http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/yoga-nidra-the-mind-is-always-listening/ Read about yoga and running, inspirational goal setting, meditation, healthy snacks, travel stories, playlists and an overwhelming love of life. Fri, 17 May 2013 21:34:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/yoga-nidra-the-mind-is-always-listening/comment-page-1/#comment-58703 Anil N. Singh Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:26:57 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=27237#comment-58703 Interesting post indeed! I practice Bikram, mind you the instructors at our studio always guide us through our savasana to keep us present and still focussed. As much as you do work up a sweat, I feel my strongest classes are when I am able to achieve the "moving mediation" where you stop thinking and class sort of becomes a game of Simon Says. I find this is where I am able to gain the mental benefits of the practice. Definitely want to try a Yoga Nidra class! Interesting post indeed! I practice Bikram, mind you the instructors at our studio always guide us through our savasana to keep us present and still focussed. As much as you do work up a sweat, I feel my strongest classes are when I am able to achieve the “moving mediation” where you stop thinking and class sort of becomes a game of Simon Says. I find this is where I am able to gain the mental benefits of the practice. Definitely want to try a Yoga Nidra class!

]]> http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/yoga-nidra-the-mind-is-always-listening/comment-page-1/#comment-57318 Ally-lu Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:03:03 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=27237#comment-57318 That's what bugs me about Bikram, classes. The instructors just put the students in Savasana & leave them there. In a proper yoga class, a teacher must bring a student back to the present and awareness...it's called sealing the practice. Om shanti. That’s what bugs me about Bikram, classes. The instructors just put the students in Savasana & leave them there. In a proper yoga class, a teacher must bring a student back to the present and awareness…it’s called sealing the practice. Om shanti.

]]> http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/yoga-nidra-the-mind-is-always-listening/comment-page-1/#comment-56738 Lindy-Lou Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:42:38 +0000 http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/?p=27237#comment-56738 Interesting! A yoga class that embraces sleep. As someone with Narcolepsy, I fall asleep if I am not physically engaged. Because I am missing a neurotransmitter in my hypothalamus, my excitory/inhibitory system is out of whack. I stopped going to Bikram classes because I would fall asleep during the meditation at the end of the class and wake up in a dark empty cold room. My adrenalin would be raised during the class and I would be concentrating on my poses and the contrast of the non movement would literally make me fall asleep. I have often been told by I structors that my falling asleep meant that I wasn't engaging in mindful meditation. Interesting! A yoga class that embraces sleep. As someone with Narcolepsy, I fall asleep if I am not physically engaged. Because I am missing a neurotransmitter in my hypothalamus, my excitory/inhibitory system is out of whack. I stopped going to Bikram classes because I would fall asleep during the meditation at the end of the class and wake up in a dark empty cold room. My adrenalin would be raised during the class and I would be concentrating on my poses and the contrast of the non movement would literally make me fall asleep. I have often been told by I structors that my falling asleep meant that I wasn’t engaging in mindful meditation.

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