Training Schedule For Practicing the

Flying Phoenix Celestial Healing Qigong (using DVD Series)

Training Schedule

1. Learn and diligently practice one standing exercise and one seated meditation at a time.
2. Master each exercise so that you can do the breathing sequence and the posture and movements from memory with your eyes closed.
3. For an intensive start: practice one standing and one seated meditation everyday for two weeks.
4. After two weeks or longer of practice, add the next standing and seated meditation appearing on the video, while continuing practice of the first two meditations.
5. Then after two more weeks of practicing two standing exercises and two seated meditations every day, add the next standing exercise and the next seated meditation.
6. After you have increased your practice to three standing meditations and three seated meditations, practice this combination daily for at least two months. This can take between 50 to 70 minutes a day. This training time can be broken up into several sessions spread-out throughout the day.
7. Now begin another cycle of practice starting with a new standing meditation (Number #4) and new seated meditation (Number #4) everyday for two weeks, and repeat steps #3 through #6.
8. Continue with more cycles of this "step-up" training until you have practiced all the exercises in Volumes One through Three. The latter standing exercises are much longer forms than the introductory ones and require more time to learn and memorize. Go slowly.
9. Once you have learned all of the meditations, and can feel the different energetic effects that each one has, select your favorite exercises (one or two that have the most pronounced effect on your energy level and well-being) and practice them daily for six months.
10. After the six months, you can scale back your practice of your favorite exercises to once a week. Then pick up another two exercises that you feel are similarly powerful and effective and practice them daily for six months.
11. Practice the standing long form meditation called "Flying Phoenix Heavenly Healing Chi Meditation" (on Volume Three) as regularly as you can for vitality and strong immunity. This long form meditation is the capstone to the system.
12. In summary, learn each exercise following steps #3 through #6, and then master your favorite Flying Phoenix exercises-and ultimately the entire system-by practicing each one daily for six months.

Regularity of Practice

The "Kung" part of "Chi-Kung" means work, cultivation and mastery. It is the same Chinese character found in the martial arts term, "kung-fu", which means excellence over time. The vast majority of Chi Kung systems require long-term regular practice. The training schedule recommended above will ensure that the Flying Phoenix Chi Kung training imparts maximum benefits.

 

The Flying Phoenix exercises have cumulative energy effects when practiced on a regular daily basis. Your daily practice will steadily build a reserve of internal energy. After an exercise is practiced daily for six months, one will be able to "tap" into the reserve of cultivated energy with every occasional practice. Twenty to thirty minutes of training every day is recommended for beginners. Forty minutes to an hour of practice each day produces excellent results. Whether you practice for ten minutes or for two hours at a time, practice on a daily basis and at the same time on each day. The more quality practice time you put into the Flying Phoenix system, the greater and longer-lasting the benefits you will derive.

Visualization

Many systems of Chi Kung involve mental visualization and creative imagery with the eyes closed. The Flying Phoenix does not rely on creative imagery. Simply do the breath-control sequence, do the posture and associated movements as slowly as possible, and completely relax your mind and inner vision. With a little practice, you will discover that the combination of the breath control sequence coupled with the exercise done at the proper, super-slow speed constitute a sublime form of visualization that activates ch'i cultivation and exercises your higher mental faculties.