A bit of background on what's going on:

Over the past 2 - 3 months I've been practicing meditation much more seriously than I have in the past. I've been attempting to use my meditation as a method to release stress and grow closer to my gods. Hopefully noble aspirations. I've also been attempting to astral project lately as well.

When I meditate I put on some relaxing music and a set of headphones with either white noise or some binaural beats designed for relaxation(or astral projection when that's the goal). I then lay on my bed and begin the meditation.

The problem started about a month ago when I was attempting to astral project(I've never had a successful projection that I can remember). I was doing the meditation normally, and then I felt myself fall rapidly downward. I thought, "this is it, I'm going to astral project." Suddenly I heard behind me a low growl which startled me enough to snap my astral body back into my physical body. At the time I assumed that my body had finally fallen asleep and I started snoring. I'm pretty loud when I snore, so the idea didn't seem to far-out. So over the next few days I took some stuff to clear the sinuses and put on a breath-rite strip(they've always eliminated my snoring) when I decided to try projecting again. Once again, though, once I leave my body I hear a low growl just loud enough to snap me back.

So I guess where I'm going with this story is that I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this situation before? If so, were you able to overcome it, and how?

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope that someone is able to help.

My advice to you is go and find a good guru.
Meditation is bound to have lot of ups and downs and without having a
personal guru( He should be a true one not going for money) is driving a bicycle
with your eyes blind folded in a national highway.

Don't ask me how to find one though :_)

good luck

Hope it helps