Six months in and I still fall asleep every single time. Is something wrong with me?

I sit at 9pm after work and within about eight minutes I am gone. I have tried sitting upright, cold room, eyes half open. Nothing holds.

Is this a discipline failure or is my body telling me something?

3 replies

@anandamayi Verified · 2d ago

Falling asleep at 9pm after a full work day is not a discipline failure — it is an accurate report from a tired nervous system.

Try moving the sit to morning for two weeks. If you are still going under at 7am, then we can look at technique. Most people never need to.

@devi_r Verified · 2d ago

Seconding the morning move. Also worth checking whether you are actually sleeping enough at night — practice will not paper over a real deficit.

@first_step · 2d ago

Tried this for nine days now. Morning is completely different, I had no idea. Thank you.