First Qigong appointment
I’ve gone to my first Qigong session today - it’s free and open to the public every week, by a woman I met in the business of metaphysics class I attend each month. This is the second Qigong practitioner I’ve met - the first one never called me back.
This woman also does the Chi Nei Tsang - she’s the person I saw last Thursday.
Qigong is hard work!
I had lots of trouble with my lower back (it’s gone into protective mode because George is due this Saturday), my knees (they’re congenitally misaligned so they hurt when I bend the knees for too long during exercise, shoulda wore my braces today), and my shoulders and neck during today’s session. I’ve learned that I have VERY WEAK upper body/arm/shoulder strength - I cannot even hold my own arms out at shoulder height for longer than 30 seconds because it hurts my shoulders and neck too much.
I need to work on that.
My practitioner gave me a sheet of exercise poses to get comfy with. I can’t wait to try it out! But today, I’ve exerted my body enough. I don’t want to overdo it.
Tomorrow morning I go back to the gym routine with my friend, and tomorrow evening, I’ll do the Qigong.
TMI WARNING!
Last night, I practiced what I could remember from the Chi Nei Tsang appointment, and today it paid off - I had to ‘go’ first thing in the morning, and my stool was loosey goosey just like when my practitioner did the Chi Nei Tsang on me. Yay! I moved stuff!
I’ve also been listening to Progressive Relaxation tapes that my friend gave me. The person on the tapes is David Wise, Ph.D., author of “Progressive Relaxation: The Practice of Conscious Effortlessness”. The tapes have been very helpful for me. I find that I’m feeling more relaxed and remembering to breathe, and my neck and shoulders aren’t in as much pain as they usually are at night or in the morning upon waking.
I’m really hoping all this pays off even a little bit in time for george’s arrival this weekend. And I really hope that over the short term, say over the next six months, I really start to feel relief from the pain.