Solar plexus and meditation

[Lava]

Hi everyone

I have a question for anybody who knows something about this area.
So, lately, when I meditate, I get this wierd vibrating-like feeling around solar plexus area. Also as I breath and my abdomen is moving I fell like there is a cylinder rolling between my navel and sternum. I've been surfing the internet to find out more about this but I haven't found anything related to this experience. I just got more confused beacuse I can't tell if it's a good thing or a bad thing. So now I'm not sure if I should go with the flow or this is an indicator that I should clean up my vibration..?

Any response would be appreciated.

Love, Lava <3

[bodi]

can you describe your meditative technique in more detail?

also, is the feeling feeling pleasurable? how long does it last? does it come in waves or is it constant?

[Lava]

Well yesterday I realized it never happens when I'm relaxing only when I meditate.. (there is a post that I've red yesterday on this forum that is describing the difference between relaxation - for example imagining I'm walking on a beach; and meditation - being present in the moment, just existing...).

So, when I meditate I just focus on my breathing. I focus on the air/energy flow. I focus on the sensation of air flowing on my lips when I exhale through my mouth and when I inhale through the nose..

The feeling is neither good or bad. It's just different.. I would describe it as fun beacuse when I start to feel something around that area the cylinder-like energy shows up and then I play with it: I try to have more deep inhales so my abdomen can lift up more and the ''cylinder'' is rolling on the wider area so the feeling is more intense.
It lasts all the way to the end of meditation and it is constant.

I hope the description is helpfull.

[raykilleen]

May be time to tune up (balance) Ida and Pingala with some pranayama practice?

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by Lava

Hi everyone

I have a question for anybody who knows something about this area.
So, lately, when I meditate, I get this wierd vibrating-like feeling around solar plexus area. Also as I breath and my abdomen is moving I fell like there is a cylinder rolling between my navel and sternum. I've been surfing the internet to find out more about this but I haven't found anything related to this experience. I just got more confused beacuse I can't tell if it's a good thing or a bad thing. So now I'm not sure if I should go with the flow or this is an indicator that I should clean up my vibration..?

Any response would be appreciated.

Love, Lava <3

Usually, when you feel a sensation such as you described in an area such as you described it is indicative of a kind of energetic friction occurring in some energy center or another. In your case, it appears to be the solar plexus chakra. This energetic blockage would indicate some distortion in consciousness relative to your interactions with society. The third chakra is a blockage which most closely resembles that which we call ego.

Have you been in any power struggles with people close to you lately?

Just a shot in the dark, it could be something completely different. It's hard to tell when I can't directly analyze the sensations as if they were my own.

[Keiju]

Originally Posted by Lava

Hi everyone

I have a question for anybody who knows something about this area.
So, lately, when I meditate, I get this wierd vibrating-like feeling around solar plexus area. Also as I breath and my abdomen is moving I fell like there is a cylinder rolling between my navel and sternum. I've been surfing the internet to find out more about this but I haven't found anything related to this experience. I just got more confused beacuse I can't tell if it's a good thing or a bad thing. So now I'm not sure if I should go with the flow or this is an indicator that I should clean up my vibration..?

Any response would be appreciated.

Love, Lava <3

Have experienced similar, at my highest peaks of "bio-energy intensity"


What I did to produce this effect, was "draw in or intensify" energy at the top and the bottom, bring it together in the centre around the solar plexus, whilst in the blazing sun. I find the sun helps to create greater intensity.

A strong wheel/vortex or "chakra" which translates to spinning wheel was felt in the area.

Can not replicate the same as of late, unfortunately, and consider the feat pretty advanced from my perspective.


Not sure if you done the same as I did, as it takes a lot more than "just meditating", maybe you are talking about a rush of blood in the stomach area, and it begins to pump as if another heart was there. The latter is more likely in a novice meditator. Either way, carry on and be prepared for the possibility of unusual occurences

"cleaning up your vibration" is not something you can just "do", its a lifestyle, clean thoughts, clean food and clean actions

[Lava]

Originally Posted by Anagogy

The third chakra is a blockage which most closely resembles that which we call ego.

Have you been in any power struggles with people close to you lately?

Well it could be something related to that. I've had some problems at my university for the past 2 years which had led me to the enormous lack of self-confidence and self-respect. For the past week or so I've been trying some motivational techniques and visualizations of what I want because my state of mind brought me to the point that if I don't change something about my behaviour I will definitely not like the events that will follow.. I've noticed a little shift/improvement of my energy but I still have that feeling like I'm playing against myself, or at least like my newself can't ''take over'' because of some kind of conflict with the old part of me I don't want to be anymore - at the same time I'm so used to feeling this way, you know, it's the only thing for the past 2 years that I'm familiar with and now I'm afraid to let go because of the fear from the unkown. And I'm aware of the fact that the unkown is something that I want and would be far better than the situation I'm currently in but something keeps holding me back and I can't put my finger on it.
Do you have any advice for me what to do next?

[Lava]

Originally Posted by Keiju

Not sure if you done the same as I did, as it takes a lot more than "just meditating", maybe you are talking about a rush of blood in the stomach area, and it begins to pump as if another heart was there. The latter is more likely in a novice meditator. Either way, carry on and be prepared for the possibility of unusual occurences

"cleaning up your vibration" is not something you can just "do", its a lifestyle, clean thoughts, clean food and clean actions

To be honest, it starts as a rush of blood in the stomach area but after a minute or so it transforms into the energy I described above (and I don't have the pulsing feeling after the transformation).

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by Lava

Well it could be something related to that. I've had some problems at my university for the past 2 years which had led me to the enormous lack of self-confidence and self-respect. For the past week or so I've been trying some motivational techniques and visualizations of what I want because my state of mind brought me to the point that if I don't change something about my behaviour I will definitely not like the events that will follow.. I've noticed a little shift/improvement of my energy but I still have that feeling like I'm playing against myself, or at least like my newself can't ''take over'' because of some kind of conflict with the old part of me I don't want to be anymore - at the same time I'm so used to feeling this way, you know, it's the only thing for the past 2 years that I'm familiar with and now I'm afraid to let go because of the fear from the unkown. And I'm aware of the fact that the unkown is something that I want and would be far better than the situation I'm currently in but something keeps holding me back and I can't put my finger on it.
Do you have any advice for me what to do next?

It sounds like that is what is causing the sensation. The desire to change a particular aspect of your life, and the concomitant resistance to this change. You are allowing prana through your system and its getting resisted at the area of the body that resonates with the consciousness of these issues.

My advice would be to just relax and try to understand what it is that you are focusing on that is causing the anxiety to arise. These emotions are always arising because of what you are focusing on, and how you are focusing on it. Search for underlying beliefs that are hindering your enjoyment of your life at this time. Once you let go of this contradiction, you will feel the clarity rush in.

Sometimes in situations like this it is beneficial to affirm clearly to yourself:

"The changes that I want to occur, that are in line with my greatest joy, are happening easily, gradually, and comfortably. I don't have to figure it out all on my own, the universe is helping me every step of the way. The path will light up before me clearly. Everything is unfolding perfectly."

Or something along those lines. If you feel a visceral sense of emotional relief when you think a statement like that, you know you are on the right track. If that's the case, make a habit of nudging your thoughts in that general direction.

[Lava]

Originally Posted by Anagogy

It sounds like that is what is causing the sensation. The desire to change a particular aspect of your life, and the concomitant resistance to this change. You are allowing prana through your system and its getting resisted at the area of the body that resonates with the consciousness of these issues.

My advice would be to just relax and try to understand what it is that you are focusing on that is causing the anxiety to arise. These emotions are always arising because of what you are focusing on, and how you are focusing on it. Search for underlying beliefs that are hindering your enjoyment of your life at this time. Once you let go of this contradiction, you will feel the clarity rush in.

Sometimes in situations like this it is beneficial to affirm clearly to yourself:

"The changes that I want to occur, that are in line with my greatest joy, are happening easily, gradually, and comfortably. I don't have to figure it out all on my own, the universe is helping me every step of the way. The path will light up before me clearly. Everything is unfolding perfectly."

Or something along those lines. If you feel a visceral sense of emotional relief when you think a statement like that, you know you are on the right track. If that's the case, make a habit of nudging your thoughts in that general direction.

Thank you soo much for your help. I will do as you suggested.