power-station-update/#post-41123 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 20:09:10 -0400 Good site for info http://fairewinds.org

AG: Amory Lovins has been at the forefront of how we produce energy and how we can produce energy and how we can save energy for the better part of four decades now. He’s the cofounder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, which has been the largest think tank here in the United States on proposing…[Read more]

]]> 26ff8ab2a852dcf629819c3d65e6c80e adel replied to the topic Summer Plans? Retreats? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/summer-plans-retreats/#post-40433 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:56:07 -0400 Hi,

I will be coming for three retreats this summer!!!!
I did have a question, when I was filling out the
info online it asks for extra nights between retreats.
QF1-4 ends on 6/26 and Fusion starts on 6/28 so where
it says nights from__to__ do I put in 28 to 26? Does
that make it 2 extra nights?

Also re laundry, do I need to bring…[Read more]

]]> dd31d01dfe5ba352d6240a63d32fdf44 adel replied to the topic I'm confused in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/im-confused/page/4/#post-40306 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:14:18 -0400 Looking at the characters is interesting too:

Jing 精　immature rice

Qi 氣　steamed rice

I guess in order to digest Jing we must cook it into a softer
Qi first.

Adel

]]> a653feb4d03418f820b57ee6c400a163 adel replied to the topic I'm confused in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/im-confused/page/4/#post-40304 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:00:42 -0400 I feel also that you would have to have Yuan Qi (original chi) 元気, inside
out bodies in order to be able to connect and bring more in thru the Ming Men.
I agree with you Bagua that our bodies must hold pre-natal and post-natal
energies…..if our bodies are a micro copy of the universe, then inside of us
we should be able to sit on the wave…[Read more]

]]> d86de9a1b5aed2de9f81851c12ac5192 adel replied to the topic I'm confused in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/im-confused/#post-40214 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:14:11 -0400 Thanks,

Much easier to understand now. What about Yuan Chi? My understanding
was that it was neutral in the sense that it is chi that has not
quite been polarized yet, but not totally neutral in the sense that
because it is in this plane (5 phase) that there has to be a certain
amount of polarization. (?)

If you have an opinion,
Tks,
Adel

]]> 2a0b186d0e4c490a09b68682bb0ad2d5 adel replied to the topic Near-death experiences and quantum physics (article) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/near-death-experiences-and-quantum-physics-article/#post-40196 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:13:47 -0400 Good point. All of the communication issues that fusion addresses,
with the five shen. But I definately agree that what you call
the “core aspects” are thruout the entire body/heart/mind.

Adel

]]> 7ef2aba654ac02e3b6dbdd280534ce11 adel replied to the topic There's a Reason You're Always Late (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/theres-a-reason-youre-always-late-article/#post-40207 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:09:11 -0400 Hello,

I used to always be late too. I completely changed when I left someone
I really cared about waiting. This person said to me “you have no idea and
don’t care how the waiting person feels,
if you truly cared about someone you wouldn’t want them to wait”.

Coming from someone who was very important to me, I finally took a moment
to…[Read more]

]]> cffdef7393e696dd5b0a943c9b4ad7bb adel replied to the topic Near-death experiences and quantum physics (article) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/near-death-experiences-and-quantum-physics-article/#post-40192 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:59:11 -0400 Hello,

This is the most plausible explanation I’ve read from “scientists”.

>our soul is contained inside structures called microtubules within brain cells.<

It makes more sense that any cell in all parts of the brain or body would contain
all of our experience/intelligence=soul.

I've read of memories being passed on to people who have…[Read more]

]]> fa0aaec0e6aeadb37fcd05598f07cc35 adel replied to the topic Galactic Orgasm: Did You Have One? 2012 Solstice review (Sent to Elist) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/galactic-orgasm-did-you-have-one-2012-solstice-review-sent-to-elist/#post-40153 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:09:18 -0400 Hello,

I also did a ceremony for the solstice; I made my intention clear to the universe, then began my ceremony with the Deep Healing form that
I did facing in each direction. I had feelings similar to Steven where I began to
retch and felt as if I were vomiting but it was energetic. Very cleansing, left me
feeling light and…[Read more]

]]> 326475e0dcd931339d6a1caa1164c1d6 adel replied to the topic Japan's Last Ninja (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/japans-last-ninja-article/page/2/#post-39781 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:30:57 -0400

]]> ea48f70d03e71fbf7d96a6c5afd0910c adel replied to the topic Counterforce Breathing in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/counterforce-breathing/#post-40077 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:41:59 -0400 I see, that makes sense. It is both the
cause and the effect. When you start to
feel stressed your shoulders rise and
your diaphragm tightens up which basically
only allows you to breathe in the upper
body. Short and shallow.

THanks, Adel

]]> 9847bbee76cc6e4558a02da1ae7b2919 adel replied to the topic Counterforce Breathing in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/counterforce-breathing/#post-40075 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:39:28 -0400 Right, it could also cause it like when
you feel stressed your shoulders raise
and your diaphragm freezes up which only
allows for shallow upper body breathing.

Makes sense, either way the cause is the
effect and vice verse.
Thanks, Adel

]]> c80c71ae5022f3b61c5f8c2a12ed063c adel replied to the topic Japan's Last Ninja (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/japans-last-ninja-article/page/2/#post-39777 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:34:45 -0400 I get it, but when I right click there is no view image
choice the only view is a view source. The first time I
tried it I pasted the address off of searching in images
so it ended in a jpg file but didn’t how up. I know I am
doing something wrong though….tks Adel

]]> 833e1dc436dca058f5f307c4cf15c0eb adel replied to the topic Japan's Last Ninja (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/japans-last-ninja-article/page/2/#post-39775 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:25:20 -0400 ac1567385e478ef49b19e6ea8c0d1638 adel replied to the topic Japan's Last Ninja (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/japans-last-ninja-article/page/2/#post-39769 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:19:08 -0400 http://sinpanman.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2012/06/post-3187.html

Remember, at this time Ieyasu is only about 18. He looks like
a haggard 60yo. Barely made it back alive and the experience
totally changed him.

Adel

]]> 7b98feb1a205fbb65968bc39255b6cbe adel replied to the topic Japan's Last Ninja (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/japans-last-ninja-article/page/2/#post-39765 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:11:05 -0400 Opened the photo, copied the address and pasted it into the
insert image space in the bottom, then pressed submit but
it doesn’t show up. oh well…you can’t see the poop in the
picture anyway…hahaha

]]> f0b79f9720e01d9036af129e3c634c75 adel replied to the topic Japan's Last Ninja (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/japans-last-ninja-article/page/2/#post-39763 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:08:38 -0400

]]> a4e89ac0a79c6285511ebca58bd802e1 adel replied to the topic Counterforce Breathing in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/counterforce-breathing/#post-40071 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:02:25 -0400 -It is important to only move the belly during
-reverse breathing, as moving the chest will activate
-the sympathetic nervous system (fight-or-flight),

Why does the movement in the upper chest activate
the SNS and belly movement the PSNS?

Adel

]]> a306ea4062d2cad0a0edca342f7a9688 adel replied to the topic Japan's Last Ninja (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/japans-last-ninja-article/#post-39759 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:54:55 -0400 d84fcabecd59e3e3c72be98f43421fd9 adel replied to the topic Japan's Last Ninja (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/japans-last-ninja-article/#post-39757 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:54:14 -0400

]]> 27152f59e3b2174ffa08f38a3b7ff9c5 adel replied to the topic Japan's Last Ninja (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/japans-last-ninja-article/#post-39755 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:53:03 -0400

]]> 0b1806fbd39f8e2042e872679af513f9 adel replied to the topic Japan's Last Ninja (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/japans-last-ninja-article/#post-39751 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:31:49 -0400 (In the first years of the 17th century, when Ieyasu as shogun moved the political capital of the country to Edo (Tokyo), he took 200 Ninja with him. He made Hanzo and his successors the equivalent of U.S. Secret Service chiefs. The Ninja had complete and unquestioned access to the shogun to protect and inform him.)

Tokugawa Ieyasu was…[Read more]

]]> 2bf38522f80e4b3a7656d91ea2d61825 adel replied to the topic The ability of the body to transform and heal in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/the-ability-of-the-body-to-transform-and-heal/#post-40013 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:39:14 -0400 aa623c128f8372e2dade93fc5f78c3e9 adel replied to the topic interesting comments on nicotine (article/comment) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/interesting-comments-on-nicotine-articlecomment/#post-40006 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:37:38 -0400 I was actually just looking at that
site because I was looking for filters
for drinking water as well as for my
shower and bath…I take a bath every
night. Have you tried the bathware, if
so did you notice a big drop in water
pressure?

Adel

]]> 6d35fb5d3cd412e01a57b580002e4808 adel replied to the topic short report in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/short-report/#post-39970 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:53:15 -0400 Hi Steven

What is EEV? the 8 extraordinary channels?

Adel

]]> 3f1a2781225987e2376b00fc6f616e6e adel replied to the topic Artificial wombs: sexless reproduction society in our future? (article) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/artificial-wombs-sexless-reproduction-society-in-our-future-article/#post-39955 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:45:59 -0400 Why do modern science and/or religious societies feel the need to control everyone????

“The womb is a dark and dangerous place, a hazardous environment,” says University of Virginia Professor Joseph Fletcher. Fetuses are 100% dependent on their mom’s health and sensible judgment. If the mother falls prey to accidents, disease, or inadequate…[Read more]

]]> 672f1d2d0ab5fdd8bcca4de7a3a75292 adel replied to the topic Mayans did not predict Dec 21 2012 as apocalypse (article) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/mayans-did-not-predict-dec-21-2012-as-apocalypse-article/#post-39928 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 02:07:54 -0400 Can’t find the link but I read of a translation
of the Mayan’s about 20 year cycles starting 2012:

2012-2032
Half Way down is food
Half way down is water

2032-2052
5 days solar eclipse

2052-2072
Fan and bouquet come down from heaven
Drum and rattle of Bolon Oc

Doesn’t sound like an end but we may be hungry.
Adel

]]> 580bc4585c5ad603b272db138a26d4b2 adel replied to the topic Night shampoo in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/night-shampoo/#post-39924 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:45:11 -0400 2114460b20bbc623b60d0b94c243b651 adel replied to the topic 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy (article) in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/15-things-you-should-give-up-to-be-happy-article/#post-39917 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:15:29 -0400 All the things that can be let go of on
the autumn equinox. Sometimes I wonder
if my intention is “watered down” if
I have more than one.

What would you consider to be a way of
saying a single intention that can incorporate
all fifteen of the above? Like, releasing
all that binds me????

My digestion has slowed down in the past
few…[Read more]

]]> 59a7060df9809a8c1ed47699adad8469 adel replied to the topic Elixir of Immortality (humor) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/elixir-of-immortality-humor/page/2/#post-39862 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:19:39 -0400 Right…but when it comes down to it, I love to eat, love to sleep,
love sex, love to pee and poo, burp and fart (haha).

I love all of the stuff that goes with having a body and qigong makes
me more sensitive to it all, that is why I feel it is a language to me.
Pain is not just pain it is a part of me saying something that I
had been…[Read more]

]]> 459db29b0cdb05d277774f9d5be825bd adel replied to the topic Elixir of Immortality (humor) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/elixir-of-immortality-humor/page/2/#post-39858 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:23:46 -0400 So when you observe the natural cycle, it seems
that most beings have a life that journeys to
death…or on a smaller cycle…the awake times
of day lead to sleep.

If you are able to live without death this also
could mean that you might also able to be awake
without sleep. This sounds too straight forward
going against the natural…[Read more]

]]> 719cd11bc787bde0797d1b3046fe58ad adel replied to the topic love of language article "women, fire, and dangerous things" in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/love-of-language-article-women-fire-and-dangerous-things-2/page/2/#post-39726 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:20:40 -0400 f8c3e192fc17513d7f20e312c332e8c9 adel replied to the topic love of language article "women, fire, and dangerous things" in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/love-of-language-article-women-fire-and-dangerous-things-2/#post-39720 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:10:45 -0400 Am I, as a guest, trying to fit in into the host’s
home and atmosphere or not? If not, I’m not being
a very good guest.

This is the very attitude that makes people here so
paternalistic. It is not coming from a space of love.
It is “I have given you such and such and I demand that
you show gratitude”….I’ve heard this from most of my…[Read more]

]]> 40f50c914051e8058a500e103a7b870e adel replied to the topic love of language article "women, fire, and dangerous things" in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/love-of-language-article-women-fire-and-dangerous-things-2/#post-39714 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:49:48 -0400 I do believe that the language you speak (when you are
fluent of course) changes you. I know this from my own
experience. I have mentioned this to other (fluent) bilingual
Japanese people and many agree with me. They understand the
reason for his not speaking. Many Americans can not bridge
this understanding and I find it to be a huge…[Read more]

]]> 4d8f3ab8422dde543c9920dd93b86a1b adel replied to the topic love of language article "women, fire, and dangerous things" in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/love-of-language-article-women-fire-and-dangerous-things-2/#post-39706 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:48:48 -0400 In Japanese no gender but characters do have images which give a distinctive feeling
or flavor to words:

Man = 男 = working in rice paddy
woman = 女　= kneeling figure
mother = 母 = woman w/nipples
ocean = 海　= add water to mother

English seems to me to be a language with very little “flavor” which makes me wonder if that is why it seems to…[Read more]

]]> e40df98ddbc577973a6e98e7c53c5752 adel replied to the topic love of language "women, fire, and dangerous things" in the forum Philosophy https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/love-of-language-women-fire-and-dangerous-things/#post-39686 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:48:01 -0400 f92e876f6666c44103c8041156feecb5 adel replied to the topic In search for the big 'O'... in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/in-search-for-the-big-o/page/2/#post-39669 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:58:33 -0400 My thoughts differ a bit, I am often asked by people who do not
have “craftsman style” training or jobs if doing the same thing
every day is not boring, do I become conditioned to it? My answer
to that would be no. Maybe from an outside observer it looks as
though I am doing the same movements for work (also applies to
chi kung) from my point…[Read more]

]]> a69095588b33bef2faaac9c1b4d315a1 adel replied to the topic trust in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/trust/page/2/#post-39381 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:59:28 -0400 Thank you Qtface,

Thanks for feeling for me, my heart lit up with a smile.

Adel

]]> 2aac1ffccf991040400ac5b0c8b99bb9 adel replied to the topic trust in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/trust/page/2/#post-39379 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:54:46 -0400 I have had three experiences where I have
felt myself distinctly in that grounded
center. All have been in extreme conditions.

as a baby in my crib (details are fuzzy);
when I was in an accident and thought that death was next;
while going thru a breakup that became violent.

The last one was the strongest maybe because I was
an adult.…[Read more]

]]> a9fb9d35a7c4a4540d10d6826973ea2a adel replied to the topic trust in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/trust/page/2/#post-39377 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:19:34 -0400 hi,

Do you mean the strongest element in the five element birth chart
or the element in the day stem?

Adel

]]> 58c1da968759b4779688e7e891364b06 adel replied to the topic Bath Salts or Zombie Apocalypse or something else? in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/bath-salts-or-zombie-apocalypse-or-something-else/#post-39396 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:25:02 -0400 When my cat and I are
really loving each other,
rubbing our faces together
it can get so intense that
she can’t contain herself
and starts biting my cheeks
and nose. She doesn’t pierce
my skin, I feel her holding
back….
Maybe it is something that
is bigger and goes beyond
that.

Adel

]]> cd1ef11f75826be087c5ab2707348752 adel replied to the topic trust in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/trust/#post-39349 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:17:55 -0400 Hi S,

Feel strong and feel joy in the knowledge
that you are now ready to handle some raw edges.
It is a cause to celebrate within, as your true self
has a wisdom deeper than any exposed fear, and knows
you are now ready.

That is where I want to go…..able to take in the
outside without being emotionally thrown all over
the place. I…[Read more]

]]> ba2b1775d959f05d971bb0f4c718c4bf adel replied to the topic trust in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/trust/#post-39347 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:55:11 -0400 Hi,

Thanks for replying. When putting feelings into writing I guess it does sound
a little whacko:):)

>When you’re doing the meditations aren’t you supposed to be concentrating on the >energy, feeling the characteristics of it and such? That should be the only thing >you’re concentrating on. If these other things come into your head just go…[Read more]

]]> 6f5c2b04cd5d152ba18ce07872b95f9e adel replied to the topic tea prep in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/tea-prep/#post-39177 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:33:05 -0400