meditation,

I use the term "meditation," but I’ve never been formally taught. I’ve been practicing on my own since I was a child, following a book called "The Rainbow Journey" by Brenda Davies. My approach might …

Helping my partner — I (40f) looove my partner (36m). We've been together almost 9 months. When he isn't triggered, he presents as very secure. Loving, consistent, communicative, vulnerable, empathetic, self-reflective. …

In 90 minutes: Our next Anxious Attachment Healing Group meeting — Quick update that our next 1-hour anxious attachment healing group zoom meeting is in 90 minutes. Our zoom meetings are most Sundays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time (USA). You can expect a short meditatio…

March 2026 Astrology: Transits, Key Dates, and More — **Last month’s write-up, I ended with this,** *“Let’s just say we end the month in a chaotic state of energy. Nothing seems real while at the same time, there is a sense of urgency that something need…

Lost my lucid dreaming ability the same day I told someone about it ,could metacognition explain this? — Hi everyone, I’m curious if anyone has experienced something similar. For about two years I practiced lucid dreaming very consistently. I used reality checks, dream journaling, and other methods, and …

How to Meditate (or at least one way to get started) — Intro: There are endless amount of intentions or, in other words, ways to focus your meditation practice. At the end of the day, your meditation practice is \*yours\*, so make it your own. This post …

Wondering if anyone has taught a child the basics of grounding, meditation, shadow work, and/or energy work? — A little information, my children are younger, but not too young to understand, and we are expecting again. My wife is very skilled with energy even out of practice, and I am getting back in tune with…

Letting go of LUST — Dear fellow meditators, I have now been meditating for several months and have had tremendous success in letting go of a lot of insecurities I had.. This has helped in improving my social skills and …

Job hunt anxiety — I have had a very, very challenging job hunt over the last year. I have developed some pretty intense anxiety as a result. These are the things helping me to get through it. I'm wondering what has wor…

The day has come! — For more than 50 years, the Monroe Institute has been quietly pioneering a systematic way to explore human consciousness — beyond meditation, beyond belief, and beyond theory. I’m excited to share tha…

The Analysis Trap is a Pitfall — One of the main purpose of Meditation is to cultivate awareness. A common thing you see among meditators and also in this subreddit, is that by intending to train meditation, one also ends up traini…

Started gateway this week. I’m confused — Hello! I admittedly don’t have the most knowledge about the gateway tapes. I’ve listening to a couple podcast episodes about them but it sounded like this intense experience where you will astral pr…

Some Pointers after 12 Years of Meditation — Meditation is an invisible skill, which makes it especially prone to confusion and obfuscation. I wanted to jot down some pointers and opinions about meditation that have served me at one point or an…

The manifestation routine that unexpectedly changed my life — Over the past year I’ve been diving deeper into manifestation and I’m curious if anyone else has experienced something similar. Recently I read Reality Transurfing, watched Sam Ovens’ Mindset course,…

Doing meditation for past 100 days — Unable to do meditation for not more than 6 or 8 minutes, than increased it day by day and now do 25 minutes of daily meditation, Does anyone notice these things, which I noticed ? 1. Music feels mor…

I was in Barbados… Well actually it was Turks and Caicos but close enough! — I was in Barbados… Well actually it was Turks and Caicos but close enough I just came back from a 4 week long vacation in Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean. This was the 10th year in a row I have don…

Overarching Energy of the New Moon in Pisces on March 18th, 2026 — Even if you are not an artist, philosopher or feel things deeply, the New Moon in Pisces could give you an open, dreamy quality, where you want to dig into more abstract subjects. You may be thinkin…

Do quiet baths count as a form of meditation? — I’m curious about this. I don’t always sit down and do formal meditation, but sometimes when I’m in a quiet bath with no phone and no noise, my mind finally slows down. It almost feels like a form o…

Did anyone else feel like their nervous system was completely out of whack after a breakup? — One thing that surprised me after my breakup was how much it messed with my nervous system. Not just emotionally but also physically. My sleep was off, my mind kept replaying things, and there was th…

Manifest Website to help you manifest — Hello, I've made a completely free, ad-free manifestation web app based on Neville Goddard's teachings. No install needed - just open in your browser on any device. [https://crxptt1.github.io/manifes…

Which meditation practise would you recommend specifically for getting into a creative mind space? — I've had some experience with mantra meditation, but the most creative mind space I enter is when I get up too early in the morning and then try to get back to sleep. I fail to get back to sleep, eve…

Something mentioned but not talked about, Serotonin. — What do we know about Serotonin? \-Its produced in the gut, \-Low levels often correlated to anxiety and depression \-Happy hormone, not to be mistaken with dopamine , the pleasure hormone where …

Seeing lizard-like eyes and being healed? — Hi everyone, I recently meditated for about 45 minutes to an hour in the \*very\* early morning a couple days ago (I never meditate that long) after waking up before the sun rose. I was in a supine…

My body feels anxious even when nothing is wrong - has any anxiety relief device actually helped? — This has been bothering me a lot lately. There are days where nothing is wrong. No stress, no overthinking, everything is actually fine. But my body doesn’t feel fine. My chest feels tight, my breath…

Thinking Versus Meditating? — I have a question about meditation. I often like to sit down, close my eyes, and just be still. When I do that, I think a lot—I feel inspired and come up with ideas—but I’m starting to wonder if that’…

What Is the Point of Just Observing Thoughts in Meditation? — People often say that in meditation, you should just observe your thoughts and let them come and go without getting attached to them. But I don’t fully understand what this observation actually does.…

Why can I only astral project when I’m NOT trying? — Hi everyone! I’m looking for some advice because my experiences with astral projection have been kind of confusing so far. I’ve had two successful projections months apart, but both happened spontan…

The Astral Plane: its Nature, Structure, and the Unseen’s Map found in world religions — *Disclaimer: The views expressed here are my personal opinions, except where excerpts are quoted.* # Nature of the Astral Plane The Astral Plane is the wider dream world. It’s a constant place that …

Meditation hasn’t worked for me — I’ve tried meditation for years. I used to do simple breath work, I tried frequencies binaural beats etc, and for a while I did transcendental meditation. None of them helped me. So recently just a f…

Is it possible to be too grounded? — Like, my whole life I lived in my head. Fantasizing, philosophizing, theorizing, imagining, visualizing. Feeling my body and my surroundings always was a struggle. But I was very mental. Thanks to t…

My body constantly feels like a panic attack ... how do I ever reverse this? — Hi, all! I really would appreciate some help here. I've had a lot of traumatic things happen in the last few years, and I realized a lot of traumatic things happened in my childhood. There is a lot I'…

Why do people on shifting subs avoid sleeping methods? — Most successful shifters I know use some variation of WBTB, lucid dreaming, astral projection, or just shifting when they are already super tired. It is pretty obvious there are common threads between…

When did you start having mystical experiences through meditation, and how did you get there? — How long you practiced meditation before starting to have distinct visual / auditory experiences, what sort of meditation did you do, and how did you practice? Coming from someone who's a beginner a…

Has anyone else dealt with this when they’re out of their body? — Basically, here’s the issue: When I’m out of my body, things that happen there end up affecting my physical reality too. Two examples: I had knee surgery, so I can’t run freely in real life. So when…

Attempting to meditate — I want to begin energy work. I am going to start by honing awareness. I keep trying 3-5 minutes of meditation, I figured it’s a start. Once I settle in, I immediately feel vulnerable and like someone…

late night anxiety hits different and nothing is open, what do you do — My anxiety loves 2am. That's when the spirals start. Lying in bed, brain won't shut up, catastrophizing about everything. Problem: nothing is open at 2am. Therapist is asleep. Friends are asleep. Ap…

Vipassana - Mental Perception of Where Your Body is positioned in Space — In meditation, through focusing on my inner sensations and feelings, while trying to diminish the subconscious resistance to the sensations, I realized that it's the resistance to those sensations tha…

The Law of Assumption is Simple — The law was discovered as a means to remember one thing and one thing only. YOU ARE GOD. The real power was never in the techniques or the way you used it. It was YOU all along. Whether it be visualiz…

Why It's Critical You Work On Yourself - For Yourself - After a Breakup — Hey all. So - it happened. After eight months and seven of no contact, I ran into my ex in person. As a reminder, I ended things with my ex after a year and a half or so because we could not co-regu…

If you're struggling with Meditation, this might be the push you need! — Apologies for the long-ish post, but I want to share this with everyone here, in case it helps them like it helped me. I used to think meditation was useless. I was a bit confused, a bit dismis…

Sharp pain around heart during metta meditation, not sure how best to approach it — Hey! I've been practicing around ten years intermittently but in the last 300 days, for the first time, I've managed to consistently practice every day. Averaging like 45 minutes a day following TMI …

Experimenting with crystal grids and the energy shifts — I've been doing energy work for about two years now. I started with basic meditation, then moved to chakra work, and recently I’ve been exploring how crystals interact with energy fields. I’m still le…

I need help! 🙏 — I’ve been having some trouble with lucid dreaming recently and could use some advice. Whenever I try WBTB without any technique, I fall asleep immediately and obviously don’t get any LDs. But when I a…

I manifested money without putting in any effort. — Hey y’all, hope you’re all thriving. I’m not sure how to feel about this, but all I can say is: “Thank you, Universe.” I’ll keep it short. One day I was really bored, just scrolling through reels fi…

I manifested money without putting in any effort. — Hey y’all, hope you’re all thriving. I’m not sure how to feel about this, but all I can say is: “Thank you, Universe.” I’ll keep it short. One day I was really bored, just scrolling through reels fi…

How to ACTUALLY be alone? (Trigger warning: mentions of suicide) — Not sure if this is the right place to post this here. Coming to terms that I have an intense addiction to love and romance, going through TWO messy breakups in less than 6 months, unwillingly single …

Walking meditation. Am I just ego tripping? — So I went for a 2h walk today with headphones. And as I progressed I naturally became more mindfull. Thats when I decided to slow down so I could keep more awareness. This is something I do often, but…

Hey guys! I’d like to share a theory that has worked for me in the past — I call it the sync state. I want you guys to think about the instances where you were thinking about something and it happened. According to my observation it always follow the same pattern, well atle…

I didn’t think sitting quietly for a few minutes would actually make a difference — I used to think meditation had to be this whole structured thing to work. Lately, I’ve just been sitting quietly for a few minutes when things feel overwhelming, and it actually helps more than I exp…

On incubi and sexual possessions — It’s been five years since I first began sensing invisible entities around me. I underwent psychiatric treatment throughout all that time, and my life eventually stabilized. I finally got a good job a…

I'm confused. — So, it's currently midnight, but at 7 PM I decided abruptly that I wanted to shift tonight. So I was watching shifting stories, subs, whatever to hype myself up into shifting which I began with a guid…

I had an incredibly successful obe two weeks into doing astral work! I.e meditation, mantras, and energy work. I felt as if i where floating towards the ceiling above my bed. Simultaneously I watched…

A lot of sources say you have to absolutely stop moving when trying to project, but this seems impossible to me because of my adhd. The same thing with meditation, I can't just focus on my breath or s…

It helped me to cut out some toxic family members. One of the elements that fed my anxious attachment was that I had low self esteem. I worked really hard to build that up, but it was difficult to m…

I've been in this exact situation when I was an FA in a LDR with another FA in another country. And our f2f time was very little like yours but we spoke daily, intensely and talked and had plans. I kn…

You’ve taken the first (huge) step which is self reflection, congrats! A good therapist really is best, BUT there are many other resources to help. 1) Start regularly meditating (5-10 minutes a day…

I'm like you. I think for APs a few embarrassing collisions and losses are necessary to wake up to the fact that life can't be lived this way. My parents are both extremely anxious people and my mothe…

A lot of what people are recommending here are excellent. I just want to contribute the gist of anxiety is if you feed it, it grows. So the more you give into your anxiety and let it dictate your ac…

In order to overcome my anxious attachment, I wouldn’t say I’m fully healed yet, but I’m so much better compared to earlier this year. One thing I want you to understand is that there’s nothing wrong …

In order to overcome my anxious attachment, I wouldn’t say I’m fully healed yet, but I’m so much better compared to earlier this year. One thing I want you to understand is that there’s nothing wrong …

In order to overcome my anxious attachment, I wouldn’t say I’m fully healed yet, but I’m so much better compared to earlier this year. One thing I want you to understand is that there’s nothing wrong …

In order to overcome my anxious attachment, I wouldn’t say I’m fully healed yet, but I’m so much better compared to earlier this year. One thing I want you to understand is that there’s nothing wrong …

Yeah it’s so great that you’re recognizing this now! It took me to my 40’s. Some incredible books that helped me were Attached, Boundaries in Dating although the authors are Christian and I’m not (I j…

How to balance contact with friends and family after a breakup? I'm here after a breakup less than a week ago which left me in shattered. After doing a lot of reading, I concluded I have very much AA…

I also had terrible spirals where I become like an octopus clutching at him aggressively when I “feel” that he gets distant when in fact, he is just very busy. I would call him incessantly until his p…

I've used chatgpt and it works well. At least with me for generating exercises, practices, meditation, routines, etc. As well as explanations that seem to make sense for underlying dynamics. I also do…

Invest time in getting to know yourself and spend time with yourself. We’re all alone here, we just choose to share that loneliness with other people. But no one out there will care for you the way …

Thanks for sharing. Welcome to the group. And if you click the link above my original post, you are welcome to join our weekly zoom healing group as well. Basically a little bit of meditation, a readi…

Lexapro has stopped me from "going crazy" in people's DMs. I just let that shit happen now. Started at 5 mg and moved into 10, been on 10 for a few months now. It's definitely not a cure because the a…

Exercise. Also, I've found some drop in meditation classes in my area. Sitting in silence with strangers and feeling everyone breathing helps. You don't have to talk, you don't have to be social if yo…

32nb Update! Had a full-on Nightmare that 39m absconded after one date with another woman and together they laughed and made fun of/were very cruel to me?? I cried?? And said It’s Over!! And then rod…

Text of original post by u/TheOceanTheSun: Quick update that our next 1-hour anxious attachment healing group zoom meeting is in 90 minutes. Our zoom meetings are most Sundays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern ti…

Do nothing means to find stillness. Not only in the body, but in the mind too. It’s definitely a practice to have the self discipline to have this level of stillness. Especially when most people don’t…

There are studies on this phenomenon. Some people call it the runners high. Not everyone feels it. I did when I used to do distance running. I could never quite get into that space during meditation, …

If you ever “have to focus on the present” then I wouldn’t call that meditation. Meditation, to me, is when we choose to put our attention on the present and practice that.

I have done walking meditation, but Im not great at it. I just need more practice. I can be extremely present and mindful while walking, but I can't quite meditate just yet. I think running would requ…

Sit in a quiet place, preferably in nature , or a clean room. I just sit and let thoughts pass out of my mind. Usually in a few minutes I am deep. If I have any problems getting a fast meditation laun…

Hey, I am an Epstein girl to a different elite. I was sold to him when I was 11 by my grandfather. This is not good advice. They spiritually use people in ways that you cannot fathom when you “re…

I used to practice meditation regular, sometimes 1hr longer. Concentration power was very high then whatever I imagined came true in few days. Sometimes weeks. Sometimes instantly. Now, due to some …

I cant really answer the first part because you didnt provide an example me, but maybe ask yourself how adding stress to a stressful situation improved it? Did it ever? People seem to want to claim it…

The cardio itself isn't meditation, but you can be mindfully present during any activity, including cardio. And that is meditation.

When you do a set of push-ups, it doesn’t instantly make you stronger. It may take weeks of diligent strength training to notice significant improvement. Similarly, when you notice your mind is wande…

Become wholeness, accept there's good and bad in each of us, and it's up to you where you put your attention .but to get there, you have to integrate both sides. Find what hurt you in the past, and y…

I'll share a bit of my story, take from it what you will. I have a degree in political science. In 2015 I was living in Washington DC, reading from a minimum of five news sources a day. I knew polit…

So here's what I'm seeing, and I want to be straight with you - this isn't about technique. You've done technique. Twelve years, Monroe tapes, meditation, occult work, you can even read auras. That's …

I'm of the variety that says awareness is expressed through our physical bodies, not produced by it. So my opinion is that neither "allow" you to see auras, but that by decalcifying the pineal and ali…

I've told this on several podcasts. I did walk out of ICU, not well, but on my own two feet which was part of my meditation focus. I had follow up physical and speach therapy but was fired by them …

That’s part of it, very helpful, and good forms of excercise but the specific practices related to sexual energy are nei Dan meditation, litterally means internal alchemy, tai chi and chi gong are par…

Im 29M. The more i 'heal' the less i belong/ am tolerated anywhere. The older i get, the more i see that i missed out on things you can only get as a young person. The older i get, the more i accept t…

I have a theory about how astrology, palmistry, tarot, and all the predictive occult sciences REALLY work, but it is very controversial, and many persons, including astrologers, may not like it ! M…

I was the weird kid who could pick up on energy like this, I'd leave places or tell my friends I didn't want to be here. The energy is weird.. It got me a lot of shit as you can imagine. I stuck with…

The more you do meditation, the more you are gonna get good at creating that separation.. I'd suggest you do breathing excercises to amplify this separation.. Also, try to do meditation at different p…

It's possible to astral project with some degree of OCD, because I have. It's helpful if it doesn't bother you all the time though. For instance, mine typically bothers me when I'm going to go out and…

Well, as my meditation has slightly depended, I have started to understand that thoughts are not us. I mean, we generate them, we are not them. We should not entertain them. This way, after a certain …

Keep in mind, I needed extensive help in this area because my fight/flight would last for days. I went to meditation, qi-gong, tibetan bowls, shamanic drumming, and yoga classes for a few years. I g…

I mean you could call it meditation but all you’re effectively doing is keeping your mind awake while you fall asleep, however I would not consider it meditation, because meditation to me is when you …

My immediate instinct to this is to tell you, you will not "detach" from your thoughts. Controlling your thoughts is actually just redirecting them. Whether you are meditating or in your day to day li…

If you felt like you were somehow 'descending' or 'going deeper', it's possible your brain waves shifted. Your brain frequency likely shifted from alpha to beta or to theta and time feels like it may …

It depends upon the quality of meditation. What I mean is if you force yourself to do 2-hour meditation but you aren't able to do it with as much awareness as your 45-minute meditation, then it might …

No, I have not seen someone stay in that highly aware state permanently. It's inconvenient as hell, LOL! Our bodies demand our attention. If we don't give it, our bodies can go sideways in life. We'…

That's a great start! Most people aren't even where you are. And yes, your post is extremely relatable to me! I have the same issue sometimes, though I am much better at handling it these days and I h…