Thanks everyone for sharing your retreat experience!
Michael,
"At some point your legs will go extremely numb, ...." After the mediation, do you have any problem standing up?
"The energy channel opens and the discomfort disappears" ; I wonder how different is "energy channel opens " while you still crossing your legs than getting the feeling back after feeling numb. Maybe hard to describe the difference but sure like to hear it if you have any thought on that.
Sometime when we sit with a leg cross in a position for a long time, the leg will get numb and lost feeling. We are unable to have the balance to stand up until the circulation is back. I would be concern about the sitting position at that instance. It seems like that is some form we would want to go through during deep meditation.
Any insights/comments from anyone with experience in that area?
