Às vezes um contratempo pode fazer você entender o que tem valor e o que não tem. Eu vinha lutando uma batalha judicial intensa com efeitos devastadores no meu negócio e na minha saúde. Tive que enfrentar a necessidade de começar do zero novamente, já bem tarde na vida. Não podia fazer nada a respeito do tempo e dinheiro perdidos; no entanto, eu podia fazer alguma coisa em relação à perda da minha saúde. Graças a Deus pelo Chi Gung!
Hey George,
Interesting observations. My 2 cents on it: when you embrace the tree, you're letting your palms face your body, so the feeling of connecting to your field is more obvious. You can certainly look for the same feeling in San Ti by playing with the pressures in the palms (outward and downward).
On the other hand, it depends what you are training in each posture: the sense of your field/energy? a specific neigong element like twisting or opening/closing? or some other practice with your intent?
The different postures will set all these things up differently, which is why we practice them!
Personally, I like to make a separation between San Ti time and other postures (and limit how many I change through in a single session) because it fives me a clearer sense of what effects the postures have on my mind, body, and energy.
It sounds like you're running some good experiments though!
Dan