When I first started practising Essential Qigong, I got pretty excited at the health possibilities that I could gain from it. I am sure most students share this 'vision' with me. So a daily practice was something that became part of my routine . But soon, I started to experience some discomfort.....which I dared not share with anyone due to embarrassment!
I began to 'break wind', 'passing of gas', 'release of gas' - which are all very polite terms. If you still don't get it, I mean 'farting'! Yes, I got into uncontrollable bouts of farting at different times of the day.
Initially I thought it was some food that I took. But this went on for a few days in continuous succession! Then I called Sifu and asked if this condition was normal. He assured me that it was a detox phase, and different people experience different types of detoxification.
At times it could be amusing and at other it appears totally rude of me - to break wind in the middle of a meal, at a meeting, at a discussion or even going to bed!
There was no foul smell (thank goodness for it) but the emitting of the muffled fire cracker sound was really quite annoying and irritating, even for me!
After a while, I got pretty good at handling it. When the initial 'break' occurs, I will stop everything that I am doing and dart out to any open space or another room to just let the full barrage have its discharge!
The reason that I am sharing this is that after I had a private conversation of this experience with one of our fellow practitioners, she suggested that it would be good public information (at my expense, ha! ha!). So, for the beginners, if you experience what I have gone through, have no fear - it may be a short 'passing' trend for you.
As for me - I endured that 'ordeal' for 3 months-but quite happily though, having understood from Sifu that it is a natural process of detox. After all, why retain useless stuff inside your body.
May the Qi be with all of you always - no matter where it goes or comes out!
Wan Chee Wing
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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