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How to work with restlessness in stillness practices

I love how meditation makes me feel but I can only sit still for five minutes before I feel like I'm going to crawl out of my skin.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The nervous system's conditioning toward constant activity creates physical distress when encountering the unfamiliar territory of stillness.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Movement and exercise — principles?”

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