Meditation is a wonderful practice to ground yourself, go within & heal your physical or emotional body. It has been used for centuries to provide a range of benefits, such as reducing stress and anxiety, improving focus and concentration, increasing self-awareness, promoting emotional well-being, and improving overall health. Regular meditation practice can also help promote a sense of inner peace and calm.
Meditation has been shown to activate the parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for promoting relaxation and restoration in the body - Usually after your fight or flight mode has been triggered, the purpose is to return you back to your natural homeostasis. This can lead to a decrease in heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol levels, which in turn can help you feel calmer and more relaxed.
However, some people experience what is known as "meditation sickness".
Meditation sickness can affect anyone, at any time in their meditation practice, but it's most likely to happen either when you begin a new consistent practice, or increase the time/focus/intensity of your meditation.
We live in a society that is designed to keep us feeling stressed out and/or depressed, and so, it makes it much more difficult to return to homeostasis and be completely free of stressors, even if they only happen to be minor, so unfortunately we are all susceptible to experiencing meditation sickness, and even more likely if you haven't completely removed the stress from your energetic body.
Symptoms typically include feeling nauseous, dizzy, or slower breathing/heart rate. And in extreme cases (usually when you continuously push past your limits) some people can experience depression, delusions, dissociation & physical pain or in extreme cases, psychotic breaks.
If you experience sickness during meditation, the first thing you should do is rule out any underlying medical issues. Once you've done that, you have to use your discernment because your body needs to heal and release the stress so you can return to your natural vibration, but pushing too much can lead to your symptoms getting worse, so it's important to continue your practice but use moderation so that you aren't overdoing it. Maybe try meditating for less time, intermittently, or just breathing deeply through it knowing that once you return to homeostasis and essentially heal your stress levels, meditation will feel normal again and you will be restored will a new feeling of calm and inner peace. You just have to be autonomous enough to know when it's time to stop.
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