by joeblast » Sat May 28, 2011 11:22 am
That sounds a little strange, dm. ZZ made you more tired? What was your schedule, what else do you have going on that's making you feel deficient? More to the other comment, what made them say your qi was deficient?
"Qigong forms to build more qi" - taiji, bagua, xingyi are all good moving forms that build qi. Try some bagua circle walking holding the ball in front of the dantien and "walk with the dantien." (try palms flat down if you need to work on smooth walking motions.)
The specific things that yeniseri mentioned are also good for building qi, especially if you add the LDT focus of embryonic breathing. Different hand postures change the focus of the qi - try holding the ball in front of the dantien after moving forms; I've also had excellent results with the palms up thing he described (also a good component of the stuff from Chris Matsuo that trunk has posted up the last few months@ttbs.)
This bit will especially help in building qi - Do the qi-ball at the dantien, grow and shrink it with the breath, quarter to golf ball size and back - maintain singular focus there and it will get hot and you'll know you're doing it correctly, and that will absolutely build more qi. Let it fade in stillness afterwards. Do that in the morning to build and in the evening to sublimate and integrate. Working towards good longevity breathing will help that too.