Guest guest Posted October 4, 2001 Report Share Posted October 4, 2001 Sat Nam I have been practicing bed time meditation for some time now. Earlier I was practicing Long Sat Nams, later I moved to Meditation to stay young and powerful (posted on yogatech site) and then later, on advice from this mail list I moved to SHABAD kriya. In all these meditations my experience has been very different. All of these make me very energetic. I guess that is one reason SHABAD was recommended. But I have begun to notice the same effect with SHABAD as well now. When I started I used to sleep very well. But now I become fresh and active after the meditation. Is it something wrong that I am doing or is such a different experience normal. I guess I notice the effect from the fact that it takes me a very long time to sleep after the meditation and I tend to wake up in about 4 hours. Please advise. Sat Nam Gowri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2001 Report Share Posted October 4, 2001 I think you are experiencing the quickening. perhaps someone else could elaborate for you. This is a good thing even though lack of sleep is not. maybe practice yoga at a different time? I have had to. some people like to do meditation and not the yoga exercise part of it before bed and perform the asanas in the morning. someone that has a better suggestion please elaborate. It's great you are feeling this though, as it sounds like you are moving things around inside you. How are your dreams? Gowri S Rajaram [grajaram] Thursday, October 04, 2001 12:46 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2001 Report Share Posted October 5, 2001 Dear Gowri, Thank you for your letter. This is a very interesting case. > In all these meditations my experience has been very different. All of > these make me very energetic. I guess that is one reason SHABAD was > recommended. But I have begun to notice the same effect with SHABAD as well > now. When I started I used to sleep very well. But now I become fresh and > active after the meditation. Is it something wrong that I am doing or is > such a different experience normal. > > I guess I notice the effect from the fact that it takes me a very long time > to sleep after the meditation Then you need a different mediation. Try left nostril breathing as a meditation before you go to bed. Make sure you are breathing through your left nostril before you go to sleep. And sleep on your back or on your left side which is relaxing. On your right side you could wake yourself up. and I tend to wake up in about 4 hours. Our sleep cycles are 4 hours. This may be all the sleep you need. One possibility is to get up after the four hours and do your Sadhana. Then you will be very tired at the end of the day and go to sleep. Those are my immediate ideas. Maybe someone else has something to add. Let us know. Sat Nam, Gururattan Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2001 Report Share Posted October 5, 2001 At 04:41 PM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote: > I think you are experiencing the quickening. perhaps someone else could >elaborate for you. This is a good thing even though lack of sleep is not. >maybe practice yoga at a different time? I have had to. some people like to >do meditation and not the yoga exercise part of it before bed and perform >the asanas in the morning. someone that has a better suggestion please >elaborate. It's great you are feeling this though, as it sounds like you are >moving things around inside you. How are your dreams? Sat Nam Thanks for your advise. I practice physical KY in the morning 5AM onwards and meditate at about 10PM. I will try to meditate a little earlier in the evening as a variation (not exactly bedtime). Well about my dreams, I don't remember any and that has normally been the case with me. Maybe I will start making a note of it. Would it signify something specific? Gowri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2001 Report Share Posted October 5, 2001 Sat Nam >Try left nostril breathing as a meditation before you go to bed. Make sure >you are breathing through your left nostril before you go to sleep. And >sleep on your back or on your left side which is relaxing. On your right >side you could wake yourself up. > >and I tend to wake up in about 4 hours. > >Our sleep cycles are 4 hours. This may be all the sleep you need. One >possibility is to get up after the four hours and do your Sadhana. Then >you will be very tired at the end of the day and go to sleep. Well I tend to feel extremely sleepy after my lunch. Does it still indicate that 4 hours should be good enough for me. >Those are my immediate ideas. Maybe someone else has something to add. > >Let us know. Thanks for the advise/suggestions. I will try these variations and let you know the results. Gowri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2001 Report Share Posted October 5, 2001 Dear Gowri, Yes, try to meditate before 10. Watch your inner clock. It may be easier to go to sleep about 10 and after that you wake up. > Well I tend to feel extremely sleepy after my lunch. Does it still indicate > that 4 hours should be good enough for me. Not necessarily. Now that you have given your schedule I would say get to bed at 10 and see what time you wake up. Experiment. Maybe a half hour nap after lunch would be good. Yogi Bhajan says we should lie on our left side for 10 minutes after lunch to digest our food. And check out what works for you. More than 30 is often too much. Sat Nam, Gururattan Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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