| People relax when they fall asleep. But even though | | | | of a chair or trying a less comfortable chair will |
| meditation is calming, you don't want to fall asleep while | | | | increase your alertness. |
| meditating because you want to receive the complete | | | | Changing where you meditate might snap your mind |
| benefits from meditation. When a person is asleep | | | | wake-- maybe meditating in your backyard or by a |
| their brain waves go into the theta and delta ranges, | | | | lake or at the park. You can try positioning your arms |
| but when meditating the brain waves are mostly in the | | | | or legs so that they will fall or move when you fall |
| alpha state. The brain is calm, though alert. | | | | asleep and wake you up. |
| The reason that a lot of beginning meditators fall | | | | On the other hand some people use meditation to get |
| asleep is that they have not learned how-to bring out | | | | their mind quieted before they go to sleep. It can |
| the inner awareness-alertness that is like, but not the | | | | relieve sleep disorders. When someone first begins to |
| same as the relaxation response that happens before | | | | practice meditation, they will see how quickly and how |
| going to sleep. There are similarities between sleep, | | | | many thoughts careen into the mind when they try to |
| mediation, and hypnosis. Energy ebbs from the | | | | still their mind. |
| external senses and the energy focuses on the inner | | | | If thoughts about troubles, bills, TV shows, work, your |
| imagery. | | | | relationships etc. flood your mind when you try to fall |
| It may be easier to mediate after getting up in the | | | | asleep, then using meditation to control your focus and |
| morning and not before going to bed when you are | | | | be serene can help you to fall asleep easier and can |
| tired. Wait until a few hours after eating or mediate | | | | keep you calmer during the day. |
| before eating. Using drugs and meditating don't work | | | | When someone practices meditating each day, he can |
| well together. | | | | learn to be calm and focus his thoughts. This is what |
| Never lie down to meditate, as you will probably fall | | | | happens to the body while meditating: more blood |
| sleep. When you mediate you want to be comfortable, | | | | flows to the arms and legs, blood pressure goes |
| but don't want to encourage drowsiness. Do find | | | | down, stress hormone levels lower, brain waves go to |
| another comfortable posture. Do not practice | | | | the alpha state. These physiological changes occur |
| meditation in the place you sleep, if you fall asleep in | | | | when the mind is cleared and the thoughts are |
| your easy chair, never meditate there. You don't want | | | | focused. With practice a person can learn to meditate. |
| to initiate a sleep response. | | | | Whether you are having trouble meditating because |
| If you find you are so comfortable that you can't stay | | | | you are falling asleep or you want to use meditation to |
| awake, try a different posture or create s a bit of | | | | fall asleep afterwards it is a practical, useful, and |
| discomfort. Something that isn't so irritating, but helps | | | | benefit habit. |
| you stay awake. Perhaps, sitting on the floor instead | | | | |