Healing with Neigong: Growing a Younger Body

‪@PaulCavel‬
What is holding YOU back?
In this follow-on talk with TTCS Instructor Javi Martinez, we discuss healing with Daoist neigong. Topics include:
- The benefits of training, such as better sleep, increased flexibility and growing a younger body
- Healing physical, energetic, emotional, mental and other traumas
- The body’s cycle of repair and replenishment, and the healing process
- Clearing superficial traumas to get to deeper traumas
- Some of the key factors that influence healing
- Healing the body after surgery
- The timeframe you have after a shock until it begins to freeze in the body
We also discuss the purpose of starting a daily practice, what can be achieved through foundational versus more advanced training, and the process of reaching high performance.
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[@diephysiotante]

Thank you so much for sharing this! ❤ I can really relate to what is addressed in this video. My Qigong journey began in 2011 - with a lot of issues and everyday challenges my body provided 😅. My start into practice was really challenging and I was lucky to have a colleague, later good friend and now partner at my side, who supported and taught me all the time! He suggested starting and we help each other out with correcting our forms regularly. When I first started training with Paul in 2012 I also asked him about my issues and what to do about them. And in everything I learned, he told me to "soften and do less!". Until one point, when I thought I couldn't do less... but then I did and my body responded quite differently. Suddenly I felt, this is heading into the right direction! That's 10 years ago now. And I can safely say, I have a younger body, than many other people my age (38) and a younger body than I had 10 and even 15 years ago! Training Qigong, Neigong and Tai Chi has changed my health, mental state and life to the better 😊. Thank you Paul for your support over the past 12 years of my journey 🙏 😊.

[@PaulCavel]

Thank you for sharing. You never know where "consistency without desire" can lead!

[@diephysiotante]

@@PaulCavel oh yes, there probably wasn't any desire to achieve or get anything or anywhere in the beginning. Just curiosity and trust in a person whose opinion I highly valued. TBH I used to laugh at people doing Qigong in rehabs (as a physio you come along these folks quite often). But as I started, I realised quickly that this what you and our school is doing is completely different from what I encountered. And I'm very happy having been pushed into this direction 🙂 . Yet, every now and then there is some desire emerging to become more advanced more quickly. But my body will always tell me, that pushing and forcing it won't be successful 😅🙃.

[@LD-uq3fb]

Patience and trust are key here. I am 71 and have been studying this work for a few years. Once I made this a daily practice however then the changes have been significant. Arthritis in the hands and an old back injury have albeit disappeared and I now can continue to coach football with less recovery time needed. Trust and relax into this method and let this art of the ancients work it’s magic in its own time.

[@PaulCavel]

Thanks for sharing, that's truly inspiring. I wish you (and your club) good luck!

[@voiceoftheearth7091]

Yes- I concur with this in my own internal arts journey since the 80s. It's true that you can develope a younger body. At 57 I'm in better shape and far better health than I was as a teen and 20s. I heal like a young person. Becoming more asociated with the energy aspects of self. Sung- release cannot be forced but there are skilful methods to enhance the opening and releasing process. It's a continuous and fascinating journey. Great to hear these affirming anecdotes. Thank you.

[@PaulCavel]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing!

[@colinhugheshighpeak]

Only just noticed these clips in the miasma of online stuff. As always: rich content, pitched just right - insightful, informative, interesting, incisive and inspirational! Thanks for all you do.

[@PaulCavel]

Nice one, Colin, much appreciated!!

[@thequestion52]

I really like the analogies, on the benefits of daily practice.

[@PaulCavel]

Thank you. It all starts with establishing a daily practice.

[@laurencem6448]

I need explanation to understand what I do and relaxe/let go. Here,I m happy to finding those explanations. Really interesting.Thanks for shedding light on the different levels of back hooking. Thank you.

[@PaulCavel]

I have loads of exercises and info on my blog, www.paulcavel.com/tai-chi-blog, but eventually you want to establish a practice in the fundamentals. I offer this level of training in my Taoist Neigong programme, www.paulcavel.com/membership. Good luck!

[@awhite7761]

i love these these little vignettes. thanks so much for doing them. they are enlightening.

[@PaulCavel]

You're welcome, thanks for commenting!

[@StEvE1961able]

What level of commitment is necessary on a daily basis in terms of practice time? (min & max)

[@PaulCavel]

Hi Steve. At first it takes some time investment to learn a form and attune your body-mind to a relaxation-based method for exercising, which is in contrast to almost every other form of exercise out there. For example, in my core qigong program I offer 2x 30-minute qigong classes, a 15- to 20-minute guided practice and 2-3 supporting videos each month on various aspects of Water Method training that teach the theory and essential (neigong) internal practices (www.paulcavel.com/membership). How much time you spend practising is highly individual: it depends on factors like the state of your body-mind, your personal goals, what else you have going on in your life that either supports or detracts what you can do, etc. If you have serious injuries or you're currently ill, then you may only be able to do a few minutes here or there. If you're a healthy high-performer, then you might practise an hour or more each day. Generally, at the upper end, doing more than a couple of hours each day, especially in the beginning, means that you're not really focused or going internal. A few minutes of focused practice a few times a day is more effective than long practice sessions done less frequently. You want to start out slowly and let it build. The important thing is to mind the Rule of Thirds, not exceeding a maximum of 70% of your effort and the length of time you train, keeping one-third in reserve. If you're compromised in some way, you flip it. My video on the Rule of Thirds explains more (kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXPUfZiImLR-bM0si=9stEM7lVMTP5VYDC) and I regularly posts blogs that offer more detailed practice guidelines. www.paulcavel.com/tai-chi-blog I hope this helps!

[@StEvE1961able]

Thank you ever so much for such a comprehensive reply Paul. I have your book, and do find that most of the principles resonate & make perfect sense, especially the rule of thirds (even though, once endorphins take over, it becomes quite difficult not to push; those old samskaras (habit patterns) are so stubborn!). Again, thanks.

[@carpenterfamily6198]

What is “ water method “ ?

[@PaulCavel]

That Daoist Water Method is a system of health, healing, martial arts and spiritual development which comes from a 4,000-year-old lineage (passed from teacher to student in an unbroken line) in China and which is described by Laotzu in the Daodejing. You can watch my three-part series that answers this question great detail, starting with kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHzIdZd-lLWqnas