Heavy Shaking During Meditation

[Max_V]

Hi friends,

I've noticed my body shaking heavy  after I hit the around the 40 minute mark during my meditation.

I'm not really interested in getting rid of it , but I was wondering if there is a specific cause to this.

On a side note, it doesn't matter how comfortable I sit. Even when I'm in a very pleasant armchair instead of sitting on the floor, there is still heavy shaking.

 

Edited August 31, 2017 by Max_V
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[cirkussmile]

That's normal. People can go crazy with meditation.

Any way, just stay conscious about it. Explore it. Because, you already know this, it is temporary.

<3

[Azrael]

8 hours ago, Max_V said:

I've noticed my body shaking heavy  after I hit the around the 40 minute mark during my meditation.

When you start with meditation your nervous system is just from an energetic perspective like a music festival. A lot of stuff happening, a lot of shit in the system, crazy people, etc. Then when you try to sit and do nothing it's like you shut off the music and all the hippies go crazy because they can't party no more. Some people will go shortly after it and some other will stay and protest. It's the same with your nervous system. It takes some good time 'till the last hippie is gone and the festival is completely empty and everything that remains is the still, beautiful nature on that the festival was actually hosted.

Btw., I'm a big festival fan myself. We go party hard in the summer here in Germany. But this analogy kind of explains this part of the journey.

[Erlend K]

What kind of meditation are you doing?

If you are doing anapanasati, shaking can be a sign of early level Piti.

[Max_V]

@Erlend K I'm indeed doing awareness of breath. What is Piti exactly?

@Azrael I asked for an explanation and you gave a perfect discription. Thanks man!

[Erlend K]

@Max_V Awareness of breath is anapanasati.

Piti is a powerful prāṇa phenomenon that every anapanasati practitioner experiences once their concentration reaches a certain stability. It is a sign that you are making progress. Piti develops through various stages as ones concentration sharpens. At low levels it can be painful, and cause weird body movements like shaking or twisting. At higher stages it becomes very pleasant, and can be used to enter a jhana (absorption) state by switching the object of meditation from the breath to this pleasure.

[Leo Gura]

Sounds like your meditation practice is starting to bear fruit. Good work. Stick with it now more than ever.

[Shin]

Be happy it's just that, it could be way worse !

Like feeling that a certain portions of your body (or the whole body) is dying/disappearing, or when your mind go insane and can't be stopped, or infinite fear coming from all directions etc ...

[Max_V]

@Shin hahah, well I'll save that for another time  

[JustinS]

@Max_V This has started after my 5meo breakthrough. It starts at the back of my neck. There are convulsions and spasms, it looks super odd from the outside but it feels absolutely amazing. 

It feels like releases of energetic stresses within our body and psyche. 

When I'm at a 10 day retreat for the first few days I'm almost shaking 2 inches off the ground and can get painful on my neck, but after a few intense shakes the shaking subsides and I'm back to just sitting still. 

 

 

Edited September 1, 2017 by JustinS

[Max_V]

@JustinS I'm not really sure, what it is. For me it is mostly my lower back just constantly twitching. and eventually my upper back starts shaking.

Not really any good feeling coming from it though. It gets pretty uncomfortable during a 1 hour meditation session where I have commited to not move at all

But that's fine  I will just see where it takes me.

 

Edited September 1, 2017 by Max_V

[JustinS]

@Azrael Haha that's a perfect example. I just got back from the Oregon Eclipse Festival a few days ago so I can visualize that easily.

[Thesnakerising]

On 31/08/2017 at 4:05 PM, Max_V said:

Hi friends,

I've noticed my body shaking heavy  after I hit the around the 40 minute mark during my meditation.

I'm not really interested in getting rid of it , but I was wondering if there is a specific cause to this.

On a side note, it doesn't matter how comfortable I sit. Even when I'm in a very pleasant armchair instead of sitting on the floor, there is still heavy shaking.

 

You are having energetic kriyas. If they stay and do not go away and if you feel an energy in your spine, and body changing you, it means you are having a kundalini awakening. I recommend reading my other post on kundalini, osychedelics and enlightenment, and doing a lot of research on the process you might be going through.

It is a long and tough process and without a map. You will surely suffer. Not trying to scare you. Just being honest

gl

[nahtanoj]

I have the same too. I can feel my chest or my hands moving or jumping. I also feel like my body disappear. But didn't happen in every meditation.