dizziness

[Guest guest]

Hi!

During the last 3 - 4 weeks of practicing Kriyas at home, I've been experiencing

some strange things. Whenever I feel a negative emotion coming up, I get really

dizzy. The dizziness makes me feel quite anxious, fearful and sometimes even

forgetful and I have an almost constant "knot" in the stomach. Also, I'm

getting memory flashes, especially one such a flash of when I had an electrical

shock as a small child. Another is of a place I don't recognize at all, a white

building with red polished floors. The flashes are very short (they last for

much less than a second) and some of them are tastes or smells.

Should I discontinue my practice? Please, can somebody with lots of experience

reply with any advice?

Chela Shanti. (I'm not Pete, I'm his friend)

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I want to help a friend who has extreme dizziness that stress brings on. Its

as if the stress settles in her inner ear. Sometimes the dizziness lasts

for hours, sometimes days, once for several months. She has to stay in bed when

it hits her.

 

 

The doctors she visited could not particularly help except to mitigate the

effects of the dizziness and advise her to keep her stress levels down.

 

She asked me if KY could help her, or perhaps if private yoga teachers could

help. She is concerned about takking classes because she may get dizzy

during class, postures or kriyas may exacerbate the situation.

 

Any guidance would be deeply appreciated.

 

Pritam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Neshamaaa,

 

With regard to dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, chronic sinus problems and

other similar issues. I there is no disease basis it is likely the cause is

postural, IMO. Specifically, notice if the persons head is tilted to one

side or the other at rest(in normal standing or seated posture. That impacts

the inner ear mechanisms and overtime the effects lead to the body's

inability to orient itself, especially if under physical or mental stress.

 

Yoga therapy or other musculoskeletal therapy with a focus on whole body

realignment can work well bring the head and neck into position via

addressing muscle imbalances and over time resolve the issue. Most KY sets

may be too vigorous for the condition your friend is in right now.

 

AJF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you Alan, for your insights. I am now thinking that Alexander

technique combined with yoga healing would be very beneficial if in fact the

posture

is the cause. And because the dizziness is so profoundly limiting, I

imagine the work will be helpful for expanding what she may be able to manage

to do

and how she can get around. Sat nam!

 

Sat Sangeet, your comments are so very beautiful and inspiring. I will try

to keep them in my heart.

 

Pritam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I used to be the same way. I found that if I relax completely

it would become easier. The stress has to be regarded as the effect

of an emotional cause. I did relaxation exercises while lying

down. I then allowed myself to slowly fall into a meditation (more

a focus than meditation). Do not focus on breathing. I found it

made me very dizzy. I would focus only on the stress and where it

was coming from. After a while I learned the root cause of my

stress which enabled me to see how foolish the cause was. I

proceeded with contemplative communication with myself. I had to

realize inside and out that my stress was pointless, that it only

harmed me and served no purpose.

 

After five consecutive days I did not become dizzy again,

however; ever since I have been doing yoga, walking, and doing

breathing (Pranayama) exercises. It dissolved my stress quickly but

the continual exercises have prevented its return. On another note

I started doing KY after failing to cure this with Hatha Yoga. I

found it impossible to do any exercise for more than a few seconds

without become very dizzy. This turned out to be the only way I

could overcome the stress.

 

Sat Nam

Matthew