Hi I've just started the meditation lessons this week and I have had some intense stress release episodes.Unfortunately in my first meditation session I set my zen timer which gives a soft gong sound to go off after 20 minutes and it didn't go off. So I ended up meditating for 30 minutes doing the mantra.In that session I had two very intense stress relief episodes the second one was so intense I had to stop the mantra altogether in the middle of the release because my heart was racing and i was feeling sick. I rested for 5-10 minutes in silence and then felt ok. I had to write an assignment for university that day and after 2 hours was so brain drained I just couldn't work anymore. The rest of the day I felt ok but felt that I just couldn't cope with doing another lesson that day. The next morning I did the second lesson making sure I stuck to the 15 minutes of using the mantra and then I rested for 5 minutes and then had to lay down for another 10.I still felt the stress release happening 10-15 minutes after I had finished doing the mantra. Same thing happened after that I could only cope with doing my assignment for 2 hours and then I felt weak with brain drain. The rest of the day I felt terrible, spacey, strange feelings in the head, unfocused, tired yet I could not sleep when I went to bed despite the fact that I had not done another session later in the day. When I went to bed at midnight I could feel that my nervous system was over stimulated.The next morning I decided not to continue with the lessons until I could get some advise and so I did my usual heart meditation which I have been doing for half an hour every day for years. I felt so much better after I did that meditation, I felt that it rested my whole nervous system and I ended up having a good day. I want to continue with the lessons, I can't believe how powerful this tecnique is and I thank you for making it available at such a low price. I will not continue however without some guidance and I am willing to pay for some email consultations I just don't know how to access it. I have a fairly weak nervous system anyway due to a major health crash I had 5 years ago with my metabolic system. I also need to know whether I should be focusing my internal gaze on my third eye when I am saying the mantra.It does not take much to over stimulate my nervous system and thats what the stress relief tecnique seems to be doing. Thanks for your support I look forward to hearing from you.