u/fluttering_vowel

I originally adored this app. and then all of the changes made it a lot less interesting and special. and now the changes they just made feels like it brings it back to what made it so special originally! but with a fresh energy. Happy and grateful that the shared experiences are back. As well as loving the new design in the section of our personal pattern and transits. It’s very cool to see an app go through trial and error, experimentation, and come to what it is today. Feels really right now!

The insights of this app are always so deep and reflecting the understanding I’ve come into myself. It’s affirming to then see I’m going through a transit that is saying the same thing. I’ve never experienced a more intuitive interpretation of these energies than The Pattern!

I am so close to purchasing a shikibuton from futonbedsfromjapan. I sleep on a “regular” mattress on my stomach and wake up with back and neck pain and feel stiff. If I get the shikibuton I plan on sleeping on my back. I recently found out that sleeping on your back can lead to sleep apnea and snoring, and also the possibility of it contributing to dementia although more studies are needed. I’d love to hear from anyone here who sleeps on their back -has it made you snore or cause sleep apnea? I think it would be the best position to relieve back and neck pain. Also interested in hearing if sleeping on your back on the floor has caused sleep paralysis or not, which I’d like to avoid.

I spend an hour doing yoga, feel amazing, and then sleep undoes everything! It will be so wonderful to do yoga, go to sleep, wake up and not feel that sleep has undone everything yoga helps with.

Another hesitation is giving up the superficial comfort of a bed. I understand it causes pain rather than comfort, but in the moment it feels like comfort. Sleeping on the floor goes out of the comfort zone.

I have slept on the floor multiple times when staying at others’ homes. Most of the times were on a memory foam pad which was awful. One of the other times was on a futon from j-life for a few months. I actually really enjoyed the futon from j-life, it was very comfortable and is what got me interested in looking for a shikibuton. I’ve since read the posts about how j-life is not the real deal. I witnessed how heavy and bulky they are to move! and they don’t fold well. but the experience of sleeping on it was nice. When I went back to my house, I was relieved to have a couch, but I missed the j-life futon. I think I preferred the j-life futon to a mattress and I hope I will feel that way (or better) about the real deal from futonbedsfromjapan. although I know it’s way thinner than j-life. I did sleep on my stomach on the j-life futon, maybe I wouldn’t have liked it if I had slept on my back.

I am so close to purchasing a shikibuton from futonbedsfromjapan. I sleep on a “regular” mattress on my stomach and wake up with back and neck pain and feel stiff. If I get the shikibuton I plan on sleeping on my back. I recently found out that sleeping on your back can lead to sleep apnea and snoring, and also the possibility of it contributing to dementia although more studies are needed. I’d love to hear from anyone here who sleeps on their back -has it made you snore or cause sleep apnea? I think it would be the best position to relieve back and neck pain.

I spend an hour doing yoga, feel amazing, and then sleep undoes everything! It will be so wonderful to do yoga, go to sleep, wake up and not feel that sleep has undone everything yoga helps with.

Another hesitation is giving up the superficial comfort of a bed. I understand it causes pain rather than comfort, but in the moment it feels like comfort. Sleeping on the floor goes out of the comfort zone. I have slept on the floor multiple times when staying at others’ homes. Most of the times were on a memory foam pad which was awful. One of the other times was on a futon from j-life for a few months. I actually really enjoyed the futon from j-life, it was very comfortable and is what got me interested in looking for a shikibuton. I’ve since read the posts about how j-life is not the real deal. I witnessed how heavy and bulky they are to move! and they don’t fold well. but the experience of sleeping on it was nice. When I went back to my house, I was relieved to have a couch, but I missed the j-life futon. I think I preferred the j-life futon to a mattress and I hope I will feel that way (or better) about the real deal from futonbedsfromjapan. although I know it’s way thinner than j-life.