Quote Originally Posted by sickofthisplace View Post
so to get this straight when do i have to do the motion? for example runnning. do i run right now and then run before going to sleep, time my alarm and imagine the running from before? or do i dont even have to run in the first place just imagine it withotu any real life examples?
The thing is to pick something you KNOW how it feels, very good. I mean, not that feels very good, but that you know very good how it feels (could be both, anyway).

For instance, if you're a cook and cut lots of garlic, onion, etc... just try to get that feeling in your hand, arm... Imagina yourself holding the piece of food with one hand and cutting with the other, non stop.... if you swim a lot, just try to feel as if you were swiming.

It's not that you have to do a motion and go to sleep, just pick something that fits with you. Of course if you can't think on anything (which I doubt), you will have to do a rithmic movement for some time, focusing on how it feels, and then reproduce it mentally on bed. Anyway I guess that almost anything works... for example, if you drive 1 hour per day, you probably know how the throttle feels on your feet.

For example, the movement I chose for a couple of days is repeatedly touching my 5 fingertips against the other hand's fingertips. Why? Because at the office we have a joke that involves doing this gesture, and we do it a lot during the day. Also is a movement very sensitive as you use your fingertips, so I try to focus on feeling them hitting one against each other (anyway I always fall asleep...).

Good luck.