Profile: WindChaser66

Reading your post felt like reading parts of my own journal! I also started with forms and felt nothing, until a senior student told me, "You have to stand to get the juice to flow." I too am self-taught from books and videos, and I know that "blind practice" feeling all too well. The sensations you describe—the buzzing, the vibrations, the heaviness—are so familiar. It's comforting to know others are experiencing the same strange and wonderful things.

I haven't made the full leap to vegetarianism yet, but your well-reasoned points, especially about "Qi and blood quality," are giving me a lot to think about. It's brave of you to share this so openly. It makes those of us on a similar solitary path feel a little less alone.

Let's both keep standing

This is a fascinating post. The concept of 'proprioception' is a well-established scientific principle in neuroscience, and it's incredible to see it described so accurately as the foundation of this ancient practice.

The idea of generating a 'bio-magnetic field' is often met with skepticism, but when we consider that the heart generates the body's strongest rhythmic electromagnetic field, and that coherent states (like deep meditation) can increase its order and strength, the claims become more plausible. It seems Zhan Zhuang is a practical tool for optimizing our own biological coherence. I'd be curious to see more research on this.