Qi Masters acupressure - a fascinating article. The experience of a man called

[Joe Chi Minh]

Marco Mureno, who hadn't slept for a whole year, though his insomnia lasted a another year. The link to the article is given below, but these are the concluding four paragraphs:

'I was so depressed I wondered if I should end my life just to get the sleep I craved. I was referred to a psychiatrist and given antidepressants as well as my sleeping pills. I tried natural remedies to help me sleep, but nothing worked, so when someone suggested the Innersound Centre in London, where healers called Qi Masters would do acupressure. I didn't raise my hopes. I booked a treatment and, although it was relaxing, I didn't feel any benefit.

But that night, as an experiment, I didn't take my sleep medication. I lay in bed, sighed - then fell asleep. I slept soundly until 7.30 in the morning - something that hadn't happened for two years. I felt I could face the world again - and, for the first time in months, I was functioning like a normal human being.

With my new-found energy, I signed up for healing classes - based on 1000-year-old methods used by Korean monks - at Innersound. One night of full sleep led to another and my old personality returned. I started going out with my friends again and got a job as an insurance clerk. Then in 2008, I gave up my job and flew to Korea to train as a Qi Master. This is now my life; treating other people who can't sleep.

I will never get back those two year that I lost through my unexplained sleep problems, but when I wake up in the morning, fully-refreshed, I thank my lucky stars, I will never ever take a good night's sleep for granted again.'

Here is another article, seemingly by a journalist, in a more light-hearted vein, on her visit to the London Innersound Centre:

http://whereandnow.com/index.php?section=events-now&article=qi-innersound-massage-25-queen-anne-street

And no. I'm not on any kind of commission!

[Lorien]

1. Very interesting. I wonder if there are many people practicing it here

in the US, and if it helps any other chronic conditions?

[DesertFlower]

2. thank you for that information.

i'm a believer in eastern medicine.

[midnight]

3. I saw a man who was crippled from back pain go through some Qi Gong

therapy and he was healed. It was a PBS special about 6 years ago.... It was like watching a miracle....

[uppityperson]

4. I'm glad he got help but there is no way he went with NO sleep for a whole yr

Perhaps he did not have good sleep, but it is impossible to go totally without sleep for "a whole year". Poor writing in the article.

[mopinko]

5. that's what i was going to say. i know from sleep studies that it is easy

to think that you have not slept, even when you have. 1 year? just not physically possible.

[trotsky]

6. Are you telling me that an anecdotal story might not be 100% true and objective?

NO WAY!!!! :)