Actually, you can practice meditation anywhere that is safe and
comfortable.
I started learning meditation at home, and still prefers to
meditate at home. However, I usually meditate after midnight, when
everyone else in the family is sleeping.
My personal experience, start of meditation, sit in a comfortable
position, back against the wall, close eyes, pay attention to my
breathing. When thoughts arises, just be aware of it and go back to
breathing.
Eventually, increases awareness, can feel the energy swelling in my
crown chahkra region, can feel heartbeats, breathing became very
light or almost stop breathing.
Next, I have only two possible outcome
1. I fall asleep in my siting position.
2. I stand up, stretch my muscles, walk to bed and sleep.
I also noticed, my body will get heated up during meditation and I
will still sweat even under celling fan and cool night
conditions.
Anyone can enlighten me, did all my meditation failed? What is
there to achieve in such meditation other getting heated up and
falling asleep?
Hi,
I recommend reading
http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml
Very good meditation guide.
Regarding what you experienced, it is common and nothing is
going wrong. I have experienced them before.
The reason why your breath slows down, it is due to thoughts
slowing down. You will see that there is a direct link between
thoughts and breathing, when your thoughts are racing, your
breathing is also hard. Through meditation the breath can become so
shallow it is almost unnoticeable. I notice this always happens as
I approach thoughtlessness in breathing mindfulness.
The heartbeat and energy/chakra thing is very common as well.
When you meditate, concentration and awareness will arise. For me,
the heart beat will become very intensely felt and there are
tingling sensations in the third eye area. As for the crown chakra,
is there energy flowing up and down from crown down to your naval
and then back up again?
Body heated up is characteristic of third nana, I have
experienced this as well... sometimes its like a rush of heat
suddenly coming up the body.
Anyway whatever you experienced is the side effect of
concentration. It is a good sign as it shows your meditation is
progressing, not to worry too much.
Getting sleepy is common but if your mindfulness is very
intense, it is hard to fall asleep. You can also try meditating
earlier in the day or in the morning.