Meditation

[krystalice2000]

Hello, everyone.  I have a question for all of you that would be willing to answer.  When you all meditate, how do you keep from falling asleep?  Apparently my body has decided that any time my mind is clear its time for me to sleep so I was trying to figure out how I could avoid falling asleep when I try to meditate.  Any suggestions would be

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[poorwendy]

It's possible that your body needed the rest. :) Maybe just enjoy the nap, and then try again later.

Otherwise, there are other kinds of meditation. Try taking a walk, with the same kind of mind clearing emphasis. Then once your mind is trained into it you can try going deeper.

[freesprouts]

Practice or different technique for meditation.

[vegdumpling]

i probably use meditation more to calm myself down in order to go to sleep than i do for actual spiritual things. i read somewhere that when you get to a certain point in meditation, your body sometimes decides it's naptime because that's what you actually need.

where do you meditate? maybe you associate sleep with that place. i know that when i don't want to fall asleep during meditation i have to sit in a chair instead of lying down or do a moving meditation like an "earth walk" type of thing.

do you do more purposeful meditations or do you just empty your mind and let your thoughts float by? maybe if you tried guided meditations. it sounds silly to do by yourself but i have a little tape recorder that i picked up at the drugstore and i make them for myself, so that can be a really simple and easy way to keep yourself focused enough you don't just drift off to sleep. or like i mentioned earlier, moving meditations like take a walk outside and try to connect with the season or nature or whatever.

[dealeonessa]

That's exactly what I was going to say! ;)

[dealeonessa]

Me too, lol.