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Sitting Longer in Meditation

Nayaswami Jaya

Question from Deepak: When I start meditation, I am able to sit with erect spine for 40 minutes easily. But I am unable to exceed that duration. I want to meditate for longer time, but can’t do due to that reason. Please suggest how to get rid of this problem?

How to Sit Longer in Meditation

Question from Mrudula: hi, I am folloiwng the kriya meditation almost daily..I need to know how to increase my ability to sit for longer periods of time. Mrudula

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Strange Sensations in Meditation

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from J: I’ve just finished meditating and I had to stop because the sensations I was feeling were too much for me to handle. It was like my body was ready to burst out of itself, if that makes any sense. Now, let me explain that these weren’t negative feelings whatsoever. But my body seemed to be vibrating and “tingling” at such…

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Body Feels Larger in Meditation

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from jonathan: When I meditate, mainly using a mantra/breathing method, after around 20 minutes, I have a feeling that my body is much larger than it is physically and I am but a small object moving within it. Is this normal? Or just a way I experience my conciousness? Also, are there any ways I can emerge from this state, feeling as…

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How to deal with unsettling experiences

Nayaswami Pranaba

Question from MANISH: AFTER DOING PRANAYAMS I FEEL HUGE VIBRATIONS IN MY BODY PARTS . THESE ARE SOMETIMES SO HIGH THAT I GET FRIGTHENED . HOW CAN I DEAL WITH THE SITUATION?

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Energy in the Spine

Nayaswami Shivani

Question from jeff wells: for a few years when I meditated energy would raise up my spine and circle around my head.it pulsed up and down around my head for a while. I liked it. is that normel?should I expect it or was it something unrelated?

Trouble Meditating Regularly

Question from Aaditya: Hi my name is Aaditya,I am on this path(I can only say that) for the last five years almost, but I do not feel any….you know….steadiness in my spiritual ways…I still am not able to meditate regularly and when I try I am mostly concentrating on material tensions and since I am a piscean I dream a lot… I do…

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Negative Emotions and Meditation

Nayaswami Anandi

Question from Tammy Tambrella: I have been meditating on which spiritual path is right for me. Most people marry and have children. But honestly, I really don’t have any desire to. I have read Autobiography of a Yogi, and have been meditating and doing Yoga. Since beginning th is, I have been bothered by very intense negative emotions. Should I continue the meditation?

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Going breathless in meditation

Nayaswami Pranaba

Question from Diderik Finne: I am curious about “going breathless.” Is this something that one has to strive for consciously, or does it just happen as one gets deeper into the practice? Is the breathless state an out-of-body experience? Is it the same as samadhi?

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Yoga Practice, Meditation, and Dreams

Nayaswami Devi

Question from Tammy: I have begun doing Yoga and meditating. Lately I have been bothered by bad dreams, and when I awake I find that the fear and the problem persists in my mind throughout the day. I have prayed for relief, and do not get it. Should I just stop the spritual practice?