- Try this: Put some music with no lyrics. Something that carries you. Classical, Tribal, whatever. Meditate for a while. When you feel like it, start moving the pars of your body that want to move. Move like your body tells you. Not in the usual pretty way. No mirrors. Let yourself be carried away.
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| Posted: 13 May 2020 08:41 AM PDT I swear this was so ecstatic and trippy. I loved it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 May 2020 02:20 PM PDT I originally didn't know if this was appropriate to post, but I think it's a huge thing I should share. Over two years ago, I went through an extremely traumatic experience and was looking for anyway out of that dark place. I happened to stumble across videos on YouTube and wasn't really sure how I felt about it, but after a few weeks and learning SO many different techniques I found that simple was best and started out meditating for just 7 minutes each time, and gradually, I increased my timer and reached now twenty minutes. I noticed so many positive things: less suicidal thoughts, I lost weight quicker, felt less stressed etc. I just thought that I should share because I know I was skeptical on meditation and sharing this I hope someone tries meditation or doesn't give up because you have to sit in thoughts for long period of time. Meditation will eventually pay off. Keep trying! [link] [comments] |
| Does anyone else imagine their thoughts as animals? Posted: 14 May 2020 01:36 AM PDT Sometimes when I'm meditating I imagine my thoughts as different animals (cat, dog, snake, etc.) depending on the content and intention behind the thought. Do you guys imagine your thoughts as something? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 May 2020 02:59 PM PDT Like the title says, some days it's gone really well and aside from the few passing thoughts that I just kind of observe and don't actively engage with I'm actually concentrated. Other days, not so much. I will literally sit there and think about things, then remind myself to get back to my breath, go back to it for 4 inhales and exhales and then go back to thinking about shit. It's really annoying, it kind of flips to the first situation. Instead of my thoughts being a passive thing I observe it ends up being my BREATH is something that I'm keeping in the back of my mind while engaging with my thoughts. I'll literally sit there thinking about the next meditation course I want to do, the irony of that! I'm currently on day 19 of the Headspace basics (an app). I mostly am using Headspace as a start so I can kind of learn the techniques, it's all guided and it makes it super easy to try the practise out. I otherwise really like meditation, I feel like it's helped with my anxiety a lot and I'm a lot more focused when I need to be. Am I doing something wrong? Is this normal when you first start? I feel like no matter how much I try to focus on certain days I just can't :( [link] [comments] |
| Tips for not falling asleep during meditation? Posted: 14 May 2020 12:59 AM PDT I get 8 hours of sleep every night and I don't feel tired throughout the day. But when I start meditating, after about 10 minutes in, I find it very hard to keep myself awake. Any tips? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 May 2020 02:38 PM PDT YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qBiYDHZFYw&feature=youtu.be A similar playlist on Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/656PCTrh9s1TITujClneN4?si=M4C5kL3WTNuslcFmp-s9XQ [link] [comments] |
| Beautiful Bird sounds Africa, Bird Chirping Sound For Meditation | chirping noises Posted: 14 May 2020 12:40 AM PDT nature sounds are one of the best background sounds to use when meditating also its proven to boost your mood, [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 May 2020 09:52 PM PDT I'm gonna give you guys a little background to help you really understand, please bear with me. When I was 10 years old there was a cartoon on Saturday morning television called static shock. It was about a superhero who could control electricity and shoot lightning out of his arms. Being ten years old, I imagined that I was static shock. I'd put my hands up and "shoot" lighting from my hands. I noticed when I was pretending I did something within my body that felt pleasurable. That made me remember it and wonder, however I basically forgot about it until I was seventeen.That is when I found out this was very uncommon, and against all odds one of my best friends could do the exact same thing. So here's my description: the "muscles" below your stomach; move them down to press on the "top" of your sacrum. It produces a feeling similar to an orgasm. For me the feeling radiates upwards to my stomach, up to my heart, where it feels more intense, and can continue up into my head. It's similar to feelings felt via ASMR yet distinct in that it has an origin point that the pleasurable feeling radiates from (sacrum upwards) and is more like an ejaculation feeling vs a tickled feeling (Weird I know) I've done it in a mirror and can watch my pupils dilate while I maintain the effect and then contract rapidly when I stop. It is noticeable. My heart rate definitely increases. I cannot get a blood pressure reading when I use a digital bp cuff. Medical science I believe says you cannot actively or purposely dilate your eyes or secrete adrenaline or any hormone. So what is going on here !? It's very hard to find any information about this online. Mainly I imagine because of how hard it is to describe in words, compounded by how crazy it sounds. Additionally I wouldn't be surprised if this is something actively suppressed by google and more, but that is just my questioning nature. That is not the focus here. I tried to research this online as well as asked doctors questions since I was 17. Some write ups on this were some of the first reddit posts I ever saw, which led me to eventually join reddit. They now elude me but they are out there. The only other relevant information I ever found that relates to this brings us not to science but to spirituality in the form of Kundalini yoga (See wiki post here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini ). It really gave me a lot to think about, and combined with my early adolescent and later usage of psychedelic mushrooms gave me an understanding which grew into my spirituality and connection to the universe. Related and important, but also not the focus here. Is this related to Reiki? I want to know more. What, physiologically speaking... Is going on here? Are there hormones and glands involved ? Does this have anything to do with the endocrine syestem at all? What causes the eyes dilation? I'm 26 yo Male. I also have signs of being synesthetic in one of its forms (color association with numbers letters and sounds), have an addictive personality, have experience with lucid dreaming, can see images very detailed in my mind, and have an excellent long term memory. Can anyone relate? I'm going to post this to a couple subs to try to maximize the potential of anybody who knows what I'm talking about, or has any useful relative information seeing it and starting a conversation. Like wise I'd also hope this arouses curiosity in the reader as I believe everyone can do it. If this was more well known it could lead to groundbreaking to research. That is to say of course if that groundbreaking research hasn't happened already. Hoping this reaches the right eyes. Here is a very poor but quick diagram I drew up: https://imgur.com/gallery/9Ii5mMV "Luminous beings we are, not this crude matter" There's more to this. Tl;Dr: I can produce a strange feeling like an adrenaline rush from my sacrum up to my head. I can always do it and sustain it longer by breathing. It makes my eyes dilate when I do it. There are others out there who experience it too, and I'd like to know more about this. Oddly it is hard to find any research or studies about this. What is this phenomenon? [link] [comments] |
| Try this if you're having trouble with meditation Posted: 13 May 2020 11:28 PM PDT If you're having trouble with 'breathe meditation', switch to 'mantra meditation'. It cuts the task of focussing by half. Focus on breath while inhaling. The mantra takes care of the focus while exhaling. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 14 May 2020 02:16 AM PDT What achievements could you achieve through meditation? did you get insights? dealt with emotions ? just relaxed? changed your view on the world? body healed? become a new self? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 14 May 2020 01:54 AM PDT realizing myself while practising or whatever doing in the daily life of ganhwa seon meditation is important for me, because doesnt go away from my life. [link] [comments] |
| what are the reasons why meditation will not go away Posted: 14 May 2020 01:49 AM PDT reasons why meditation will not go away from our lives. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 14 May 2020 01:41 AM PDT i highly reccomend everyone of this subreddit to learn korean buddhist ganhwa seon meditation. koreanbuddhism.net but first you need to study http://koreanbuddhism.net/bbs/board.php?bo_table=3020 then you can start practising hwadu in your daily life. thats why i hope that people learn this techinique. you dont need to be religious or spiritual.' many buddhists has learned tm, and Still pracitces buddhist meditation so in my opinion even when their religion is buddhism and as we a mostly christians you can Still practice buddhist meditation and tm. [link] [comments] |
| How do you surrender to your thoughts? Posted: 13 May 2020 04:55 PM PDT How do you guys deal with this? How can I stay present with thoughts and observe them clearly like sensations? How do you get past that ambiguity and formlesness and abstraction? Do you have specific techniques? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 14 May 2020 01:33 AM PDT When talking about staying and sitting completely still during meditation, is it literal? Is there a practice that involves avoiding all body movements as part of the meditation? I'm curious. I can see how that would take a lot of focus and your mind will start getting more active than usual at the beginning. Thanks! Edit: I'd appreciate it if you answered the actual question instead of just dropping random facts that you know about meditation. I hope I'm being clear with what I'm asking. [link] [comments] |
| Recognizing the transitory nature of things is kinda bumming me out Posted: 13 May 2020 10:25 AM PDT Does anyone get a little sad while meditating? Sometimes I get that very nice feeling from meditation, and then i realize that it's just another feeling. Then i kind of realize that all good feelings are transitory. And that all the things attached to those good feelings--the music and food and books and animals and people etc--can't be held on to either. I know that's supposed to make me feel joy or whatever but often it just makes me sad. Edit: thanks for the advice my dudes. Gave me a lot to think about. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 May 2020 06:02 PM PDT Is there any meditation technique that can be use in public without people knowing that you are meditating? [link] [comments] |
| Just a little story from very much a beginner Posted: 13 May 2020 08:07 PM PDT Heyy guys and gals. So I've been meditating on and off for about a month or two now and its been pretty great for my mental health, as a result I decided a week ago that I should really knuckle down and make a routine out of it. Since then I've been doing a hard ten minutes of what I now know to be a mix of noting and mindfulness of breath a day before I go to bed, and as someone who used to spend 90% of their time bouncing around their head, to put it simply it was torture. For the most part it wasn't particularly difficult clearing a good 85% of my head, but the true issue was the time, it felt like it stopped and was almost anxiety inducing about how long I'd actually been there so far But the last couple of days, tonight expecially it was so different, to the point where I almost cried, instead of stopping it was like time just disappeared, it wasn't a worry anymore, infact i was disappointed when my timer stopped, I cannot explain the happiness this caused. Bringing me to now, where I'm already going to add ten minutes in the morning and go up to twenty at night, I can't explain how glad I am to have found you guys and finally committed and done it, thank you so much :) As a quick end note for anyone whose stuck with my ramblings this far, if anyone with any amount more experience than me has any tips for how to get the most out of my experience, new techniques, pro tips etc. Please feel free to share them, even if it's just a link to a thread that already has them. And again, thank you [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 May 2020 11:51 PM PDT I just wanted to share this opportunity for a 10 day meditation retreat, that works across 4 different time zones with you: http://meditatewithtucker.com/online-retreat It's lead by two very experienced teachers, Tucker Peck, Ph.D. and Upali (Paul Peterson). They both have a lot of experience working with people online. I hope this is not against the rules, I am not affiliated with either of them. But I have been on multiple retreats with Tucker and Upali and can highly recommend them, the are an awesome teaching duo. [link] [comments] |
| How can I weaken the incessant thoughts that I have during work Posted: 13 May 2020 08:01 PM PDT I always say, "it must be break soon, should I look at my phone, no just work and don't think about it." That turns into "what day is it? Wednesday only 3 more days of this, fuck its trash day and I have to get food after work, etc" I try to focus on the now but I can't at work and its bothering me. More meditation? Idk [link] [comments] |
| Finality is a wonder which only comes when the mind is gone and the heart is full Posted: 13 May 2020 11:41 PM PDT |
| Posted: 13 May 2020 11:37 PM PDT They have a Facebook page, website and a discord. Great aesthetics too. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 13 May 2020 05:10 PM PDT Hello every spiritual being. I find this guided meditation special and useful. Instead of hearing a speaking voice and feeling it once at a time, I think this is good because it is still guided, but you have your own time and voice and I personally feel more connected. [link] [comments] |
| How can you tell if you had a good meditation session? Posted: 13 May 2020 10:00 PM PDT |
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