Meditation Induced dizziness?

[Moment]

Hey guys

For the last two weeks or so I´ve been feeling constantly dizzy and I need some insights. It’s a rocking kind dizziness that resembles the feeling of sitting in a small boat. I suspect that it has something to do with my recently increased meditation practice, and here is why: 

I recently finished a transcendental meditation course and have been practicing TM for 20 min two times a day, over the last month. I Quickly noticed the positive benefits like, increased energy, calmness and mental clarity. I was happy about it, and It was unlike anything I have experienced with my 3 years mindfulness practice.  However, after 2 weeks weirder things started to happen in my TM practice. The first thing that happened is that my head would start to move back and forth, and in circle like motions. I have heard of this phenomenon before and I was instructed by my meditation teacher to remain indifferent to it, and so I did. I was told that it is just the  body´s intelligence doing what it needs to do. So I continued, not exaggerated it nor stopped it. After a few days with this head movements I started to get body jerks as well. They could be very strong and to be honest, it sometimes felt like I was practicing some kind of exorcism rather than meditation. I concluded that it was most likely a sort of kundalini phenomenon and just continued my practice. The head movements, along with the body jerks would now happened every single time I meditated. Anyways, things got even weirder when I started to have this spontaneous head movements and body jerks not only when I was meditating, but also while I was relaxing! For example: My body would jerk every single night before falling asleep, and while I am waiting for the buss, a strong pulling sensation in my head could suddenly come over me. I was able to control the head movements but not the jerks. But it literally felt like a force was invading me, rocking me, and working on me. In the midst of all this, a subtle, constant rocking dizziness was starting to creep up on me and at this point I started to get concerned. 

I have now stopped my meditation practice entirely for 4 days, but the dizziness won’t go away. It is not strong, but it is present all the time. When I close my eyes, I still get the spontaneous head movements, but the jerks have decreased. I find the dizziness distracting, and it gets worse when I work on the computer. Could this be a side effect of meditation, just a phase I have to go through or kundalini energy moving? I am wondering if any of you guys have experienced the same or have some knowledge about this. All thoughts appreciated. 

[Sahil Pandit]

@Moment Yep, sounds like some kundalini symptoms. Get back into your groove of your meditation practice ASAP, but perhaps switch your practices up a bit. It sounds like you are having some energetic openings happening, and you may start to have an over use issue, energetically (I was opening my 3rd eye too much and it started to interfere with other areas of my life.) 

Body jerks could be an attempt of the ego to regain control over your nervous system. If you continue to be aware throughout these trembles, a new nervous system will rewire itself, which it why you feel super calm afterwards/during a deep meditation session.

Remain still, my friend.  

 

[Moment]

@Sahil Pandit thanks for answering  why would you get back into practice asap? I am a bit hesitant to do that atm cuz the dizziness distracts me from studies. Also, I get kind of irrational thinking that something is wrong with my nervous system, or that I am somehow harming myself, as I can’t really find anything about the dizziness related to meditation on internet. jerks and body movements? sure. But the dizziness from meditation does not seem like a well-known phenomenon. 

[Sahil Pandit]

@Moment Getting back into it is more of a momentum thing. Once you have a streak, it's easier to keep it going. On the other hand, if you take a break from meditation from too long, resistance builds up and it's harder to do longer sits. 

[Hellspeed]

Yes, when the Limbic system awakens the pain is of a magnitude of unbearable sometimes. Depends on your level of awakening. 

That pain is just a sign of healing, don't worry.

[Moment]

@Hellspeedhmm, I am not sure what you mean by " awaken the limbic system»? Do you even know what it means? too me they are just words. 

I did some more research last night, and maybe this is a symptom of kundalini syndrome? Apparently, Enlightenment and Kundalini awakening are not the same thing, and I’m not really sure if I want the latter one to happened, as it can be really intense, disorienting and even scary. 

one could put it this way. 

• Kundalini awakening is the liberation of one’s life-energy from the narrow confines imposed by fear and conditioning. It heals and enlivens the whole body with glowing vitality. It elevates one to a higher level of functioning and flow, in harmony with the universe.
• Enlightenment is the liberation of one’s consciousness from the narrow confines imposed by the illusions of the mind and delusions of the ego. It replaces mundane misunderstandings and false beliefs with pure awareness and true insight. It awakens one to the knowing of absolute truth, understanding the essence of all being.

 

 

 

Edited February 23, 2019 by Moment

[Hellspeed]

32 minutes ago, Moment said:

@Hellspeedhmm, I am not sure what you mean by " awaken the limbic system»? Do you even know what it means? too me they are just words. 

I did some more research last night, and maybe this is a symptom of kundalini syndrome? Apparently, Enlightenment and Kundalini awakening are not the same thing, and I’m not really sure if I want the latter one to happened, as it can be really intense, disorienting and even scary. 

one could put it this way. 

• Kundalini awakening is the liberation of one’s life-energy from the narrow confines imposed by fear and conditioning. It heals and enlivens the whole body with glowing vitality. It elevates one to a higher level of functioning and flow, in harmony with the universe.
• Enlightenment is the liberation of one’s consciousness from the narrow confines imposed by the illusions of the mind and delusions of the ego. It replaces mundane misunderstandings and false beliefs with pure awareness and true insight. It awakens one to the knowing of absolute truth, understanding the essence of all being.

 

 

 

There is no awakening without Kundalini. Kundalini being the Muladhara chakra, that is the gate to the reptilian parts of the body system. So awakening and enlightenment are beyond the cortex and muscles, are deep in the bone marrow, internal organs and limbic system. So, let the explanations aside. I speak now from experience, do your research, experience this, i cannot give you practical things. You asked for why you are dizzy in meditation sometimes. So this is my answer from a perspective beyond the mind. Best of wishes.  

[Moment]

@Hellspeed thanks for your elaboration. My problem now is that I am dizzy 24/7, not only in meditation. It is now 5 days since my last meditation session and the dizziness still persists. Have you also experienced this?  

[Hellspeed]

5 minutes ago, Moment said:

@Hellspeed thanks for your elaboration. My problem now is that I am dizzy 24/7, not only in meditation. It is now 5 days since my last meditation session and the dizziness still persists. Have you also experienced this?  

Yes, many months. So cling to breath, is the only thing we got into the unknown. GG

Many think awakening is all flowers and colors. But real awakening is pain in the ass, unknown and sharp knife in the back, skull and internal organs for a while. Depends if one is willing to grow or settle. 

Edited February 23, 2019 by Hellspeed