Regardless of the source of the twitching during meditation, whatever you can do to relax will facilitate the release process. Spending time in natural surroundings after your hospital work is a good way to help release the stress and tension you are picking up in the cancer ward. The important thing is that you are clearing it, and not storing it. Either way, it is nothing to worry about. It’s possible that this release process is connected to the extra stress burden you have now with your hospital work, but it may also be unrelated to it. I miss my more peaceful and bliss filled meditation time but believe the healing is important work and plan to continue.ĭeepak: Twitching or other physical movements during meditation are commonplace when the body is releasing more intense conditioning or stress. I was wondering if you thought the twitching could be related to my healing work and if you might have some suggestions for other ways to help clear this energy. After my shift at the hospital I generally find that I need to go sit by a tree or something in order to help clear the energy. Coincidentally, for the past few months I have also been a volunteer Reiki specialist in the advanced cancer ward at a hospital. Question: The past few months I have been experiencing an unusual amount of “twitching” during meditation. It is a valuable process, but don’t focus on it simply return to the meditation process. Don’t give these sensations and feelings too much importance. The sense of anxiety or fear is a by-product of that clearing process. The ticklish sensation in your heart just means that some normalization is occurring there, allowing for a more full expression of your emotions. Because the mind and body are so closely connected, when the mind experiences more expansion in meditation, the body gains a deep enough state of rest to normalize any imbalances that may be stored in the body. What could this mean?ĭeepak: One can have almost any type of physical sensation during meditation in any area of the body. If I keep sitting, I just feel like my heart has opened up and I feel a part of me is very vulnerable or scared, but at the same time another part of me feels very soothed. It simultaneously makes me want to laugh but there is also sense of anxiety or fear attached to it. Question:Sometimes when I meditate I get a really ticklish sensation in my heart area. I have compiled some of the most common questions and my responses here, with the hope that it will help you in your own meditation practice. Over the years, people have sent me many questions about the physical sensations they experience during meditation. As you meditate on a regular basis, cultivating inner quiet, the time you spend in the gap during meditation will increase. Instead, you just keep returning your attention to the mantra. We don’t try to get rid of thoughts or do anything with them, for that only creates more mental turbulence.
This gentle drifting between thought and silence is a natural part of the meditation process. There are no thoughts in the gap – just pure consciousness or restful awareness, so you can only have the realization that you were in the gap once you are leaving it. When you enter the silence between thoughts, you won’t actually realize it until after you have drifted back out of the gap. If it happens a lot, you’re probably overtired and need to get more sleep at night. If you fall asleep, it’s because you were tired and needed to rest. When you notice that your attention has drifted from your mantra to a thought in your mind or to a sensation in your body, gently return your attention to the repetition of your mantra. You can be reassured that meditation is always healing and that your body takes exactly what it needs from your practice. You enter the stillness between thoughts, commonly referred to as “the gap.”.You have awareness of your mantra or the focus of your meditation.We often receive questions from participants who are curious about the sensations they experience during meditation, including everything from tingling feelings in the body and sleepiness to the desire to cry or laugh out loud.Īlthough there are a variety of sensations that you can experience during meditation, in reality, only four things can happen during meditation:
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