Patrick:
Hi everybody, I started performing a breath meditation 2 weeks ago. I generally meditate twice a day, between 10 and 20 minutes (I set an alarm.) Last night, after meditating for around 15 minutes then stopping, I decided to start again a few minutes later. I quickly began to experience a bodily sensation that can be best described as "burning." While it wasn't necessarily painful, it was overwhelming in it's own way, and I could not continue focusing on my breath due to this strange sensation. Is this normal to experience when you begin meditating?
Howdy,
Is this sort of a burning in the chest area perhaps from a natural and very normal over-focus on the lungs while breathing? You may not be having this natural over-focus on the lungs, but since you mention just starting breathing meditation, this can come up.