first meditation feeling?

This may seem really silly but i wanted to see how everyone feels after meditation?

I had never done meditation before but have been keeping an eye on this forum to look into it more as i always found it interesting, i'm not religious at all and only wanted to do it to relax and feel more in touch with nature etc, so i gave it a go at the weekend. I sat in the garden in the early morning after walking my dogs and just closed my eyes and let everything go, sort of drift away. after a while i really felt strange, like i wasn't where i was, like i'd gone somewhere else completley.....afterwards i felt a bit wobbley and spaced out....does that happen to anyone else? i was in a great mood all day though afterwards and felt great. i will definatley be gettiing into this more.

 

Yeah that happens sometimes. Do some yoga poses or exercise to balance out the energy if it gets to be a problem.

 

Yeah, spaciousness can happen. It seems spacey because we all are used to goal orientation and feeling good for no reason and without a goal may be confusing. It's good to remember that letting go orientation for that works in activity quite well too.

 

don't expect anything out of meditation....

it's a slow kinda thing.

 

thanks for your replies everyone. i will definatley keep doing it more and more and see where i get with it. glad its not completley adnormal for people to experience similar things and thanks dreamoftheiris i will look into yoga too.

 

Result of meditation I have always found is refreshment.

 

Totally Normal, Little Ski. No Worries. After Meditation (I've Been Meditating For Years) I Generally Feel Very Much At Peace; Content. Sometimes I Feel Blissful, Others, Energized.

 

Ah, but what a wonderful life it would be for them if they did!

 

Yeh i find i have good and bad meditations even though i try not to look at it that way, i try and see them all as an experience to another place. stick with it and meditation can be very rewarding

 

I feel calming, rejuvenating and restorative

 

There was a point in the first 10 minute meditation, after the bell had rung and my eyes remained closed, where I felt like I could see through my eyelids and saw a white outline of my window and lamp.

 

I felt very confident and I honestly felt like I could achieve anything. It was a wonderful feeling. A new world had opened for me