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tingling when meditating
I'm learning Buddhist meditation, and although I've been interested in Buddhism for years, I'm not religiously inclined, so I recently found a course for non-buddhists.
Anyway, I find if I do any body-focused meditation, e.g. body of light or focusing on that point below the heart (sorry can't remember what it's called), I very quickly find that I start to get tingling/prickling sensations which can last for a couple of hours. It's not usually unpleasant, but I am interested to find out how common this was, and whether I should be trying to stop it.
I know I should probably ask in the class, but I'm a bit shy about it.
I'm a little divorced from my body, I tend to live inside my own head, so I was wondering if it was just due to the fact I have to focus on my physicality in some way as the object of these meditations that brings all these sensations out.
Sorry if this doesn't make any sense.
Anyway, I find if I do any body-focused meditation, e.g. body of light or focusing on that point below the heart (sorry can't remember what it's called), I very quickly find that I start to get tingling/prickling sensations which can last for a couple of hours. It's not usually unpleasant, but I am interested to find out how common this was, and whether I should be trying to stop it.
I know I should probably ask in the class, but I'm a bit shy about it.
I'm a little divorced from my body, I tend to live inside my own head, so I was wondering if it was just due to the fact I have to focus on my physicality in some way as the object of these meditations that brings all these sensations out.
Sorry if this doesn't make any sense.
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I think that it would be helpful to push away the shyness and ask your teacher this question. It also never hurts to see a doctor, to make sure it is nothing physical either.
It is difficult to answer, because I'm not clear on the method of meditation you are learning. Sometimes sensation's and things may occur during meditation, but in my experience, most physical sensations usually cease once you stop practicing.
M
This happens due to your consciousness mind & a nervous system throughout your body.
Not any more.
Yes it is.
It makes perfect sense and is simply natural.
Be at ease. Enjoy your learning.
Kind regards
DD
The more one meditates, the more the tensions within come to the surface into conscious awareness. In coming into conscious awareness, these tensions also dissolve by nature.
Trust in mind.
Kind regards
But all, the best and I hope all is well, as I'm sure it is.
I think it might be this... - http://www.shinzen.org/shinsub3/artIcky.htm
Thanks for the link, it's rather useful.
I'm sorry I missed this post. I'm attending an NKT meditation class, and these were meditations on the nature of mind not the body, but they did involve being aware of or within your body.
It's not easy to concentrate when your body won't cooperate, but it CAN be done if you don't get hung up on the bodily sensations, and by this I mean, to feel them, acknowledge them, and then let them pass, instead of dwelling on them and commenting/narrating them.
Both your body and mind are in constant flux and if you stick to focusing on the breath and intend to stay present, even with all the distractions going on, you'll reach a point where the distractions don't seem to "matter" all that much anymore. Where they lose their weight and importance.
Trying to "stop" it, won't be of any help either, it will just give the sensations more power and divert your focus while taking you away from the present moment.