UCB Program

What To Attend To And When Working With a Model / How To Tell If Something New Has Relevance?

Submitted by stephen callaghan on 2026-02-15 05:26 I have this question in relationship to a new experience of my legs that's been presenting in the last couple of weeks. I am feeling a sensation as if the leg bones are pushing. The lower bones feel like one bone pressing down and pushing up, creating space in ankle and supplying uplift to knee.And I feel as if the upper bones pushing up.

What are Your Thoughts on Rest and Recovery?

The amount of energy needed for Internal Development is tremendous. Physical yes, everyone assumes that it will be arduous and bitter, but the mental requirements exceed, by far, the body part of MInd-Body Training. Rest AND recovery is essential. I have a specific program of self-care that helps students' understanding of active and disciplined recovery, not just hitting an arbitrary sleep duration target.

What Is Fascia and Do We Train It?

I teach that fascia is important. If you break it, you suffer greatly, so follow instructions.

Why Don't You Talk About Qi?

I do talk about qi, and FaJin, and other esoteric phenomena. However, only as an aside to the training methods that actually produce the effect. For a number of years there's just no point. After a certain stage of development, you will come to me and say, "There's this feeling that I get.

What Are the 6 Harmonies?

When force passes throught the body, there are 5 areas of the torso that respond. These responses each have specific and unique 'interoceptive' characteristics. This is the source of the 5 Elements phenomena. Based on this phenomena, principles have been codified and labeled 'Internal'.