Bang Qigong

Now don't think I've lost my mind, although if I did I wouldn't miss it. Finding myself abjectly in need of inner strength I journey all the way across the street in cold windy weather, hoo boy, To the Future Green, a recently opened Green Goods center and attended a free Qigong group session. I'd been kind of leery of it, seeing it in action in a protest environment down on Wall St and on the Mall. Why is a form of meditation/yoga and its practitioners being persecuted? Like most things, it's about politics, specifically the Chinese Communist goveernment. Now ain't y'all scared, well I guess we all are. So anyway for about 2 hours I hung in there with a group of 5 stretching and holding positions and arching my middle finger slightly to give it a vaguely Buddhist countenance. I had visions. With arms outstretched i felt like a bird gliding through misty mountains. Grounded, hand curved in lap and throat I felt kinda serpentine. My legs burned but my mind felt calm afterwards. If you like monitoring your breathing, listening to your body in general, I'd recommend it. TV seems extra stupid and trivial now, Ruined!