Tensed up

**heliac** · 10th November 2011, 12:30 AM

Hi Korpo,

I've noticed this happening to me as well but only under certain conditions.

If energy work or progressive relaxation is done without some spirit is when i have noticed this tension occurring. Or i guess in other words if progressive relaxation or energy work is done mechanically and without emotion is when i have noticed the tension occurring.

Deeper relaxation, the kind that kicks you into trance pretty quick, can occur if positive higher emotion(deep/pure love, joy, gratitude) is mixed with progressive relaxation and energy work.

**sono2** · 10th November 2011, 05:37 AM

Originally Posted by jasis

Hi Korpo,

I used to have a similar problem, also focussing on the movement of breath. The solution which worked for me was to change my meditation so that now I do not focus on the breath, which to me is in some way focussing on the physical, but rather on an internal mantra. In fact, I favour the mantra rather than focus on it. http://www.aypsite.org has all the info. Worth a look and it worked for me.

Just my quick 2c worth. too - I also found that focussing on breath makes one too consciously attached to the process; it made my heart race & breathing became quite unnatural. That was long ago; nowadays I use 2 or 3 mantras to calm the mind -waves for a few minutes, & then go into the void. Sometimes the gayatri mantra "plays" very subtly throughout, without my consciously concentrating on it.

Do you do yoga, Korpo? That should help for the tensing of the body; so should grounding. I find when I feel very "light" or "abstract", the body tenses (probably trying to hold on to 3D!) I have also used mantras mentally placed in different parts of the anatomy help.

**Korpo** · 11th November 2011, 05:10 PM

Funny that you guys replied so recently. I was to write something about my dealing with tension, and have been contemplating this since yesterday I guess.

For years I've been doing my techniques for releasing blocks. My most recent attempts have proven to be very effective, I'm now finally getting to the deeper muscular layers, I think. A perceived tension may release and shift within 1-3 conscious breaths. My body is still wound into itself, I'm currently resolving tension from the abdomen outward. It's good that the rate of progress is so good, because there's still a lot to do.

The strong bodily tension has been a problem that has accompanied me for many years, but I feel I have been making progress on this. I think it's one of the many conditions sensitive people can develop as reaction to stressors. In my case I put some effort into releasing this most days with energy work meditation and maintaining a basic fitness regime.

I don't do Yoga, but I do stretching from Qigong exercises, only I do them rather irregularly... I tried doing a variant of Yoga, but I find even that gentle variant to not work for me. I can't assume the postures.