Do you have trouble sleeping sometimes?

If so, then you may have too much life energy up in your head when you
try to go to sleep.

Like your blood, your life energy circulates throughout your body. The
center of your blood's circulation is your heart, of course, from which
your blood flows and to which it returns if all is in order.

The center of your life energy's circulation is an energy center called
your lower tan tien (pronounced dahn dee-en), which is located in the
core of your body at a height just below your belly button. Life energy
flows from here out to your extremities and back again.

When we engage in activities involving particular parts of our bodies,
our systems naturally send more life energy to those parts. When we work
with our hands, more energy goes to our hands. When we digest food, more
energy goes to our stomachs. When we walk, more energy goes to our legs
and feet.

When we think or use our eyes, ears, or other senses more energy goes to
our heads.

Unfortunately, if one uses one part of one's body excessively, the
excess energy that goes there may not circulate back to one's lower tan
tien properly. This especially can happen with the head.

The result for many of us when this occurs is that we are not able to
sleep well or at all. When our energy becomes stuck in our heads, our
minds keep churning or our senses remain overstimulated.

A solution is to get the energy out of our heads, which can be done in a
variety of ways. Some people find that if they circle their feet and
toes a hundred times in one direction and then a hundred times in the
other direction, then their energy is drawn out of their heads and down
to their feet.

Another approach that you can try is to stand up and walk very slowly in
place. Try to continuously feel your feet or belly until your mind
starts to calm down.

Another approach is to eat or drink something to draw your energy out of
your head and into your belly.

Yet another approach is to avoid strong mental, visual, or auditory
stimulation for an hour or so before you go to bed. You also should
avoid any physical activity which will stimulate greater energy flow
through your whole system, including your head.

Another preventive approach is to massage your feet for ten or fifteen
minutes before you go to bed. Better yet, if you can, get someone else
to do it for you!

The next time you can't sleep, begin to experiment with how you can get
your life energy out of your head.

Sleep well.


by Bill Ryan from Energy Awareness Tiger Tips