Nature Calls during Meditation

ChennaiExpress · Sep 28, 2014

I understand there are discomforts during meditation. Your body is fighting to stay in control, hence your legs fall asleep, you feel slight back strain, etc, etc.

The best way to deal with these discomforts is face them, hence meditation is actually a grueling, and rigorous exercise.

But what to do when nature calls (have to use restroom)? The body has to release itself of toxins, but then meditation gets interrupted.

How to handle this, especially when meditating early morning? I do 5 minute bike, few rounds of Surya Namaskar, followed by 30 min meditation.

sridevi1977 · Sep 29, 2014

pls use the bathroom just before you sit for meditation, so that you wont be interrupted.
Inspite of that, if you have the urge, then your body/mind has more to release in the form of toxins, especially when you are in the process of detoxifying/meditating...
Try to keep you empty before you sit, and try to maintain atleast one full sitting through out 30 mins...you can do it....or reduce the sitting time to 20 mins.
all the best.

ChennaiExpress · Sep 30, 2014

In the morning I drink water and use restroom. This morning, I tried to do more activity so I can make bowel movement beforehand (sorry for TMI), but even then, 20 minutes into meditation I had to run to the restroom.

I don't have this problem when I meditate at night for 30 minutes.... perhaps I'll try 20 in the morning, and 30 in the evening.

I certainly have lot of toxins to release ......