The way of practice

It really varies and try to include it in the day, without interrupting my family life (I have a one year old daughter). So the usually I do healing sounds or animals in the morning, deep earth pulsing, and microcosmic orbit if I have time (usally I don’t) and in the night before going to bed is Primordial Chi Kung.
If for some reason I cannot do it in these times I just do it whenever I find a block of time.

Hi Jox,

I usually practice for about 15 minutes long per session, and each session occurs about once an hour. In this way, I usually practice continuously throughout the day, without a particular dedicated practice time. On a free day, I might have a longer dedicated practice time, but on most days, I just take 15 minutes break, repeatedly throughout the day and practice. So, in a way, I don’t have a dedicated practice time, but still get around 3 hours of practice in per day, without needing to set aside time for it. This is what sort of developed over the years as a result of each day being different in terms of when I have free time. Now I just have a set list of things I want to get done every day, and then I just fit them in periodically as way to take a break. It’s now become sort of a way of life. Just like you don’t think about needing to go to the bathroom (you just periodically develop an awareness that you need to go), I similarly get periodic cues to practice if it has been more than an hour without it.

I do Primordial Qigong every day as my first practice.
I do Big Dipper Qigong every day at sunset.

Throughout the day, I do Tai Chi 1-3 forms repeatedly (Tai Chi 1 for the grounding, Tai Chi 2 for the cardiovascular, Tai Chi 3 because I’m trying to get to certification level). All three reasons are important to me, so I rarely miss these.

I fill in the rest, depending on my mood. Some days Yiquan/Iron Shirt 1, some days Iron Shirt 2, some days Tao Yin. Really I just ask my shen what I need, and they tell me what to do. Then a little meditation usually rounds everything out.

If it is a particular busy day, and I have to cut down some of my practice, I typically cut out the meditation. Given the amount of time I spend on the computer (email, working on my book, etc.), my shen usually prioritize getting embodied and doing grounding work if I’m running low on time.

S