[mtalantikite]

For sure, lots of things start changing with a meditation practice. I had a similar experience of needing to stop when I was younger and was practicing with no teacher in my early 20s, it became overwhelming.

I picked it back up about a decade later and found some texts really helpful that I'd recommend to anyone working at a meditation practice:

- "The Other Shore" by Thich Nhat Hanh

- "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" by Shunryū Suzuki

- "Zen Training" by Katsuki Sekida

There are of course tons of others, but better to start with fewer than an overwhelming collection of things when getting situated.

Also, yeah, the sinuses thing is weird and was also surprising when I started noticing it!

Edit: Also, a physical yoga asana practice really brought me a whole lot deeper into my meditation practice. Find a teacher you connect with. Typically yoga studios that have "Mysore" or "Hatha" practices on their schedules will be teaching something that isn't just calisthenics. That'd be enough to open the doors and get going.