Comments on: My Yoga Class Made Me Need Glasses http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/ Novelist, Dog-Lover, Bon Vivant Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:08:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Erica Ridley http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-9418 Erica Ridley Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:08:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/#comment-9418 How scary is that??? <br/><br/>As much as I want the laser eye surgery, a general phobia of screwing 'em up even worse has kept me from moving forward with that. I'd've prolly freaked out in the middle of Yoga had that happened to me! How scary is that???

As much as I want the laser eye surgery, a general phobia of screwing ‘em up even worse has kept me from moving forward with that. I’d've prolly freaked out in the middle of Yoga had that happened to me!

]]> By: Laurie http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-9415 Laurie Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:29:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/#comment-9415 I have an audio book of Yoga Nidra and I find it awesome for helping me wind down at the end of a particularly stressful day. Because I do it when I'm already in bed getting ready for sleep, I find it usually puts me to sleep, but I wake up long enough to hear the coming out of it part before I fall back asleep again. :D I have an audio book of Yoga Nidra and I find it awesome for helping me wind down at the end of a particularly stressful day. Because I do it when I’m already in bed getting ready for sleep, I find it usually puts me to sleep, but I wake up long enough to hear the coming out of it part before I fall back asleep again. :D

]]> By: Patrick http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-9412 Patrick Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:30:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/#comment-9412 Sirshasana makes my eyes feel like they are going to explode sometimes. Sirshasana makes my eyes feel like they are going to explode sometimes.

]]> By: Carrie http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-9393 Carrie Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:16:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/#comment-9393 I gotta admit, that sounds a little scary, Diana. And strange.<br/><br/>The sleep part (or deep meditation or whatever) sounds awesome though :) I gotta admit, that sounds a little scary, Diana. And strange.

The sleep part (or deep meditation or whatever) sounds awesome though :)

]]> By: eatrawfish http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-9392 eatrawfish Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:50:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/#comment-9392 *bows head in shame* I haven't been to my Yoga class in months. I sorta blame plantar fascitis, which made walking to and from class (I don't have a car) very difficult for a little while. <br/><br/>Also, the laziness.<br/><br/>I should start up again.<br/><br/>Were you really enjoying the class otherwise? That's what the deal breaker would be for me. *bows head in shame* I haven’t been to my Yoga class in months. I sorta blame plantar fascitis, which made walking to and from class (I don’t have a car) very difficult for a little while.

Also, the laziness.

I should start up again.

Were you really enjoying the class otherwise? That’s what the deal breaker would be for me.

]]> By: Celeste http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-9391 Celeste Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:49:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/#comment-9391 Sleeping in yoga class totally freaks me out!! The class I take, we only do it for about fifteen minutes at the end of class, but I always feel like it's only three. I swear to dog I fall asleep :) <br/><br/>But no, nothing like that has ever happened to my eyesight or any other senses. But then, I don't think we're given enough time to go to sleep as deeply as you did.<br/><br/>Heather - that is funny about leaning too close to the computer. I actually just talked to my eye doctor about that because I wear contacts and she was saying how "perfect" my sight was with them, and what a "perfect" candidate for corrective surgery I am. So I told her about how hard it is for me to focus on the computer screen. I mean, I set up my work station just like they tell you, I have an ergonomic chair adjusted just so, and I take breaks every couple hours, and I STILL have to lean in like it's a paperback. What gives? She told me I should get +1 OTC glasses like they sell at the drug store for folks who can't read good ;) She said that computer screens are notoriously hard to adjust to, and that it's best to have "special" glasses for them. <br/><br/>Of course that advice blows if you aren't a contact lens wearer, because you'd look pretty funny with two pairs of glasses on ;) But hey, at least its not just you!<br/><br/>(I have this odd way of not making anyone feel any better. I realize this.) Sleeping in yoga class totally freaks me out!! The class I take, we only do it for about fifteen minutes at the end of class, but I always feel like it’s only three. I swear to dog I fall asleep :)

But no, nothing like that has ever happened to my eyesight or any other senses. But then, I don’t think we’re given enough time to go to sleep as deeply as you did.

Heather – that is funny about leaning too close to the computer. I actually just talked to my eye doctor about that because I wear contacts and she was saying how “perfect” my sight was with them, and what a “perfect” candidate for corrective surgery I am. So I told her about how hard it is for me to focus on the computer screen. I mean, I set up my work station just like they tell you, I have an ergonomic chair adjusted just so, and I take breaks every couple hours, and I STILL have to lean in like it’s a paperback. What gives? She told me I should get +1 OTC glasses like they sell at the drug store for folks who can’t read good ;) She said that computer screens are notoriously hard to adjust to, and that it’s best to have “special” glasses for them.

Of course that advice blows if you aren’t a contact lens wearer, because you’d look pretty funny with two pairs of glasses on ;) But hey, at least its not just you!

(I have this odd way of not making anyone feel any better. I realize this.)

]]> By: Diana Peterfreund http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-9390 Diana Peterfreund Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:39:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/#comment-9390 Okay, Heather! So I'm not crazy! <br/><br/>At the same time, though, I feel worried that I'm going to let this little thing scare me away from the class. Like that would be a weak thing for me to do. <br/><br/>Sorry about your desk! Okay, Heather! So I’m not crazy!

At the same time, though, I feel worried that I’m going to let this little thing scare me away from the class. Like that would be a weak thing for me to do.

Sorry about your desk!

]]> By: Diana Peterfreund http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-9389 Diana Peterfreund Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:38:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/#comment-9389 Julie, I've only been to a couple of classes, but the gist I've gotten is that Yoga Nidra is supposed to be NOT sleep, per se, but "yogic sleep" a name for a certain quality of meditation in which you enter the deep sleep state without losing the qualities that make you "awake." I hope I have that right. <br/><br/>(My yoga studio does a type of "American modern" hatha yoga called Anusara yoga.) <br/><br/>However, when I felt asleep, I just felt asleep -- no different from the usual asleep. And then yesterday, I didn't feel asleep at all. Julie, I’ve only been to a couple of classes, but the gist I’ve gotten is that Yoga Nidra is supposed to be NOT sleep, per se, but “yogic sleep” a name for a certain quality of meditation in which you enter the deep sleep state without losing the qualities that make you “awake.” I hope I have that right.

(My yoga studio does a type of “American modern” hatha yoga called Anusara yoga.)

However, when I felt asleep, I just felt asleep — no different from the usual asleep. And then yesterday, I didn’t feel asleep at all.

]]> By: Heather Harper http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-9388 Heather Harper Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:45:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/#comment-9388 Wow. I've never participated in a Nidra class before, and must admit that losing my eyesight would keep me from returning, too.<br/><br/>And I need to learn to stop leaning on my desk when I read blog posts. I laughed so hard when I read Manchurian Candidate that I almost knocked everything over. (Think skinny rectangle bridge table from Walmart.) Wow. I’ve never participated in a Nidra class before, and must admit that losing my eyesight would keep me from returning, too.

And I need to learn to stop leaning on my desk when I read blog posts. I laughed so hard when I read Manchurian Candidate that I almost knocked everything over. (Think skinny rectangle bridge table from Walmart.)

]]> By: Julie S http://www.dianapeterfreund.com/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/comment-page-1/#comment-9387 Julie S Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:43:00 +0000 http://gator465.hostgator.com/~dianablu/my-yoga-class-made-me-need-glasses/#comment-9387 Very interesting post...I practice regular, hatha yoga and the studio I go to had a special yoga nidra workshop last weekend that I missed. I was curious about it, though. Deep sleep...what's not to love? I was told the quality of sleep during Yoga Nidra was superior to regular sleep. Did you feel that way? Very interesting post…I practice regular, hatha yoga and the studio I go to had a special yoga nidra workshop last weekend that I missed. I was curious about it, though. Deep sleep…what’s not to love? I was told the quality of sleep during Yoga Nidra was superior to regular sleep. Did you feel that way?

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