VideoMeditationJul 28, 20263:13
Feeling Sleepy After Meditation: Failure or Transformation?
Alexander Volchek
Sleep is not a criterion here at all. Someone says they feel sleepy after the practice and immediately tries to decide whether this is transformation or regression, good or bad. Any state can arise during practice. You may feel sleepy, calm, or sad; anger may come up, or a state of love for everything around you.
Main subjects
Alexander VolchekMeditationStates and effects of meditationMeditation practice and techniqueExpanded perceptionTruth
The main question
Chapters: 00:00 Sleepy after meditation: does that mean you failed?
What you can take away
- In #meditation, you enter a process of expanding perception, and that process can take very different forms.
- Sometimes it brings #peace, sometimes intense tension, sometimes recovery of the physical body, and sometimes a transition into a state the person simply does not know how to recognize.
Main threads of the conversation
- 00:00Sleepy after meditation: does that mean you failed?
- 00:20What states can arise in meditation?
- 00:47Why meditation is not a way to calm down
- 01:15Why the body asks for sleep during practice
- 01:42“I fell asleep” does not always mean sleep
- 02:02How to avoid making sleep a new benefit to pursue
- 02:24A thirst for truth instead of usefulness
- 02:51The only criterion: where your attention is directed
Claims made here
Individual claims identified in the material: who said them, when, and what kind of thought they express. Each timestamp opens that point in the video.
- 00:01
“Did I go through and experience something, or did I fail?”
Alexander Volchekcomparison
- 00:01
Meditation is not an action aimed at calming you down.
Alexander Volchekcause
- 00:53
Sometimes people feel sleepy because the physical body really is receiving an impulse to recover.
Alexander Volchekcause
- 00:53
The only comparison available to their consciousness is, “I fell asleep.”
Alexander Volchek
- 01:47
“Oh, then I will meditate so my body can recover.”
Alexander Volchek
- 01:47
“Or my internal organs or cells will recover.”
Alexander Volchek
- 01:47
But it is not always sleep. It may be a deep immersion, with a fine thread along which you can always return while continuing to go deeper.
Alexander Volchekprinciple
- 02:43
They sit down to meditate—figuratively speaking, of course—because they want to understand.
Alexander Volchekcause
What to pay attention to
- Sleepy after meditation: does that mean you failed?
- What states can arise in meditation?
What to watch next
- Why Everything Gets in the Way During Meditation: Your Back, Thoughts, Irritation
- How to Maintain Your State After Meditation
Who this is for
- For readers interested in: States and effects of meditation, Meditation practice and technique, Awareness, observation, and perception
Explore further · 5 mentions
Who and what is mentioned
People
1- Alexander Volchekparticipant
Concepts
3- Meditationcentral subject
- Truthdiscussed
- Healthmentioned
The author's terms
1- Expanded perceptiondiscussed
How it connects
How it connects
Size shows how fully the subject is discussed; a dashed line means a contextual connection, without a direct quotation. Select a point to open its page.
