Question(s) for those who've achieved a high level of internal skill/transformation.

Hello friends,

I have some questions for those who've achieved a high level of internal skill/physical transformation and/or a certain level of mastery in internal martial arts.

Namely... how did you do it?

It may sound like a silly question. But its not. I know what I want, I know that its an ongoing process of refinement that lasts a lifetime - perhaps lifetimes. I'm already a couple years into it without much formal, in-person training in this one.

And I don't know what I don't know.

And there are a lot of stories out there.

There are a lot of fantasies, and narratives about what you need - especially with the internal arts... like one year of solely rebuilding your inner structure.

And my exposure to martial arts in the US has been combat sports and McDojos. Both have their place... neither offered what I am after.