Increased heart rate during meditation

Hello all, first time for me posting here... anyway let's get to the point.
I've been meditating seriously for about 2 months now, everyday. Atleast 10 minutes a day. The problem is: that once I get to a certain point when I start to get calm and peaceful, and you know really getting into the vibe. My heart rate suddenly jumps up to atleast 120 bpm and I have to stop the whole meditation process because I'm not sure if that is healthy and I'd just like to ask why this happens? Is it normal? Is it dangerous? Please answer, I'm really worried about this.

 

Some people might say you were reaching an emotional blockage, approaching a state in meditation at which in this stage of your development you no longer felt comfortable.

Just go with the flow :chillpill:

Also some people might say ...

that its just because your body is not used to decreased stimuli. Perhaps the increased heart-rate is a similar response to that kind of twitching some people get before they fall to sleep, slipping into a different state. Do you suffer from that?

 

Hi marsvolta,

Negative side effects of meditation are very rare, so there's no need to feel anxious about letting go. Sweating, agitation and so on are pretty common experiences in the beginning because meditation makes you aware of things you previously didn't pay attention to: What's going on inside your head.

Let me give you a link to mindfulness meditation that explains how mantras (thoughts, sounds, any points of focus) combine with mindfulness to detach you from these mantras and simply observe and accept everything you become aware of as small, impermanent parts of the world you live in - your mind: http://www.meditation-techniques-for-happiness.com/mindfulness-meditation.html

Best wishes,
Oz

 

Say hello to the feeling and let it pass.

Think of it like a bird swooping down to get a fish in the water leaving ripples and soon there is calm again.

 

Best to get into a meditation where others have previously traveled that path then you have a specific body of like minded others to help you with your situations. But with some book-learned or self made technique no real exact help can be asked for since we couldn't really know for certain whet you're doing. That's just how it is. There is no 'meditation' per se, other than the lineage of the transmission of technique from a discrete path.

 

Well, I've been using this site as my main source: http://meditation.org.au But I've never followed those guides too strictly, I usually start by relaxing with breath excercises/mantras for few minutes and then I focus on not to think about anything (I'l try to keep my mind free from all thoughts), usually after 10 minutes of that it starts with this really out of place, you know... spiritual/amazing/enlightening feeling, and after that my heart rate begins to raise. So yea, I hope this is a passing thing that will go away with time and practice (Maybe it's that whole, body trying to get used to this state of mind as someone pointed)

 

If I'm understanding you correctly, that is very normal in the beginning stages of reaching states of consciousness where the ego begins to dissipate. The ego is primarily, or at least most easily, associated with the body. When the consciousness begins to pull back from both the body and ego, the ego/body interprets this as threatening/death and triggers the bodies fight/flight mechanisms because it has so long interpreted the feeling of "I" ness as "Alive-ness."

However, on the flip side, if you were at that point, you would probably be able to identify that yourself.

Could also just be some repressed emotions. Really, only you know.

And really, the only solution is to keep progressing onward, and keep delving deeper into who you really are.

Don't fight it, or even be concerned with it, just observe it, and go back to focusing on whatever focal point you chose.

In the long run, meditation has only illuminating effects. In the short run, well, to be blunt, shit can come up. It's better to deal with it now then to hide it away. "On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure."

PS- Trying to think of nothing is itself a thought. It's a faster path in most cases to focus on a mantra or something like that, because it provides a clearer distinction between thought and non-thought; where as focusing on trying to not think can lead to a subtle delusion that one is not having thoughts (and can become content with that for a period of time) when one is in fact having thoughts.

 

Just go with the flow ... just let it pass away

go to this site it might help you ---> http://meditationmethod.org