If I may, I second the comment about 9 Hazels qigong and the SOP. I’ve done the 9 Hazels directly before the SOP and felt that it enhanced the SOP. I’ve tried a 5-element qigong sequence before SOP and found it pretty neutral--no help, no hindrance. I had some chat with Adam Robersmith about this on the AODA forum, and he specifically designed the 9 Hazels to be balanced in terms of yin and yang energy currents. It may just take trial and error to find out which qigong sequences will help and which could harm. I like qigong very much and would hate to give it up. One of my main TSW experiences was actually an unpleasant interaction between the SOP and other energy experiences I had one weekend. I had attended a kundalini yoga class one Saturday morning, then a “gong meditation” experience on Sunday morning where someone played a large gong for an extended time. It may have been a couple days later that I did the SOP, and when I got to Spirit Below I began to feel really nauseous and dizzy. If I even thought about continuing to Spirit Above the feeling got worse, and I was sure I was about to toss my cookies. So I stopped the SOP, and recovered pretty quickly. Since then, I’ve done the SOP with no problem--but I haven’t done either kundalini yoga or anything involving loud, extended vibrations such as a gong.
Re: Karate, SOP
I had some chat with Adam Robersmith about this on the AODA forum, and he specifically designed the 9 Hazels to be balanced in terms of yin and yang energy currents. It may just take trial and error to find out which qigong sequences will help and which could harm. I like qigong very much and would hate to give it up.
One of my main TSW experiences was actually an unpleasant interaction between the SOP and other energy experiences I had one weekend. I had attended a kundalini yoga class one Saturday morning, then a “gong meditation” experience on Sunday morning where someone played a large gong for an extended time. It may have been a couple days later that I did the SOP, and when I got to Spirit Below I began to feel really nauseous and dizzy. If I even thought about continuing to Spirit Above the feeling got worse, and I was sure I was about to toss my cookies. So I stopped the SOP, and recovered pretty quickly. Since then, I’ve done the SOP with no problem--but I haven’t done either kundalini yoga or anything involving loud, extended vibrations such as a gong.