I let it flow naturally. I don’t force myself to stay awake. If I fall asleep, I let it go. But usually I stay awake because I meditate in a sitting position. Best regards! :)
To not fall asleep, i would sit on my bed and have my legs barely hanging off the bed, from the knees. Sometimes I’ll sit in a chair rather than somewhere too comfy, that way I don’t fall asleep.
I usually leave a small light like a lamp on and keep my eyes open the slightest bit so that my brain doesn’t think it’s time for bed just yet
I don’t try not to fall asleep . When I meditate late at night the point for me is to fall asleep. When I’m meditating during the day I sit up where there is no backing to make sure I can’t lean on anything and fall asleep
Well, instead of lying down, I rather choose to sit and cross my legs, position my hands in a prayer mode and then just stay focused. Alone with my thoughts and fall in deep breath,to relax my mind and also free the body of any form of stress and tiredness...
Meditate sitting upright, and stay focused on sensations like sounds and the feel of the bed or chair underneath me. Unless I’m doing a meditation for falling asleep.
I make sure I’m sitting up right and make sure my awareness is focused.. it’s easier for me when you start understanding the brain and how your awareness works. You have a system in your brain called the reticular activating system... it allows you to focus on one thing at a time... it’s a fallacy that we are good at “multitasking” it’s because of the RAS that makes this false. If you’re focused specifically on one thing everything else around your goes blank. Remember this while meditating and understanding your awareness is going to help you tremendously!
Unless I’m doing a nightly medication to purposely help me in sleeping, I try not to meditate laying down. Even if I am in bed, I sit up and really focus on what I’m attempting to do and not let my mind wonder off (which is really hard!!) into sleeping territory. I sit up and focus
I think a good tip would be to be focused on your body and surroundings enough that you recognize when you start to fall asleep, and then change something. Move to a different position, maybe something a little uncomfortable, or change your breathing, speed it up a little, since most people’s breathing slows down as they fall asleep. Hope this was helpful
Fitst, don’t make the mistake of meditating in bed. Meditate on a cushion or in a chair. Next, use a timer with multiple bells throughout the session such as the insight meditation timer app. Third, keep bringing your attention back to the object of mindfulness and stay alert so that you can catch yourself when you are drifting towards sleep. Mantra meditations or visualizations might akso be easier to stay awake for since they give your mind a task to do.
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