Hi Mark, so I tried your practice last night. My ideal sleep time should be from 10PM-6AM<\/p>\n
I woke up at 4:30 AM, after a quick drink of water. returned to bed and tried your practice.<\/p>\n
I hope I did it correctly, I was somewhat surprized that my mind moved around quite a bit. not fast, but in slow motion the awareness would shift, from left cheek to right side of torso etc. The end result was a light sleep state, but I was glued to the bed and then woke up exactly at 6AM, feeling refreshed like I had a complete 8 hours of sleep.<\/p>\n
If I am able to gain control over my sleep that would be very significant step for me indeed. Could you please provide some feedback if I did it correctly?<\/p>\n
All the best, humbleone<\/p>\n
Hi, humbleone,<\/p>\n
Great to hear that you had some success with what I’m describing as “waking up and falling asleep”. Yes, that sounds like the practice; I’m grateful that you tried it at that hour of the morning, as in my experience that’s a very good time to see the mind moving. In my experience, it’s even possible to sleep when I’m in a lot of pain, by hanging with the mind that way- at least it was when they did my ablation, which is a heart procedure for arrhythmia done with catheters these days. My whole body felt pretty shot for a couple of days afterward, and at one point I felt sure I needed to sleep but everywhere was a difficulty as far as relaxing, yet by “following the mind” and being where I was I was able to get a few minutes- which was all I needed to turn the corner at that time.<\/p>\n
If you do any seated or even standing meditation in the morning, you may see why I’m referring to the practice as “waking up and falling asleep”. In waking up, I am looking to relinquish my activity, and allow the place of mind to generate activity out of the stretch I find myself in. I have a description of the\u00a0translations of motion in the lotus\u00a0which I have updated recently, yet in the end I am convinced that everything I need to know I learn by being where I am, as I am. I just have to be open to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi Mark, so I tried your practice last night. My ideal sleep time should be from 10PM-6AM I woke up at 4:30 AM, after a quick drink of water. returned to bed and tried your practice. I hope I did it correctly, I was somewhat surprized that my mind moved around quite a bit. not … <\/p>\n