Meditation: Tip: a small spine adjustment can help troubleshoot focus problems |
- Tip: a small spine adjustment can help troubleshoot focus problems
- 31 consecutive days of meditation: here's what I've learnt.
- Used mindfulness that I learned while meditating to navigate a tough conversation.
- The MOST IMPORTANT meditation technique is.....
- i’m changing my life
- My sister said it seems like I’m meditating at whatever task I’m doing.
- Your mind and body is like a hotel
- Focus point during breath meditation
- Meditation (both mindfulness and hypnosis), is helping me overcome severe depression and anxiety.
- Can you give yourself permission to forget?
- Questions about tension
- Has meditation resulted in a shift in your ordinary consciousness or identity?
- Trouble with Posture and Focus
- Emptiness is an illusion
- Psychotherapist freezes during panic
- Meditating in a noisy environment??
- I cannot grasp how people meditate 16 hours a day on retreat
- If Meditation is all about focussing on in-out breath. I feel that i am able to focus on in and out breath but still somewhere in the corner of my brain, i am also thinking perhaps 10% of my brain is still busy thinking. How can i avoid that and just 100% focus on breath aka "get into the zone"??
- Is there a specific type of meditation for reducing default mode network/intense anxiety/panic
- Do guided meditations work as silent meditation? I want to be consistent and have benefits in the long term
- Can someone please help me understand what is going on with my body ?
- This is probably the best and most helpful resource of all that I’ve found for learning meditation.
- How do you find a meditation teacher?
- So, I've now built a habit of meditation every day, but I don't know if built it because it works or because I'm scared of i stop the "benefits" will go away.
- Do you use Tibetan singing bowls?
| Tip: a small spine adjustment can help troubleshoot focus problems Posted: 06 Apr 2021 09:04 AM PDT I learned this tip a while back and it's helped me so much! Your head weighs like 8 pounds and moving it can have a huge effect on your whole spine and thus your mind too. I figured it could help you guys too, and I would love to hear if anyone has other lil posture adjustments for meditation. Here it goes: - If you are feeling sleepy, unfocused, daydreamy, or zoned out: lift your chin up just a bit. - If you are feeling tense, anxious, keep getting carried away with a train of thought: tuck your chin down a bit. Seems simple, makes a huge difference! [link] [comments] |
| 31 consecutive days of meditation: here's what I've learnt. Posted: 06 Apr 2021 03:42 PM PDT To start with, I'd like to clarify this post isn't to feed my ego or set expectations for anyone else; generally I'd like to establish some conversations, discuss tips, and thank the sub for its continued motivations. So, meditation. I've tried in the past but never stuck to it. But since watching the Headspace show on Netflix, I figured I'll give guided another shot as it contextualises many techniques. Since then, I've been using the packs, Basics currently, to establish a routine and meditate every evening for 10 minutes. Here's what I've learnt: Some sessions concentration comes more naturally, other times it feels frustrating and distanced. I hope for this to improve over time. I've picked up a voice in my head, one that narrates my mindset, or how I practise a session. It always is translating image or actions into mental subtitles. I still "think" rather than "notice. And this thinking comes hand in hand with my internal monologue. When body scanning, my eyes physically reposition depending on where I'm scanning. My eyes are closed too. Sometimes I fall asleep. I don't fight the sensation, I go with it. I like to think it's because my body is so relaxed that the learned reaction is to sleep. Some days I'm more anxious than others. The anxiety of which comes from projections and predictions of the future, of which I occasionally pick up on and try to centre myself in the present. This is the key to levelling with my anxiety. Thanks to everyone for reading, and to all the positive, personal stories I've read this past weeks. Any comments are appreciated, and I'll look forward to when my two month transition passes. [link] [comments] |
| Used mindfulness that I learned while meditating to navigate a tough conversation. Posted: 06 Apr 2021 09:51 PM PDT I had a tough conversation today that I had no way to prepare for and also had no advance notice it was coming. Instead of reacting with overworked emotions like I normally do, I used mindfulness that I learned during meditation to help me navigate it. Overall what I learned helped me get all of my feelings out without getting overly defensive. It's the first time meditation practice had a positive impact on everyday events. [link] [comments] |
| The MOST IMPORTANT meditation technique is..... Posted: 06 Apr 2021 06:13 AM PDT No technique! : ) What I've found is that it doesn't really matter what one you practise. The most important thing is your heart and what you do with it. I've found that the more I just SURRENDER all my mental and emotional attachments, cares and concerns (to my version of God) the deeper and deeper I go. It literally is not about clever techniques but actually just releasing your interest in the world for a few mins. Even my breathing comes under control. Maybe on another post I'll talk about what I've actually felt.. but yea, the most important technique is SURRENDERING.... I guess that ALSO means if you cannot let go then techniques can only help you to a certain degree. [link] [comments] |
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| My sister said it seems like I’m meditating at whatever task I’m doing. Posted: 07 Apr 2021 01:01 AM PDT I struggle with feeling the time, I cannot sense it at all. I'm very slow, I can cook and wash the dishes for hours while falling into some sort of dreamland state. My sister saw it from the side and said it looks like I'm meditating but I think I'm just very floating. Yes, the feeling is like floating. What can I do? [link] [comments] |
| Your mind and body is like a hotel Posted: 06 Apr 2021 06:55 PM PDT In your mind, you have all kinds of visitors. You have a monk, Satan, a thief, a lawyer, a woman, a man, etc. You become whatever you think to identify yourself with. Something cannot come from nothing, it just needs the right conditions. And once you decided that you are a certain thing, you limited yourself to that role. You act out from that point of view. But your true self is the one who watches everything (in fact, there is no self). As a watcher (not really a watcher, just use it to explain logically), you become too emerge to the flow of thinking that you think it is you. For instance, when anger comes, it acts out a certain way, and you see it, you start to think you are the anger. As we grew up, we got more attached to the body, and we think it is our body. But it is just the makeup of the 6 elements: space, the knowing, earth( hard stuff like bones, tissues, etc), water, wind (oxygen), and fire (heat). Everything (living) is pretty much made of these things but in different amounts. The water in your body is not yours. It is no different than the water outside your body. And once it dies, you think you die. You become depressed. You might lose your memory, your knowledge, etc. But none of that is yours, you just borrow them (they are illusions anyway). Again, how can something come from nothing? We were never born and we will ever die. Most of us just start to play another role and got to emerged to it. Then you might ask, who you really are if you are not the body. You are the being. You have no identity. You change in every moment ( assuming time exists). If you identify an object as a tree, in this moment, it might be make-up of these certain water elements, cells, etc. But a minute late, it is not make-up of those same particles. It creates an illusion that you think it is still the same tree. Everything changes. Your thoughts, feelings, identity are changing as well. Now, in terms of meditation, when anger comes, you don't resist it. Even if Satan comes, and you don't resist him, you identify yourself as someone who is good. But still, you got too emerged that you start to act from the view of a good person. You are limiting your power by doing this. If that good person got hurt, you think you got hurt, and become depressed. The right thing is to watch, without getting attached to it. Just like watching a movie, don't start to think that you the main character. [link] [comments] |
| Focus point during breath meditation Posted: 06 Apr 2021 11:55 PM PDT Hello! While following your breath, where do you tend to focus? Around your nose as the breath goes in and out or on the rise and fall of your chest? I know this sounds kind of silly, but lately i have been shifting between the two a lot while meditating. While it is generally easier to track your breath by focusing on your chest, I tend to get lost in thoughts without even realising. Would really appreciate your suggestions. [link] [comments] |
| Meditation (both mindfulness and hypnosis), is helping me overcome severe depression and anxiety. Posted: 06 Apr 2021 07:21 AM PDT Hi guys - I suffer from severe depression, CPTSD and anxiety (both generalised and social), am recovering from psychosis (very traumatising) and have recently left a 7 yr toxic relationship. I have been meditating on and off for a cple yrs now, but only recently have been really taking it seriously. I just did simple chakra cleanses, not understanding it really. So for the past six months, I have been studying and practicing mindfulness meditation and hypnosis, as well as dabbling in astral projection and prana breath work. It is a life saver. It feels like these practices are slowly re wiring my brain. I am triggered less. I get angry less. I am not as sad. My anxiety is not as severe (barely experience heart pulpitations anymore). Also, I have always had vivid dreams, but now they are on the verge of being lucid. My concentration has improved. Im getting back to me. I would love to hear your experiences with mindfulness, meditation, astral projection, yoga, prayer and anything spiritual that has helped you along your lifes journey :) Oh and I cant stress enough the importance of nutrition! It helps :P [link] [comments] |
| Can you give yourself permission to forget? Posted: 06 Apr 2021 08:47 PM PDT When I first started meditating I had this impression that it was about getting the mind to change in some way against its will. This isn't said explicitly in most meditation guides I've seen, but it is a kind of background ethos in meditation: you must surrender your will, you must let go, try to clear your mind, pay attention to this or that But I think the real breakthrough for me was realizing meditation is a conscious choice you make. It's not a methodical practice that chips away at some barrier or a fundamental transformation of the way the mind works. When I sit down now, or even when I'm not but I want to put some meditative effort in, all I do is give myself permission to forget about protecting myself. Stress comes from the desire to be safe. It's a tension that comes directly from vigilance. You are watching for problems and trying to protect yourself. When you make the conscious choice to forget about protecting anything, it feels very wrong, like you're being reckless and abandoning your responsibilities. This sense of wrongness is the only thing between your current state of mind and perfect bliss. It can even invade meditation itself, "I have to meditate better/harder/faster/stronger in order to escape these horrible feelings I have!" This means all of our stress is a choice we've made. We create it to remind ourselves to do this or that in order to stay safe. We are more afraid of being exposed to the world without protective walls than the horrible feelings our fears create. Removing those walls is not about force, it's about giving up on your perception of safety in exchange for perfect contentment. You can work out logically that you'll be perfectly safe forgetting all your problems for the next 30 minutes, but you'll never actually forget until you give yourself this permission. You can try as hard as you want to focus on your breathing or recite a mantra, but without this willingness to recklessly abandon your own protection, thoughts will continue to arise like the emergencies you think they are. It's the feeling you get when you finish a horror movie and have to go down to the basement to get your frozen dinner. You know there's no one down there, but that doesn't change how you feel. You have to decide you know better than your own instincts. Once you're on the other side, you'll laugh at your own fear and wonder why you spent so much time holding on to it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2021 01:49 AM PDT If all we can be is aware, and appreciate the 'ah-a' moments, then what is this physical tension? Where is it coming from? What is controlling it? I can see my goals of meditation - the intention to release tension when it arises and return to the breath when I lose track of it. To let go. To just be. But this physical tension is my current default state. I am more aware of it than ever, and it is gradually releasing. But what is the tension? What is the benefit of it? Is that something that can be answered? Or is it a continual journey of just noticing and releasing - both on and off the cushion? [link] [comments] |
| Has meditation resulted in a shift in your ordinary consciousness or identity? Posted: 06 Apr 2021 11:55 AM PDT Has meditation resulted in a shift in your ordinary consciousness or identity? I'm trying to find words for some of the changes it brings about, which is difficult, because a lot of it is nonverbal. I think one way to put it is that I feel less "separation" from my field of consciousness. I feel like a sound coming from the external world is as much part of my mind as a sound coming from inside my own head. That's just one. What changes have you noticed? [link] [comments] |
| Trouble with Posture and Focus Posted: 06 Apr 2021 02:14 PM PDT Hi everyone! I have been trying to do meditation more in a sitting up right position. I used to do it laying down and I often have problems with remaining focused. So I have two things that I want to address. The first one being that I have neck and back problems mostly attributed to having very bad posture. This makes it difficult for me to sit normally without my whole neck and shoulders slouching forward. I try my best when meditating to sit up straight, but this causes me pain in my back and neck from the strain of sitting up straight and makes it harder to focus on meditating. Anyone have any suggestions that may help alleviate this or is there another way I should try sitting? My second question is regarding my focus in a different way. I've been finding that it's a lot easier for me to clear my head and stay in the present moment if I keep my eyes open while meditating. But, I don't know if this technique is recommended or if I'm just stunting my own progress by doing this. I just find that it helps me stay in a grounded, present headspace if I am able to just sit in one spot with my eyes open just staring forward blankly. Any thoughts or suggestions here? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Apr 2021 07:19 PM PDT When you can perceive something with your senses, you think it is empty. But in fact, it is always empty of a certain thing but full of others. A cup is empty of water but full of air. The black hole is empty of light but full of voidness. Nothing can be empty. But also, even when there is full water in the cup, the cup is also full of air (you just can't perceive it). Air can't come from anything. It is always there. It just needs the right condition. Just because it is in a cup, doesn't mean it is disconnected from everything else. Same thing with your sense of body. Similarly, you always say you are lack love, happiness, etc. But it is always there, you just can't perceive it. There is no need to seek it. [link] [comments] |
| Psychotherapist freezes during panic Posted: 07 Apr 2021 02:46 AM PDT |
| Meditating in a noisy environment?? Posted: 06 Apr 2021 06:58 PM PDT Is it possible to meditate in a noisy environment? I have two roommates. Its hard to keep it slience here [link] [comments] |
| I cannot grasp how people meditate 16 hours a day on retreat Posted: 07 Apr 2021 02:12 AM PDT I once ran for twelve hours. 16 hours of sitting seems infinitely harder. Clearly people are experiencing something entirely different to me. What's the difference? [link] [comments] |
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| Is there a specific type of meditation for reducing default mode network/intense anxiety/panic Posted: 06 Apr 2021 03:40 PM PDT My biggest 'problem' in life is my nonstop rumination and self awareness. I generally just do objectless meditation since it is really the only thing I can do (cannot focus on one specific object), and a fair amount of the time my mind does quiet down. But it's also very difficult at times since it basically allows the network to go crazy and at certain points it's too intense, I just have to stop completely and go distract myself. And I don't sit down with the goal of calming my mind down or reducing activity (thus would make me panic if unable to), it's moreso that my mind is just too intense at times to meditate at all and I'm at a loss of what to do. I'm looking for something either that is more active (if such a thing exists), or something that specifically works best to reduce default mode network activity (even if it does mean sitting with the whirlwind in my head). I probably didn't explain perfectly so if you have questions please ask. [link] [comments] |
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| Can someone please help me understand what is going on with my body ? Posted: 06 Apr 2021 12:04 PM PDT I've started doing this meditation lately and my body has been having an incredible reaction to it but I don't understand what is going on. I call it my letting to meditation. I start laying on my bed and let my body go completely limp. I say to myself let go of the past, let go of the future and let go of this moment. I go through this mental shift with each one of those statements. And I sort of just am existing in that moment. Then I just keep trying to release more and more control. Then I have figured out a way to sort of... release my body. I don't know how to explain it. But I feel waves of pleasure that are accompanied by my body shaking/vibrating slightly. It's definitely something I am doing because I can keep making it happen. But the pleasure and the experience is pretty intense it's nothing I've ever experienced before with mediation. So much so that I'll sit up after vibrating and have to stop and audibly ask "what was that!?" Any help would be appreciated. I'm playing with the idea of the body releasing trauma ? But I have no idea. [link] [comments] |
| This is probably the best and most helpful resource of all that I’ve found for learning meditation. Posted: 05 Apr 2021 12:03 PM PDT Sam Harris' waking up app is the method of learning to meditate that has resonated with me the most by far. The way he speaks about it really eliminates a lot of the mysticism that is often attributed to it and makes it feel really practical and grounded. I recommend this app to anyone who wants to meditate but has struggles to see any benefits, or understand what to do or why we do it. Furthermore, this app is free. But it seemed to me at first that all the great content requires a premium subscription which costs a lot of money. Until I discovered that a free premium membership is offered no questions asked! You can get the premium content here for free: https://app.wakingup.com/request-free-account This is a game changer. It's not paid promotion or anything like that, I'm just getting on pretty well with the app and I think it could help some people out. Good luck to everyone.. [link] [comments] |
| How do you find a meditation teacher? Posted: 06 Apr 2021 10:38 PM PDT I've been meditating for a number of years, but recently decided that I would benefit from having a meditation teacher. So far, I've mostly practiced in the Tibetan traditions, but am also open to aspects of other paths—but more than anything, I'd like to find an instructor who is committed to truth. I live close to Atlanta, Georgia, which seems like a big enough city to find somebody, but I have no idea where to start. How does one begin finding a meditation teacher? Just googling "Atlanta meditation teacher" does not feel like a reliable way to go for a number of reasons. Any help is incredibly appreciated. [link] [comments] |
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