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Posted - Jul 14 2005 : 8:48:33 PM
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From: "PamelaP" <pamela@rabboar.com> Date: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:31 pm Subject: Turning onto your right side pamelaporch
Hi,
Has anyone read the reasons for turning onto your right side after relaxation? I just read them somewhere, and I can't find it again.
Thanks,
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Posted - Jul 15 2005 : 10:30:17 AM
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From: "RobGee" <robg33@catskill.net> Date: Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:21 am Subject: Re: [AYPforum] Turning onto your right side ginoverdi9 Offline Send Email Remove Author | Ban Author
Perhaps because the heart is on the left side...And lying on the heart side might be compressing the area too much. Rob
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Posted - Jul 15 2005 : 10:31:03 AM
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From: "PamelaP" <pamela@rabboar.com> Date: Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:59 am Subject: RE: [AYPforum] Turning onto your right side pamelaporch Offline Send Email Remove Author | Ban Author
This was the only reason I was given during classes and training. However I just read a short article that listed a number of other reason, energy channels, etc. Wish I could find it!
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Posted - Jul 15 2005 : 10:32:37 AM
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From: "Roger Therriault" <roger@3gates5elements.org> Date: Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:46 pm Subject: RE: [AYPforum] Turning onto your right side roger@3gates5elements.org Send Email Remove Author | Ban Author
There is more pressure on your heart on the left side. This applies to sleeping as well. It is advised to sleep on your right side.
Roger
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Posted - Jul 15 2005 : 10:33:20 AM
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From: "PamelaP" <pamela@rabboar.com> Date: Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:25 pm Subject: Rolling to the right -- found it! pamelaporch Offline Send Email Remove Author | Ban Author
I found the "article" -- well, I didn't, Pat, another teacher and friend, did. I wrote to her and asked her if she had read it. She remembered, and found it. Yoga Journal, May/June 05. I was just looking through that very issue this AM, and even have the page turned down, and even looked at the very page, but was looking at the first article, not the second, which it was. Geez....
Anyway, here's what it says:
The practice of rolling to the right has a symbolic as well as a physiological basis. In India, it is considered more auspicious to enter a holy place with the right foot, and in many parts of the world, we extend our right hand in greeting. The right side also represents the east; rolling toward the east, or the rising sun, symbolized asking for blessings, grace, and bliss.
Physiologically, since your heart is on the left, when you roll to the right, it remains open and free of pressure. Rolling to the right also keeps the ida nadi (on of the main channels of prana, or the life force [chi], which corresponds to cooling energy) active and helps keep your body in a state of calmness as you come into a sitting position.
Pamela P. www.rabboar.com www.rabboar.com/studio
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Posted - Jul 16 2005 : 07:48:00 AM
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From: Ute Reeves <nowyoga@earthlink.net> Date: Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:15 pm Subject: RE: [AYPforum] Turning onto your right side nowyoga2001 Offline Send Email Remove Author | Ban Author
Referring to rolling on the right side. Rolling to the right opens up the left nostril. The left nostril effects the ida, right brain and calm, moon energy of shakti. Rolling to the left opens the right nostril, the pingala, the solar, energizing prana. Rolling for me is based on "what is next." Do I want to keep my students calm or send them out to work? Ute
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Posted - Jul 16 2005 : 07:48:54 AM
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From: "Dave Moore" <riptiz@hotmail.com> Date: Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:16 am Subject: Re: Turning onto your right side riptiz Offline Send Email Remove Author | Ban Author
Dear Victor, This is not actually true.Throughout various times in the day we breathe through either one nostril or the other.During the day it keeps changing.There is actually a pranayama technique to swap the nostril breathing over.When one experiences hot or cold energy it is because of the ida and pingala and determined by which nostril is open at the time. It is also possible for another to open your sushumna allowing you to breathe through both nostrils on a permanent basis.This is in preparation for awkening of the K. L&L dave
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Posted - Jul 16 2005 : 10:55:28 AM
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Victor, I don't think it is a big deal under these circumstances, either. We are probably not long enough laying on the side to change nostril dominance. It's more, like another teacher said, about practicalities. It keeps students from ending up in each other faces, closer than they might be comfortable. Or did you question the concept of notril dominance ? Take care, Ute |
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Posted - Jul 16 2005 : 11:04:24 AM
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Victor, I forgot one more thing. You'd keep the nostril dominance (for a while) when you sit up. You can change it by laying on the side opposite the notril you are trying to open. Take care, Ute |
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Posted - Jul 16 2005 : 11:57:41 AM
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From: Ram Narayan Gupta <rngupta31@yahoo.co.in> Date: Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:48 pm Subject: Re: [AYPforum] Re: Turning onto your right side rngupta31 Send IM Send Email Remove Author | Ban Author
Shri save! In your above Email you have mentioed, interalia,that "It is also possible for another to open your sushumna allowing you to breathe through both nostrils on a permanent basis.This is in preparation for awkening of the K." Would you kindly high light as to which pranayama can lead to opening of the sushumna, and how long one has to do the requisite pranayama for the same.Is it Anuloma - Viloma pranayama. With regards, Ram
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