that's cool
I didn't see that you mentioned that, i just kind of popped on last night fucked up because I had been thinking about posting that for Seth.
You mean the Asana(exercise) part of yoga though, right? Did you know that's like the fourth step and you're supposed to do three others first. It can actually be dangerous for anybody who does yoga seriously to not have done the first three, and the first three are pretty hard. But then, alot of people don't do yoga often enough for it to really be a danger.
ON top of that you're supposed to have followed the basic health guidelines(they are called the three pillars of health).
What kind of food do you eat seth? Your diet can actually play a huge role on your emotions and mind. It's possible you are just eatting the wrong diet.
The three pillars of health are diet, following the natural cycle and the dosha or humors which I mentioned in the last post I made. The natural cycle is the natural pattern setup by nature. Sleeping at night, eatting at noon... the day's basically divided into four periods(more really, but four important ones). 10-2pm are the best time to eat because the sun is out which helps with digestion because of fire doshas, while 10-2am is the best time to sleep. If you have any sleep you should sleep between those four hours. I know some people who only sleep those four hours and are always wide-awake and energetic. You should eat your biggest meal at noon because your digestion is working at it's best. In the evening you should eat light and not enter into any stimulating activity, just relax. Read books, watch tv.. whatever. You're also supposed to exercise at six in the morning, or i suppose 2 would work if you do the 10-2(I'd do six though).
The natural cycle sounds kind of crazy, but if you think about it most mammals follow it. I have a feeling that if the enviroment wasn't natural enough they would go crazy. There's also the doshas but that is an endless list. It's really more of an organizational device rather than an actually elemental system. It doesn't have anything to do with fire or water or eath or wind or void. It has to do with their characteristics, their natural progony. Fire is hot which involves anger and firey emotions, Wind/void are light and fluffy and subject to things like ADD and Anxiety. Earth people are emotional and sensitive(and big/heavy). Wind people are generally skinny while Fire people are in the middle. There's also the possibility of having two doshas, or all three if you're balanced. All objects in the universe follow those principles if you look at them in their characteristic fashion. The weather follows this and so does food.
There's also water, but that's combined with fire and earth.
If you do yoga asanas too much(or do the asanas correctly) without the right training you can end up crazy. I've actually seen it happen.. I have a tweaker cousin who's all into freemasonry and the illuminati (and other spiritual schools) who said he had 'awoken himself'. He acts like a crazy tweaker, talks hella fast and talks about everything he knows, which is a considerable amount, but he's so crazy all the shit he's talking about really means nothing because he has no understanding of it, and if he did he wouldn't be so crazy.
Every movement in yoga is to counterbalance another movement, if you don't do it right(and consider you're messing with the energies of the body) you could end up with a bunch of energy in the wrong places, or moved out of the right places.
But for the most part it's safe enough.
Which brings me to something I forgot to mention last night: The story of Krishna. Krishna was some indian guy who went crazy. He had symptoms similar to schizophrenia(Alot of people actually speculate that schizophrenia is a result of kundalini rising without preperation). He started doing yoga and eventually managed to heal himself and be at peace. It's a nice story. Hurrah.
I'm still fucked up on oxies, i didn't even sleep last night. I love oxies. They make me feel good. I want a bahama mama.
she did make sure that we weren't in a position that would be harmful, but she gave us variations on the poses and we could pick what was most comfortable for us. i did really well for being as big as i was. she even had me in an inversion during one class. i was 8.5 months pregnant!
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