u/bubblegum_murphy

Hi, first off thanks for taking the time to read and reply if you choose to do so.

I am extremely new to Qi Gong in its practice. However, as I am learning more and more, im noticing I've been doing things on my own that fall in line with Qi Gong. For example; when I lay down to go to bed I would focus my awareness on my toes and work my way up my body until I fall asleep. Haven't made it past my mid section, hahah.

I came across a post in here talking about how to cultivate chi. This is very simple generalization, but essentially bring your awareness inwards, focus on a point, shen will accumulate and then chi will follow. It hit me that I've been doing that (not regularly) but playing around with it.

Now for some of the experiences I've had;

When I focus this way and start at my toes, the moment I relax and bring awareness there my toes start twitching and moving all on their own. I can even move the awareness from each toe 1 by 1 and the movement moves similarly. Not sure whats happening if its anything or just me?

The other thing is as I move up my leg and and down the other with the awareness. 1 time I got to my hips and was working through them and just moving the awareness around, and one side of my hips felt hot and the other felt cold, not at the same time. When I focused on one. Cold like mint. I've had this happen 1 time, and read a post briefly on here where I glanced and someone mentioned hot/cold.

So I thought id ask. I feel completely depleted and am attempting to cultivate chi and starting with where I know how, awareness focused internally.

TLDR; been playing with my awareness internally only to learn later on thats a beginning step to cultivate chi. Had and continue to have some interesting experiences when doing so. 1) when I bring awareness to my toes and relax, they move on their own. 2) happened one time, but bringing my awareness to my hips one side felt hot and the other cold, like mint.

Not sure what to make of these. Thanks for your time and reading and replying. I do appreciate it

Hey all,

My wife and I are in the market. Have been trying out some mattresses and landed on a couple options. One seems pretty good, wife likes it and it feels pretty good.

Kingsdown Duet Gatsby Mattress is what we came across. We prefer a firmer mattress and want to get away from the memory foam. We currently have I believe a i-comfort which is like 12 years old.

Went to sleep country its a $5100 mattress for king size. Rep said due to overstock in warehouse (i know bs ploy) we can get it for $2675+/- a few dollars.

1. is this a solid deal?

2. is this a good mattress? He said its their "premium" line up for the kingsdown what they carry at the moment.

Been looking for reviews I am unable to find anything on the "Gatsby" model.

Any support will be greatly appreciated. Its been 12 years since I've bought and when I did I laid on a bunch and felt good for the moment. However its definitely worn out now.

Thank you in advance