Angela said:I just wanted to say that I recently started doing EE again after a long hiatus. I always seemed to be "too busy" to ever do it, but now I am making time.
I did the full program 3 times this week. The first two times were really good and very relaxing. When I did the full program last night, half way through the Ba-Ha portion I had a strange feeling like I wanted to throw up/cry really hard. It was very strange, but afterwards I felt amazing and energetic.
Gawan said:Sounds good, but also don't overdo beatha, two times is sufficient and recommended.
monotonic said:I wonder if your muscle problems were related to trauma from the accident as in In An Unspoken Voice by Peter Levine?

Angela said:I did the full EE program last night and it was extremely relaxing. I feel so calm and relaxed today.
The night before last, I had a pretty horrifying dream of a man attempting to rape me. I was screaming for help, but no one heard me. I was doing a pretty good job of fighting him off, but he was cutting my arm and hand with a knife when I was blocking him.
maybe I am working through feelings in my dreams that have been brought up with the practice of EE.
Thorbiorn said:Your dream reminds me of a being a 'Dark man dream'. One example is discussed here: http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,13115.msg95603.html#msg95603 There are many others which can be found by inserting "Dark man" with the quotes into the forum search field.
I'm like you familiar with the experience of sleeping through some parts of EE and not remembering much afterwards. If falling asleep too early during EE bothers you, you might like to try and split it up a bit. One option I have tried is doing the 3 stage part in the morning, the Beatha part in the early evening and the POTS just before bed. Sometimes, I have also done the whole program in the late afternoon followed by the daily POTS before bed. Recently, I had a very busy day ahead of me and decided to do the whole program in the morning rather than wait until I would be exhausted and consequently sleep through pretty much the whole program late at night. That also worked nicely. Sometimes I do Beatha when lying down, but mostly I do it sitting up.hlat said:I think I did the full program last night Monday. I always sit and remember three stage breathing. I've been laying down for beatha and meditation. I seem to be falling asleep because I don't remember most of it, like last night.

