how to stay awake during meditation?
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 3:30 am
tips? tricks? ideas? experience? anything helps
i do anapanasati.
i do anapanasati.
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Depending on how long you sit and how far into the session - My trick has been to just go to sleep. I hardly sleep for more than 10 minutes anyway and it's not very deep and once I snap out of it, Imy mind is refreshed and relaxed, just the ticket for meditation really. It's a quick way of dealing with the drowsiness that can otherwise last an entire session.Frank wrote:tips? tricks? ideas? experience? anything helps
i do anapanasati.
Nemo wrote:Open your eyes and look slightly upwards.
If it is cold don't wrap up your upper body. Only your legs.
Anders Honore wrote:Depending on how long you sit and how far into the session - My trick has been to just go to sleep. I hardly sleep for more than 10 minutes anyway and it's not very deep and once I snap out of it, Imy mind is refreshed and relaxed, just the ticket for meditation really. It's a quick way of dealing with the drowsiness that can otherwise last an entire session.Frank wrote:tips? tricks? ideas? experience? anything helps
i do anapanasati.
If I can actually sleep through an entire session it's because I am dead tired and probably need the sleep more than the meditation.
dakini_boi wrote:Nemo wrote:Open your eyes and look slightly upwards.
If it is cold don't wrap up your upper body. Only your legs.
Yes. Also, you can bring your focus to your third eye/crown chakra. You can breathe through there. - experience, especially the breath coming through nose and invigorating third eye area (between eyebrows)
Lotus. Both half and full.Frank wrote:Anders Honore wrote:Depending on how long you sit and how far into the session - My trick has been to just go to sleep. I hardly sleep for more than 10 minutes anyway and it's not very deep and once I snap out of it, Imy mind is refreshed and relaxed, just the ticket for meditation really. It's a quick way of dealing with the drowsiness that can otherwise last an entire session.Frank wrote:tips? tricks? ideas? experience? anything helps
i do anapanasati.
If I can actually sleep through an entire session it's because I am dead tired and probably need the sleep more than the meditation.
i'm intrigued. what posture(s) do you use?
how the hey now do you fall asleep in lotus or half? i mean i doze, but can't actually snooze.Anders Honore wrote:
Lotus. Both half and full.
People in three year retreat sleep like that for 3 years 3 months and 3 days in one of these... Not necessary full lotus but crosslegged sitting uprightFrank wrote:how the hey now do you fall asleep in lotus or half? i mean i doze, but can't actually snooze.Anders Honore wrote:
Lotus. Both half and full.
Well, Tibetan meditation also makes use of third eye/crown chakra. Especially focusing there when there is sleepiness. I thought using the breath in this way, into the chakra, would help to integrate your anapanasati with the awareness of the chakra. So it's just a slight change from what you're doing.Frank wrote:dakini_boi wrote:Nemo wrote:Open your eyes and look slightly upwards.
If it is cold don't wrap up your upper body. Only your legs.
Yes. Also, you can bring your focus to your third eye/crown chakra. You can breathe through there. - experience, especially the breath coming through nose and invigorating third eye area (between eyebrows)
i love hindu meditation techniques! or is this tibetan? either way, always interesting stuff! thanks!
awesome, thanks!dakini_boi wrote:
Well, Tibetan meditation also makes use of third eye/crown chakra. Especially focusing there when there is sleepiness. I thought using the breath in this way, into the chakra, would help to integrate your anapanasati with the awareness of the chakra. So it's just a slight change from what you're doing.
Well, the lotus is stable enough for it. All that happens is that your upper body starts to rock gently back and forth. I think it may be a question of how relaxed (and therefore stable) your lotus posture is. If your muscles aren't already fully relaxed, going to sleep where they do relax might mean that your legs start shifting or sliding, which would make tend to wake you up.Frank wrote:how the hey now do you fall asleep in lotus or half? i mean i doze, but can't actually snooze.Anders Honore wrote:
Lotus. Both half and full.
The more you meditate the stronger your clarity will become, the strength of your awareness will increase. If you can, try being mindful throughout the day in all activities, remain relaxed but keep a sharp attention, try not to day dream... act like you're driving a car and have to remain aware of all that's going on around you. This will cultivate your mind's clarity, in time when you go to sit your stream of awareness will be unerring and unassailable, the dullness that causes you to tire won't be an issue.Frank wrote: how the hey now do you fall asleep in lotus or half? i mean i doze, but can't actually snooze.
Well, here is what I find works pretty well.Frank wrote:tips? tricks? ideas? experience? anything helps
i do anapanasati.
oh okay, i get it.Anders wrote:Well, the lotus is stable enough for it. All that happens is that your upper body starts to rock gently back and forth. I think it may be a question of how relaxed (and therefore stable) your lotus posture is. If your muscles aren't already fully relaxed, going to sleep where they do relax might mean that your legs start shifting or sliding, which would make tend to wake you up.Frank wrote:how the hey now do you fall asleep in lotus or half? i mean i doze, but can't actually snooze.Anders Honore wrote:
Lotus. Both half and full.
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