Comments on: Swaying during meditation

By: AlsChill

AlsChill — Tue, 06 May 2014 15:36:00 +0000

I have been meditating now for over 2 years and I felt this kind of sensation last night for the first time. I was meditating with a quartz crystal. I feel that the crystal may have had some kind of pull on me. I’d maybe try a grounding crystal like black tourmaline to bring you back down. My circular clockwise motion was in the higher chakras and seemed to really process something. My wife felt it too. It was very strange but worth sitting with. I wouldn’t worry about it, simply enjoy it and allow it to process whatever energy it is trying to ‘turn around’.

By: Ginette

Ginette — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:36:38 +0000

Systematically for the past 3 weeks, I have experienced rocking while in meditation. The rocking has tremendously evolved over time, up to a point where the strength of the motion makes my whole body advance, move forward on the floor. While soft rocking is not distracting, strong motions can be irritating. While I’m more detached about it now, as opposed as how I felt the first few days, I’m still hoping I could understand what is going on. I read of kundalini, but I’m still unsure that this is the appropriate explanation. I welcome any comment or insights

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:07:59 +0000

I also do a healing mantra that is very calming. I once smelled a beautiful scent. It smelled like the insense the catholic priest use. The scent lasted a long time. I woke up the next morning smelling the scent. Smelling scents during meditation is a sign of spiritual awareness.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:04:36 +0000

I have experienced body movements during meditation. It is because you are gaining energy in the body. I’m not concerned about it. Nothing is gonna happen. I even do yoga, and it feels like my body wants to move a little. I usually let it happen unless i’m doing a standing pose. It is a natural state of awareness that the body provides. The energy facilitates healing throughout the body. It is nothing a person should be concerned about. They should be more focused on stilling the mind becoming more intune with the innerself and the devine.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:51:38 +0000

I feel it too while meditating. I just notice it and let it pass. I do not allow myself to fear any process of meditation – this is the time to relax, release if necessary and allow processes well beyond what my mind could imagine. Yes…it feels like some spirit(s) doing a deep clean or stirring of blockage, yet it could just be another part of myself that has a higher purpose for initiating this process. The analogy that just came to mind is “wind blowing through the soul that moves the limbs of my tree” – yep – that’s it.

By: robinsyogi

robinsyogi — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:33:43 +0000

I have been experiencing this swaying phenomenon for what I would estimate to be more than a year. I have been practicing yoga for approximately 7 years and this gentle swaying started happening during a group retreat session with a practitioner who was visiting my yoga studio. Ever since that point, I have experienced a gentle swaying motion during meditation before and after yoga practice every time. The movement is comforting. The practitioner of the workshop did not have any answers for me in regard to why it was happening.

I do feel that the sway sometimes leads to a counter- clockwise movement.

My general thought is that there are spirits with me and they are helping me work through issues of the day, or life, and also hopefully this means that I have advanced in my practice.

namaste,

By: Paula Cappa

Paula Cappa — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:53:36 +0000

I too experience this swaying and spiraling when practicing Reiki energy. I’m a bit frightened by it. Is it a good idea to resist it or not? Sometimes I feel quite dizzy while it’s going on. How do we know it’s safe? Thanks

By: chris

chris — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:36:18 +0000

sorry I do not know the answer to this quesion, but
it seems an interesting question.
Have you found the answer? if so, did it help?
If not, maybe you could pose a question?

The nearest thing to meditation that i can feel is if I use an analogy.
I am a valley, with water flowing through it.
Whatever is in that water, I just let it flow by.
If it rocks me, I do not fight it, but I do not focus on it neither.
I keep my focus on the whole of me, the valley, while the water, and
whatever is in, flows through.

Please note I am no expert though.

By: shuchi

shuchi — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:40:23 +0000

Hi
Re. the above topic, i also expereince the swaying of body after my kriya.
I read in one pranayam book that if swaying starts ,pls stop the meditation as it can lead to
mental imblance. I felt dissappointed reading that coz I really enjoy that swaying
expereince of mediation. I need to know is this correct?

By: safeandlearning

safeandlearning — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:20:44 +0000

May I ask a similar question that may or may not be related to the buoyancy talked about on this
thread?
I am 42, do not meditate, (may change in future) but have always rocked too and fro, rythmically
as a way of self soothing.
I was chastised for doing this when really young, as I was told something along the lines of it
looking retarded. Maybe my folks wanted to stop me developing a ‘bad habit’

Could this rocking, be the ‘buoyancy’ talked of on this thread, or could it be energy wanting to be
released, even though I wasnt formally sitting in meditative practice?

If so, would I have been better placed to just ‘let the rocking happen’ rather than trying to stop it, due
to fear of looking odd or crazy?

If this is not related to the concepts raised on this thread, I am sorry for the derail.

I look forward to another perspective on it, because although it looks retarded, it is soothing.

Thank you for the thread, all who are on it.

By: neo pachisia

neo pachisia — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:39:00 +0000

hi YogaMa Yam,

thank you very much and sorry I’ve taken so long to reply. Everything you’ve said makes sense. My
intent in ‘helping it along’ was more out of impatience to see where it leads–as this buoyancy has
been going on for almost two years. there has been an interesting change in the swaying. It
used to happen when I meditated or did ‘japa’, doing three rounds of a rosary with mantras. Now
I’ve stopped meditating for the past two months and just doing the rosary and feel the swaying
less intensely–so this may be the grounding happening as I am more focused on the mantra.
and I am looking for a guru–someone who could teach me about tantric healing–just in case
you know someone. warm regards and thanks again. Neo

By: YogaMaYam

YogaMaYam — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:34:58 +0000

Buoyancy is the phenomenon (discovered by Archimedes) that an object less dense than a
fluid will float in the fluid. More generally, Archimedes’ principle states that a fluid will exert an
upward force on an object immersed in it equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.

Swaying in meditation is also known as ‘buoyancy’ and often transmutes into advanced spiritual
energy. This is usually the result of certain Yoga meditation practices and merits of the heart
based on karma, and devotion of practice. Dr. Chopra’s suggestion to not give this your
attention and interest is very wise. When the mind and ego begin to try and figure things out,
and when we talk and give too much description to spiritual experiences, this can inadvertently
lead to expectations and grandiosity of the ego.

I noticed your question above “shouldn’t I be helping it along in some way?” Absolutely not … In
the grand scheme of things, we are a mere grain of sand in comparison to the super-
consciousness of Shakti. We do not ‘help along’ a force that is universal. We become an
instrument of peace and allow this energy to work through us, its sacred healing in our lives.
If the spiritual energy wants to move up, then be like a buoy on the sea. Simply BE and allow
the energy to run its course without thought. Float on the currents and ripples of the waves.
A buoy does not control the sea. When we fight, we sink. In relaxing, we float.

From your description above, you also expressed some discomfort about having spontaneous
expression of this energy occuring in front of the computer, etc.. Grounding will help you with
this. Some ways to ground would be to suspend practice for a few days or weeks, eat
heavier, grounding food, increase sleep, and cut down thought analysis and chatter.
Refrain from excessive spiritual study and just enjoy life. Then proceed to practice at a set
time of day. Sit in Siddhasana and keep the spine straight. Be a quiet observer. If you have a
deeper Yoga asana and meditation practice it is safest to be under the direct guidance of an
advanced teacher (or Guru). Ultimately, the following words of Chuang-Tzu helps us to be
respectful guardians of ancient practices: “The operations of heaven and earth proceed with
the most admirable order, yet they never speak. The four seasons observe clear laws, but
they do not discuss them. All of nature is regulated by exact principles, but it never explains
them. Thus the perfect man/woman does nothing … he/she merely contemplates the universe.”

By: neo pachisia

neo pachisia — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:48:56 +0000

hi deepak,

thanks so much for your reply. Need a little clarification. are you saying that the rising kundalini
energy is clearing blockages (i assume in the chakras). Kundalini is Kali, rising to meet shiva at
the crown, so shouldn’t I be helping it along in some way? why is it nothing to bother about then?

Love,
Neo