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Incredible post by OP. Look, I’ve done the Vipassana retreats, meditation, SR, therapy, etc. What OP is telling you is the truth. You can’t address your issues with anapana or Vipassana when your body is holding onto all this extreme emotions and feelings in silence and stillness.
It’s like a body of water filled with garbage. What happens when you clear out the trash, the body of water starts flowing properly again. Same applies with your body, you need to cleanse the body of the trash it’s holding onto aka those bad memories.
When you have this energy built up and creating immense awareness through meditation, you’re now hyper focused on these bad sensations in the body. But focusing on those sensations without moving them will cause you havoc. In my opinion it actually compounds your trauma because you’re to multiply that energy by focusing on it while before you didn’t even know it was a problem.
TRE and doing some exercise like martial arts or rock climbing with lots of rest is the best way to recover from my experience so far. After one sessions you’ll see tremendous results. Make sure to do TRE with a trained professional for the first couple of times, but after you can practice on your own.
Plus I know people that have done EMDR and other somatic modalities but why do they still feel the bad sensations and have to constantly go to things like plant medicine, etc.
OP, glad you posted this and looking forward to more post by you.
Comment by Nadayogi at 18/11/2023 at 10:09 UTC
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Thanks for the kind words. Be sure to regularly check out the Monthly Progress Threads where I write down tips and things I've learned.