Comments on: Body Movements in Meditation http://www.meditationoasis.com/2009/01/09/body-movements-in-meditation/ Companion to the Meditation Oasis Podcast Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:44:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mary http://www.meditationoasis.com/2009/01/09/body-movements-in-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-19137 Mary Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:49:36 +0000 http://www.meditationoasis.com/?p=736#comment-19137 Jason, try meditating with our Breath Awareness Meditation (in our free podcast). That may help you with doing this type of meditation. If you have been using the meditation and having these experiences, read our Difficulty Meditating, page about Breathing Meditations and Meditation Guidelines pages and see if those help. The tingling may be sensing energy, but it could also be related to how you are breathing. Jason, try meditating with our Breath Awareness Meditation (in our free podcast). That may help you with doing this type of meditation. If you have been using the meditation and having these experiences, read our Difficulty Meditating, page about Breathing Meditations and Meditation Guidelines pages and see if those help.

The tingling may be sensing energy, but it could also be related to how you are breathing.

]]> By: JASON http://www.meditationoasis.com/2009/01/09/body-movements-in-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-19134 JASON Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:48:21 +0000 http://www.meditationoasis.com/?p=736#comment-19134 Hi, i'm relatively new to meditation and i am enjoying it, but i always find when focusing on my breath that i get twitches, almost like a jerking to my breathing ,i'm trying not to control the breathing and just observe but it seems like my consiousness keeps kicking in and trying to take over, does this get easier with time? and is it common to have difficulty trying not to controlthe breath? Also quite often - althought not always - i get a tingling all over, usually starting at my fingertips, is this the energy you mentioned above? Hi, i’m relatively new to meditation and i am enjoying it, but i always find when focusing on my breath that i get twitches, almost like a jerking to my breathing ,i’m trying not to control the breathing and just observe but it seems like my consiousness keeps kicking in and trying to take over, does this get easier with time? and is it common to have difficulty trying not to controlthe breath? Also quite often – althought not always – i get a tingling all over, usually starting at my fingertips, is this the energy you mentioned above?

]]> By: Pirabu http://www.meditationoasis.com/2009/01/09/body-movements-in-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-13628 Pirabu Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:46:37 +0000 http://www.meditationoasis.com/?p=736#comment-13628 Andrew the actual essance of Meditation is to rid of the MAYA (illusion-Visual & Matter) and to set the one (called JIVAN) inside free. Your attempt is a good start. Just set an alarm and do it for 20 to 30 min in the starting weeks. You can do it more times. But do it in smaller time periods. It is a clearing process. Say like a warm up before going into trying to cross a sea by swimming. This meditaion process is more than getting you to have a cool life. Life sequence is predetermined but you can make it cool to start with but the actual rewards are far reaching than this "COOL". Sometime your body may create static electricity also. You may experiance when touching metals!! interesting right?!! Enjoy your practise Andrew the actual essance of Meditation is to rid of the MAYA (illusion-Visual & Matter) and to set the one (called JIVAN) inside free. Your attempt is a good start. Just set an alarm and do it for 20 to 30 min in the starting weeks. You can do it more times. But do it in smaller time periods. It is a clearing process. Say like a warm up before going into trying to cross a sea by swimming. This meditaion process is more than getting you to have a cool life. Life sequence is predetermined but you can make it cool to start with but the actual rewards are far reaching than this “COOL”.
Sometime your body may create static electricity also. You may experiance when touching metals!! interesting right?!! Enjoy your practise

]]> By: Gina http://www.meditationoasis.com/2009/01/09/body-movements-in-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-9735 Gina Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:01:01 +0000 http://www.meditationoasis.com/?p=736#comment-9735 Thank you Mary for your simple explanation. My head started shaking over a year ago. The intensity would very but it was most intense when I meditated and was sort of in a sleep but aware state. I did not know what it all meant. I finally got my "head" checked out (MRI) and all was ok there. Finding this site further confirmed that all is well with me.:) Thank you Mary for your simple explanation. My head started shaking over a year ago. The intensity would very but it was most intense when I meditated and was sort of in a sleep but aware state. I did not know what it all meant. I finally got my “head” checked out (MRI) and all was ok there. Finding this site further confirmed that all is well with me.:)

]]> By: Andrew http://www.meditationoasis.com/2009/01/09/body-movements-in-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-7822 Andrew Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:44:24 +0000 http://www.meditationoasis.com/?p=736#comment-7822 Thanks for your reply and advice mary, i havent tried since but i am going to start again soon :) Thanks for your reply and advice mary, i havent tried since but i am going to start again soon :)

]]> By: Ajay http://www.meditationoasis.com/2009/01/09/body-movements-in-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-7598 Ajay Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:24:56 +0000 http://www.meditationoasis.com/?p=736#comment-7598 I am practicing yoga past few days. When I am alone or sleeping, I feel some sort of movement from left shoulder to head to right shoulder and vice versa for a minute. I am practicing yoga past few days. When I am alone or sleeping, I feel some sort of movement from left shoulder to head to right shoulder and vice versa for a minute.

]]> By: Mary http://www.meditationoasis.com/2009/01/09/body-movements-in-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-7351 Mary Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:17:21 +0000 http://www.meditationoasis.com/?p=736#comment-7351 Andrew, I hesitate to say a lot when I'm not familiar with you and how you are trying to meditate. I can comment more easily when people are using our meditations. I can say a couple things though. When the awareness goes very deep in meditation, we can lose the sense of our body. But an hour is a long time to meditate -- maybe too much. You noticed that when you opened your eyes you felt "not quite there". Meditating a lot can make you ungrounded. If that just lasts a few minutes and then you're fine and everything goes well in your activity, it's not a problem. But if you start feeling "stoned" and "not quite there" a lot during your activity, it's not a good thing. The ultimate goal of meditation isn't to have cool experiences, but to enhance your quality of life. Since you're so new to meditation, take it slowly, and perhaps seek the guidance of an experienced teacher. Andrew, I hesitate to say a lot when I’m not familiar with you and how you are trying to meditate. I can comment more easily when people are using our meditations. I can say a couple things though.

When the awareness goes very deep in meditation, we can lose the sense of our body. But an hour is a long time to meditate — maybe too much. You noticed that when you opened your eyes you felt “not quite there”. Meditating a lot can make you ungrounded. If that just lasts a few minutes and then you’re fine and everything goes well in your activity, it’s not a problem. But if you start feeling “stoned” and “not quite there” a lot during your activity, it’s not a good thing. The ultimate goal of meditation isn’t to have cool experiences, but to enhance your quality of life.

Since you’re so new to meditation, take it slowly, and perhaps seek the guidance of an experienced teacher.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.meditationoasis.com/2009/01/09/body-movements-in-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-7318 Andrew Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:06:56 +0000 http://www.meditationoasis.com/?p=736#comment-7318 Hello, started meditating 2 days ago, started with 15 mins, then 30, nothing happened, then 45 mins and finally 1 hour, at the one hour point, i couldn't feel my body at all, it was amazing but a bit scary, prior to that had some strange small movements over my body, but didnt worry. I was observing my breathing all the way through it was amazing. But then i think i got a bit freaked when i conciously couldnt feel my body at all, i mean i knew my body was there but i couldnt feel it, so i told my self to stop. When i opened my eyes, i felt absolutley stoned or not quite there, had to wait for a few minutes for this to pass, is all of this sound normal to you guys? And next time i get to not feeling my body what do i do, next, i mean do i just chill and let it carry on. Its so cool Hello, started meditating 2 days ago, started with 15 mins, then 30, nothing happened, then 45 mins and finally 1 hour, at the one hour point, i couldn’t feel my body at all, it was amazing but a bit scary, prior to that had some strange small movements over my body, but didnt worry. I was observing my breathing all the way through it was amazing. But then i think i got a bit freaked when i conciously couldnt feel my body at all, i mean i knew my body was there but i couldnt feel it, so i told my self to stop. When i opened my eyes, i felt absolutley stoned or not quite there, had to wait for a few minutes for this to pass, is all of this sound normal to you guys?
And next time i get to not feeling my body what do i do, next, i mean do i just chill and let it carry on. Its so cool

]]> By: Mary http://www.meditationoasis.com/2009/01/09/body-movements-in-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-7123 Mary Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:58:40 +0000 http://www.meditationoasis.com/?p=736#comment-7123 Hi Renz, Sounds like you need some mentoring with an experienced meditation guide. It's not possible to give you advice for this in a comment here -- there's too much to discuss. Hi Renz, Sounds like you need some mentoring with an experienced meditation guide. It’s not possible to give you advice for this in a comment here — there’s too much to discuss.

]]> By: Renz http://www.meditationoasis.com/2009/01/09/body-movements-in-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-7092 Renz Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:40:03 +0000 http://www.meditationoasis.com/?p=736#comment-7092 Hi, I tried meditation for the 1st time today and i got a bit scared, because as i was clearing my mind completely and breathed, my breath intakes started to get shorter until i hardly breathed. Then I saw lights and felt a strong tingling sensation all over my body furthermore my heart started pounding really strong and quickly. After this i opened my eyes in shock. Because i tried this in the evening, i tried to go and sleep but i automatically went back into the meditation state. Please tell me if something is wrong, because now i cannot sleep. Renz Hi,

I tried meditation for the 1st time today and i got a bit scared, because as i was clearing my mind completely and breathed, my breath intakes started to get shorter until i hardly breathed. Then I saw lights and felt a strong tingling sensation all over my body furthermore my heart started pounding really strong and quickly. After this i opened my eyes in shock.
Because i tried this in the evening, i tried to go and sleep but i automatically went back into the meditation state.
Please tell me if something is wrong, because now i cannot sleep.

Renz

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