bad dreams

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A wonderful way to deeply unwind the subconscious mind before sleep is Yoga

Nidra, which translates as Yogic Sleep. It is rejuvenating, deeply cleansing

at an emotional level and you will experience very little if any dreams in the

actual sleep state. Also the more solid your Sadhana becomes, the less

dreaming you will experience.

Blessings and Peace,

Sleep sweet!

Guru Ravi

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Sat Nam

 

I have some comments about the kudalini practice I have been doing since

October. The other night I had a dream that could perhaps be considered a

nightmare directly related to the issue I have been working on. The dream

didn't so much disturb me as make me feel that I am on the verge of a

significant breakthrough. I think I'm getting down to a much deeper level

of anger and fear. It's intimidating but getting through it will be really

good and I'm sure my life will change quite a bit. The meditation I have

been doing most days is the "releasing childhood trauma" one that was posted

on this list back in August or September. I have a few questions about how

I've been doing it.

 

The way I do it is start with sat nam breathing for a while until I feel

centered. I am not quite able to do easy pose due to limited flexibility in

my knees. Sometimes I can get close to easy pose, but my legs fall asleep

quickly and hurt a lot after, so I generally just sit on the floor with the

soles of my feet touching, my legs in a sort of diamond shape. After some

sat nam breathing I do ong na mo guru dev namo at least three times. Then I

do the sadhana, which is breathing in through the teeth and out through the

nose while holding my arms out to the sides with thumb over fourth and pinky

fingers. After that I breathe in and hold my breath while mentally

reciting the medicine buddha and heruka mantras. But that's all I do. Is

that OK? Should I be doing anything else?

 

Other questions -- am I supposed to be holding my arms out at shoulder

height? I can't do that for very long. Most of the time I do it with my

upper arms down and just my forearms out to the sides. I do try to hold

them up some of the time as well, but I have to keep putting them back down

because they get tired. Also I notice that I hold chronic tension in the

left side of my abdomen. While doing the breathing I keep thinking sat nam,

trying to keep my thoughts on sat nam and releasing the muscle tension.

Does anyone have any thoughts about the odd tension only on the left side?

Also, I don't do the set every day, I have missed some days. My goal for

2007 is to do it every day. Does it matter if I miss some days?

 

Thank you so much for your thoughts!

 

Teresa