Strong Itching In Deep Meditation

[ThinAir]

Hej there,

I would often feel this incredibly stong itch sensation on my cheeks (face, not but) as i enter deeper states in the meditation practice. 

Anyone ever experienced anything similar or same? Any guess what that is or where its comming from?

[Nahm]

@ThinAir it’s your brain checking to see if the body is awake. Don’t scratch it. 

[ThinAir]

@Nahm Sounds legit, thx for reply

[LaucherJunge]

You mean real itching or more like a wierd feeling of something flowing? I have this often when i breath deeply for longer periods it usually is at the places where your veins are. I don't really know what this is about but i have the theory that i might have to do with chakras flowing or something like that.

[ThinAir]

@LaucherJunge  No definitly no flow feeling. Its steady located on like ~7 points on my cheeks

@Nahm My mind is bugging me cause i didnt describe the phenomena well enough.. the sensation is more like a mix of extreme itch & bite, it usually stays till the end of the session.  I dont scratch while meditating. Sometimes it changes how it feels in a kind of pressure like feeling where I dont have the erge to scratch anymore, still its strongly present and i hardly can ignore it. Afterwards I did scratch my face. Any other ideas, or still "mind checking if body asleep"?

Edited October 11, 2017 by ThinAir

[Nahm]

@ThinAir Glad you explained. Very different.  I don’t know what that is. I would try using aluminum free deodorant, floride free toothpaste, and not using after shave. See if that helps. Maybe it’s a skin awareness of sorts. Any psychological face related thought? 

[ThinAir]

@Nahm I dont use any of the mentioned items. I googled a bit and found others wich describe the same phenomena, some interesting theorys have been posted in the following, have a look if youre interessted:

https://www.vipassanaforum.net/forum/index.php?topic=238.0

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/4037474

could be a dukka nana, could be something else.. i'll probably never know 

 

[Nahm]

@ThinAir interestIng