6 Sounds of Qi Gong - my new addition

I bought Mantak Chia's book about 2 years ago and did not really get around to studying it. I threatened to for ages but put it off. The reason was, if you do this, you do it properly, sincerely and not flirt with this. I reached that point of acceptance 1 week ago.



I chose this as I knew the sounds were mentioned in Yang Jang Ming's work on the 8 pieces of brocade, and he uses the sounds but does not elaborate on them in the other materials I had. Also I have seen the sounds in use in other Qi Gong forms and when I read about I saw this looked 'do-able'.
I choose this book and I read a www page that had a useful table of different Qi Gong masters use of these sounds. I needed to know if they had consensus or not on the sounds. If they did then that means there is likely to be some 'truth' in this, as others agree, and I would not be wasting my time following just one person's interpretation of this alone. (There were some minor disagreements in what one or two of the sounds should be, but I went with Chia's work as he was reflected in consensus vs others and his book has a CD too, with the sounds in).

It seems the organs in the body can get over heated and this heat needs dissipation. The sounds act like a heat-sync to remove this excess heat when you breath out making the sound. Each organ: lungs, kidneys, liver, kidneys, spleen, (triple heater), have an associated sound that operates on a type of frequency for each.

Starting out : I needed to know the idea behind this, or else this makes the commitment to this weaker. I.e. know the theory underlying this. I may need to revise this 3 times to memorise all nuances. Next make sure to learn the sounds for each organ. Sounds silly, but some are so close you could confuse them. Expect to practice this, however, to chisel out skills doing this. This is like a health kata, so adopt the same mentality.

The use of colours associates with the organs too is reflected in this 6 sounds which is good. This gives me something extra over the 8 pieces of brocade, that I did not completely use.

The book shows a choice of doing the sounds sat down, or stood up - just like Dr. Yang Jing Ming's book. Also the goal seems to be to get the sounds down properly and then be able to make the sounds sub-vocally. (That has a benefit of public practice too, as no one knows what you are up to).

It is early days, so I cannot say if I have benefits yet.

Chi Kung / Qi Gong 4 years on

I am now into my 4th year of doing the 8 pieces of brocade.

Goodnews 1] I am still doing it. Why? I think it does have benefits. I do not feel cold the same way I used to. I can wake up easier with little sleep than before. Leg muscles have grown. (the reason why leg muscles have grown is that I sit deeper in the archer position for move [2]. I paid big attention to posture in that since January and that has had an effect. I can see why you have to wait for the benefits however, they do not come overnight. You grow like a tree, slowly.

Other things I do 'new' is to juggle the moves up every now and then. That can help concentration. I also and less concerned with a mechanical in and our breath to co-ordinate with moves. You do not have to do that anyway, so that is one thing less to force yourself to do. Sometimes it is co-ordinated, sometimes not.
I switch off my shoulder muscles more for the heaven / earth push hands. That move can make the shoulders tense if you do not pay attention. (Tense muscles means inhibited Qi flow).

I am more aware when I most likely to have a good session vs a session that is just exercise for exercise sake. If I wait until I am awake more / have eaten / have done some other physical activity then my mind is more quiet.

2] If you do forms / kata / jurus then doing Qi Gong should not be hard to keep up, really, as it is a health form. You need to watch your health and mind as it helps yourself and others too.

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