Ok I normally go to bed around 2-3am get up around 11am.
For the last two days I’ve been doing some standing post qigong or whatever you want to call it, for 15 minute sessions. On each day, I did it in the afternoon around 3 or 4, and shortly afterward I got really sleepy for the rest of the night and ended up going to be around midnight, which is super early for me. Keep in mind I normally don’t even begin to get tired until around 1am.
Is something going on or is this just a weird side effect?
If you are touching your tongue to the roof of your mouth to complete the circuit, make sure you are not touching your teeth. This can diffuse the power and cause drowsiness.
Try backing it up to the roof so the tongue is pointing upwards. No pressure, just rest it lightly. Bring your energy back to the lower dan when you are finished.
[QUOTE=AJM;890832]Try backing it up to the roof so the tongue is pointing upwards. No pressure, just rest it lightly. Bring your energy back to the lower dan when you are finished.[/QUOTE]
That makes my tongue get sore after a short time, and then my attention gets focused on my tongue.
My tongue naturally rests in my mouth against my hard palette, not touching my teeth at all.
[QUOTE=IronFist;889889]Ok I normally go to bed around 2-3am get up around 11am.
For the last two days I’ve been doing some standing post qigong or whatever you want to call it, for 15 minute sessions. On each day, I did it in the afternoon around 3 or 4, and shortly afterward I got really sleepy for the rest of the night and ended up going to be around midnight, which is super early for me. Keep in mind I normally don’t even begin to get tired until around 1am.
Is something going on or is this just a weird side effect?
[QUOTE=Sal Canzonieri;1121152]Well, you’re leaving your ?energy gates" open and it is draining you, after you do your Qigong. You don’t know about closing them?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=IronFist;889889]Ok I normally go to bed around 2-3am get up around 11am.
For the last two days I’ve been doing some standing post qigong or whatever you want to call it, for 15 minute sessions. On each day, I did it in the afternoon around 3 or 4, and shortly afterward I got really sleepy for the rest of the night and ended up going to be around midnight, which is super early for me. Keep in mind I normally don’t even begin to get tired until around 1am.
Is something going on or is this just a weird side effect?
It is natural to become sleepy at @ 3 in the afternoon - that is when the kidney channel becomes active. If you usually can’t sleep until 1 am you may have had wood phase issues that the Qi Gong is helping to balance.
[QUOTE=Scott R. Brown;1121511]How about please telling us all, Sal!
I would appreciate it!:)[/QUOTE]
There’s all different motions to that, depending on which system you learn, but just about all systems teach it, or should.
In some, you keep your tongue up (where it touches when you say “la”), raise your arms up from your sides and circle overhead and sweep down the front of your body, like wiping off excess “static electricity”. Then you circle your arms up and over and down 3 times with your intention set on locking your energy gates (located where your joints are situated), imagining closing a garage door.
When people in my classes leave early and skip the ending ritual, they always complain of sleeping weird and feeling drained the next day.
Everyone else that did it never have such complaints.
Everything I have ever heard, including everything published by modern medical science, suggests that dreaming means you are having healthy sleep, and lack of dreaming means you aren’t getting “deep” enough sleep and over time can result in a host of health problems.
[QUOTE=IronFist;1121933]Everything I have ever heard, including everything published by modern medical science, suggests that dreaming means you are having healthy sleep, and lack of dreaming means you aren’t getting “deep” enough sleep and over time can result in a host of health problems.
Dreams = good[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but if you sleep soundly you won’t remember your dreams.
[QUOTE=IronFist;1121933]Everything I have ever heard, including everything published by modern medical science, suggests that dreaming means you are having healthy sleep, and lack of dreaming means you aren’t getting “deep” enough sleep and over time can result in a host of health problems.
Dreams = good[/QUOTE]
Yes, when people die from lack of sleep (and they do), it is from not dreaming rather than actually not getting sleep.
[QUOTE=IronFist;1121933]Everything I have ever heard, including everything published by modern medical science, suggests that dreaming means you are having healthy sleep, and lack of dreaming means you aren’t getting “deep” enough sleep and over time can result in a host of health problems.
Dreams = good[/QUOTE]
you might have an issue here which needs to be solved immediately.
so, what is the point to get into the modern medical science, you are dealing with possibility of going to get into trouble tomorrow due to your practice, and really, if you get into Pien Cha NO modern medical science is going to help you. they just dont have the technology.
So, do you have a good refresh sleep induce by your practice? do you or not?
if you dont care and start this thread just for fun and non serious chat that is ok too.
[QUOTE=Sal Canzonieri;1121566]There’s all different motions to that, depending on which system you learn, but just about all systems teach it, or should.
In some, you keep your tongue up (where it touches when you say “la”), raise your arms up from your sides and circle overhead and sweep down the front of your body, like wiping off excess “static electricity”. …[/QUOTE]
Serious note.
for any Qigong practice.
One MUST not raise one’s hand above one’s eyes browse to make safe for those who has high blood pressure.
