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I have been enjoying the Deep Healing video, always feeling fresh and clear after a session. Usually, I just follow the steps in the video.
However, today, I realise that the attached notes has a missing step : sealing the belt at the end of Step 5, before Step 6.
So, I would like to find out whether the notes or the DVD is the more accurate one?
Also, has anyone done the Deep Healing in different segments due to time constraints? Can we choose different steps as stand-alone practices?
Hi! I can’t answer your first question about the end of Step 5, because I’ve rarely moved beyond Step 4. I made myself go all the way through the DVD ages ago, but now I don’t know if I will ever make it all the way through, and that’s okay with me. Which brings me to your second question… I certainly don’t do the whole form on the DVD and that seems fine. In fact, last night I only did the first two steps, then I did another small thing or two that wasn’t from the Deep Healing DVD.
The name of the DVD does include the word “deep” and in order for me to go deep, I can only do so much!
I hope this helps. 🙂
AA – welcome back! Your posts – based on deep experience, thought and confidence – are so wonderful to have.
Jeanne – a belated welcome! It is so nice that there is another woman, in addition to Wendy, adding their wonderful womanly wisdom to the forum.
Samanera – welcome to you too!
signed,
quiet Chrisp.s. does anyone else see visual similarities between M Winn and Mr. Kotter?!
Hi Chris and thanks very much for the welcome!
I feel like I’m somewhat of a neophyte when it comes to Healing Dao, even though I’ve known about Michael Winn for along time. I think I first encountered him at the New York Open Center in the late 80’s or thereabouts. And then sometime around 1992, I did a few private sessions with Michael. (Also met Joyce briefly then, was quite struck by her glowing, beaming presence. :-)) Alas, I didn’t stick with any practice for long back then. It wasn’t until years later that I got back into working/playing with my chi — at least Dao-istically speaking. 😉 When I was going through a divorce in 2003, I got a copy of the Deep Healing Chi Kung DVD, as well as some Fundamentals material. Even then, I was going in and out of practices. I did take the Chi Fundamentals 1-4 in the summer of ’07 — boy was that a lot for me to digest! Fast forward to the present… for about a month now I’ve been doing something pretty much every day. At last!
Regarding your suggestion of a resemblance between Michael and Mr. Kotter… LOL! I DO see a little bit of a resemblance, but maybe I am stretching?! However what I’m noticing more is… John Travolta was one of the main stars of “Welcome Back, Kotter” and his son Jett just died. I’ve been digesting the news of his death since learning of it on Friday.
(My exhusband was/is a massage therapist and he actually worked on Travolta once. Said he was an incredibly nice guy.)
Anyhoo, thanks again for the welcome, AND the amusement!
Appreciatively,
JeanneHark!
I hear a…voiceHi Chris. Thanks for the kind words. We’re all helping in our own ways. I am glad to be part of things.
Love,
AThanks, “vocal Chris”!
To add to my history, which is really a series of now’s…
Last night I had a wonderful telephone session with Alexander Alexis.
I had been reading a bunch of Alexander’s posts after Michael recommended doing so… was really vibe-ing with things he was saying… then I googled “Alexander Alexis” and “Daoist” and came upon a beautiful description of a workshop he had offered back in June: “The Inner Smile Alchemical Approach”. Upon reading about the workshop, I felt very strongly that I had to do something with him! So I contacted him and then we set something up. It was an absolute joy to work/play with Alexander!
I had recently gotten into an icky innerspace in which I was pressuring myself to learn more and more HD techniques — after all, I’m very “broken”, aren’t I?! — and that was feeling more and more uncomfortable. I’m letting go of pressuring myself in that way now and am feeling greatly relieved. Whew.
I can recall Michael saying more than once that “the Life Force is your best teacher” and that feels very true. I really can trust myself!
*innersmiling*
Cheers,
JeanneI would say to do what feels right for you.
Personally, I do the belt channel three times during the form:
Once, after the bathing; Again, after the spiral love;
Again, after opening the dantiens. Is that the video or
the notes? I can’t remember.I do expand on the form from time to time and add in the
“Advanced Bathing Segment” that I think is included in the
notes.While doing as much of the form as is possible is always great,
there is nothing wrong with picking a piece of the form and
just doing the piece. Even a piece can effect change. You
can different pieces at different times.In some ways, the form is a “greatest hits” CD
of the Healing Tao practices . . .After some “warmups”, you do the cycle of healing sounds
(i.e. QF1), you then do counterforce breathing (i.e. QF3),
then the bathing sequence (i.e. Fusion 3), then the belt
channel (i.e. Fusion 2), then the circulate and spiral love
sections (i.e. Fusion 1), more belt channel (Fusion 2), etc.
The last part of the form is a simplified Kan and Li.S
Just wanted to also extend a welcome . . .
Just getting back from a retreat and noticed
a new face on the board 🙂BTW I also bought the Deep Healing Qigong after
getting out of a relationship–not a marriage, but
it was a 6-year relationship. In fact, it was the
first HT practice I ever learned. It effected
powerful changes on me, and will always be my
favorite form for that reason.Steven
Yeah, not from that perspective obviously 😉
More a personal reaction after returning to the list
following my retreat and seeing that you had returned,
while I was gone 🙂Anyhow, glad you’re back . . . S
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