Meditation: Today I did 15 min Buddhist Meditation with Guidence from YouTube Videos.. I feel much relaxed and happy.. It was hard to do it for 15 min.. But I did it.. Hope I can do it daily..

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• Today I did 15 min Buddhist Meditation with Guidence from YouTube Videos.. I feel much relaxed and happy.. It was hard to do it for 15 min.. But I did it.. Hope I can do it daily..
• A wonderful method to ACTUALLY let go that I "discovered"
• How to meditate in the Zen style
• I tried Metta (loving-kindness) meditation and ended up crying instead of feeling calmer.
• Reaching hidden emotions through Meditation?
• Actively letting go of thoughts technique.
• Are the benefits of body scan meditation different to just breathing/mindfulness?
• Help - I want to go deeper
• crying while meditating
• If having Difficulty Meditating like unable to focus or having negative or feel uncomfortable please message for I will be able to help you with your problems
• Your first taste of true power.
• 5 minutes of calm meditation
• Mindfulness retreat with Moon Garden
• How do you cope with being stuck in a negative environment?
• Let Yourself Evolve
• Meditation on Stimulants
• Can i visualize myself in different environments?
• In case anybody needs
• Do you have memories that don't belong to you?
• I meditated for the first time in 2 years today and something bizarre happened. Can someone more versed help me understand?
• Tips for meditating during sleep
• Any Suggestions for Practices That Might Help Depersonalization/Derealization
• How do you practice objectless awareness in daily life?

Today I did 15 min Buddhist Meditation with Guidence from YouTube Videos.. I feel much relaxed and happy.. It was hard to do it for 15 min.. But I did it.. Hope I can do it daily.. Posted: 30 Mar 2021 09:25 PM PDT submitted by /u/Rohu03 [link] [comments]

A wonderful method to ACTUALLY let go that I "discovered" Posted: 30 Mar 2021 07:52 AM PDT Good afternoon everyone. For the past month, I've been reading Letting go by David Hawkins and most recently, the untethered soul by Michael Singer. Both of them constantly mention the technique to let go, which is basically to sit with the emotion without judgment, to allow it to come, and to not think while feeling it, basically letting it be in your body, as uncomfortable as it may be until they dissipate. Now, I understood the concept theoretically, but I couldn't quite grasp how to do it exactly. Until I said, "I gotta stop copying other people, I have to come up with a technique of my own, so I can explain it with my own words". And man, oh man, I did. What's my technique? Simple. Once you feel even a tiny mild discomfort in your body, stop, look back and say "I'll allow it". Now, do you remember that when you cry your heart out, your stomach and chest get compressed, and your face makes these weird facial expressions? Ok, I want you to do the same, minus the crying, which for me, doesn't even come, it may for you, depending on how big the pain stored is. If you allow it, these tensions will show up, it looks weird because my upper body gets compressed and my face begins making weird mimics, as though I were crying but with no tears. Now, when this process begins, cease all thinking. Become the observer, it may help to say "Ok, Who is aware of this pain?" "Who is aware of this sadness?". Once I started feeling the pain in my body and allowing it to tense the hell up, it felt as though energy was being released from my inner being, and I would end most of these short "sessions" with a smile and the tendency to laugh because the tension has worn off. Also, whenever you get even the mildest trigger, relax, automatically, and do the technique. If you felt your face making a weird grin in response to the triggering event, allow it to fully express itself, let your face tense the hell up with these weird faces it makes when it's uncomfortable until it goes away and you laugh or smile. TL;DR: Fake crying, to allow your body to release the tension of the triggering events. How to identify a trigger? Stop running from your problems. Does an ex of you constantly show up in your mind? You know, the one that makes you think "Man it's been a year and she still haunts me, I keep being reminded of her, why! I want to forget about her!". It's not about forgetting about your ex or your pain, the idea is to face them and let the stored tension in your body show up. The mind is not torturing you, it's actually showing you what you need to let go of by releasing the tension from your body. So, whenever a thought of your ex shows up and you feel your chest tightening, relax and allow it to get fully tense, you may even exhale from your nose multiple times, feel the pain in your body, and you'll be a step closer to freedom. This technique reduced my anxious nervous tics by about 70% immediately. Now, this is not a guarantee, but in my case, this anxiety was caused by stored pain, and as I keep letting go, it goes away. Thank you for reading, and please, if you don't understand something I mentioned, please let me know. Peace submitted by /u/Fuba301 [link] [comments]

How to meditate in the Zen style Posted: 30 Mar 2021 08:25 PM PDT [Foreword: I didn't author this. It was written by my teacher, who's been refining it for the last 20 years. Even though this isn't new to me and many others here, it never hurts to be reminded of the basics, and I hope it will be helpful to rookies looking for practical instructions.] Balance and relax Choose a place that is quiet and make it pleasing, e.g. with photos of loved ones, flowers, perhaps a candle. If you sit cross-legged, support your knees with cushions until you are comfortable without them. (Unsupported knees cause the abdominal muscles to tighten, restricting your breathing). For some people, sitting cross-legged makes the back hunched and unbalanced, in which case it is better to put the cushion on its edge and sit astride it, or use a meditation bench. If you need to sit in a chair, it is best to use a sloping cushion that is higher at the back and sit clear of the backrest. Push upwards with the crown of your head, tucking the chin backwards a little. Rock gently back and forwards until you find your point of balance. Do the same with head and neck. Enjoy the feeling of sitting tall. Lower your gaze to an area on the floor about a metre or so in front. (Keeping the eyes open a little suppresses dream imagery and keeps you awake). Soften your face, letting go of tension around the eyes, cheeks, mouth, jaw, and throat. Place your hands in your lap with the active hand beneath and the thumbs lightly touching. Drop your shoulders to their lowest comfortable position. Relax your arms and hands until you can feel their weight. Soften and relax your whole body, while keeping upright and strong. Return to the breath Bring your full attention to the breath, and when you get lost in thought, as we all do, acknowledge the thought and return to the breath. Notice on the in-breath the feeling of cool, dry air flowing in though the nostrils and down the throat. As you breathe out, feel the warm, moist air flowing out. Follow the sensations of breathing downwards, first into the chest, feeling the ribs moving, noticing too the subtle movements in the shoulders and back. Follow downwards the sensation of breathing, noticing (if you can) how, as your lungs fill, the diaphragm presses downwards on the viscera, followed by a release of this downward pressure as you breathe out. Feel the whole body relaxing with the out-breath. Focusing on long, slow out-breaths is helpful if you are stressed and anxious. Focusing on the in-breath is refreshing if you are tired and sleepy. Decide what you need at the time, because you are in charge! Try breathing from the belly (the hara), which is the large region from below the navel down to the pelvic floor and out sideways to the hip-bones. It feels about as big as a basket-ball. Experienced people say that breathing from the hara makes them feel more settled, less anxious, and more at home in the world. If you become lost in planning, day-dreaming, rehearsing conversations, return to the breath and awareness of the body. You can't be aware of breath, body, or sounds and not be in the present moment – it's that simple! Meditation is not sensory deprivation. Bird-song, the sounds of wind and rain, children playing, people's voices, and dogs barking, all bring us back to the present moment. Open to whatever arises When your breath-practice is steady and strong, you may choose to move into the more challenging and advanced practices of koan study or shikantaza. The possibility of beginning to work on koans is discussed with the teacher. Koan study doesn't suit everyone. You will be invited to hold the koan in your belly (hara) as you breathe, rather than thinking about how to answer the question. Shikantaza is "sitting with what arises", which might sound easy and attractive, but we should be cautious about making this move too soon because open sitting easily unravels into day-dreaming. We need to have built up some fire in our belly in order to hold steady with whatever actually comes up, which may be fear, shame, past trauma, etc. It is a brave and demanding practice, and definitely a path to awakening to our true nature. Don't forget to practice metta Start with bringing kindness and compassion to yourself, but don't neglect to bring it also to others. The true purpose of meditation is to deepen our loving connection with all that exists, by cultivating a state of mind that is like a mirror, reflecting accurately whatever arises in front of it. When the mind is like this, it feels vast and open like the sky. Our self no longer seems separable from anything. All beings are precious to the non-grasping mind, and each moment is radiant. – A. Wells, March 2021 submitted by /u/Rastapopolix [link] [comments]

I tried Metta (loving-kindness) meditation and ended up crying instead of feeling calmer. Posted: 30 Mar 2021 07:39 PM PDT I am new to meditation and I use Waking Up, an app by Sam Harris. Yesterday he introduced Metta and this is the first time I have ever attempted this. When I was asked to think about someone I love and have an uncomplicated relationship with, my boyfriend's face popped up in my head. My relationship with him is great and it is a constant source of inspiration and strength in my life. However, when I wished happiness and a bright future for him, tears started flowing down my eyes. I could not stop crying throughout the rest of the 10 minutes session. I am curious as to whether anybody else has ever experienced this form of flux of emotions they can't really place while practicing Metta. submitted by /u/pitter-patter-rain [link] [comments]

Reaching hidden emotions through Meditation? Posted: 31 Mar 2021 01:47 AM PDT Hey you beautiful people :) I feel like I have stored so much pain in me and I cant reach it. I cant even cry because i had to hold it back so many times. I really want to let it all go and so my question is, if there is a special kind of Meditation that helps? Maybe some sad music in the backround? My mother died recently and I have not cried once, just an example how much I think I supress those feelings. I am new to Meditation so I dont have much experience. It would be really great if you knew something that helps :) submitted by /u/MagenTa_skate [link] [comments]

Actively letting go of thoughts technique. Posted: 30 Mar 2021 02:43 PM PDT I was reading a fantasy book. The main character was practicing meditation, observing his thoughts and letting them go, one after another, like birds in flight. I tried to do the same and for some reason it worked wonderfully. I managed to let go of my thoughts much faster than with "regular observing". Very quickly I felt a weight lifting of my chest, the sign that the mind wasn't creating so much anxiety. Here's how this technique works (for me at least). At first I observe the current thought. I imagine the thought being somewhere at the back of my head. Then I let go of the thought actively. And here's the tricky part - how do you actually let go actively? I imagine pushing the thought gently upwards. Then I bring my attention back to the back of my head, to the place where thoughts are "born". For a very short time that place (where thoughts are born) is empty. Soon enough another thought appears and I repeat the process. Let it go, focus back on the place where the thoughts are born (and which is now empty). It's like dealing with items on an assembly line. The thoughts are like items which you actively let go on the band. The space between dealing with items is when the mind loses it's power of you, briefly as it may be. Granted, it is a more active method of meditating, you'll have to actually perform an action (letting fo of thoughts) instead of just observing. HINT: if you feel a weight lifting from your chest it's probably working. TIP: Treat thoughts, sensations and emotions just the same. Be aware, gently push upwards and let go. The next one appears, to the same, and repeat. TIP2: The tricky part is that you'll also have to let of the thought "I'm trying to let of the thoughts". For me it's like a deep, innate action and not a high level thought. It's like discovering a new muscle in the brain. submitted by /u/triplecyclonegames [link] [comments]

Are the benefits of body scan meditation different to just breathing/mindfulness? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:16 PM PDT Am I missing out if I just focus on my breath rather than focusing on different parts of my body? Right now, my routine is doing over an hour of mindfulness on one day and every other day I do over an hour of body scan. But if the benefits are the same, then I might just do the focusing on my breath everyday and scrap the body scan one. submitted by /u/astralfatality [link] [comments]

Help - I want to go deeper Posted: 30 Mar 2021 08:57 PM PDT I'm not a complete novice to the world of mindfulness (experienced in Qi gong and Wim Hof method) but I have little experience in the mainstream Buddhist or Zen etc. styles of meditation. Have tried headspace and similar apps but found them limited to simple body scans etc and the premise seems a bit shallow, like "do 10 mins of this everyday and be more productive at work etc"... I'm looking for a practice that is a little deeper and to learn more about myself, contemplate deeper issues etc. I'm willing to do the work but don't know where to start! Any recommendations/reviews for courses, books, teachers (I'm in Australia) or literature from people experienced in meditation would be greatly appreciated! submitted by /u/dickwhit31 [link] [comments]

crying while meditating Posted: 31 Mar 2021 02:48 AM PDT Yesterday I was mediating and the focus was on my boyfriend as I was thinking about him and wanted to sent him love and attempt to telepathically speak to him while he was out with friends. While meditating I visualize us laying in his bed, I am viewing this as a third party but I feel everything as first person. We are in bed and my head is on his chest and he is playing with my hair and tears just begin to flow. I feel so safe, comfortable and loved. I assume this is just release but I wanted to know if anyone thought this was something notable or worrisome, thank you. submitted by /u/earth_girl35 [link] [comments]

If having Difficulty Meditating like unable to focus or having negative or feel uncomfortable please message for I will be able to help you with your problems Posted: 31 Mar 2021 02:45 AM PDT submitted by /u/Secure_Worldliness70 [link] [comments]

Your first taste of true power. Posted: 30 Mar 2021 06:37 PM PDT I'm fairly new to meditation, but the other day I was going through a lot that's a bit hard to talk about. I relapsed and I've felt awful about it and let's just say it was driving me mentally insane and I've felt so depressed that I had suicidal thoughts. I found a guy on YouTube called wim Hof and another man called Alan Watts. They both had lectures and mediation techniques that really spoke to me. I've found them through looking up mental health solutions on YouTube. Everything they were saying was sounding almost like common sense. The wim Hof method technique was breathe in and out really fast 9 times then hold the last breathe in for as long as you can and then finally exhale. This made me feel VERY relaxed and lightheaded but in a natural dissociative state. I was free from my own thoughts for what seemed like forever. Its a peaceful state, and I used this for panic attacks and it really worked! I felt true power over the crippling agony of anxiety and depression! I know that doesn't sound like much if you ever had a panic attack, you know what it's like to feel that impending doom. And to be able to counteract it with your mind and body is amazing. But this gets even better. Alan watts has a lecture called "Understanding your shadows". This lecture was about understanding who you are. A shadow is not black or grey. It's filled with color and has a connection with you that makes us who we are. Sometimes it's very painful to see who we truly are, but this lecture taught me that it's ok to feel that way because you have the ability to change your direction of life in anyway you see fit! I am human BEING if that makes sense. The key is to simply be. My meditation technique is to start off with the wim Hof method. Then sit criss cross, and hold both my thumb and pointer finger together on each leg with my arms relaxed. I breathe slowly for awhile and let go of anything in my mind for the time I am in this state. It's relaxing with rain water music playing in the background or a birds chirping loop. Meditation gives me real power over my demons. I can conquer anything with the power of my mind. I felt like sharing because I figured some of you most have felt the some type of way through your meditative journey. submitted by /u/LSDXMT___ [link] [comments]

5 minutes of calm meditation Posted: 31 Mar 2021 01:26 AM PDT Meditate on this daily and improve on your productivity and creativity Watch Video submitted by /u/100kaweek [link] [comments]

Mindfulness retreat with Moon Garden Posted: 30 Mar 2021 07:26 PM PDT Hello everybody just wanted to extend the invitation to a mindfulness retreat that is going to be held in Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico (1.5 hrs away from San Diego). We have gone through stressful and anxious times because of the pandemic and a retreat with mindfulness activities may help to release some of this energy and reconnect with ourselves. For more information visit www.moongardensd.com submitted by /u/angie_or [link] [comments]

How do you cope with being stuck in a negative environment? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 04:24 PM PDT I try and keep to a positive mental attitude and am aware of good/bad energy and like to keep good energy around me and I am sensitive to other peoples energy. Unfortunately I am in a living situation with people who have an aggressive energy and are of a cynical mindset who I find uncomfortable to be around. How do I block this out and keep good positive energy submitted by /u/scmxx [link] [comments]

Let Yourself Evolve Posted: 30 Mar 2021 11:21 PM PDT You can't really TRY to be here. You can't TRY to process your sensations. You just have them when they arise. Energy states with mental (thinking, perceptual) and emotional components. Moods. You're just in em. And then you start moving out. You let yourself be where you are. Without intellectualizing it, without pushing it out, without "processing" actively to transmute it into something more acceptable. Be where you are. Be the person you are. Without apology, without shame. Let yourself evolve. Enjoy the silence behind it all. submitted by /u/emotional_dyslexic [link] [comments]

Meditation on Stimulants Posted: 30 Mar 2021 11:15 PM PDT Is meditation on stimulants like caffeine or adderall pretty much pointless? I tried doing a simple pranayama technique while on these stimulants, and my heart rate was still high. I thought meditation was supposed to lower your heart rate (or at least exhaling twice as long as you inhale)? submitted by /u/Hot-Ad7388 [link] [comments]

Can i visualize myself in different environments? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 01:57 PM PDT Hey guys, so I'm BRAND NEW to meditation. I've experimented a little, and I'm just confused on some stuff. So I find that nature sounds have always comforted me. At night I will have nature sounds going, and pretend I'm in my bed up in a jungle canopy and that really calms me, makes me happy and let's me get to sleep better. Admittedly, I haven't done this in a while, I just have a fan on me and that is a great way for me to be lulled to sleep. Now, I'm starting to meditate. I have tried just silence, and I tried nature sounds. I like the nature sounds better, but then I start to visualize myself meditating in the environment that these sounds are from. Is this bad? It's weird, I see that it's not bad to visualize, but then I also see that you want to take your focus off of visualization and back to the empty mindedness. This empty mind I see just as the black of my eyelids. Am I doing this right? Why am I allowed to visualize but then I always see that you are supposed to stop yourself and go back to focus. I'm confused. submitted by /u/CanadianYeti1991 [link] [comments]

In case anybody needs Posted: 30 Mar 2021 06:28 PM PDT submitted by /u/ofnushj [link] [comments]

Do you have memories that don't belong to you? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 03:12 PM PDT When I was young I clearly had a memory of a place. I could smell the smell of bread as I walked up a stone ramp, as if I lived that. When I grew up I discovered that I never had been there, my parents told me we hadn't been there ever. It was crazy for me. "But I have that memory!" I thought again and again. But that wasn't the last time that that happened to me, it have been more and more, with a strange feeling of nostalgia and clearly images about x moment. Did you experienced something similar? I really need help, I don't understand what it could be. Thank you for reading. submitted by /u/andreapp09 [link] [comments]

I meditated for the first time in 2 years today and something bizarre happened. Can someone more versed help me understand? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 04:54 PM PDT So a little backstory, a couple years ago I got heavily into law of attraction and meditation practices but never really followed instruction. Just sort of went about it in my own way. I would just sit quietly and concentrate on my breathing. Either way long story short I started having what I can only describe as entities visit me in my dreams. I'm assuming this was my ID just manifesting because I was opening my crown chakra but the possibility still remains that it was something else. Either way it was terrifying so I just quit and shut down my pineal gland and haven't done it again and stopped having those nightmares. That is until today. Today I decided to try meditating again. I've been going through a rough patch this year as most people have and I decided to open myself back up and meditate again. I guess my question or the bizarre part is I only went for about 20 minutes, outdoors in the sun, and I've never felt this before but I could feel every hair follicle vibrating. It lasted for almost 2 hours after I meditated and has calmed down now but it was like pins and needles almost everywhere. In my minds eye I did see bright orange at first and then as I imagined that coursing through my body my mind just faded to white and that's when the extreme tingling sensation happened. I was calm when it happened but it was certainly unexpected. Any possible explanations seeing as I've been out of the game awhile and definitely did not expect this kind of thing my first time back doing it in so long. Also I should note that I NEVER experienced anything like this when meditating before. Any insight would be lovely. Thank you! submitted by /u/pushcartvanny [link] [comments]

Tips for meditating during sleep Posted: 30 Mar 2021 09:15 AM PDT (I am pasting my post from r/Buddhism to see if there are any more tips on this subject.) I have learned how to enter my dream during meditation now. Last time I was meditating, entered the dream, as soon as it started I was ready to meditate again. So I closed my eyes to begin meditation only to realize I could still see a dream. Because they are just my dream eyes. I can't actually close them to stop seeing the dream. I usually meditate by sitting down and closing my eyes. And I usually am watching violet light flow towards me or away from me. As soon as I close my eyes I see these images now. Even when I'm not meditating. So I was expecting to close my eyes in the dream amd see that and begin meditation. But I just saw another dream instead. I am an experienced lucid dreamer and practiced for many years, way before I started meditating. I usually recognize im in the dream and start the lucid dream. The part that is new for me is being able to enter it lucid, which is very.....delicate. I become very fearful because of my past experiences with sleep paralysis. So far I have managed to allow the negative thoughts to come and go during this process without grabbing onto them. But there is still alot of fear and im having to try pretty hard to stay calm while I enter the dream. Then the dream becomes a little eerie because I brought the fear with me into the dream. Anyways, when I used to lucid dream regularly I was thrill seeking. I would do things that brought me excitement. I would fly around or have sex with random guys or walk through walls, just seeking excitement. I was not wanting to do those things now. I was wanting to just keep meditating and stay mindful. So now that I cant close my eyes and meditate, I dont know what to do. If anyone has tips for overcoming the fear of entry or mindful activities for the dreams, themselves, please let me know. Thank you. Tl:dr: how do i stay calm during the entry to sleep? I can not sit down and close my eyes to meditate like I thought I'd be able to. So what mindful activities can I do once the dream begins. submitted by /u/throwuhway726 [link] [comments]

Any Suggestions for Practices That Might Help Depersonalization/Derealization Posted: 30 Mar 2021 07:55 AM PDT So about two weeks ago I had a bad high (weed) and depersonalized about five days later. I've been depersonalized ever since. I've gradually been getting a little bit better day by day, and I think part of this has to do with meditation. The problem is, though, I don't really know what I'm doing. Sometimes I'll meditate without any guidance, just doing boy scans and try to keep a clear head, while other times I'll use a video from youtube. While sometimes it provides relief, 75% of the time I end up feeling overwhelmed with tenseness and stress in my body and just quit. So essentially, what I'm looking for is some advice or suggestions on creating a meditation routine that would help my depersonalization. I'm looking for something that brings my "self" out. Depersonalization is like a leech that has swallowed my "self" completely, and I'm looking for a meditation that will help me recover that "self." I want something that will make me feel like I am a part of my environment, as right now, I feel like an alien specimen in any room I walk into. I'm not sure if anyone else has had any experience with depersonalization, but if you have, I would really like to hear how it turned out for you-- especially if you felt meditation helped in any way. Thank you all in advance. submitted by /u/heutral [link] [comments]

How do you practice objectless awareness in daily life? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 12:47 PM PDT submitted by /u/utiputigen [link] [comments]

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