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I am trying so hard as I see it seems to help a lot of people. My pdoc gave me the phrase "I breathe in peace, I breathe out fear" which I like, but the deep breathing makes me lightheaded and all tingly and then I get all worked up and fidgety.
Does anyone else have this issue? Is it something that takes practice and you get used to it? Am I doing something wrong? I am keeping my hands on my belly to be sure I am taking nice and slow belly breaths.
xrachykinsx
01-05-14, 20:11
Have you got a meditation cd too? Perhaps some background noise and guidance from a cd would help? I think it does take practise. It's not something that everyone feels the benefit from instantly but it's something you learn to do over a short space of time xx
watch some Jon kabat Zinn videos on youtube. There is a beginners CD and a an intermediate. They are very good.
Meditation is allowing everything to be as it is, just watching what is happening.
ankietyjoe
01-05-14, 20:51
Meditation isn't about breathing deeply all the time. If you're meditating by watching your breathing you just need to breathe normally.
Don't confuse meditation and relaxation! First rule of meditation.
Also, if you are getting dizzy, are you breathing too deeply? A breath shouldn't last more than about 7 to 8 seconds in my personal experience. Perhaps you are holding your breath a little too long - or perhaps you're just not used to breathing with your lower belly?
While I'm here please could I ask what a pdoc is? Cheers
MyNameIsTerry
02-05-14, 08:15
It sounds more like you are performing a breathing technique, Calming Technique also know as 7/11 breathing maybe.
For meditation as others have said, you breathe normally because you don't want to be focussed on it ask the time. Breathing in meditation is the induction.
When I started, I had a MP3 from my therapist and it would begin with 3 breathing inductions assometimes one works better than another, which can also change over time.
- feel your chest rise and fall with your breathe.
- imagine the air going in and out of your lungs, airways and mouth to be red.
- feel the small muscles between your ribs expanding and contracting.
I did each for a minute or two. The red air was the best for me, but sometimes one of the others worked better.
If I felt myself losing focus, I would use the breathing inductions again and it would bring me back to focus.
Its not easy learning without a guided meditation though. It may not feel like much for a while other than relaxing but that's ok, Mindfulness is a skill so it takes time to learn. Buddhists do it all their lives.
A guided mediation will tell you what to do after the induction phase and how to wind it up.
Thank you everyone for your ideas! I'll keep practicing, I have a few CD's so I'll start working with those. I appreciate everyone's help!
oh, and Panchogoz- pdoc is my psychiatrist :)
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