Nei Gong Notes, October 6, 2026
This week’s lesson was Advancing the Dan Tian Gong. I also watched the Microcosmic Orbit lecture from Maryland 2023 on Tuesday evening.
A random note on something I’ve bene noticing this week: I feel like my torso, especially my lower back, is getting warmer; hopefully that’s a sign that my Ming Fire is progressing?
Wednesday: My sleep is still off; hopefully stopping Seal Leakages will help, I’ll also do some extra closing down. 35m Song Breath 1; 25m Dragon 3; 20m Wu Ji; 25m standing Dantian Gong; 10m Wood Wu Xing; 25m Earth Hui Chun.
Thursday: Chen sword forms; 20m WSSF 1; 37 form; Xinjia first form. 35m Wu Ji / Coiling Snake, 35m Advancing the Dantian Gong, 40m Water Hui Chun.
Friday: More distracted than normal today. 15m Du Stretch, 35m Wu Ji, 35m seated Dantian Gong.
Saturday: 35m Song Breath 1. Regular Saturday Tai Chi class; I did 40m of Oblique Circles during Silk Reeling. 20m four Dragons.
Sunday: 20m Du Stretch, 40m Advancing the Dantian Gong. 90m Push Hands.
Monday: 30m Wu Ji (with my body being surprisingly interested in widening); 25m standing Dantian Gong; 20m Coiling Snake. I’ve started sometimes playing games with friends at the end of Monday afternoons, so my Monday sessions are frequently shorter than would be ideal.
Tuesday: 70m Calm Abiding; the first half of the session was distracted (I was sitting quietly in a church but then people started showing up to prep for a memorial service, so I ended up moving outside about halfway through), and in general I wasn’t doing a super wonderful job of Songing but I was at least hanging out in my body in a somewhat effective way? 25m Wu Ji, 10m Lotus Dao Yin; I feel like I’m not getting much out of Lotus Dao Yin, either I should take it out of the rotation or do it more seriously. (I guess I’ll start with the latter: bump it up to 20m and get more serious about the connections it works onin my body.) 50m Being Present / Ming Men set, it felt like it was doing a particularly good job with my spine this time. 40m Earth Hui Chun.