Exercises for Schizofrenic patient

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Does anyone know KY exercises/meditations that work for schizofrenic

patients?

Thanks,

Siri Tapa Singh

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Sat Nam,

I've been told that KY isn't the ideal yoga for people experiencing mental illness....hatha was suggested though?

Unfortunately, I can no longer remember the reason why, but I would guess it has to do with KY being intense interms of bringing up your shadow and if you're already struggling with understanding what is real, due to mental illness, it could aggravate the situation in a way that the individual couldn't really process what comes up effectively?

Maybe somebody else knows more about it?

All Light,

Sat Sangeet

 

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Does anyone know KY exercises/meditations that work for schizofrenic

patients?

Thanks,

Siri Tapa Singh

 

 

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What I'd do is give them exercises to help connect the two brains. Any

exercise that brings your body to twist, to cross the median of your body

with either arm is a good way to start. There's a set in Owner's manual for

the human body compiled and illustrated by Harijot Kaur called For the Left

and Right Hemispheres of the Brain and there's another one called For Mental

Balance.

 

 

 

I would teach them a with each postures for short periods to start with.

 

 

 

Also the Sat Kriya but perhaps not before a few classes. Some people with

weak nervous systems need to be introduced to breath of fire and Sat Kriya

slowly.

 

 

 

As a teacher I would also relate to them and their physical reality

continually bringing them back.

 

 

 

I have a student who hears voices. But I don't allow her to talk about "her"

voices in class. I discourage her to talk about them or engage with them

anywhere else and instead to pay attention to her heart and her body. She

does not seem to have the discipline to do that though. Imagine being asked

to never indulge in negative thinking. It's the same idea. That's what we

all strive to do. She is doing well in class. I teach her anything I teach

others. She takes more relaxation periods than my other students. She also

tends to be spacey and I have to bring her back by saying her name and

letting her know what we are currently doing several times during class. In

the beginning I asked her to do long deep breathing instead of the breath of

fire. Not to stimulate her nervous system too much. I did not know how it

would react. She did not bring up any of the voices to class today. She left

after class unusually quiet. At the beginning of the class I had to let her

know to keep the conversation for after the class. She told me the classes

really help.

 

 

 

Blessings,

 

Awtar S.

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I agree with you Awtar -- connecting two hemispheres is key. Definitely

avoid talking therapy and concentrate on kriyas that give the student the

ability to relax, to be grounded in 1st chakra. Also good to be concrete in

the claims for each exercise (ie, "help you sleep" "give you more energy"

"help you relate to people more easily" ) rather than discussing the more

extravagant promises that are in the literature.

 

In ancient Buddhist traditions the mentally ill are provided food, but the

monks avoid talking with them, just to avoid overstimulating the verbal

hemisphere.

 

Avneesh

Milford, NH

 

 

 

What I'd do is give them exercises to help connect the two brains. Any

exercise that brings your body to twist, to cross the median of your body

with either arm is a good way to start. There's a set in Owner's manual

for

the human body compiled and illustrated by Harijot Kaur called For the

Left

and Right Hemispheres of the Brain and there's another one called For

Mental

Balance.

 

I would teach them a with each postures for short periods to start with.

 

Also the Sat Kriya but perhaps not before a few classes. Some people with

weak nervous systems need to be introduced to breath of fire and Sat Kriya

slowly.

 

As a teacher I would also relate to them and their physical reality

continually bringing them back.

 

I have a student who hears voices. But I don't allow her to talk about

"her"

voices in class. I discourage her to talk about them or engage with them

anywhere else and instead to pay attention to her heart and her body. She

does not seem to have the discipline to do that though. Imagine being

asked

to never indulge in negative thinking. It's the same idea. That's what we

all strive to do. She is doing well in class. I teach her anything I teach

others. She takes more relaxation periods than my other students. She also

tends to be spacey and I have to bring her back by saying her name and

letting her know what we are currently doing several times during class.

In

the beginning I asked her to do long deep breathing instead of the breath

of

fire. Not to stimulate her nervous system too much. I did not know how it

would react. She did not bring up any of the voices to class today. She

left

after class unusually quiet. At the beginning of the class I had to let

her

know to keep the conversation for after the class. She told me the classes

really help.

 

Blessings,

 

Awtar S.