Tai Chi?

Aloha Matt,

I saw a YouTube video you did on “old man” Tai Chi. When is it coming out? Looks very interesting! BTW, long time fan having purchased Combat Conditioning, Gama Fitness, Power Postures, etc, etc. I know you won’t recall but you sent me a t-shirt for a post I made while stationed in Korea. I was in a motorcycle accident and your products helped me fully recover. Anyways thank you for your products and disseminating such valuable knowledge.

Van

M.F. Hiya Van. Good to hear from you once again. Thanks for the push on releasing my Badass Tai Chi product (for old or young men or women). I’m looking at making it available next week. It’s quite a bit different from anything else you will see on the subject. Stay tuned.

See Energy

Hello Matt,

You often write about feeling the energy, as for instance when doing Power Postures and feeling the palms tingle. I can feel it as well in my hands. The interesting thing is twice this week I could see it as well. Not in my hands but in front of me.

Early in the week I was out just before daylight in my driveway where I usually practice. It was beginning to get light by the time I had warmed up and was standing in the first posture but it was just starting to crack light. As usual my hands start to tingle pretty quickly and I usually stare ahead but unfocused.

I soon could see particles moving in Brownian motion. I will explain that term in a moment. It was not dust as the weather has been warm but rainy and very humid. Most people have seen dust swirl wherein a certain ray of light usually in a room with sunlight coming through a window. Eventhough it was not raining it was mist swirling mostly up and around. Mind you, it is very faint and if your eyes are focused it is harder to see. This morning about 10 o’clock, another cloudy humid day, I was seeing it again and sort of experimented. If my eyes were focused I couldn’t see it. But if you unfocus your peripheral vision widens and then I could see it again. I usually stay about 5 minutes as you recommend.

Then I walked around a short time and faced the opposite direction and went into the farmer squat pose and could see it again.

Anyway I found it interesting that you can see energy swirling around as well as feeling it. The first morning in mostly darkness was very vivid. And these were the first times I noticed this. Have you ever seen this phenomena?

Best regards

Keith

M.F. Hi Keith. That is fabulous. I usually don’t speak or write too much about my most vivid or seemingly wacky experiences as it can cause others to “try” and shoot for the same, assuming it to be ideal. This is a big mistake as “trying” doesn’t work. The key thing you nailed in your description is this use of peripheral vision rather than intensely focused straight-ahead vision. It’s fascinating how much more you can “tap into” when you’re not trying to see anything in particular. The key for you now is to continue onward, without effort. Thanks for letting me know.

Matt Furey