School for Experiential Education | Site-Wide Activity https://seed.org/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:37:32 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 3ae62a8fca29792b27eb1e6aeebbabd4 silkkopp started the topic Breathing during muscle work in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/breathing-during-muscle-work/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:57:12 +0000 Hello there,
i have another question…
i understand that if we work with muscles which do outwards movements we breathe in when the muscle opens outwards, breath out when the movement is reversed and we let go
versus muscles which do inward movements and then we switch the breathing.
what I don’t really get is why this way to breath( in both…Read more

]]> 8f93b6e0223ff4882fc8ce4508bfbd02 silkkopp started the topic Psoas in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/psoas/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:18:41 +0000 I have a question related to the Psoas:
In case the Psoas has no tone and is more or less collapsing while walking or exercising,is the consequence then that there is an abrupt pull on the lumbar vertebrae and therefore pain or stiffness in this area as a result ?and/or do then the muscles around, lets say the pelvic muscles,glutes etc.compensate…Read more

]]> a83b386ff5853d8df23b47fd2d9453a0 Ann Furtado started the topic Meridian pathways in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/meridian-pathways/ Sat, 18 Jun 2022 18:58:02 +0000 Hi, I’ve been catching up with the videos having been away and getting my head around a daughter’s wedding.
I thought the videos which linked the qigong movements to the individual meridians was very interesting.
I liked your definition, Bill, of meridians as pathways of movement formed during child development but I wondered about the relatively…Read more

]]> 840dca8b1f66380286f493d70f126c35 Ann Furtado started the topic Body parts leading in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/body-parts-leading/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:07:38 +0000 Just wanting to express my interest in the realisation today of the contrast between doing a formal body scan as one endlessly does in tai chi and the outcome of today’s exercise of letting body parts lead.
The latter lead to some surprising movements and an extra intense connection with body parts and movements of those. I had a much bigger…Read more

]]> 673f0e0c1bb14be9613f846ec20e098d Bill Palmer replied to the topic Contacting the organs in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/contacting-the-organs/#post-6578 Sat, 12 Mar 2022 12:08:34 +0000 The term “FAMILIES” was coined by me in the late 1980’s as the theoretical foundation of Movement Shiatsu. Tomas Nelissen, Peter den Dekker, Karin Kalbantner-Wernicke and others who attended my workshops have made them a central part of their Shiatsu systems, even though their systems are very different to Movement Shiatsu and the ‘Three Families’…Read more

]]> d2abd9a3095573641f835890cc0d1003 Ann Furtado replied to the topic Contacting the organs in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/contacting-the-organs/#post-6559 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:15:32 +0000 Thank you Bill, that’s really helpful for me. Oddly enough I’ve been studying some tai chi form of late and we had a discussion about music and the analogy that when you get confused and stop at a particular note or point in the form, you lose the sense of the flow and the whole so there has to be continual discernment and untangling of part…Read more

]]> 05149a53daa023754a9f67af124108e8 Bill Palmer replied to the topic Contacting the organs in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/contacting-the-organs/#post-6550 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 12:51:24 +0000 Dear Ann
The families are groups of Qi Organs which all collaborate in a wider overall function. You can read three articles I wrote which describe the three families. Each family consists of four Qi-functions which are two Yin-Yang pairs in two different elements or equally are one Yin-Yin pair and one Yang-Yang pair which are both one of the Six…Read more

]]> 12a76fe6a37424e0cfb676bd7de81238 Ann Furtado started the topic Contacting the organs in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/contacting-the-organs/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 12:35:03 +0000 Dear Bill, please could you clarify what classification you are using under ‘families’. Apologies but I’ve looked through the website and read your notes and can’t find an answer.

Re today’s practice which I thought was very insightful and exciting, I have a question about contacting the organs. In many years of practising and also teaching tai…Read more

]]> a4fb16f80f0a8c7feabae4417b3cba6a Bill Palmer replied to the topic Feedback Forum 1 - Helen's session 4th Feb in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/feedback-forum-1-helens-session-4th-feb/#post-6526 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 13:37:00 +0000 I liked all the different things that you explored Helen and your pace was great, the way you presented things was solid, personal and authentic.

Personally, I would have preferred to have a single focus rather than the multi-focus you gave us. I find that, if there are many ideas, that I leave my body to take them all in.

And I don’t find music…Read more

]]> f39687b88a2a4d36ea2ff62371c1cf2a Colin Malsingh replied to the topic Cycles of breathing & the flow of Qi in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/cycles-of-breathing-the-flow-of-qi/#post-6493 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:47:46 +0000 Thanks Bill
Plenty to play with here!

]]> 3e5cc5914785cb1085c0896787bf441a silkkopp replied to the topic large intestine function in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/large-intestine-function/#post-6489 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:22:41 +0000 Thank you Bill!this makes sense and is very helpful!

]]> aa2bbe07c64133e45e6ab92f47d63950 Bill Palmer replied to the topic large intestine function in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/large-intestine-function/#post-6478 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:49:30 +0000 Hi Silke, There doesn’t need to be a contradiction between those two views of the Large Intestine. I find it useful to look at the direction of energy rather than its function.

The direction of Large Intestine Qi is OUTWARD. So it can help push things out that are toxic but it can also push back against outside pressure so that you stand your…Read more

]]> f17be0b6655416ac30d2c404db81a05b Conny Verbruggen and Bill Palmer are now friends https://seed.org/activity/p/69/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:23:03 +0000 0 05e917052de827a1d133f20133003594 Conny Verbruggen's profile was updated https://seed.org/activity/p/68/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:46:23 +0000 0 a480b103169161c07c125026543416be Conny Verbruggen posted an update: @billp i found the sensation of the rear today very moving. […] https://seed.org/activity/p/67/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:32:46 +0000 @billp i found the sensation of the rear today very moving. seemed to have forgotten how i can get support through my rear. it literally gives me more confidence in my body physically now. thanks for the lesson!
Conny

]]> 0 462562a0aa113c2c35cf514e3bae9db6 silkkopp changed their profile picture https://seed.org/activity/p/65/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 08:01:02 +0000 0 7c7c75862077d2873e2cfa15693dd89a silkkopp started the topic large intestine function in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/large-intestine-function/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 07:30:55 +0000 I really like the idea to consider the large intestin as “asserting your space”-this makes sense to me and after the last class i could feel and incorporate it,also the idea of the 2 pillars to help you standing for the Hara,standing for yourself.
So my question now:often in Shiatsu we talk about the large intestine function to get rid of…Read more

]]> c3a1d5cd3e75875b86f6dbac8b69537f Bill Palmer started the topic Feedback Forum 1 - Helen's session 4th Feb in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/feedback-forum-1-helens-session-4th-feb/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 19:32:58 +0000 This thread is to give Helen feedback about her session which she offered on 4th Feb. If you didn’t attend, the recording is on the catchup page. Please put feedback about this session as a reply to this message.

]]> a10bc0727eb3eb676eacf08d24c0d4f8 Bill Palmer replied to the topic Cycles of breathing & the flow of Qi in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/cycles-of-breathing-the-flow-of-qi/#post-6438 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 13:55:39 +0000 Lovely question Colin. There is not a right-wrong answer – it all depends on what you are doing with the breath.

If you are focusing on PROJECTION of QI (which emphasises the Outer World) then IN-BREATH is used to build up the energy in the body and OUT-BREATH is used to project it outwards. This is what your pictures show. In that case it makes…Read more

]]> 7e40946343bf0af3e4a6bdad945befc1 Ann Furtado replied to the topic The trauma practice sessions in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/the-trauma-practice-sessions/#post-6437 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:30:29 +0000 I’ve just read your response to my post Bill, how profound the qigong is and the language of the body if you can hear or be open to it. Incredible, thank you.

]]> e3c6b8ee748598e0442f4adee43bccd2 TanjaG replied to the topic Nerve Pain in the forum Bitesize Masterclass Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/nerve-pain/#post-6435 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:25:28 +0000 Hi Bill, thanks a lot. It’s all about exploring, isn/t it? Love, Tanja

]]> d4801c99279be8bba008fb3b90d24fc5 Colin Malsingh changed their profile picture https://seed.org/activity/p/48/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:33:58 +0000 0 118be83ccaaf74f89a0f51d7d31efc0a Colin Malsingh started the topic Cycles of breathing & the flow of Qi in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/cycles-of-breathing-the-flow-of-qi/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:25:12 +0000 It was great to experiment with controlling and allowing the breath to flow in the lesson on 10th Feb

When I tried applying it to some of my other qigong, I realised I’d either been doing it “wrong” for a long while, or that we have more choice than we realise.

I generally exhale when doing outward movements and inhale when the arms are comin…Read more

]]> e6fd5ef750402feb21a9c84ae8766f24 Bill Palmer replied to the topic The trauma practice sessions in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/the-trauma-practice-sessions/#post-6426 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:45:12 +0000 Very interesting about your cat Ann. I’m sure that other animals are more sensitive to voice and movement than we are consciously. Our powerful minds can take our awareness away from the present so easily.
As for your goldfish movements: reach from the mouth is one of the most fundamental movements, one of the first to emerge after birth and is…Read more

]]> ca94e327c2b2e8f4c5e51019f28dbaa3 TanjaG replied to the topic Welcome! in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/welcome-2/#post-6422 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:58:59 +0000 Is this the same forum as for the Master Bites?

]]> 943789d107a8e05ccc078f0512eaab7a Colin Malsingh replied to the topic Welcome! in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/welcome-2/#post-6419 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:06:47 +0000 Thanks for re-launching the forum Bill.

]]> 213d0dba81326c8ff9f304376f7b5108 Ann Furtado started the topic The trauma practice sessions in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/the-trauma-practice-sessions/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:46:27 +0000 I feel very new to SEED but I have done a lot of bodywork and I’d like to just offer two things about the latest (wonderful) sessions.
I’m interested in trauma work and I used Bill’s directions to focus on the area of my right cheek and jaw where I have known for many years that I hold tension. At the end of yesterday’s session, I found the…Read more

]]> 19dbf1cfa441b1c4aec48088398315a9 Bill Palmer replied to the topic Nerve Pain in the forum Bitesize Masterclass Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/nerve-pain/#post-6403 Thu, 10 Feb 2022 22:13:12 +0000 Hi Tanja, A lot of nerve pain is caused by muscle tension pressing on nerve roots or distorting the skeleton to squeeze a nerve. In those cases, the techniques that we are showing can help adjust the skeleto-muscular system to take the pressure off the nerves. This is not a universal answer and I have had mixed success working with the carpal…Read more

]]> f5728c3601e9d0d4b9d6cef1f2742c25 Bill Palmer started the topic Nerve Pain in the forum Bitesize Masterclass Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/nerve-pain/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:49:41 +0000 Hi Bill, nice, the work this morning. It’s mostly on bones and muscles, do you also have explorations on sore nerves? For example with carpal tunnel syndrome? Or so you just go to the bones and muscles then also? Love Tanja

]]> 2c098e1c7967661383ad1697f195874d Bill Palmer started the topic Welcome! in the forum Inner Qigong Forum https://seed.org/forums/topic/welcome-2/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:36:21 +0000 Welcome to the Inner Qigong Forum. You can use this for sharing and questions about the practice. Just open a new topic or reply to someone else.

If you ‘Subscribe’ to the forum then it will send you notifications when someone else adds a topic.

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