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by yara2b on October 4th, 2006

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Why is it whenever i try meditation i get anxiety sumptoms like breath shortness, tightness in head and lump in the throat..etc?.. i get these symptoms after the meditation. i feel wonderful during meditation?

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  • by Stableboy on October 4th, 2006

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    Without knowing what kind of meditation you're doing that's hard to answer. If you're doing something which attempts to focus on a single object and ignore everything else, then Confusedalot could be right.

    Having spent some years with pretty heavy meditation, I would recommend that you consider getting a teacher, if you don't already have one -- and focussing on mindfulness / awareness meditation rather than concentration exercises.

    In mindfulness meditation (such as vipassana or zazen), the goal is to be as aware as possible -- including body sensations, thoughts, etc. You should allow whatever is occurring to take place without interference, follow the breath, and just notice all the details of your experience.

    You should find the anxiety occurring *during* the meditation, not afterward. I'm suspicious of the fact that you feel wonderful during meditation: it sounds like you're actually blocking out your experience rather than opening up to it. Only allowing yourself to be fully in touch with your experience will have real long term benefits.

    But that means you'll have plenty of unpleasant experiences while meditating: its the mind "processing" the normally suppressed memories, feelings, and thoughts. That processing does eventually leave you feeling much better, but only *after* the pain is allowed to take its normal course. Our habitual avoidance of that kind of pain is what keeps us asleep.

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  • by Confusedalot on October 4th, 2006

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    I guess thats's the tension in your body and mind fighting back after being ignored during meditation.. Perhaps you have to find out what's causing the tension. Maybe you already know but it sounds like something big which is lurking in your subconcious. Try natural healing or hynotherapy to identify what it is.

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  • by manyowls on May 23rd, 2011

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    read up on chakras.

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