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Tim replied to the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation 5 years, 11 months ago
@Will, I really appreciate this reply and my apologies for the incredible tardiness of my response. I thought I had responded but now I come back to this thread to give further feedback I see I did not. Maybe I did not press submit?
Anyway, I wanted to say a heartfelt thankyou, and to let you know, and anyone else reading this thread, how…[Read more]
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Tim replied to the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation 5 years, 11 months ago
@Kim L, I really appreciate the info, I will check out the Shinzen Young video and the Reggie Ray book, many, many thanks!
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Tim replied to the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation 5 years, 11 months ago
Many thanks for all the advice! I’m not sure how to reply to specific people via this site, when I clicked ‘reply’ next to a specific post it looked like I was just replying to the whole thread, so I’m going to consolidate replies:
@Salina D, @KimW, I will definitely try standing and walking meditation.
@KimW, many thanks for the tips about…[Read more]
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Tim replied to the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation 5 years, 11 months ago
I probably also should have mentioned for context I never have caffeine, chocolate, or alcohol, all of which I cut out due to them exacerbating insomnia.
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Tim replied to the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation 5 years, 11 months ago
Many thanks for the reply, I will try doing multiple shorter meditations and gradually increasing the duration.
I forgot to mention in my original post I exercise quite hard 6 days a week and I used to exercise in the AM but that tended to cause a crash 4-5 hours later, so now I exercise at 4 or 5 pm in order to time the crash for when I go to…[Read more]
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Tim started the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation 5 years, 11 months ago
Hi,
I am new to the community and I hope I am not posting in the wrong forum or violating any guidelines.
I have an extremely basic question: How to prevent micronaps during meditation given my chronic insomnia.
My chronic insomnia partly due to anxiety and partly due to circadian rhythm problems.
The deep exhaustion I regularly feel…[Read more]