Slight experiences
Hello,
So I am training karate kata everyday very disciplined. Some of it is like a hard qi gong and energizes the body, strenghten the legs and improves focus and confidence. Doing it over and over makes it kind of meditative, body biomechanics and letting the body do its thing without thinking about it, also moving the technique from the hara/dantian.
The thing is that I wanted to dig deeper into inner mechanics, bio mechanics, TCM and origins of martial arts. So I am also practicing Zhan Zhuang for 10 minutes a day for some 2-3 months so far. I don't think I can move qi or something but my body could produce more heat and unlock some shoulder tension, hips mobility, front chest tension and lower belly tension. I realized that strenghtening the fascia and the tendons is a very beneficial thing and it made me feel much more alive and happy with myself.
Mini experiences I am having: sometimes when practicing, whether Karate techniques or Zhan Zhuang I can see energies around the subjects in my room or around my arm (aura field) like layer of white light. Or the crown I can see it either as green or white or dense color. This doesen't appear always but if I train, if I overrelax or over stress it appears. This is why something makes me have some little faith in what you call Qi in Qi Gong. Sometimes I am feeling a little bit meditative or relaxed or some pleasant nerve endings inside my nose are vibrating and producing some weird sweet fragnances. This is what increases this faith of mine in the Qi, Shen, Wu... can you tell me how can I improve my practice and how can I dig deeper with myself and my practice, maybe increase my Zhan Zhuang for another 10 minutes to a total of 20 minites or 30 minutes daily? Or to add some other practice to it, so I can get the best out of it? Thank you for helping.