Anybody ever get numb arms?

[Cian]

hey guys, how are all
The other night was the first time i decided to try and induce an Obe as apposed to letting it happen through sleep paralysis. So i was there for about 20 minutes or so and felt myself in a trance. My entire body felt like a solid brick. i felt like i was surrounded in padding. So much so that i couldnt distinguish where one finger ended and the other started if you know what i mean. But anyway, i figured it wasnt going to work after the 20 minutes so i snapped myself out of it and got up. But my right arm especially was completely numb! after 2 or 3 minutes it started to get tingly and feeling returned to it after that. But i wasnt lying on it, or putting pressure of any sort on it!
Anybody else experience this? It makes me not want to try again to be honest. It doesnt sound right like. What do ye guys think?
Thanks!

[Xanth]

Well, I'll tell you this little anecdote.

During lunchtime at work, I'll generally take a fair chunk of it to meditate.
I'll sit with my back flush against the back of the chair, with my feet flat on the floor and my arms down with my hands palms down on my desk.
Anyways, after about 15 - 20 minutes my arms start to go numb just as you described yours do.

I think it's different for each person, but there is some blood flow constriction somewhere.
For me, my just simply sitting at my desk with my arms infront of me on my desk in no particularly special position is enough to cause them to go numb.

The same, I believe applies to your experience.

[Cian]

actually ya, i forgot to metion that i was sitting at my desk in pretty much the same position as you described. maybe we relax so much we slow down our heart rate and our blood flow or something to that nature? Either way i dont think thats very healthy for us! Going to have to come up with a new approach i reckon

[Xanth]

actually ya, i forgot to metion that i was sitting at my desk in pretty much the same position as you described. maybe we relax so much we slow down our heart rate and our blood flow or something to that nature? Either way i dont think thats very healthy for us! Going to have to come up with a new approach i reckon

Actually, I'm thinking it's more along the lines of veins and arteries on the underside of the arm having pressure applied to them in a very small 'gravity' type fashion that's the cause. 

It's never a healthy thing to stop the flow of blood to any part of your body.
It's best to figure out a way to stay relaxed for a long period of time without doing that. 

[omcasey]

I get more than numb arms .

It's a classic kundalini symptom -not that all numbness is kundalini related, sometimes there is a physical reason for the glitch in circulation, but it's pretty easy to tell the difference.  The k will turn off areas where she is working, so the person does not feel physical pain associated with the work being done.  The areas where I get this the most are my left calf, the meridian from the tip of my pinky fingers up my arms and the back of my head / top of the neck.  I don't know if this is what is happening with you, but I thought I would mention it as it IS something some people will be experiencing.  

[BlueTone]

Ehehe, I actually had a see a Specialist for a very similar experience....

I would always wake up, with one of my arms taking an additional ten minutes to catch up. Until one creepy day. 4 hours later my entire left arm was still numb. 6 hours later..........8 hours later. I eventually went back to bed, Woke up the next morning to find it.....STILL NUMB. Apprehensively approaching the doctor, he brought something neat to my attention...

The " Radial Nerve " Wraps around the entire arm, Starting under the armpit, Wrapping around the outside of your elbow, and down towards your wrist. Even the slightest pressure being pressed on this particular nerve, Even if slightly, but for prolonged lengths of time, can cause this nerve to go dead. The length of the pressure determines how long it takes to snap out of it. I fell asleep on it with all my weight for about 2 hours. It took almost 2 1/2 weeks to get feeling back into it for me ^_^....

But yeah, Anyway........Radial Nerve....

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[CFTraveler]

The only time I get numb arms is when I use my recliner.  Therefore, it's the recliner.

[omcasey]

Any time you use your recliner?, or specifically when you use it to Project..

Are your arms always in the same position when it happens?

[Xanth]

Any time you use your recliner?, or specifically when you use it to Project..

Are your arms always in the same position when it happens?

CFT's experience is the same as mine.
My arms ONLY get numb when I'm sitting as I do at my desk.

[CFTraveler]

Any time you use your recliner?, or specifically when you use it to Project..

Are your arms always in the same position when it happens?

Well, I use my recliner either to project or to nap, so it usually takes a half an hour of sitting immobile in the recliner.  So yes, same position, numbness and sometimes tingling in my elbows.  But it's better than lying in bed, which results in backache if I stay there for more than eight hours.

[omcasey]

Thank you for the reply (/replies ).

And just so I am totally clear---a few more questions..



Is it both arms, and the whole of the arms that falls asleep, or a particular area, or meridian?

What is the position of your arms?, are they resting on the armrests or in some other position?

Is there anything obviously constricting bloodflow?- is there an angle where the hands are higher than the elbows (or something like this), perhaps a bend at the elbow..

Do you feel the numbness as pain or is it more like you can't feel the area?- or even a euphoria in the area..

Does the numbness dissipate quickly with movement?  Does it return?

Thanks!

[Cian]

hey, i wasnt expecting to get so many replies - cheers!

well it was both my arms, but big time with my right arm. the left snapped back into normality much quicker. i was sitting in my office chair - tall back, reclines a bit. both arms on the arm rests. i wasnt constricting blood flow in any way that i can thing of! No pain, just numbness and tingling. For everything to return to normal i guess it took around 4 - 5 minutes roughly.  but id lean to agree with Xanth and CFTraveler, i never sleep in my chair, so if the chair wasnt the problem, or at least a part of it, wouldnt my arms be numb every time i wake up in the morning. Next time i try to OBE i reckon i'll just do it from bed I never had this problem when project the ,eh, natural way or spontaneous way.. if thats how you could put it

Actually its interesting to see that more than one have experienced the exact same thing in the same position. And Xanth and CFTraveler, are ye're arms numb for a while after ye get up?

Blue Tone, thats nuts! i hope thats not happening to me!!

[Xanth]

Actually its interesting to see that more than one have experienced the exact same thing in the same position. And Xanth and CFTraveler, are ye're arms numb for a while after ye get up?

I think it's dependent upon your body really.
I get get the blood flowing again within a couple minutes generally.

[Cian]

ya, completely physical. just its funny that it happens to people in that position

[CFTraveler]

And Xanth and CFTraveler, are ye're arms numb for a while after ye get up?

Only for a few minutes, clears right up after I move around a little.

[skiax]

My arms go numb almost every night, regardless of sleeping position. It can happen sitting in a chair or driving. The most likely cause for me is work related. It started in my early thirties. What do you do with your arms during the day?
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[Pauli2]

I sometimes get several minutes prolonged numbness even after I started moving my arms again.

The arms should feel numb as long as they are not moved, but when being moved the feeling should return at once. Try keeping the arms slightly bent at elbows or put something under your shoulders to support the upper part of the arms.

[Cian]

what do i do with my arms during the day, nothing unusual i guess! once i was drinking for 3 days (festival ,, im not an alcoholic haha) the day after my right arm had pins and needles for most of the day! thats the only way i can relate to what you said really. also im 23 and fairly* fit so (hopefully) i shouldnt have that kind of problem as you said.

i had a few spontanious OBEs since i first posted this thread, and i just had the normal messed up and well sometimes frankly terrifying experiences but no dead arms so it only seems to happen when i try to induce the state through meditation.

actually i got BEAT UP in an obe the other night!!!?? this ever happen anybody?? i was dreaming that i was in this hostel in france, and i was trying to go to sleep (in my dream) but kept getting SP (also in my dream!) and then there were these entities in the room wanting to hurt me, i rolled out of my body that was out of my body and started to run after them to let them know i wasnt afraid of them! but then they kicked my butt... haha, weird huh??!! i woke up shouting in my room! strange one i must say. dreams within dreams and my subconcious kicking my concious butt,,, maybe im just going insane eh!