Dr Joe ... wth?!!!
Neck and Shoulder Pains During Meditation
Ever since I started this run of meditations, I have been experiencing neck and shoulder pains during the meditations. I am mentioning it now because I am now certain that the pains only arise during mediations. As soon as I go back into "normal" life, it disappears so completely that I forget about it totally ... till the next meditation.
What is going on? Obviously it is related to the mediations. But why?
As of 12 Mar 2025, I notice that for the first time, the neck and shoulder pains either are not there during meditations, or are greatly decreased.
Burping
Shortly after starting this rounds of meditation practice, I noticed that I had little burps at some points in the meditation. But I didn't give it much thought.
Then I noticed that not only did they continue in subsequent meditations, but little farts started happening.
And then during this morning's meditation (between 3:30 - 6:30am) ... the burps really BURPED. Lots of it, more of it, and they were more viseral and louder.
What is happening?????
Tears
I forgot to mention the tears! Almost from day 1, I almost always had tears leaking out. Sometimes it was related to something I was thinking or an (elevated) emotion I was feeling. But over time, when the tears continued to leak, and I could not see any connection with what I was thinking/feeling at the point, I really got intrigued.
What is with all these... what are they ... a cleaning out?
As of this day (14/3/25), the leaking tears have decreased. Every now and then I find a tear leaking out and running down. But certainly not as much as in earlier days.
Coughing
I cannot attribute the coughing directly to the meditation practice because I have had a persistent occasional bout of coughing for years now. It is most common at night when I am in bed. It is a dry, ticklish kind of cough.
However lately I have noticed that the cough seems to "deliberately" come up and get dry and ticklish during some meditations.
I think I am not coughing as much since I started the meditation practice but am not sure as it can come up out of nowhere (no where???)
I would like to know what the cough and all the other symptoms are all about.
