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Does Meditation Make Anyone Else Tired?
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:32 pm
by HICsterDoofus
I get out of bed, hit the shower, brush my teeth and get prepared for my day. Mentally I start lining up my tasks and errands, and feel ready to go. Then I sit down and meditate for about 15 minutes and it's like someone's taken the wind out of my sails. I want to just crawl back into bed.
Anyone else experience this? Am I doing something incorrectly?
Re: Does Meditation Make Anyone Else Tired?
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:17 pm
by lennarn
I've experienced this with meditation before, which is why I use it when I need to wind down, or fall asleep quickly.
Re: Does Meditation Make Anyone Else Tired?
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:52 am
by Canterbury
It could have something to do with melatonin release during meditation.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14976457
From what I understand it initially increases melatonin, but then after an hour of meditation it decreases.
Re: Does Meditation Make Anyone Else Tired?
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 1:21 am
by BubbaFat
I'm no expert, but I've heard you can avoid this by meditating with your eyes open zen style.