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**lizadax** · 07-26-2010, 03:15 PM

The pain was 9 out of ten...like pains of childbirth..the tears flowed with pain and I had waves of heat and then cold.
This pain when sitting lasted for five days. 4am to 10pm

The teacher instructed me to sit longer...1 and a half hours at a time instead of one. but it was relentless.
It would leave only when I stood up ...but three minutes into each sit it was back. I was exhausted.

That sounds absolutely ridiculous to me! Why would anyone be expected to go through so much pain!

When I first learned meditation it was at 1 hr sessions where it was ok to move ones leg position if one got cramps and also ok for people with physical problems to sit in straight-backed chairs.

After that I was told by another teacher to just do 5 to 10 minutes twice daily by myself to begin with. That worked out well because I gradually extended the sessions as I became familiar with doing the meditation. No pain and punishment necessary !

07-26-2010, 03:15 PM	#13
lizadax Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 394 Senior Member	The pain was 9 out of ten...like pains of childbirth..the tears flowed with pain and I had waves of heat and then cold. This pain when sitting lasted for five days. 4am to 10pm The teacher instructed me to sit longer...1 and a half hours at a time instead of one. but it was relentless. It would leave only when I stood up ...but three minutes into each sit it was back. I was exhausted. That sounds absolutely ridiculous to me! Why would anyone be expected to go through so much pain! When I first learned meditation it was at 1 hr sessions where it was ok to move ones leg position if one got cramps and also ok for people with physical problems to sit in straight-backed chairs. After that I was told by another teacher to just do 5 to 10 minutes twice daily by myself to begin with. That worked out well because I gradually extended the sessions as I became familiar with doing the meditation. No pain and punishment necessary !
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