I’ve been meditating every day now to make it habitual. The only problem and this has just arisen, is my body doesn’t seem to want to go into a relaxed state. When I do relax everything, my heart rate will JUMP up and all of a sudden I feel adrenaline and I have to start back at square 1 to relax again. My mind is totally awake as I’m doing this. I’ve counted down from 100 about 3 times and then the dogs start to bark. bleh.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me?
It might be an idea to try a different meditation method that suits you better? There are a lot of ideas in this old topic how do YOU meditate?
In my experience is good to have a technique that works to relax you but you need to let go and do nothing, not lean on any technique to “trigger” a meditative state, just sit…
Not that I am saying you are, I am just saying it works for me. No meditation has ever been the same format, I try different routes almost every time, but the fundamental parts to bring awareness and presence is focusing inwardly after breathing/feeling the aliveness in the body.
There can be a part of you that is getting frustrated because you arnt reaching a certain “state” that you have before, but its important just to notice what state is there … and be present…
Again this is what i have come to realise, and it helped me, i hope it can help you