Alright. Would someone be wasting their time doing standing post qigong or taiji if they’re also having sex?
Are there rules about when to practice based on sex? For example, could you go have sex and then go do some qigong an hour later? Why or why not?
What if you finished your qigong and then had sex a few minutes later?
I heard if you do one too close to the other, it can damage your kidneys. True?
Finally, who has been actively doing qigong type stuff while also being sexually active (at least a few times a week), and how did it work? I think Glenn Morris said he awakend the kundalini while being very sexually active, so I’m not sure I believe all of this no sex during qigong stuff.
I have been obsessing about this myself. In my search it seems that overall, if you are doing lower dantien chi gung and having sex, you are not only wasting your time but weakening the body. If you are practicing middle dantien (heart) chi gung and having sex, then you are fine and can still develop reasonable internal power. I know if i abstain from sex for more than a week or two, (i have an insatiable girlfriend lol) then i feel tremendous energy and find it easier to raise my energy when doing chi gung practices as opposed to when i try such practices when not abstaining.
Well I’ve been doing qigong and having sex for many years, just not together. If you have a moderate sex life and don’t practice too soon after orgasming, you’ll be fine particularly the younger you are. If you want to practice Taogong or some other alchemical practice it’s best to refrain from a lot of ejaculation. Some practices require abstinence. It all comes down to what you want and what you are willing to do to get it.
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Well considering science is just beginning to look at chi gung methods i wouldnt rely too much on what science has to say about it at this point. Rather id listen to the people who have actually been practicing it for their entire lives.
Science will never be able to tell you why you think a painting is beautiful. But the artist who paints it can show you how to release the beauty in yourself. Thats how i see the “masters” as you call them. Science thinks it can measure the mysteries of life with a ruler and a scale, but rather it is only measuring the box it is creating around itself.
I think science can explain why we see something as beautiful (perception of reality, how the brain works in a chemical way etc) but I understand what you mean.
I hope there will be more serious research about chi. And I think that as our understanding will grow and our tools in science improves, we will someday know alot more than today.
You probably shouldn’t have sex and then immediately stand in a horse stance for 30 minutes. But other than that, you should be fine. Just be sensible about it. Don’t get crazy about it and have your girlfriend leave you cause you decided to be celibate, and just because you were afraid it would affect your standing qigong. It’s not like you’re a monk or anything. But also, having sex multiple times everyday (or even once everyday if you’re doing some kind of very rigorous training, i.e. Bagua lower basin) probably wouldn’t be the best thing for your practice.
So if you’re having sex you shouldn’t be doing any standing qigong?
No, that’s not correct. It depends on your own state.
Worst likely case, if you ignore all the advice you’re given and train in whatever fashion pleases you…5 to 10 years from now you’ll be in relatively poor health, Western doctors will explain it as “part of the natural aging process”, and you’ll still never have conclusive proof that you did anything wrong.
You’ll turn into one of those sickly-looking clowns who periodically appear in the kung-fu magazines, swinging nunchucks around and writing articles for the “mature martial artist”. :eek:
Worst likely case, if you ignore all the advice you’re given and train in whatever fashion pleases you…5 to 10 years from now you’ll be in relatively poor health, Western doctors will explain it as “part of the natural aging process”, and you’ll still never have conclusive proof that you did anything wrong.
Hmm. 5-10 years? That would suck. I’m only 22 now. So are there any, like, “generally accepted guidelines” for practice? On Wing Lam’s Iron Body video it says “don’t practice 24 hours before or after sex.” But I’m not talking about hardcore Iron Body stuff, just regular standing qigong.
I’m just curious what the rules are… actually I’m wondering if it’s possible to be 22 and have a girlfriend and still do qigong
correct me if im wrong but doesnt it go something like like sex is less harmful to qigong practioners provided there is no attachment as it messes with your cultivation capabilty which in turn comprimises energy potency?
I believe that unless you can feel the difference ejacuating does to you , do it in moderation.
I used to be able to ejaculate quite a few times a day until i got heavily into chi kung , the more chikung i used to do the less i could ejaculate to the point that if i did even once every couple of weeks i would feel to tired and sickly to do anything for the next 24 hours !!!
Originally posted by Wong Fei Hong I believe that unless you can feel the difference ejacuating does to you , do it in moderation.
I used to be able to ejaculate quite a few times a day until i got heavily into chi kung , the more chikung i used to do the less i could ejaculate to the point that if i did even once every couple of weeks i would feel to tired and sickly to do anything for the next 24 hours !!!
Seriously? Screw this, then. I’d rather NOT become tired as hell from sex.
