eastcoastgirl, what kind of meditation do you do? If your breath is the object of your focus, one common suggestion is to focus more attention on the inhalation to give yourself more energy and alertness. I have had the opposite problem: I would become restless and agitated during meditation, and then I noticed that almost all of my attention was on the inhalation.
If you have some measure of concentration already, another thing I have tried with some success is to make sleepiness the object of awareness. You can notice your mind begin to downshift into 'go to sleep' mode. Not getting involved with objects of awareness, but also staying present with them and not repressing them is one of those very tricky balancing acts that you encounter, similar to focusing equally on inhalation and exhalation. |