Guest guest Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 I not sure if I remember correctly or made the following up. I am learning the flute to incorporate in relaxing and meditation. What I really want to learn is the guitar but will this be counterproductive for the fingers and hands with regard to massage and moxa and qi gong and so forth? Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 I've had to seriously curtail my guitar playing and switch more to piano to adequately develop pulse sensitivity. On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 06:30 PM, James Ramholz wrote: > , " " wrote: >>> Jody: We were told that playing guitar would build calluses that > would make feeling the pulses harder. >>> > >> : I don't think this is so... at least for me... In most > pulse styles (i've been exposed to) you use the pads of the fingers > vs the tips for guitar. I think instruments build sensitivity, > through more use with the fingers as well as different brain use. > > > > Jason: > > While calluses can dull the pulse sensation, it shouldn't be a > problem when doing TCM pulse diagnosis which looks at only gross > features of the pulse. You're right about instruments building > sensitivity through more use and activating more parts of the brain. > > That's why we read pulses with only the left hand---it doubles the > training, sensitivity, and nerve connections in the left hand; > rather than dividing attention and time between hands which already > have different levels of sensitivity. > > > Jim Ramholz > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 FWIW, i felt the same way for years but went back to practicing mandolin every day because ultimately i think one needs to do what makes one happy in life. If you really want to play the guitar and you really want to learn pulse dx, you'll find a way to do both. In Tokyo i met a Toyohari practitioner who only has one hand, doesn't seem to hurt his palpatory skills any... robert hayden , " " <zrosenbe@s...> wrote: > I've had to seriously curtail my guitar playing and switch more to > piano to adequately develop pulse sensitivity. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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