Anyone Else Deal With This in Meditation?

[kieranperez]

I really struggle to keep my body still. There’s A LOT of anxious energy. Pranayama tends to feel quite distressful. My head always feels like it moving to one side or the other. My body is always moving from one angle to another and conistently have so much anxious energy I can’t stay still. 

Its like th anxiety you see in a 5 year old with ADHD and trying to make him sit still and he tries to sit still, which is ironic since I have adhd ?

[Mulky]

ya some at first, and then occasionally some kind of desire to move even to this day.  All you do is sit still and observe the movement or feeling that is inside propelling you to move, watch it move in your body without moving.  Eventually it will disipate and you will get better at it.   i usualy ignore the fact of my head or body slightly leaning off to one side, I personally don't care if that happens

[WelcometoReality]

@kieranperez why make the kid sit still? If he has ADHD shouldn't we try to embrace that fact and adapt to his needs? Lets not torture him like that. ❤?

[mandyjw]

You're a runner right? Try go for a short running meditation first, stretch, a little bit of yoga, then sit to meditate. Practice on fully feeling the energy throughout the body flowing while you are still. It helps to think of the energy as aliveness, life force, or something positive or neutral rather than framing it in your mind as a challenge or a distraction.