Secrets of Physical Centering, Visual Centering & Much more!

[Guest guest]

--- " John R. Strohm " <strohm wrote:

>

> I just hit the " Repelling Negative Energy " demo in Conditioning

for Permanent

> Change.

>

> You told us where you anchored the spinning disk, and why, and

that rang a

> couple of bells.

>

> Patience, this takes a long setup.

>

> Many, many years ago, I went to a " Spiritual Convocation " (I think

that was what

> they called it) at Pease Park in Austin. What it was was several

of the local

> New Age and not-so-New Age teaching/growth groups getting together

to demo, show

> off, get acquainted, and so on. The one I really remember was the

aikido

> instructors and students, who did a BASIC intro, with exercises,

to chi. I

> don't recall anywhere near all of it right now: the biggest

things I recall

> were " chi one-spot " - basically finding this point in your body

and keeping your

> attention on it, and " extended chi " - extending energy out through

a pointed arm

> and imagining that you could stroke the bark on the tree about 100

ft away.

>

> So a couple of days later, during Volleyball class (mandatory PE)

at UT Austin,

> I said " Let's see what happens " and I played the entire hour while

keeping my

> attention on " chi one-spot " . You can probably guess the result:

best playing

> hour I had for most of the semester. Yes, I kept that trick in

mind for the

> rest of the semester.

>

> Some years later, reading one of Marion Zimmer

Bradley's " Darkover " novels, she

> talked briefly about sword training, and the necessity of finding

your own

> center and moving around it. I didn't connect it to " chi one-

spot " , but the

> term " center of gravity " did come to mind.

>

> And then, for a while, my cubemate at GD/FW was a karate brown

belt, who talked

> about finding your center and how important that was, and I

related the above

> volleyball story.

>

> And there was a brief chat one evening with a tai chi instructor,

just mentioned

> it, and he agreed that those techniques worked wonderfully.

>

> And the question is this: Are all these centers co-located in the

same (more or

> less) physical spot? Do people generally carry their energy

center at their

> physical center of gravity?

>

 

Not generally.

The reason? They just don't know.

Your successful volleyball playing was based upon two general things.

 

Thing 1. Your physical center.

Thing 2. Your visual center.

 

They are different but work together very well.

 

The physical center is normally based upon several different

components; things like knee flex, breathing, tan tien tilted down,

feet placement, feet distance, body accelerator stance, blab, blab,

blab.

 

Using you physical center properly there are instant enhancements in

movement, directional change, speed, mass acceleration and

propioceptives.

 

Your visual center is also based upon several different things;

spine erect (does NOT have to be vertical), bamboo breathing, focus

on erect head (NOT tilted back), blab, blab, blab.

 

Using your visual center properly there are instant enhancements in

peripheral vision, in accidental time distortion (time slows down

for your), in size enhancement (objects seem bigger to you), in the

increase of the parasympathetic nervous system.

 

Then there is something called 'segment intending' that will get you

exactly what you want. Off topic for your post.

 

If you have specific questions, let me know.

 

The above is what I'M A MASTER at teaching others, and I've been

doing so successfully for many many years.