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What Can We Learn From a 250 Year Old Man

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I have been perusing: The Immortal – True Accounts of the 250 Year-Old Man, Li Qingyun looking for any secrets to his longevity and vitality.  Li Qingyun died in 1933 at the age of 256 and the book gives accounts of conversations he had with people in the 20th century.

He left home around 10 or 13 years old to wander the mountains and gather herbs.  He said that many times he did not have enough food and subsisted on the herbs he gathered  – many known for enhancing longevity.  Okay this is a typical longevity formula: under-eating, peaceful surroundings, and lots of exercise.

The interesting part is that he didn’t meet a Daoist master and learn some longevity practices until he was 139 years old.  The people that interviewed him said he wasn’t very good at them either.  So what did he have going for him?

He says, “The main reason I could live to 139 years old and still be healthy is because after I was forty years old, I could control my mind and not be disturbed by outside issues.  My mind was always calm.”

What would it take to have a calm mind?

Elsewhere, he claims that his good health is because of his way of breathing.  In particular, he attributes the six healing sounds.  He learned them when he was 30 and practiced them every day for about 110 years.  He says, “Even when I became a Daoist, I never stopped doing them.

This may be the fundamental practice.  The six healing sounds will clear the body of emotional blockages and burdens.  And if he started them when he was 30 years old, they may be the cause of mental clarity and peace that arose at 40 years old.

He recommends the practice be done between 11am and 3pm.  Speaking the sounds softly.

Now, I’ve dabbled with the healing sounds, and use them in my qigong classes.  I even did a month of the wood element sound (Shuh) every evening hoping it might loosen up something.  I didn’t notice any difference.  But a daily practice at that time of day with all of them – what would that create?

Of course, this might have been his secret to longevity and vitality, but it might not be what would work for me.  Anyway, you’ll probably be seeing a healing sound video soon at TESLI.CIRCLE.SO

A Movement a Day Qigong

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I’ve been doing Qigong (Chi Gung) for 30 years now. It is the foundation of my health program and I’d like to share the benefits with more people. To that end I’m launching “A Movement a Day Qigong) to help people establish a practice and enjoy the fruits of that. Each day I’m releasing a 4-6 minute video that just does one Qigong movement. Easy, fun, and rewarding.

You can join me at the online Qigong community I’ve set up: Tesli.Circle.so

Tesli.Circle.so is a free, member only community that will not only give you “A Movement a Day” Series, but also hosts a private forum, and live and prerecorded classes. Live classes will begin in June and founding members (that could be you) are able to dictate the schedule and content of those classes.

That’s right. Do you have low back issues? Well, you can request a routine just for that. Is an hour too long? Tell me that you want a 20 minute set. Do you want a live routine twice a week? Let me know the days, times and length you want to practice.

And remember, the benefits of Qigong are amazing:

• Increased daily energy and vitality
• Better mobility, balance, and flexibility
• Improved circulation and cardiovascular health
• Enhanced breathing and lung function
• A calmer nervous system and reduced stress
• Support for long-term health and graceful aging
• Sleep improvement

Hope to see you soon in the Tesli Circle.

Starting Again…. With a Chicken Cam?

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Start again…. Start again….

Ever been in a Vipassana retreat with Goenka? That is what his recording says at the beginning of each session – many times a day as you are sitting for eleven hours each day for ten days.

After taking a decade off from work in the world, I’m gearing up again to connect with society. Even though it feels like my ideas on what to do are fresh, as I look back on my first blog posts I can see I haven’t really changed. This lack of change, but gain in maturity is fortunate. It means I’m not starting over from scratch, just going into an expansion phase again. My interests are still the same: metabolic health, longevity, Chi Gung, energy medicine, food as medicine, using the power of the mind to change things, and our true nature.

So, I’m starting again… I am percolating ideas around providing tools to people that would like to increase their health and longevity. I primarily would like to offer the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine which includes my favorite, Chi Gung (Qi Gong), as well as food and mental training.

While I consider what this entails, I’ve started with some small steps to get me producing YouTube content again. My husband and I have been joking for a couple years about setting up a chicken cam and this March we decided to make it happen. The timing seemed perfect. I had a broody hen sitting on wooden eggs and I was going to give her fresh store bought chicks. It was going to be fun to watch them grow via a spy camera or two.

We never did get a live stream going, like I wanted, but we did get a lot of cute chicken footage. I posted some to the TESLI YouTube Channel and found that people are very interested in about 11 seconds of cute chicks before the swipe it away. Since it’s been a decade since I added content to my channels, I used this as an opportunity to learn about the new features and what a “short” is. I’m currently working on a QiGong – A movement a day series and other more impactful content.

Medical School Update

I got the results of my MCAT last week. Still smart. I came in 94th percentile (517 score), despite bombing out on one section. More importantly, I am studying Spanish one hour each day and for the last two weeks have been practicing Chi Gung (QiGong) 2 hours a day. I feel great! The challenge of the test was an important reset for me.

I have always wanted to be a doctor. And now more than ever, I want to practice medicine so I can help people in the mainstream. However, I don’t want to use mainstream methods. While looking at medical schools I wasn’t impressed by the curriculum. And when I contacted prospective writers for my letters of recommendation, I found that many of my doctor mentors from the past had retired and I couldn’t locate them. The couple people I could find, discouraged me from entering into medicine because of how bureaucratic its become. So, I’ve officially completed my medical school career!