Something I found was stressed in the older systems was drinking water during part of day/night when stomach and the digestion (intestines) are empty. Modern magazine articles seem to emphasize the drinking of water whenever- so during, before, after a mealā¦ (let alone how modern foods take a while to process in the colon)ā¦
some systems design so one day a week is a no-food fast (last food early evening the day before) that way in afternoon of the 'no-food' day.. system hasn't had any put in
(so hopefully out of stomachā¦ and perhaps out of āgutsā vs not eat food all night and wakeup and allievate via a āmovementāā¦ where did that āwasteā come from? was holding-it-in all nightā¦ vs having emptied it)ā¦
and then load up on water instead during that time (maximal absorption)
[memories of Russian MartialArt events, where it began early after 'breakfast' (their way).. but then went all day (no break, hardly a water-break.. let alone something before evening meal).. not only not lunch-snacking, but not really a stopping.. and the "older" instructors (oft Russian Military trained, but civilian 'coaches' for a while and still 'giving the look' to the youngsters needing a break..
that they'd become used to that- redefined what is 'needed' concentration and enthusiasm, let alone continual 'movement' (and energetic-output) to me.]
Reminds me of scientific studies of best āweight-lossā method- pure caloric (ice-water= water cooled down, thus core body temp heats it back upā¦ could then calculate so many ml, per the temperature delta = amt of ācostā so how much water, per how cold, equals pounds lost (or kg, or stones) part of a lab I recall from High School Chemistryā¦ also stuck in mindā¦ and then people heard of think- I put ice in my water that I drink during dinnerā¦ not quite the same thingā¦ need concentrate the water drinking during certain time, and larger amtā¦ on empty stomach)
ā¦ but Too-Much water drunk releases toxins into your system. (washing out the fat soluability, as well as dissolving what is saturated in system)- thus the term āgetting wonkā (drunk on water?) ā¦ anyway, noticable affect (oft referred to as 'de-tox" or āhealing affectā if done to a smaller degreeā¦
<reminds me of weight-training"cycling" -short bursts, with a slow-down/break period, then ramp back upā¦ vs steady on, which system can accomodate to>
Something that relates 5Tibetans type movements (direct Ha-Tha Yoga link- [oft interpreted as the āphysical, non-energetic yogaā although it is all about the Sun/Stellar&Moon/Lunar/dream? currents combining (thus HaTha being āyoga-edā san-yama.] )
the interior activation of A) left and right āchurningā (there is a sanskrit name for, as well as the holding of breathe that can isolate it, although that allows access and it can be āworkedā without involving that laterā¦ and B) absorb into the central-core of guts, and āliftā, and repeat. (both are to be Worked with digestion not in use, and working them clears out further what is āheld" thereā¦)ā¦ also (A) is not just Left and Right (and has an in/towards spine, and not āoutā but just neutral, which in tandem with L&R results in a horizontal/flat circle seen from above, either clockwise or counter-) [details to that, but these do alotā¦]
These in Indonesian martial arts work (along with slowing, but not stopping at either Full lungs (in), or at Empty Lungs (ex), as change-over: āTube of Toothpasteā the torso/limbs and get a goosebumps-chills-zap (TeNaga Dalum, ~power of inner-"nagaāā¦) develops power used (and channeled in possession of the Elemental-essences, with the expression via āformsāā¦ as well as direct via the Steps of Creation-circle, to develop oneās crystalization (development ~Ascension, as well as power-devel: martial as well as SIDDHI-type āexpressionsā).
[ the āsixth-riteā relate to all the above, and the five rites relate to linking up and preparing the system- . ]
note- along with the 5 tibetans, and water ādrinkingā there is a Russian Health Tech of cold-water ādousingā (not using a dousing-rod :)- a bucket of water, chilled, then stand upon the ground (ideally bare feet ideally one soil or grassā¦ and this being āRussianā yes it was done in bare feet, even when ice and snow all around- theyād clear off a spot from snow and dumpā¦ the water hitting the head-shoulders-body as a solid unit (not a āshowerā or streamā¦ but dumped as a bucket is a different thing- physics aspects, related to ions also surface tension having sat/settled, distributed chilled tempā¦)
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Mentioned as impacts health over time, but also (espec on a fast day- theyād have days they had no food and no water for a full day- and do 2,3 or even 4 Douses during day- as the skin can ādrinkā a good day of water through the pores)ā¦ espec if you have become accustomed to the bucket dump each day for a week or twoā¦ <thus can relate to cleansing/prep magical cycles prior to Encounter (or portal opening).>
[regarding absorbing water through skinā¦ I recall having a weigh-in making weight having dehydrated down a bit, took a shower only, weighed again and (I forget detail) but like over a pound gainedā¦ hadnāt drank (or eaten). only showered, so all it could beā¦ besides the air I was breathing] ("You think thatās air youāre breathing? hmm -Morpheus, in The Matrix