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Bertram — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:56:15 +0000

The Parable of the Skilled Physician and His Sick Children

There once was a very wise and skilled doctor. He could make a special kind of medicine that could cure any illness imaginable.

The doctor had many children. One day, he travelled to a distant land. While he was away, his children, through their innocent folly, mistakenly drank poison. They became very sick. Some were cringing in pain and writhing on the ground, some had completely lost their minds. Some were close to death. While others, however, because they took only a little sip, were only slightly ill.

When the doctor returned from his long trip, he saw that his children were very sick and needed help. The children, even though ill with poison, were very happy to see their father return. “Welcome home, father!” they said. “We’re so happy to see that you have returned home safely. While you were away we were very foolish. We all mistakenly drank some poison. Please save us from this suffering!”

The doctor quickly set to work diligently grinding, sifting, and mixing various herbs. He made a powerful medicine that had a beautiful colour, an excellent fragrance and a wonderful taste. This medicine was perfect.

Bringing the medicine to his children, he encouraged them to drink it saying: “My children, here is a medicine of excellent colour, fragrance and taste. Drink this and your illness will be gone and you will be well.”

Those children who were only slightly ill saw that it was good and immediately took the medicine and were quickly cured. The children who had lost their minds however, refused the medicine. They had become so befuddled and confused because the poison had penetrated deep into their minds. They refused to believe that their father’s medicine would help them.

“My poor children,” the father said, “because you have consumed poison, your thoughts have become twisted. When you saw me return home, you begged me to cure you. But when I offered you this medicine, you refused it. If you won’t take this good medicine, how can you be cured?”

Even though the children’s minds were confused, their father still loved them very much. He had to think of a way to get them to take the medicine.

Finally, the doctor said: “My beloved children, hear me well! I am old and weak, and may die at any time. I will leave this medicine here for you. Even if I should die, your sickness can still be cured with this excellent medicine.

Please don’t doubt that!

I must leave now on another trip, so please remember what I have told you.”

The doctor then travelled to another land and he sent a messenger home to tell his children of his death. The children were stunned. They had never expected him to really die! They said with grief stricken hearts: “Our father is dead! Now we have no one to rely on, who will protect and pity us, we have been abandoned!”

Then, the children remembered the medicine that their father had left for them and his words before leaving. In tears, they each took some of the medicine and were immediately cured of their illness.

Then, to their amazement, their father returned home and for the first time they realised how great his love and mercy was for them.

An extract of chapter 16 ‘The Life Span of the Thus Come One’, Lotus Sutra

Taijiwuxigong and Taiji37 exercises for Sciatica

Bertram — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:32:13 +0000

Abdomen Daoyin

Brrrr…The weather is getting cold now. It makes me think, often people come to the classes with sciatic nerve issues. For those unfamiliar with sciatica, its is the irritation of the sciatic nerve in the lumbar vertebrae. It gives rise to pain in the back, buttocks and sometimes all the way down the leg. It can be a very difficult condition to resolve.

Remember, from a Buqi perspective, many conditions arise from a compression of the nerves in the spine from a long term poor body posture. In real life this can be working at a computer over a long period of time, working in a vehicle or another sedentary job where you don’t move so much.

There are also other aggravating causes of the sciatic, such as the weather. Typically when treating students or patients with such issues I find that in that area they have a build up of cold from the environment and some hot information from the inflammation of the nerves.

Treating them can be straight forward by expelling the binqi locally or through the legs via the panguan meridian. However, what I like about teaching Taiji37 and Taijiwuxigong is that I can empower the students to participate in their own healing process. I can also teach them simple exercises that will strengthen the lumbar area and bring healing forces to the area to dislodge the binqi. In this respect, the student or patient can go away and practice and work towards resolving the issue. With the help of regular classes students maintain the momentum and perseverance and benefit from regular health information transmissions to configure the binqi to leave.

There are many classes around London teaching exercises like the abdomen daoyin which are really effective in addressing all sorts of issues to do with the contraction of the lumbar region.

If you have a musculoskeletal problem, maybe taijiwuxigong can help you work towards resolving it.

Spring Term Starting on 22nd April 2009

Bertram — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:48:04 +0000

Just a short post to remind everyone that we start our new term on Wednesday 22nd April 2009. There will also be no class on the 27th May 2009. This is not indicated on the year planner.

As always we will be continuing to build on the good progress students have been making last term. Some beginning students really made progress in using the earth force (diqi)to activate the dantian developing some quite tangible long force. In Chinese this is called Chan Zi Jing and literally means: ‘Long without stopping force’ which refers to the long purring vibration that occurs when you practise Taijiwuxigong.

This has moved us forward in our threefold practise objectives:

Above all, it has helped in the self-healing and self-development process, firstly in draining the channels and meridians and secondly, by gaining more spinal strength for the meditation exercises. If the spine is straighter then oxygenated blood can travel easily to the brain. Also, if the dazui (C7-T1) area has power this helps to open the central channel . These health benefits develop more clarity in meditation and later develop latent mental functions.

Secondly, it was also good spending time showing how the simple Taijiwuxigong exercises improve the quality and application of our Taijiquan practise. The use of Chan Zi Jing is very common in the Yang Style Taijiquan and is one of the reasons it is well known for its slow flowing movements. Many Yang Style Taijiquanpractitioners are unaware of these forces but because Taijiwuxigong and Taiji37 train them they are an excellent way to evolve your Taijiquan practise

Lastly, as a Buqi healer I use Chan Zi Jing in creating rigorous vibration force or warmth information in my patients. Combined with hand techniques, mental direction, knowledge of the body and aetiology, chan zi jing, is an important part of my Buqi practise.

Once, when Dr Shen was a boy practising An, he first felt this shaking. Starting from the earth coming into his body through his feet it then developed so quickly that his arms started to shake vigourously. When Professor Yao Huan Zi saw this reaction he told him: ‘Today you have entered the door of Taiji’.

I look forward to opening more doors this spring.

Bertram

Buqi Healing at the Kailash Centre of Oriental Medicine

Bertram — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:39:20 +0000

Buqi healing treatments are now being given at the Kailash Centre of Oriental Medicine in St John’s Wood, North London

Buqi presents a fresh perspective as to why disease arises and can treat many health issues because it works on the pathogenic narrowing of the vertebrae which link to all the parts of your body.

For example and narrowing of the vertebrae in the lumber region may be the cause of a malfunction of the sexual organs, decreased libido, bladder and prostate problems and sciatic nerve pain.
Moving up the spine we find many common diseases such as asthma, and reparatory problems have an origin in the thoracic vertebrae.
Contracture of the neck may cause high blood pressure and hypertension, hormonal imbalances, hemiplegia and stroke.

These are just some of the wide ranging applications of Buqi healing. More blogs providing case studies to follow.