Nei Gong Notes, May 5, 2026

Last Tuesday evening I watched a Nei Gong lecture: Hou Tian Qi 1 – The Earth Region. Apparently the start of a sequence of related lessions, and Damo recommends doing it at least once a day, so I’ve been doing it more regularly than exercises from other recent lessons. (Fortunately it’s both short and pleasant.) And I watched the Purging in Nei Gong lecture.

Wednesday: 20m Hou Tian Qi 1; 30m Dragon 1; 40m Dantian Gong.

Thursday: 20m Hou Tian Qi 1; 25m Full Moon practice; 50m Being Present / Ming Men exercise. I noticed during the evening that my diaphragm feels more free, I think because of today’s acupuncture session? (Though that faded some as the week went on.) And I watched The Breath, part 1 from Maryland 2019.

Friday: A longer stretching session, 20m Hou Tian Qi 1, 45m Microcosmic Orbit attempt. Didn’t go particularly well, I didn’t get Qi going into my spine correctly.

Saturday: 20m Hou Tian Qi 1, 35m Wood Hui Chun. Attended some of weekly Chen Tai Chi class.

Sunday: 20m Hou Tian Qi 1. Pretty interesting; about halfway through, it felt like a hole opened up in the middle of my body a little above the diaphragm. Not sure what that was, but it seemed like a good thing. And I watched the “Qi First Talk” video.

Monday: Du Stretch; 10m Hou Tian Qi 1; 35m Dantian Gong.

Tuesday: 25m Dragon 3; I went through the Lotus Dao Yin video again, because I think it’ll be useful for me to do more of that for a while (my acupuncturist thinks that some of my remaining issues are related to my chest being stuck, and my chest has felt a little tight to me for years); 20m Hou Tian Qi 1.