Nei Gong Notes, June 9, 2026

Tuesday lesson was Zhan Zhuang 1, from the Taiji course. Good timing, given that I’d been starting to finally get sinking flesh off the bone and should be spending more time practicing that.

Wednesday: 30m Dragon 2, 25m Hou Tian Qi 2, and Rick’s Zoom class. Did those in two separate parts (the first two together and then the Zoom class later); that worked well, I should experiment with that more. Maybe do some stuff in the morning, assuming I’m not too tired?

Thursday: I went through a section in Practical Tai Chi Training on the organs. (Didn’t get a ton out of it, alas.) I did the Chen sword forms; they actually went pretty well, I need to work more on the Double Dao but that’s nothing new. And I did 20m Zhan Zhuang 1, 37 form, and the Lao Jia first and second forms. For Nei Gong, I did 60m Spinal Dao Yin, 25m Hou Tian Qi 2; I tried to do Calm Abiding but I was too sleepy so I gave up after 10 minutes. I reviewed the Hunyuan 48 in the evening, and watched the Qi and Mind talk from Maryland 2019.

Friday: 20m Dragon 1; 30m Wu Ji; 25m Hou Tian Qi 2; 40m Dantian Gong.

Saturday: 25m Hou Tian Qi 2; 20m Zhan Zhuang 1. Regular Chen class. Went through all four Dragons.

Sunday: 2h push hands; 25m Hou Tuan Qi 2. My torso was feeling surprisingly active that afternoon / evening; not sure if it was because of the push hands or because of an accumulation of benefits. (Practice during last week or so felt like it was going rather well.)

Monday: A travel day, and my sleep was bad the previous night so I skipped today.

Tuesday: The first day of Damo’s USA summer workshop.