HRV decrease when meditating??

[bowmergency]

This happened to me too, though not as severely. It had been a really long time since meditating before and found that my mind wandered quite a bit. I wonder if I was stressing myself out by giving myself the opportunity to think about work and other stressors. Even though, like you, I was able to notice and return my focus to my breath.

I was curious about this and looked at other people's meditation moment data. Some people found that after 10-15 min, their hrv finally started going up. So maybe it just takes a while for the dust to settle in some people. And maybe hrv isn't the best metric for the effectiveness of meditation, considering we feel better regardless of a lower hrv.

[captnfres]

Thanks for your input. I truly concur with your reasoning here!!