[aideriimibion]

I know there have probably been many questions asked about meditation, so please excuse me if I am doubling up. When I meditate I generally manage to get myself into a peaceful trance like state, I feel my whole body tingling and vibrating and often get words or ideas come to me. The issue that I have is instead of feeling blissful and invigorated by this process, I generally come out of the meditation feeling like I want to go to sleep. Is this normal? Does anyone else experience this?

Cherie

[Fausqueuego]

Meditation is a difficult thing to do
I have had a runny nose, yawning
Feeling sleepy and light headed
The mind racing from one thing to another

I would put them down to distractions
If you stick at meditation long enough
All these distractions will just slip away
They are like your body fighting the peace

In time you can retrain your body/mind
And the peace you seek arrives at your door
When it does arrive it really is a revelation
Slipping into to a meditation with distractions

[gariharlj]

Try only doing your meditation when you get up in the morning. Shower and then take time to do your meditation. Sitting upright in a chair. Feet flat on the floor.

Also remember after your meditation to ground your energy. You pick up and increase your energy when you meditate, this may be causing issues for you.

http://mediumlauraevans.podomatic.co...12_41_51-08_00

This is an audio version of how to ground.

[Frodogzzz]

Thank you both for your ideas.
It doesn't matter what time of day, or how tired or awake I am before I meditate, I seem to end up feeling shattered afterwards, like I just want to go to bed and sleep for hours. Hermit, I have wondered if it it an egoic distraction, my minds way of trying to put me off meditating.

Cherie

[budumol]

I have the same problem,after finishing the meditation eat some fruits .. always makes me happy and dont feel sleepy no more.

[anxpuna]

Cryin, do you think that meditation is somehow affecting your sugar levels?

Cherie

[kjanyeaz1]

You may find that the problem is that you don't ground yourself after meditation. When you meditate, you change your vibrational level, and if you don't ground afterwards, you may find yourself feeling "out-of-sync."

Eating, hugging someone, going for a walk, or even going outside into the fresh air and literally touching the ground, can bring you back into sync with the physical realm.

[rootoronpunty]

That makes sense, thank you Blue Tiger. I feel myself vibrating much faster and literally pulsating when I meditate. And I do feel "out of synch" afterwards. But why would that make me feel so shattered?


Cherie

[viagracheapest]

It's almost like being 'stuck between realms.'

You've changed your vibrational level in order to calm your mind and access higher realms, but your body remains in the normal realm. When you 'come back' your mind and your body are not synced up. The vibrational level of your mind just doesn't mesh with the vibrational level of your physical self, which leaves you feeling 'split' and what I call 'vague.'

I hate feeling 'vague.' It's like I'm not really in my body, but just going through the motions of living. Once or twice I've tried driving home after a session when I was feeling 'vague' and I was so distant from the world that I'm amazed I didn't collide with another car.

The act of doing something physical, like eating or exercising, brings you mentally back into your body and helps you 'sync up your parts' so that you don't feel shattered any longer.

[urbalatte]

I see that makes sense. Thank you. I hate that vague feeling too, kind of disorientated. I feel like that a lot at the moment even when I don't meditate. I know there are changes happening with me spiritually, I just wish I know where I am headed with it. I feel like there is movement, but I feel lost too. I spend a lot of the time at the moment feeling disorientated. My guide tells me that it is positive change and that we are moving forward, so I just keep having faith.

Cherie

[Olphander]

That's why I postd the audio on grounding. It's terribly important to do.

[WoCTrt0X]

I see that makes sense. Thank you. I hate that vague feeling too, kind of disorientated. I feel like that a lot at the moment even when I don't meditate. I know there are changes happening with me spiritually, I just wish I know where I am headed with it. I feel like there is movement, but I feel lost too. I spend a lot of the time at the moment feeling disorientated. My guide tells me that it is positive change and that we are moving forward, so I just keep having faith.

Cherie

I know how you feel a lot of times when I meditate in the afternoon I will just fall asleep and then its almost impossible for me to wake up. It like my eyes become so heavy I can't open them. I like to meditate right before bed so I dont miss half the day. If there is a time when I dont fall asleep I like to do a call back energy meditation. I just imagine a big sun right above my head and ask back for all my energy i have giving out through the day and then once its full it melts from my crown to my toes. I feel a lot better after I do this. I have been meditating and studding spirituality for about 4 years now. I feel like I am just at the beginning. Sometime I feel like I am not growing but then I think about my thoughts, attitude, and lessons I have learned, and at that moment I am becoming the person I always new I was. Letting my heart lead the way and allowing my ego to take the back seat. We are growing everyday just taking tiny steps to clear the way.