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 How do I finish my meditation sessions gently?Moderators: Moderators Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1 [25 messages per page] | View previous thread :: View next thread |
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Member Posts: 26  | What I do when finishing my meditation is: 1. Wait for about two minutes before opening my eyes, and while waiting I tense and relax my body, part by part. 2. I slowly get up from seiza (a way of sitting on the floor, I use a bench) and lay down on the floor or bed. 3. While lying down I do some gentle movements with my arms and feet. 4. After a few minutes I sit up and massage my neck, shoulder, and head. This wake them up, and releases possible tension. My finishing takes about ten minutes. Despite this, I often feel a rush of blood to parts of my body, specially the head. This makes me a bit dizzy, and is not a good experience after a pleasant meditation. Is it bad, or unhealthy to get these rushes of blood every day? Do you have any suggestions how to finish more gently? Oz, you have already given me some great feedback on this. I would like to see what others have to say also  Here is what you wrote before: Oz1 - 2009-04-15 8:26 PM Finishing your meditation: A great way is to direct your awareness at your body. Feel your relaxation for a minute, how heavy your are against the chair/floor. Then do a couple of gentle muscle contractions of your calves or your fists, and sense how they are waking up, and how they relax when you let go of the tension. The tense-relax is a component of progressive relaxation, which is nice to use during meditation if you feel tense - there's a script on my website. I sometimes use it during my meditation, especially in the beginning, because my days tend to be hectic and I want to calm my mind through my body. Mind-body feedback. Personally, I like to finish my meditation by looking out the window for a minute and see the trees, perhaps a bird, the people or whatever is out there, look at my family photos, and just smile and wish them all well. It makes me want to be amongst them and not just meditate all day! Edited by Nidlo 2009-05-09 9:17 AM | ||
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Member Posts: 26 | Thanks both of you, for great answers jimg - 2009-05-11 2:15 AM Exactly when do you feel the blood rush and dizzyness? When I start to move parts of my body, or change position, directly after the meditation is done. It feels like the blood is being pressed out in my veins, at high speed. My heart rate go up, almost like when you are working out, and goes back to normal after maybe 15 heart beats. I think I need to change my routine and get my body back to normal slower. I have noticed that when I take it slower after the session, I don't feel the same blood rush. It would suprise me if something is wrong with my blood pressure. Thanks for your concern! CarsonZi - 2009-05-11 7:25 PM What style of meditation are you practicing? I'm not really practicing any particular style. I'm inspired by different ones One negative thing about meditating by yourself is that you have noone to guide you. It works fine for me, but it's harder to find answers to questions like this. Interesting, Carson, that you seem to give the body what it needs after the meditation. For example sleep for two hours as you mentioned. I've never looked at it this way. I would fear falling asleep after my meditation. Maybe I should listen more to what my body needs. If my body tells me to rest after meditation, maybe I should let it. I will try to find a good routine where rest is included. It's always easier when you know what you are going to do, and why. The hard part is that if I stay in my seiza to rest, I will probably get the blood rush after the rest, since I haven't moved. On the other hand, if I lay down directly after, I get the rush of blood. Maybe I should stay in my seiza, while slowly getting my body back to normal. I think this will take some trying and practice! | ||
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Member Posts: 26 | CarsonZi - 2009-05-13 8:56 PM I think you have a good handle on things. You can always hope  So it's not normal to feel a blood rush after your meditation? If you would lay down directly after, or sit down at a bed, would you not get a blood rush? Maybe I should check it out... just in case. Much love, my friend! | ||
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