Meditation For Anxiety Disorders Treatment-Breathing During Meditation

March 10, 2010

Meditation For Anxiety Disorders Treatment-Breathing During Meditation

MEDITATION FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS TREATMENT: BREATHING DURING MEDITATION
As the meditation process unfolds, some people become anxious when they notice their breathing slowing down. Sometimes it feels as if you are hardly breathing at all. This can be disconcerting at first, especially for people who have this fear. There is nothing to worry about. The slowing down of our breathing indicates we are beginning to relax deeply. It is a positive sign that the meditation session is going well. If you are using a word or mantra technique to meditate don’t worry when the technique becomes distorted or disappears altogether in the course of your meditation. This is another indication of successful meditation.
Some people find they go to sleep during meditation. Although most meditation teachers advise their students to remain alert and not go to sleep, I feel somewhat differently about it in the case of anxiety disorders. Firstly, it is a good sign that the practice is going well. If we can let go and relax enough to sleep, then in the beginning this is all that matters. In this instance, meditation is being used as a relaxation technique. Many people with the disorder have difficulty in sleeping. If meditation means people are able to catch up on sleep, then the practice is successful. Most people who do go to sleep during meditation find they do so for about forty-five minutes, and on awakening they feel the benefits. Take it as it comes. In time we all reach the stage when we actually meditate instead of going to sleep.
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