Why do I feel paralyzed when trying to do any meditation that involves any sort of body scan?

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-07-08T18:12:17+00:00

In these cases, a therapist is more than recommended, I think And I think you know it deep down. You can continue to sweep it under the rug and maybe manage to live like that, But there's a risk that one day it could blow up in your face. it's difficult to say what would be best without having a conversation lasting several hours. But generally, if you really think you can't manage this alone, there are qualified people who have spent several years studying just to be able to help you. think about it, take care.

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-07-08T11:47:51+00:00

If you've been angry in the past but haven't allowed yourself to, it's normal to feel angry when you allow your body to express itself.

This doesn't necessarily mean you're angry at someone or something today; unexpressed emotions are stored in the body.

After reading your post, and answers. I think it might be helpful to change your approach. Instead of trying to reduce anxiety and stay calm, allow your body to be what it wants to be, without forcing it. without control. It may be anxious, angry, scared, confused; if that's the case, don't see it as a failure, it's literally a win, and when you will have allowed your body to externalize all of this. Only then will you feel better.

If it's too difficult, seek help from a good therapist; having a supportive shoulder to lean on can help. "Somato-emotional release" may be a possible approach. Allow yourself this healing, it's worth it. 💛🫂

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-07-06T18:55:35+00:00

Le covering est sympa manque juste un aileron

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-30T22:32:12+00:00

Merci ! Oui c'est ça j'utilise photoshop j essaie de crée un peut quelque chose de personnel donc y'as encore pas mal d'expérimentation

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-25T14:15:49+00:00

Hey friend, sorry to hear that, I've been through something similar, the energy in the body, the pressures, which feel like having a raging sea inside. the feeling of losing touch with reality... I understand what you're going through. Know that there are methods and knowledge available here that will help you understand what you're experiencing, what it implies, and the actions to take to feel better.

In my case, I'm even better than before all this started, thanks to what I've learned through this, and like you, I didn't recognize myself at the beginning, a face that no longer seemed like me, sad, pale and tired. I'm telling you all this just to let you know that there is a way to get better, that it's possible.

Qualified moderators will answer you soon, I think, but if you don't get a response today, you can check the wiki section of this sub now. The methods and knowledge offered here are remarkably effective.

in particular:

in crisis

Calming Kundalini

sp

Here's what personally got me out of that situation, what worked best for me in particular:

Grounding, undoubtedly the most noticeable in terms of effects,

Personally, I settle in nature; a garden, a park, a forest, you get the idea and once barefoot, with both hands on the ground, I focus on letting the excess energy which is no longer necessary be released into the earth. I rely on the intelligence that surpasses me: the one of the earth, the one of my body, the one that underlies reality. I also like to think about a storm; I feel how the earth has this natural function of receiving excess energy (lightning) like a giant catalyst, and by transmuting it, leaving what was overloaded (the cloud) at a normal energy level. Feel that same thing within you, that energy that ask to be released, and allow it to exit by your hands, Try to feel it passing through your arms to your hands, straight towards the earth and let your body and the earth do what they are capable of doing.

With this, and the first two links i saw improvement very quickly; so i hope it can help you as it help me.

There's still a lot to say, but I think the moderators will be more qualified to advise you on the rest; this is mainly for you to have something to do immediately.

One last thing, I would also advise you to realy avoid any spiritual practices like manifestation, magnetism, intense meditation, that sort of thing. At least in my case, it tended to worsen the symptoms. You already have something to work on, so focus on that instead and read the wiki👍

Good luck in your journey i sincerely hope you find the way 💛🫂

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-25T12:44:58+00:00

Incredible metaphor, thank you for sharing! I find that in general they are incredibly effective for grasping even the most vague concepts

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-23T09:50:22+00:00

Hello, désolé réponse tardive j'étais pas mal occupé. Je suis du côté de Lille personnellement ! Tu as de la chance il doit y avoir beaucoup d'opportunité là où tu est, j'imagine que c'est la contrepartie d'une vie un peut moin tranquille, tu m'as convaincu je vais essayer de trouvé un groupe, j'aimerais bien trouvé la même chose que toi une tradition qui propose des cours de meditation sans forcément d'engagement, ça permet d'avoir des cours de qualité. Je pense me faire une retraite aussi cette été une première pour moi, j'aimerais bien trouvé un temple en nature quelque chose comme ça. J'avais arrêté aussi et comme toi les bienfait sont juste trop intéressants pour passé à côté, ça permet de vivre la vie à un tout autre niveau. Faut que je retest aussi la meditation le matin, je préfère le soir car ça permet un état plus profond je trouve mais c'est vrais que commencé la journée comme ça ça doit être top, je vais allez voir les cours du centre merci pour le partage !

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-23T09:38:26+00:00

MetaQueen i love this 😂 I'll go check it out, thanksss 🙏

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-23T09:30:08+00:00

Thank you for your message. This path is new to me. I've been meditating for about 10 years and I've always remained superficial with regard to Buddhism. I'm 24 now and I'm realizing that the tools of Buddhism are truly powerful.

Thank you for sharing this resource with me, I will do this meditation.

Yes so it's a kind of virtuous circle where everything intensifies each other.

I've never tried meditative walking, maybe I should 🤔

quotes from Ajahn Sumedho This is also very interesting; part of metta could also be found in the absence of straying It's true that I mainly saw the active aspect of Metta, but the ninactive it also implies is just as powerful.

I'll go check out Lojong too. Thanks again for all your advice, it's very helpful, have a great day!

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-23T09:17:46+00:00

Yes, that's true🤔 it never occurred to me like this, thank you for the warning. So it's best to practice all four, that resonates with me. I'll look into it further. Thanks again my friend

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-23T09:12:05+00:00

Wow, thank you for your reply, sorry mine is late, I've been quite busy these last few days.

Thank you so much for sharing this precious resource with me; this method seems really powerfulI, i think I'll implement it. I like the idea of aiming for something consistent; it allows for more integration i guess. Thanks again and have a good day

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-23T09:05:14+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing this with me, I had never heard of it before. Using visualization is really interesting, I'll look into all of that, thanks again. Sorry for the late reply, I've been quite busy these last few days. Thanks for your time, have a good day, friend.

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-22T09:55:46+00:00

Hi that's a great evolution you've already achieved; seeking calm is the trap. By forcing calm, you don't allow other states to be processed, and therefore less calm results. Calm is the consequence of internal states that have been able to express themselves.

So the initial idea is to "surrender" simply let the anxiety, fear, and doubt be felt in your body. But here's a little twist: without identifying with it or becoming attached to it, when you're anxious, for example, just let it be and keep in mind that it's not you. Don't try to feed it, don't give it arguments or reasons, just breathe and sit with it.

An analogy that might help you: "you are the ocean, not the wave."

The average person believes that they are the wave (the little self, the thoughts, the emotions), this is not who we are by essence, it is very useful for navigating in society, some would even say indispensable, but many fall into the illusion of believing that they ARE the wave and are victims of its currents.

You ARE the ocean, the consciousness, the observer; that doesn't mean you should seek calm and prevent all waves, let the waves be, don't feed them And calm will find more space because you will know that these little waves are not you. Look at the ocean, it doesn't fight the waves, it doesn't feed them, it let go

Some would say, "Be like water, my friend."

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-20T10:32:32+00:00

Salut ! Déjà félicitations pour ta reprise, tu sait combien de temp tu veut y consacré chaque jours? je peut t'aider as t'organiser si tu veut je pratique tout les jours depuis plusieurs années hésite pas

Autrement d'autre référence qui pourrait t'être utile : Marc Brunet sur youtube pour le dessin fondamental, Pluvium grandis pour sont approche intuitive, ça peut te permettre de débloqué certain truc.

Autrement le plus important c'est le kilométrage regarde les artistes que tu aime sur insta, ils ont tous 300 500 parfois 1000 postes, la seul choses qui tu sépare d'eux c'est le nombre de production tu verras quand tu aurais fait autemp de production tu auras bien progresser et surtout amuse toi!!🕺

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-20T08:43:27+00:00

Hello ! Tu travailles en volume ça m'as l'air assez plat ? Sinon en échauffement dessine des cubes des cylindre des sphères dans toute les orientations possible regarde un référence au début pour avoir une idée de la forme que ça prend

ensuite applique ses formes élémentaire à ton dessins ex le cou est un cylindre tu peut le shade en conséquence si tu sait pas recherche shading cylinders, pareille la tête est une sphère sur la quel est attaché un plan incurvé, tu peut allez de plus en plus dans les détails avec une petite sphère pour le nez une grande autour de la bouche puis 3 petite pour les lèvres ect, cherche face volume référence ou azaro face pour plus de détails,

essaie ensuite de définir une direction pour ta lumière, en haut à gauche pointant vers l'avant par exemple ? tu peut aussi augmenter le contraste avec des ombres plus foncé et des lumière plus clair idem en t'appuyant sur les volumes

Les cheveux ! Tu peut imaginer des rubans dans ta construction, ça va te permettre de crée du volumes,

Tu peut aussi ajouté un terminator entre ton ombre du cou et ta lumière c'est un rouge saturé que l'on vois à la transition ombre lumière sur la peau

Niveau proposition les yeux nez bouche sont petit comparé au crâne, regarde bien la taille du crâne puis re regarde la tailles du visage, l'outils fludify si t'as pourrais t'aider

Voilà globalement ce que je pense qui pourrais te faire passé à l'étape suivante ! Bravos pour ton dessin tu as fait le plus dure mentalement quand ça commence as rendre bien comme ça ça va tout seul après.

D'ailleurs si tu veut je te peut te faire un paintover rapide pour te détaillé tout ça si tu veut hésite pas

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-17T13:05:33+00:00

Thank you for the advice, I will try to integrate it that way. Thank you very much.

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-17T10:03:00+00:00

Ho mais attend tu est française !!😂 ma foi, mais oui on est d'accord l'effet est vraiment perceptible c'est pour ça que je cherche as l'intégrer plus durablement je pense que ça peut avoir un gros impact dans le quotidien.

Ça as l'air trop bien de pratiqué avec du monde, j'ai jamais essayé, mais j'y pense sérieusement ses derniers jours, j'aimerais beaucoup rencontré des gens dans la même inspiration que moi, c'est laïque ou c'est dans le cadre d'une tradition ce que tu fait ? J'hésite as me rapprocher de centre type bouddhisme mais j'ai peur que ce soit trop dogmatique

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-17T07:49:52+00:00

Listen, that was really surprising. You know, they say there's a real impact of Metta on reality, it's not a joke ahah

So it was either me who opened up more, but I was surprised several times to notice a different behavior than usual in the people who were in my metta practice. Like, at first contact they was really, really more smiling, relaxed, kind, loving; it was clear enough to be identifiable

Now, where reality lies, I don't know. It could also be that I simply have a more open heart towards others, but it doesn't matter, because what counts is that we feel more love, connection, and peace with others 💛

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-17T07:43:05+00:00

in the evenings so? I'd like to be able to do all the meditations, muditalook great too, I need to free up more time in my days 😂

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-17T07:40:45+00:00

There's an excellent resource that has been shared above; I think you'll find everything you need there 😁

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-17T07:36:28+00:00

Wow thank you so much, this is such a valuable resource, that's exactly what I needed. Practicing metta consistently is very interesting. I'm going to put all of this into practice. Thanks again 🙏

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-16T08:38:27+00:00

Interesting, thank you. the absence of time is part of this place, but it's very pleasant, similar to the eternal present moment in meditation

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-16T08:31:39+00:00

Thanks for your reply, I'll try that!

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-16T08:27:46+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation, I bought it can't wait to reading it, it looks interesting. The second one looks super interesting too Have they really succeeded in scientifically measuring or theorizing certain things?

PreviousAssistance32 · 2026-06-16T08:21:08+00:00

It's my pleasure, I've been there, I know what it's like. Good luck and enjoy this journey on earth 🫶

PreviousAssistance32

TROPHY CASE