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Maria · Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 163

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I always ran a 10k faster with a hangover

that's not astonishing : alcohol is transformed in sugar and while running, you need sugar, so.....

Maybe could you try to eat honey before running, it is better for health than alcohol Smile

jb · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 146

Maria wrote:

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I always ran a 10k faster with a hangover

that's not astonishing : alcohol is transformed in sugar and while running, you need sugar, so..... Maybe could you try to eat honey before running, it is better for health than alcohol Smile

Quite right. All that running & drinking was in my wild youth. Now I've given up alcohol, and running, and coffee -- I drink green tea with honey and save all my energy for taiji.

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Kuroyama · Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 48

ALL your energy goes into tai chi? The wife must not be too thrilled with that... Wink

jb · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 146

Kuroyama wrote:

ALL your energy goes into tai chi? The wife must not be too thrilled with that... Wink

Well, when you get to my age [pause here to look in almanac for phases of the moon] ...

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Kuroyama · Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 48

Well, all I know of age is that theres some little old white haired women in one of Jesses classes with a sassy sexy attitude, that actually jumps for the kicks during Chen lao jia yi lu...

My wife didnt care that I pointed out that ladies vitality when she herself gave up on the form as she is in her elderly early 30's...

BTW that same lady also took me to task for going easy on her during push hands...

jb · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 146

I didn't say I'd lost it.
In fact, with Taiji, I've found it.

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Kuroyama · Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 48

your sassy sexiness?

jb · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 146

Kuroyama wrote:

jb wrote:

Kuroyama wrote:

... Emotions, tight pants, bad shoes, hot weather, a test in ethics, a bad burrito ...

Surely this is what we call the human condition.

getting emotional would lead to mistakes

Yes Kuroyama, I agree with you absolutely. One thought re 'Emotions while training'. Sometimes when we are training in class, it all suddenly seems hilarious and I want to laugh out loud. For example, at the end of class on Saturday, Meilin said, "Let's do some qigong to calm us down" -- and we all spontaneously bounced around like over-excited children. Then we all laughed.

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Maria · Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 163

JB,

during a seminar, Master Liming Yue has told us during the practice of qigong, if you want to laugh, laugh, if you want to cry, cry, whatever you emotion is let it come "
Razz

jb · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 146

Maria wrote:

JB, during a seminar, Master Liming Yue has told us during the practice of qigong, if you want to laugh, laugh, if you want to cry, cry, whatever you emotion is let it come "

Yes, perhaps the exercise itself releases emotions. My acupuncturist told me that when she was doing her acupuncture training, the class had to stay in a standing meditation for 20 minutes. People were laughing, crying hysterically and generally breaking down all over the place.

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jb · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 146

The chart of Professor Yu Yong Nian
Reactions to Zhan Zhuang

Numbness
Hands numb
Feet numb
Head numb
Tingling (ants on body)

Aching
Aching neck
Aching shoulder
Aching arms
Aching middle back
Aching lower back
Aching thighs

Warmth
Burping
Flatulance
Rumbling stomach
Sweating

Shaking
Trembling
Shaking
Jumping

[I might add: he-he-ing, giggling, snorting, wriggling on the floor]

Chi Kung -- the way of energy
Master Lam Kam Chuen (1991)

PS
Dear Andrey, feel free to put this posting in another category or thread.

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