Guest guest Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 I usually think about what Im going to have for breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Hello Anis, Yoga has a way of releasing and opening spots of tenderness in our minds, hearts, and souls. What you are experiencing is very healthy and probably necessary for your healing process. I read once that Anna Forrest often has people sobbing in her classes. She expects it. To her, that is part of the objective loosening, releasing. So much of our programming has been to bottle up our sadness and tough it out. We have no real outlet for our pain, and it can be difficult to find a place where we feel comfortable to let it all go. In yoga, you are safe. In yoga, you are comfortable. Through yoga, you have found a place to feel your difficult feelings. Don¹t worry about the other people. They are there to support you, and you will be there for them. ³Namaste² means to bow to another soul, and it isn¹t conditional. Just like a challenging asana, you can breath into that sadness. Let your breath flow through it like a river to cool and sooth and cleanse. Just like responding to a pose that has reached your edge, you can soften it, breath into it, let it unfold in its own time. Just keep breathing. You will be alright. I used to cry at yoga sometimes, particularly during evening practice. I didn¹t know what was happening, but it happened. Then, as strangely as it had started, it ended. Just like that. One of life¹s amazing mysteries. Blessing to you, Anis. Namaste, Marji > The real challenge for me during Savasana is not crying! Almost every > day I end up sobbing. Sometimes, I admit, it's because of > the "thinking", but most days is just laying down and the tears would > come. Some days (very few) I don't cry at all. That crying bothers > me, and the other day my instructor told to just let go and cry as > much as I need, but I'm afraid to disturb the others. Any thoughts on > this issue? Anything would help. > > Namaste, > > Anis > > PS - This started to happen right after my mom died... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Dear Anis, This is part of the healing and transformative process of yoga. Yoga allows us to move emotions through us and release them constructively - anger, sadness, etc...I started yoga after the death of my brother and then with the grief process following 9/11....Ashtanga is especially purifying...be grateful you are crying. It means you are open and allowing the process to work....holding loss in..or any emotion for that matter... can be detrimental to one's health...God Bless you, Blessed one. You are living your practice...."Yoga is a means to the realization of one's true nature" Sri K. Pattabi Jois..... Shanti, Peace....Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 hi anis, i had the same experience a few years ago when my grandmother died. i think that savasana gives us the space that we don't have in our every day lives to be aware of these kinds of feelings. you should embrace the moment to let go. eventually it will get easier and you will probably not cry as much and will eventually stop all together. rochelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 I would appriciate if any one could offer some tips on techniques of Meditation. i find that the slightest sound sets of a chain of thought in the mind making the task of 'blanking' it virtually impossible. i understand experts can meditate even amidst a crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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