![]() ![]() ![]() Something amazing happened: my symptoms from the head injury started getting better – rapidly and, as my neurologist said, “for no apparent reason.” After all, what I had added was simply a short 30 minute nap to my day where I fell asleep to some lovely words. I was having difficulty focusing with my head injury and difficulty sitting/standing/moving, so I decided to give the yoga nidra recordings another chance. I had enjoyed them, but like every other meditation style they somehow fell to the wayside as a second thought. I had first learned yoga nidra from a couple of Rod Stryker courses I had taken over the years as a yoga teacher. Then in 2008-ish when I suffered a pretty massive blow to my head and ensuing brain injury, I was re-introduced to the practice of yoga nidra – a supine form of guided visualization and meditation. Why couldn’t I be physically comfortable and meditating? There was something useful and interesting about each of these many methodologies I passed through – no doubt – but for some reason I just could not connect with them as a regular ongoing practice for very long. My Zen Buddhist teacher used to prod us with a long wooden pole if we didn’t sit up board straight which always felt strange. Transcendental Meditation made me feel like something was missing about me that I needed to reclaim in order to meditate well. They all had one thing in common for me: not a single one stuck with me no matter how hard I tried.īreath meditation was useful to help with my anxiety but I never kept up with it and it just seemed to put a lid on the simmering pot of my emotions. From simple breath meditation to mantra based lineages like Transcendental Meditation and a Vedic Lineage to Zen Buddhism and so many others. I have passed through many different types of meditation styles over my 20+ years as a meditation practitioner. ![]()
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