Healing Tao USA | zoose | Activity https://healingtaousa.com/members/zoose/activity/ Activity feed for zoose. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:15:15 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 4885a2eed44ca841a8daa3303aa5cb26 zoose replied to the topic New research suggests evolution might favor 'survival of the laziest' (article) in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/topic/new-research-suggests-evolution-might-favor-survival-of-the-laziest-article/#post-53412 Sat, 13 Oct 2018 20:44:50 -0400 The star that burns twice as bright burns half as long!

]]> 251c0a3c0728dfa4b5bde60c737f6395 zoose started the topic Macro vs Micro - help with the macro in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/topic/macro-vs-micro-help-with-the-macro/ Sat, 13 Oct 2018 20:42:20 -0400 It seems that the healing tao system is superb working with the micro, but sometimes i feel it focuses so much on the micro that it distracts from the macro. What do you guys to do for the macro?

I have to admit i am a bit out of practice at the moment, i only do a few minutes every day and not nearly enough. I do remember when i was doing lots…[Read more]

]]> 76a9df1aeb52f31a683f470565e4f5be zoose replied to the topic Entrenched Blockages in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/entrenched-blockages/#post-1495 Wed, 10 May 2017 22:37:50 -0400 I think food helps lots too. I find aitkins diets pretty hard on my liver and heat my liver up more and make things worse. Lemon juice definitely helps. Milk thistle and dandylion i think are great too. I got some livatone plus herbal supplement that has helped lots, it’s just a handy little pill that works well.I know it works well because i can…[Read more]

]]> 91cfd604d8339c1f45ec215576101670 zoose replied to the topic Treat Qigong as Play: "Never Leave the Playground" Training in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/treat-qigong-as-play-never-leave-the-playground-training/#post-1494 Wed, 10 May 2017 22:27:59 -0400 I disagree ride forever.

It is ALL about play. It has to be fun, you need to enjoy what you’re doing now or why do it at all?

What are you trying to achieve by doing qigong? How do you know you’re going the right way? I’ve been doing it over 12 years daily and nothing is permanent, there is no result from qigong that you will be able to keep,…[Read more]

]]> 9346660de7514cdd9382458ed75c956a zoose replied to the topic Iron shirt 1 - 3 methods in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/iron-shirt-1-3-methods/#post-1493 Wed, 10 May 2017 00:49:52 -0400 In hindsight, I guess it did go well, but it didn’t go as expected. I hadn’t had the opportunity to go meditating in my tent (i used to always go for 10 days) for years due to family commitments, and had just been practicing in life as general. I had been waiting for this opportunity for years, and expected that my increased experience now would…[Read more]

]]> dd09d7761bf1960ed1f711c0ddf59cc8 zoose replied to the topic Entrenched Blockages in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/entrenched-blockages/#post-1468 Sat, 29 Apr 2017 09:28:14 -0400 The times when i’ve managed to unravel the problem areas in my body has been through continued healing sounds practice. Like i mean practicing the healing sounds effecting the troubled organs for hours a day under my breath while doing all sorts of activities, not in a seated meditation session.

Also, probably a more important part is to watch…[Read more]

]]> b2679bbcc8fa2fdcb74e395b9526343b zoose replied to the topic Iron shirt 1 - 3 methods in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/iron-shirt-1-3-methods/#post-1467 Sat, 29 Apr 2017 08:47:17 -0400 MMmm yeah i remember seeing some hardcore street performances when i was living in china. Sticking hooks and stuff into their body and under their skin. Bit over the top for meΒ  haha πŸ™‚

]]> 773ebaae0ae7390e0ec95ae6ba0d495a zoose replied to the topic Iron shirt 1 - 3 methods in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/iron-shirt-1-3-methods/#post-1436 Mon, 17 Apr 2017 06:01:15 -0400 Thanks

]]> 59ca7ce2a774a7b2c77c9da4cef67f42 zoose replied to the topic Chia and Winn changing inner smile in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/chia-and-winn-changing-inner-smile/#post-1420 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:42:24 -0400 OK Thanks.

]]> 3fc4cc12d9a747b912d21f6be08e2a23 zoose replied to the topic Chia and Winn changing inner smile in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/chia-and-winn-changing-inner-smile/#post-1416 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 08:33:28 -0400 Also, how about with the healing sounds… do you do more yin or yang smiling in the rest period between each healing sound?

]]> ac1c8ef9056f0272c3ae90cda5ed8d59 zoose started the topic Iron shirt 1 - 3 methods in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/iron-shirt-1-3-methods/ Tue, 11 Apr 2017 08:32:22 -0400 I just went away for a retreat in the forest by myself and it didn’t go as well as i’d liked, so i have another question about how others practice.

In Mantak Chia’s book he goes through 3 ways of doing iron shirt 1. They all start off the same with the kidneys and belt channel, but then 1 just goes from belly button, to sexual center to perineum…[Read more]

]]> d9a6dffa3564a37eda55939e5ae8d4ef zoose replied to the topic Chia and Winn changing inner smile in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/chia-and-winn-changing-inner-smile/#post-1414 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 08:26:13 -0400 Well if i do something different in meditation it becomes like a new experience and it’s very easy to stay present. If i keep doing the same thing over and over it becomes repetative, even though I become very good at it and the feeling becomes very powerful, perhaps the power or increased effectiveness of the technique is not the goal. It becomes…[Read more]

]]> 5c5606abbc30c1dea3984b06fad02bf5 zoose started the topic Chia and Winn changing inner smile in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/chia-and-winn-changing-inner-smile/ Sat, 08 Apr 2017 20:36:37 -0400 I remember reading one time on here that Steven said that Michael Winn and Mantak Chia change the way they do the inner smile depending on what they’ve had for breakfast…. or something like that.

Now I take it that it’s not what they actually had for breakfast, but more willy nilly. So, I’m wondering how does it change? Is it they change the…[Read more]

]]> 2b9f4dc608f5dfe472266ae32a99b922 zoose replied to the topic increasing sex energy in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/increasing-sex-energy/#post-47433 Sun, 06 Nov 2016 03:16:53 -0400 Most noticeably iron shirt 3. Also not ejaculating during sex builds up the pressure. I don’t need to use weights in iron shirt 3, although i have, but just the massage and drawing the essence into the body has a strong effect for me.

]]> 32249fb4338ec0bb6ddf12a3058b41e7 zoose replied to the topic Inner smile and fusion application in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/inner-smile-and-fusion-application/#post-47442 Sun, 06 Nov 2016 03:12:39 -0400 0dc4c9142e3d0ce8d30734f27945ccbf zoose replied to the topic Diet and Energy in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/diet-and-energy/#post-47385 Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:50:22 -0400 I think flavours of food, eg bitter, sweet, salty, sour and spicy is the easiest way to work out food choices.

Answers…

1.yes

2.I tried many different diets all with different effects. None helped me lose as much weight as just eating what i want and moderating portion size

3. Mantak chia had a food list which was good. I put a…[Read more]

]]> 4df682f29bfa964255416cb699414e4b zoose replied to the topic Medical Effect of Grounding on Immune System/Healing Chronic Illness (AMAZING REVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE RESEAR in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/medical-effect-of-grounding-on-immune-systemhealing-chronic-illness-amazing-revolutionary-science-resear/page/2/#post-47144 Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:05:12 -0400 I too like to ground more in afternoon and raise energy in the morning. I think it follows the energy of the day / night cycle

]]> 040b9c4d844559da4c84bd0da9bfc2a7 zoose replied to the topic Medical Effect of Grounding on Immune System/Healing Chronic Illness (AMAZING REVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE RESEAR in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/medical-effect-of-grounding-on-immune-systemhealing-chronic-illness-amazing-revolutionary-science-resear/#post-47142 Wed, 02 Nov 2016 20:01:32 -0400 I did tai chi from a good teacher while i was in China, and the most important parts i found where to bend legs as much as possible while doin the kata, and doing it slow, real slow. Fast then became easy, as was balance, grounding, etc.

]]> a087f2dc69f2a5a68b6fe48d502b30f7 zoose replied to the topic You Create Your Own Reality (Blind Guy - amazing TED talk) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/you-create-your-own-reality-blind-guy-amazing-ted-talk/#post-47394 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 19:20:47 -0400 This is interesting…

At a time when i was deep in practice i overcame any fear of death via 2 different ways. One was that i got high, or disassociated from feeling, the kind that i feel inner smile type meditations get me. I literally didn’t care about my body because i felt it wasnt mine. The other was so charged of adrenaline and…[Read more]

]]> 13f5e4b9c037b1fa56a446f9dcd878eb zoose replied to the topic Stomach Spleen in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/stomach-spleen/#post-47378 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:01:08 -0400 ef251ed0992045758ecea321319a0425 zoose replied to the topic increasing sex energy in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/increasing-sex-energy/#post-47421 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 05:28:26 -0400 I get that and i get the urge to impregnate every hottie walking past. It’s cool fun, and a different experience.

However, it’s fun until it’s not. I get this some scenario with a whole range of different experiences through meditation. When it stops being fun, i stop doing the practices that lead to that experience and find something new to do.

]]> cf5c4ad0c5a1420290f65a7a4d7b7f7a zoose replied to the topic You Create Your Own Reality (Blind Guy - amazing TED talk) in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/you-create-your-own-reality-blind-guy-amazing-ted-talk/#post-47390 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 05:25:01 -0400 Mmmm but what about the benefits of fear? I think fear can become like a vessel to channel energy into and give it force. One can connect these fears or conditioned thoughts like pipes to reach where they want to reach with confidence.

Engineering is then an expression of fear?

Often i hear all these “bad” things about fear, etc, but I fear…[Read more]

]]> a08d2e6114ddbc67599350615bf61e53 zoose replied to the topic Origin of Mantak Chia's version of the healing sounds in the forum General https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/origin-of-mantak-chias-version-of-the-healing-sounds/#post-47402 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 04:42:52 -0400 I think these have been around a long long time, long before either of those were born πŸ™‚

]]> eeeb5f3439a368158a44ab955ae35ab6 zoose replied to the topic Stomach Spleen in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/stomach-spleen/#post-47374 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 04:41:36 -0400 All the links to the videos in this thread don’t work any more.

It’s an interesting topic, i’ve had this problem lots and studied very well ways that help me in this problem.

There are 2 parts, 1. qigong to fix the problem, 2. lifestyle changes to stop aggravating the problem.

This are the things that i find help me

1. healing sounds,…[Read more]

]]> 9361d9ccca81a9c2d564670a7b5528eb zoose replied to the topic Help with understanding... in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/help-with-understanding/#post-46936 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 04:28:46 -0400 bbac5fdf542630b6d36c7699595eb68b zoose replied to the topic Help with understanding... in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/help-with-understanding/#post-46932 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 17:25:04 -0400 Ok i will check out that book again thanks

]]> f3a2f8c2438a41ffbef7f48747084d9e zoose replied to the topic Inside or Outside the body in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/inside-or-outside-the-body/#post-46921 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 02:51:58 -0400 Ok, then i guess your bridge and regulator channels are inside too? do your belt channels overlap the inside MCO and bridge and regulator channels? Does the pressure equalise between the channels so they run a bit like a grid, or do u keep them seperate?

]]> dd502a8ea614eab07c03b9eb6e01742b zoose replied to the topic Hay fever - any ideas? in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/hay-fever-any-ideas/#post-46334 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:40:22 -0400 I am a Bowen Therapist and have excellent results with hay fever. Its usually in connection to tension in your head and under your jaw, plus blockages in your SCM muscles either side of your neck that drains fluid out of your head. Usually 3 treatments fixes it, and people report being hayfever free for several years after. Check out ur local…[Read more]

]]> d1186a0c4730323a4e187439b1727532 zoose replied to the topic Fusion - bringing energy body up + Aura in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/fusion-bringing-energy-body-up-aura/#post-46212 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 21:42:13 -0400 0c3f9cc63c01951ee96b23f1c2c9eed7 zoose replied to the topic Source of the Inner Smile in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/source-of-the-inner-smile/#post-46137 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:28:59 -0400 I think the source of the smile changes the quality, direction in/out, and flavour of the energy. Different energy does different stuff. The different sources are really only for ideas about energy type to begin with once u know that energy you can manufacture it and you dont need the source any more, it can come from anywhere, it doesn’t…[Read more]

]]> 029f8f5f23f322ab11346df87c6603e2 zoose replied to the topic Source of the Inner Smile in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/source-of-the-inner-smile/#post-46129 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 23:18:13 -0400 4342bcf2c80202f04e2270c228b5e7bc zoose replied to the topic Source of the Inner Smile in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/source-of-the-inner-smile/#post-46125 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:04:36 -0400 So does the inner smile become a form of letting go?

]]> b2a48260f957fa015846e9dd21f1110b zoose replied to the topic Source of the Inner Smile in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/source-of-the-inner-smile/#post-46121 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:27:09 -0400 Then how about growing the feeling of inner virtues? That requires a division of shen mixed with yin, or else the light is white… Growing virtue can not only be neutral shen because it is growing, changing?

]]> 60cf78deba10facc6dbf72758692de16 zoose replied to the topic Source of the Inner Smile in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/source-of-the-inner-smile/#post-46115 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:33:32 -0400 Yes i think it is very interesting too. I have come to understand that we all smile differently. Usually when i smile i feel very happy, excited, energetic, not balanced or relaxed. i have a big smile on my face, yet it doesnt fit with the old saying it takes less muscles to smile than frown, i feel like i use alot of muscle to smile in my face.…[Read more]

]]> 1d8d98cf68b85b76bdb0ba8aaeadcf49 zoose replied to the topic 100 days of fusion 1 in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/100-days-of-fusion-1/#post-46076 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 03:55:09 -0400 Recently I have become more interested in this grounding and practicing it more thoroughly because it has always been a weak spot of mine. Here are some of my ideas that may help:

1. Different techniques work better for different people. Sitting at imagining roots coming out of my feet doesn’t seem to work for me, mainly because it is a…[Read more]

]]> fdc43aad2354dac159d58abefb820f39 zoose replied to the topic Storing Energy in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/storing-energy-2/#post-45514 Sun, 20 Dec 2015 06:29:32 -0400 184cfe9c3970907f7ce55933a57f0f01 zoose replied to the topic Inbalance in my left side of the body in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/inbalance-in-my-left-side-of-the-body/#post-45290 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 22:06:01 -0400 And if you want a treat choose sweet over fatty creamy stuff. Diet makes a huge difference

]]> 860c6c119ddac6c162076d2b47ab9271 zoose replied to the topic Inbalance in my left side of the body in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/inbalance-in-my-left-side-of-the-body/#post-45288 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 22:04:49 -0400 I get this too. Alcohol makes it worse. It is liver bullying heart and spleen. Try liver cooling foods or lemon juice in water every day. Dont eat fatty stuff or too much meat. Chilli helps. Spend plenty of time on spleen heart and liver with healing sounds.

]]> b834fedc49740cfc10bb363b29c36c2b zoose replied to the topic bone beating - right approach in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/bone-beating-right-approach/#post-44912 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 04:33:45 -0400 Yeah that is a good video. I think that warning is good. It’s like anything, one’s body adapts. Some tradespeople get big and strong, and the blood is pumped through these big muscles via the work they do. When they stop working, the muscles are too tight and big that the blood can’t work it’s way through and they feel pain / chi stagnation.…[Read more]

]]> 8dca063b8cea106cc2b2a614c4f37f27 zoose replied to the topic bone beating - right approach in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/bone-beating-right-approach/#post-44910 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 04:08:59 -0400 I’ve found moving energy from the torso into the arms/legs tends to have a relaxing/grounding effect. Bone breathing seems to allow the chi to move more freely through the arms and make it easier to discharge chi from the torso.

What would you say about bone breathing Steven? I haven’t done a lot of it so don’t know the real benefits apart…[Read more]

]]> 0a91b136f235444493a58e57cab9558a zoose replied to the topic Iron Shirt Practice in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/iron-shirt-practice/#post-44946 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 02:20:06 -0400 I mainly do embracing the tree. I also do iron shirt II from that posture too. I didn’t find back bend or iron bridge very grounding, but they are definately good for posture.

The stretch in the Iron shirt 1 book with the towel/pillow behind your shoulders and bending back is especially fantastic for posture. I sit a lot at work and it makes…[Read more]

]]> 4b1a4ecf74613800a57366f454ceaad6 zoose replied to the topic great article on "zhangzhuang from an yiquan perspective" in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/great-article-on-zhangzhuang-from-an-yiquan-perspective/page/3/#post-44011 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:00:51 -0400 Cool all done. Aussie dollar is a bit weak but should get you something better than sandwiches πŸ˜› My PayPal name is apparel.

]]> dba2e3c7f7c9ebcd692907186c3fedf5 zoose replied to the topic great article on "zhangzhuang from an yiquan perspective" in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/great-article-on-zhangzhuang-from-an-yiquan-perspective/page/3/#post-44007 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:46:08 -0400 How do i find your email address? πŸ˜›

]]> 7e82837e6fb833b888069109d687f6df zoose replied to the topic great article on "zhangzhuang from an yiquan perspective" in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/great-article-on-zhangzhuang-from-an-yiquan-perspective/page/3/#post-43999 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 05:56:40 -0400 >>>In my opinion: if there is a God, or higher consciousness, or what-have-you, I >>>don’t think it wants you to be so helpless that it has to look after you all the >>>time. That you can basically do nothing for yourself. I don’t think it wants you to >>>be a baby. Instead, I think it wants you to have a mature adult perspective with >>>true…[Read more]

]]> a11ed23527ba9aff7e884966d17b3e6a zoose replied to the topic great article on "zhangzhuang from an yiquan perspective" in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/great-article-on-zhangzhuang-from-an-yiquan-perspective/page/3/#post-43997 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 05:49:29 -0400 hahah yes! mathematically prove it!

]]> 650a05d6ba0ff98e83653f7e52399a5f zoose replied to the topic great article on "zhangzhuang from an yiquan perspective" in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/great-article-on-zhangzhuang-from-an-yiquan-perspective/page/3/#post-43995 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 05:48:21 -0400 Yes, let me first say that you are right when you say everyone has their own opinions that come from experience. Also that in TCM there is alot of variance anyway, i don’t think there is ONE big picture. It would appear that way from a uni course i should think, however previously i’m sure there were many great TCM doctors that didn’t use the…[Read more]

]]> 5883d632e2b31616d9856e08526c87b8 zoose replied to the topic great article on "zhangzhuang from an yiquan perspective" in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/great-article-on-zhangzhuang-from-an-yiquan-perspective/page/2/#post-43975 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:11:06 -0400 Jordan belfort

]]> 31c8ee89e3710192f6c6a4b8ff7aaace zoose replied to the topic great article on "zhangzhuang from an yiquan perspective" in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/great-article-on-zhangzhuang-from-an-yiquan-perspective/page/2/#post-43969 Tue, 10 Mar 2015 04:24:45 -0400 I’m willing to donate money to you to buy yourself a nice lunch if you ever want to explain your HT meditation into TCM Theory ideas πŸ˜‰ You’ve answered plenty of questions for me over time.

]]> 2c6973422cf8532e1afcdc0b0fd290c2 zoose replied to the topic great article on "zhangzhuang from an yiquan perspective" in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/great-article-on-zhangzhuang-from-an-yiquan-perspective/page/2/#post-43967 Tue, 10 Mar 2015 04:22:20 -0400 I agree on every point.

I know the effort required and time spent to teach people. I know the time it takes to write a book.

Thats why even though there are lots of HT books on the internet i bought them all because they are well worth their price.

I think the reason some people don’t want to pay for something is because they read…[Read more]

]]> 55e54a504c15185fb448f75b83295a0d zoose replied to the topic great article on "zhangzhuang from an yiquan perspective" in the forum Practice https://healingtaousa.com/forums/topic/great-article-on-zhangzhuang-from-an-yiquan-perspective/page/2/#post-43963 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:18:50 -0400 … Paying a modest amount like for a HT book is win win. Costs pittence and you get alot out of them. I have the whole set of the older books. Also my Tai chi teacher trained me for free for the first 3 months and after not missing a class he agreed to let me pay for instruction.

I think the main thing to check is if the person is teaching for…[Read more]

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