hot soles during meditation

Hi Wanderer,

Probably the first time it happened it was because
your shoes were too tight and the increased blood flow
warmed your feet, and now because it happened you
think about it during practice and it directs qi and blood
flow there. Of course, I have no way of actually knowing
since it is your body, but this would be my guess.

The bottom line in the whole thing, in my opinion, is that
your practice is too mental I think. Not body-centered
enough. You even mention this (that you have a lot of
problems with your mind getting in the way of practice).

Therefore, my suggestion is to shift your practice (or
at the very least, add on to your practice beforehand)
a fair amount of body-centered qigong.

A good suggestion is to learn and/or practice
Michael Winn’s Orbit Qigong Form. It’s a good way to
get the orbit flowing through body, and doing so
by body-oriented qigong movements rather than
by sitting still in meditation.

So my recommendation is to practice his Orbit Form,
then sit and let the orbit flow. You can still
do a seated orbit meditation–say Michael’s Wudang Orbit,
but in your case I’d recommend doing the qigong first–as
your probably too much of a mental type.

My best to you,
Steven