I distinctly remember the first time I had a sensory experience of qi. It was at a bar.
Actually, I was working at the time—I was in my first year of acupuncture school and earning extra cash working as a host at a karaoke bar. One of our regulars was a guy who called himself Monkey, and he was a martial artist. One night Monkey and I got to talking about my studies, and qi, and martial arts, and he rubbed his hands together, then held them about six inches apart, palms facing each other, and told me to pass my hand through the air between his palms.
When I did, I felt a jolt go through my hand. Suddenly, my hand was tingly and electric and buzzing and warm and ALIVE.
“How’d you do that?” I asked, eyes wide.
“Practice,” he said.
For me, the sensory experience of qi is a somatic one, transmitting through the receptors in my skin. For other folks, qi can be seen, or heard, or smelled. After my recent Note about low-frequency gravitational waves, I’ve heard from a few of you about your own sensory experience of qi, so I though it would fun to open up the question to everyone.
Have you had a sensory experience of qi? Have you felt it, or seen it, or heard it? What did your senses take in?
Yes, first time was in a training class where we were taught to rub our hands together then separate them a few inches apart and notice what we notice. The tingle is real and so easy to generate.
One of my favorite ways to use this is with plants, giving them a little love.
Ooh, I need to try that with my plants! They need all the help they can get, lol. But you're right, the tingle is real and anyone can do it. I like to rub my hands together and then hold my palms over my tired eyes at the end of the day.
Yes, supporting tired eyes. So many ways we can use our qi for good.
Yes, first time was in a training class where we were taught to rub our hands together then separate them a few inches apart and notice what we notice. The tingle is real and so easy to generate.
One of my favorite ways to use this is with plants, giving them a little love.
Ooh, I need to try that with my plants! They need all the help they can get, lol. But you're right, the tingle is real and anyone can do it. I like to rub my hands together and then hold my palms over my tired eyes at the end of the day.