Thanks for reading and taking the time to share your comments. I also like shifting my awareness to different parts of my body. Sometimes I’ll go into my qigong with a specific body part in mind to do some quality one-on-one with it. I try to see what it’s up to in the context of my overall structure. This was helpful for me in working on some knee discomfort I was having for quite some time.

Steven, I like finding my pulse. My favorite and the easiest pulse for me to find is the abdominal aorta in a sitting posture. It’s a strong one and it causes my trunk to do a little back and forth swaying/twitching which amusing and amazes me.

-Jason

I’m just leaving a quick note to thank you very much for the DVD you sent; I am honoured. I’ve skimmed over it, but I will have to wait for a while to really dig into the material. It is the end of term here and between marking, watching final presentations and the like, I can’t get 1 or 2 uninterrupted hours I’ll need. I hope you and yours have a great festive season in your new home. I’ll be in touch soon.

All the best,

Daniel

Still, I’m with you. I like the “send energy” bit especially when I feel my pulse in the area. And the remote awareness is awesome. It’s always been a point of mine to never-describe experiences in class, instead I stick to the posture arrangements and the breathing actions. Because this is what happens: people find unique experiences and personal ways to describe their experiences…and then they can write like Jason.

Steven – I tried Qigong during my neck injury. Never was in it long enough to achieve what you have achieved. I do dabble with seated meditation. During serious run v. 1 I got into that whole “focus on the chakras” thing.

http://under-the-bodhi-tree.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/chakras_clip_image001.jpg

Lately I’ve gotten back into meditation but I’m keeping it simple:

http://www.how-to-meditate.org/breathing-meditations.htm/

I focus on the breath for the first half. Then, during the second half, I maintain the relaxed breathing and mentally focus on regions of the body. (e.g. feet, shins, thighs, midsection, etc). I picked that up in Qigong and part of that schtick is to “send energy” to injured areas of the body. Consequently I spend more time thinking about my hip and neck.

Long way to make my point but my point is that in both runs I’ve achieved that remote awareness that you describe.