Strange symptoms after meditation

[gravitysrainbow]

Yesterday, I meditated for twenty minutes. While focusing on my breathing the whole time, I first imagined golden light beneath my feet to ground myself. Then I imagined golden light above my head to connect with my higher self. On every inhale, I internally thought, "in with the good", and every exhale, "out with the bad". I did this as a way to let go of negative emotions so that I can move on and focus my time and energy on positivity and my next step in life. I envisioned my chakras "breathing" - releasing stagnant, negative energy and inhaling positive, healing energy. I felt very happy and loving afterwards.

However, last night, I could feel a lot of vibrations and tingling sensations throughout my body. My legs were very restless, and I could feel a tickling energy rolling up and down my spine. I awoke this morning feeling exhausted and out of it, and very emotional. Emotional, as in, watching a commercial about starving children made me burst into tears and receiving a text of my baby nephew smiling in his sleep filled my heart with a joy so intense that my chest was physically warm.

So my question is, has anyone else experienced this? If so, what's going on?

[jonesboy]

That is your heart opening :)

Within two weeks of starting meditation my heart opened also. Normally the intensiveness of it goes away until ones practice has deepened.

The energetic energy you are experiencing is the waking up of kundalini, your energetic body.

It is possible to do to much, to overload. If you are noticing that you are starting to overreact in a negative way. You might want to back off on your practice.

Very cool on the heart opening, enjoy!

[gravitysrainbow]

Oh yay! I've been wishing for that and I've been a little impatient to get there lol. But now that I've taken this first step, I'm starting to feel more peaceful and relaxed. I'm going to take it slow... Because I don't want to sob every time I see a hallmark commercial bahaha. But I'm so elated that my heart is opening up :) thanks, joneboy!

[Gem]

Originally Posted by gravitysrainbow

Yesterday, I meditated for twenty minutes. While focusing on my breathing the whole time, I first imagined golden light beneath my feet to ground myself. Then I imagined golden light above my head to connect with my higher self. On every inhale, I internally thought, "in with the good", and every exhale, "out with the bad". I did this as a way to let go of negative emotions so that I can move on and focus my time and energy on positivity and my next step in life. I envisioned my chakras "breathing" - releasing stagnant, negative energy and inhaling positive, healing energy. I felt very happy and loving afterwards.

However, last night, I could feel a lot of vibrations and tingling sensations throughout my body. My legs were very restless, and I could feel a tickling energy rolling up and down my spine. I awoke this morning feeling exhausted and out of it, and very emotional. Emotional, as in, watching a commercial about starving children made me burst into tears and receiving a text of my baby nephew smiling in his sleep filled my heart with a joy so intense that my chest was physically warm.

So my question is, has anyone else experienced this? If so, what's going on?

That is a good description. Naturally, envisioning pleasant thoughts will tend to produce pleasing vibrations which in turn generate a happy emotional state.

What strikes me though, is tingles and vibrations that just occurred by themselves. That indicates that the mind has become perceptive to a degree that enables perception of more subtle sensations that move below the solid physical way the body might have felt before. As the mind goes into that deeper layer, any items of the psyche that are there come to awareness and this includes emotions. Emotions are also a physical manifestation that affect the body, which is obvious. When old emotions are cleared by that process pure universal love flows in and occupies their place. That's prolly why it's described as 'opening'. This has the effect of a sensation rising in the heart, which you describe as warmth. It might be a good idea to be mindful about yourself as this seems to be an emotionally sensitive time.

I enjoyed your description. Awesome.

[Miss Hepburn]

I agree, excellent description.
I giggled when I read you pictured light at your feet to ground yourself...
then, I read on.

Sooo, try this and see how you do.

Picture the 'tail' of your spine and/or your feet....as if growing roots into the earth.
(I don't practice visualization at all, btw, just sayin'...not what I do.)
Then, do the 'light' visualization at the crown of your head.

Check back, lemme know....:)
If you have a hard time with being grounded try a smokey quartz...
you'll feel grounded alright! The bigger the better!

If it helps...imagine the yin and yang of the polarity of the body...
there is a natural flow to everything...there isn't yang at the top and yang at bottom of you.
There is the positive and negative flow to everything...so 'roots' at the feet, light at the top.

[skygazer]

I have been experiencing that tickling energy for a few months now, it runs down my legs to my toes and also to a lesser degree on my arms and hands. I've attempted to direct it but when I try it totally stops.
I had an experience while meditating about six months ago of deep pressure at bottom of my spine, I assumed it has to do with kundalini and a blockage perhaps.

The emotional component is like waves with me, I go through periods where it's intense then it subsides. I feel as though it is directly connect with what is going on with the earth and changes occurring in the sun as well.