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Relaxation methods only work temporarily (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/meditation

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During meditation I have discovered two methods of relaxing

One was to let the feelings of tension amd unrestlessness to come to me and the other one was ro release the tension while and the letting the tension come to me worked good for a while

And the realising the tension while breathing out method worked well for one night but stopped working after that night

I'd like to meditate but can't if I can't even get my body to relax bur I don't know what I'm doing wrong here

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Keep trying, sometimes you will achieve your goal, sometimes you won't. Meditation isn't like sitting in a chair, it's more like balancing on one foot. You might have some early success and find it gets harder when you start trying to think about it. You wobble, you overcorrect rather than just putting your foot down and it feels like you are getting worse but you are just taking the first steps.

It isn't a race, you aren't flawed because you can't instantly master a new skill. Let go of the goal and just meditate to meditate.