This may be a little similar to the thread started by choke, however... I have started to do bagua standing qigong, holding each of the 8 palms for three minutes to get a total of 24 minutes. After standing yesterday my little finger on my left hand became very numb, it's not a particularly pleasants feeling. This numbness vanished overnight but returned today after an hour of taiji practise. Anyone got any ideas? Is it an expected bodily reaction? Thanks in advance.