some physical issues

hello!
i have been doing shamatha practice for months now with concentration on the breath. i am mainly concentrating on the feeling of breath at the tip of the nose. For some time now i am feeling strong tension at the area between the eyebrows. its not too annoying or anything but ive also been feeling lately strong blood flow at the left part of the nose.

has anyone had this kind of experience? because i think i was inhaling too strong maybe...

thanks
iftah

Hi iftha,

The tension between the eye brows is very common among meditators. I've basically have had it in different degrees on and of the cushion since I started practicing 4,5 years ago. I don't know if your familiar with the chakras but one of the major ones are located here. The sensation often intensifies the more you concentrate, at least for me.

I know that Kenneth in the past have spoke about a physio-energetic rewiring that goes on in your brain and this phenomena is most likely related to that.

Have nothing to ad about the nose except that lots of phenomena materialize in your practice stays for a while and then disappear. It might take a long or short time. As the saying goes around KFD, note it

Metta Erik