Dharma Treasure Community | Tim | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/playfullout/activity/ Activity feed for Tim. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 fbd4049276c4b075aea59db1fc41ad66 Tim replied to the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/very-basic-newbie-question-chronic-insomnia-micronaps-during-meditation/#post-2911 Thu, 03 May 2018 16:29:08 +0000 @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]

]]> 54ad960a0598602ceb5bcead254c274d Tim replied to the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/very-basic-newbie-question-chronic-insomnia-micronaps-during-meditation/#post-2848 Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:33:52 +0000 @Kim L, I really appreciate the info, I will check out the Shinzen Young video and the Reggie Ray book, many, many thanks!

]]> 689bb341b3ce090f2e9c6031280b1807 Tim replied to the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/very-basic-newbie-question-chronic-insomnia-micronaps-during-meditation/#post-2840 Wed, 11 Apr 2018 01:24:31 +0000 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]

]]> ce7fc9ec846eba5802e2df64b4c87ade Tim replied to the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/very-basic-newbie-question-chronic-insomnia-micronaps-during-meditation/#post-2833 Tue, 10 Apr 2018 19:00:37 +0000 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.

]]> 6d494b6de8c668dd5c03bc27f8c6c140 Tim replied to the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/very-basic-newbie-question-chronic-insomnia-micronaps-during-meditation/#post-2832 Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:59:06 +0000 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]

]]> aa176b9452826783ccd49af1db131759 Tim started the topic Very basic newbie question: Chronic insomnia, micronaps during meditation in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/very-basic-newbie-question-chronic-insomnia-micronaps-during-meditation Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:02:56 +0000 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]

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