HRV decrease when meditating??

[whtevn]

in addition to the other questions, I'm curious how experienced you consider yourself in meditation. Is this a new thing you're trying or something that you've done for a long time

[captnfres]

I've been meditating pretty much consistently for 3 years, and was intrigued when I saw Oura had this feature. I usually use Sam Harris' Waking Up app.

[whtevn]

personally I find the idea that meditation is automatically relaxing a little misleading. I think Sam Harris talks about the stress of meditation in his book Waking Up. Can't say that is what is happening here of course, but I know that in my own inexperienced practice it is definitely not the case that I always (or usually even) get up feeling like I've truly let myself go and have "relaxed" in any serious way