Mrs. Peel said:
That's why I do the pipe breathing and POTS right before bed
Yes, when I only do the pipe breathing and POTS at night, I also get sleepy. 'Trouble' (if I may say) begins when I do the whole program, especially the beatha portion followed by the POTS. Then I just feel like jumping around, I'm full of energy and have trouble concentrating. Like Sasha, I end up lying in bed for hours before falling asleep. So for me, doing the full program can only be done during the day.
Mrs. Peel said:
I have trouble sleeping and staying asleep, and if I'm wide awake and can't fall asleep, usually a round of PB and POTS will have me yawning and zoning out
My husband Tigersoap does that as well: as soon as the words 'oh divine cosmic mind' are uttered, he's gone! I know everybody is different, but I must admit I am a bit envious of his ability to zone out: at least he knows something is happening (so much so that the body just 'unplugs' to let the work being done)!
Sasha said:
Yes, Beatha clears my mind and really relaxes my body but, suppose there are some emotional stuff stirred up inside during Beatha, afterwards I have difficulty concentrating properly on POTS.
I actually had not thought of that

. To me that makes sense. At the beginning of beatha, I feel a bit excited but relaxed, just like before the warrior's breath (answering Oxajil at the same time here :)), and during the beatha, it's calm, then intense, then calmer, etc. and I feel a bit 'knocked out', just like when you do energy work. Then when the work (or beatha) is over, boom! I'm fully awake, feel really good and I'm ready to go! Which is not at all the state of mind for the POTS. It was not like that before, so maybe I'm currently processing some sort of emotional stuff during the beatha that is different than before.
That, or my predator's mind has found yet another trick to prevent me from meditating...