I keep forgetting, that's why I have not progressed, improved.
After finishing 1 and 2/3 of Tai Chi before 8:45am,
my mind felt more alert, my eyes seem more open.
I felt this before. In the beginning, after 2 rounds, then
after 3 rounds. Perhaps it is the slow speed, or the fresh air.
And then sometimes in the end of 3 rounds, I fart.
I need to do this every morning.
I walked for almost 1 hour this morning, and I didn't have this feeling.
I felt some effects of fresh air, that's it.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
New Feeling in feet
After 20 minutes of cloud hands after lunch.
Did 10 minutes of Xing Yi standing.
My feet started to feel pulses.
There is pain again today from "inner Circle hand" after after about 4 minutes.
Did 10 minutes of Xing Yi standing.
My feet started to feel pulses.
There is pain again today from "inner Circle hand" after after about 4 minutes.
Change its name
I might have to change the name of this
to Xing Yi.
I am reading Sun Lu Tang and another author's on Xing Yi.
Last Saturday, learned about 8 moves from Chen Tai Chi.
to Xing Yi.
I am reading Sun Lu Tang and another author's on Xing Yi.
Last Saturday, learned about 8 moves from Chen Tai Chi.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Spinal Cord and Itch - News April 6 2009
Relief from itch seen in nerves; may aid treatment
By MALCOLM RITTER – Apr 6, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) — Scratch an itch and you get ... aaaaaah. Now scientists have watched spinal nerves transmit that relief signal to the brain in monkeys, a possible step toward finding new treatments for persistent itching in people.
More than 50 conditions can cause serious itching, including AIDS, Hodgkin's disease and the side effects of chronic pain treatment, said Glenn J. Giesler, Jr., a neuroscientist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Some terminal cancer patients even cut back on pain medication just to reduce the itch, he said.
Scratching can lead to serious skin damage and infections in people with chronic itch, he said. So scientists want to find ways for such people to relieve their distress "without tearing up their skin," he said.
While medications can relieve some kinds of itch, other cases resist current treatments.
Nobody knows just how scratching relieves itch. But the federally funded monkey study, reported Monday on the Web site of the journal Nature Neuroscience by Giesler and colleagues, takes a step in unraveling the mystery.
The scientists focused on a kind of spinal nerve that transmits the "itch" signal to the brain. These nerves reach into the brain from near the bottom of the rib cage.
The researchers sedated long-tailed macaques for the experiment and placed recording electrodes on their spinal nerves. They injected a chemical into the skin of a leg to produce itching. The nerves fired electrical signals in response.
Then the researchers scratched the leg with a hand-held metal device that simulates three monkey fingers. The firing rate dropped — the apparent signature of the "relief" signal.
In contrast, when researchers scratched the leg without causing an itch first, the firing rate jumped. So the nerves somehow "know" to react much differently if there's an itch to be relieved than if there isn't.
"It's like there's a little brain" in the spinal cord, Giesler said. "We really want to understand that, because then we think we'll understand how to relieve itch."
Maybe scientists can identify signals that tell these nerves to provide the relief response, and then try to mimic that action with drugs or some kind of stimulator, he said.
Dr. Gil Yosipovitch of the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., who didn't participate in the study, said in an e-mail that his own work shows that particular brain circuits also play a role in how scratching quells itch.
He called the new study "very important" and said it opens further research on the nervous system and itching.
By MALCOLM RITTER – Apr 6, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) — Scratch an itch and you get ... aaaaaah. Now scientists have watched spinal nerves transmit that relief signal to the brain in monkeys, a possible step toward finding new treatments for persistent itching in people.
More than 50 conditions can cause serious itching, including AIDS, Hodgkin's disease and the side effects of chronic pain treatment, said Glenn J. Giesler, Jr., a neuroscientist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Some terminal cancer patients even cut back on pain medication just to reduce the itch, he said.
Scratching can lead to serious skin damage and infections in people with chronic itch, he said. So scientists want to find ways for such people to relieve their distress "without tearing up their skin," he said.
While medications can relieve some kinds of itch, other cases resist current treatments.
Nobody knows just how scratching relieves itch. But the federally funded monkey study, reported Monday on the Web site of the journal Nature Neuroscience by Giesler and colleagues, takes a step in unraveling the mystery.
The scientists focused on a kind of spinal nerve that transmits the "itch" signal to the brain. These nerves reach into the brain from near the bottom of the rib cage.
The researchers sedated long-tailed macaques for the experiment and placed recording electrodes on their spinal nerves. They injected a chemical into the skin of a leg to produce itching. The nerves fired electrical signals in response.
Then the researchers scratched the leg with a hand-held metal device that simulates three monkey fingers. The firing rate dropped — the apparent signature of the "relief" signal.
In contrast, when researchers scratched the leg without causing an itch first, the firing rate jumped. So the nerves somehow "know" to react much differently if there's an itch to be relieved than if there isn't.
"It's like there's a little brain" in the spinal cord, Giesler said. "We really want to understand that, because then we think we'll understand how to relieve itch."
Maybe scientists can identify signals that tell these nerves to provide the relief response, and then try to mimic that action with drugs or some kind of stimulator, he said.
Dr. Gil Yosipovitch of the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., who didn't participate in the study, said in an e-mail that his own work shows that particular brain circuits also play a role in how scratching quells itch.
He called the new study "very important" and said it opens further research on the nervous system and itching.
Lazy on Tai Chi
I have not practiced Tai Chi for at least the
correct diligence. The 30 minutes a practice session.
I have completed 200 steps on inner circle hand.
The back is tired as if I were splitting wood with an axe.
Completed 30 minutes hugging tree standing.
So, before 9am, my back and knees were tired or in pain.
But I feel stronger.
Finally started 100 punches again. I had the Intention punch once
back in 1991 or 1992. It is from 100 punches. Happened in right hand.
I was waiting for a train in the subway. I stood, I thought of punching.
And seems like I had threw a punch, toward the floor.
It will return.
correct diligence. The 30 minutes a practice session.
I have completed 200 steps on inner circle hand.
The back is tired as if I were splitting wood with an axe.
Completed 30 minutes hugging tree standing.
So, before 9am, my back and knees were tired or in pain.
But I feel stronger.
Finally started 100 punches again. I had the Intention punch once
back in 1991 or 1992. It is from 100 punches. Happened in right hand.
I was waiting for a train in the subway. I stood, I thought of punching.
And seems like I had threw a punch, toward the floor.
It will return.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
New feeling old feeling
Had this feeling years ago, but it came back.
Was doing inner cloud hands, standing still, feet apart.
Waist turned a little to stimulate the blood in the spine.
After 6 to 10 minutes, very warm blood flowed down my right leg,
not the entire leg, just some parts.
Then warm blood flowed down 1 or 2 part of left leg, but not as much.
After "inner circle hand" Natural Fist walking today,
Seemed stronger, I can push the wall while walking.
Never noticed this before.
Felt very bad at 6am. Almost didn't want to do my daily walking.
Felt like minor food poisoning. Could only do 30 pushups with a lot of effort.
Used to be no effort.
From 6:15 am, Walked about 55 minutes. Felt much better.
Last night, read, one Tai Chi master spend 7 years on Tai Chi,
7 years learning yielding,
7 years learning issuing energy.
Where am I within the early 7 years ?
Was doing inner cloud hands, standing still, feet apart.
Waist turned a little to stimulate the blood in the spine.
After 6 to 10 minutes, very warm blood flowed down my right leg,
not the entire leg, just some parts.
Then warm blood flowed down 1 or 2 part of left leg, but not as much.
After "inner circle hand" Natural Fist walking today,
Seemed stronger, I can push the wall while walking.
Never noticed this before.
Felt very bad at 6am. Almost didn't want to do my daily walking.
Felt like minor food poisoning. Could only do 30 pushups with a lot of effort.
Used to be no effort.
From 6:15 am, Walked about 55 minutes. Felt much better.
Last night, read, one Tai Chi master spend 7 years on Tai Chi,
7 years learning yielding,
7 years learning issuing energy.
Where am I within the early 7 years ?
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