Stay Awake During Meditation — 10 Practical Tips

Have you ever started sitting for meditation and found yourself shaken awake by a massive head bobble? Or, you finally took a seat only to spend your time fighting to keep your eyelids from closing? We all have the best intentions to meditate but some times when we take our seat, we drift quickly into dreamland. Even the Buddha identified sleepiness as one of the traditional five hindrances to meditation.