News Awareness And C-ptsd

[Upside Down Eagle]

@Underdog yeah it used to be pretty much impossible for me, too. I guess it depends on the state you're in. It's what that Richard guy says: when you meditate with PTSD, you really have to time it. It's not good to meditate if you're not up to it and all the monsters come back into your consciousness.

So while you still need somewhat of a stable ground to meditate on, yeah I think then it becomes an issue of practice. Also depends on the style in which you meditate, I think. This guy is talking about meditating while sitting in your house, but you can also meditate while walking in nature, that might make it easier. Just trying to observe your thoughts/what you feel.

I think breathing techniques can make it easier too. Breathing in really deep and breathing out trough your mouth. Most of the time when we're upset we have a whole load of tension and fear, breathing can ground you into reality again.

 

[Underdog]

Breathing meditation was the first thing I was taught within trauma sensitive yoga, mainly because I started when I was finally coming back but still highly on guard and upset. That and corpse pose were the two grounding techniques I could actually do, and even corpse pose was difficult because of all the things flying through my mind. But after 45 minutes or so laying on the ground, my heart and thoughts would finally start to slow down a bit. What a truly wonderful feeling!!!!