I received a letter this morning from a very enthusiastic Qi Gong practitioner. He has been practicing for a couple of years, and here is what he said, “I read from the internet that it is not advisable to take a shower immediately after Qi Gong practice. Is this true? Is it okay if I take a cold shower immediately after the Qi Gong session? Because normally, I do the Qi Gong after my workout session.”
The order of your training is fine, but what you read was absolutely right. One of the goals of practicing Qi Gong is to be able to store and cultivate Qi. You will start to notice as your internal practices reach maturity that you’ll be able to store the Qi that you generate with ease. We actually store Qi in many different parts of the body – the 12 main meridians, the 8 extraordinary channels, the lower Dantians, even our physical organs and our bone marrow can be storage places for Qi.
One thing we don’t want is to blow the Qi that you work so hard to cultivate. I was in South America teaching a group of students how to store and cultivate Qi. We worked all morning for 4 hours, doing some really intense practices, and the Qi in the room was awesome. Around noon, we decided to take a lunch break. I suggested that people stay in the room, or just walk around the property and bask in the energy we created. One of the students insisted that she needed to go home. So, she got in her car and backed down the driveway, and just missed getting hit by another driver. She blew her horn and screamed at the other driver. That was it for her 4 hours of Qi building. She blew more than just her horn.
There are many ways to lose your Qi. Here is a list of things to avoid:
• Having sex after your practice.
• Urinating right after practice. Hold it for at least ½ hour.
• Jumping in the shower too soon. If you know it or not, you can actually flush the Qi down the drain. But, if you steep in the Qi that you cultivated for ½ hour to 45 minutes, you’ll be fine.
• Eating a big meal right after practice.
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I wish you the best in your Health, Wealth, and Happiness!
Dr. Wu Dhi
