[Info] E- Yoga

[Nakamova]

Hi Suzee, welcome to CWE.

It's hard to know if this was the case for you, but some intense emotional sensations are actually a kind of aura or seizure. Maybe what you were experiencing in your yoga class was this kind of aura.

It's also possible that the intense yoga led you to be dehydrated or over-tired, factors that can also trigger seizures. Stretching can also trigger a seizure (from a kind of de-oxygenation of the brain) but since your seizure occurred a day later, that seems less likely to have played a role.

[droolmonster]

what's up suzee,

What you're describing sounds interesting. In the west yoga is thought of as just another way to work out, but in the east it is a serious way to connect with Brahman. It's meditation.

Scientifically, meditation has some real benefits. Yoga works your body and your mind. You're supposed to feel calm while doing yoga, you were doing something right. As for your burst of emotion, perhaps the breathing and the stretching just enabled you to let something out. I don't think what you're describing is weird at all. The breathing and concentration is most important in yoga. This is good for your brain. Simple. True yogis can attain different states of consciousness (did I spell that right?) just through meditation. Keep it up. It's better than going to a therapist.

As for your seizure, I doubt the yoga played a part. Grand mals are terrible though. Look up pranayama, or breathing excercises, they're good for epilepsy for sure.