Afterglow. Ermm...?

Last night,  after practicing single palm change for perhaps as little as 10 minutes, I experienced something of a revelation.

At class just the Monday before,  teacher had mentioned a curious sensation often felt after walking the circle.  The sensation of aliveness of the limbs and big hands.

I had dismissed it as something people of greater ability would perhaps feel, but didn't expect it to happen for me.

Yet I did, indeed, feel just that.  Could have been my minds creating an experience I wanted to share.  But I'd like to feel that, on that night, at least, I was "doing it right".

Work-induced stress: Could internal martial arts help alleviate my woes?

At the moment, I am labouring under a cloud. I am stuck in a job I hate with a career going nowhere. Every day at work is like hell on earth. Home is an all to brief respite from the drudgery of a day spent at a company that grinds me down at every opportunity.

Should I be using this, though, as motivation to encourage me to train every evening. Our classes are very fighting/sparring based with lots of applications and two-man drills. But we are occasionally shown the more meditative sides of Gao style baguazhang. I know a few exercises that are purported to reduce stress, so why don't I use these to help combat my crappy workday woes and stresses?

Could be just one more way that my baguazhang training can improve my life. Here's hoping...