[QUOTE=sqz;82014]Agreed, I just catched up with my sadhana in the morning (skipped it for 3 days).
@Seeking: do you recognize this:
As stated earlier, I catched up again…because I wasn’t 100% feeling well (catched a serious cold after travelling to a cold country)…and I noticed, that always when I get ill, I stop my sadhana in the morning.
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[li]Do you (or others) recommend doing yoga postures / meditation while you are ill?[/li][li]And if so, do you have specific practical do’s / don’ts ?[/li][/ol]
I ask this because from experience I’ve learned that sadhana in the morning is easy when one is living ones daily routine (work/sleep/wakeup in the same house).
However, if you travel a lot (like me)…waking up in an hotelroom etc doesnt exactly trigger rememberance of sadhana.
It’s effects are similar to waking up in an ill state: the desorientation overclouds the daily routine very easily.[/QUOTE]
When taking initiation into Kriya with KYI I asked about practicing Kriya while ill and was told it was fine to do.
( This came up as part of the instructions of how much to practice and certain prohibitions like performing mahamudra at night because it has an energizing effect on the body and might keep one from sleeping as well as females not practicing it during certain times for reasons that are specific to female biology)
This answer did not sit well with me because back when I was affiliated with SRF as a Kriyaban Paramahansa Yogananada advised against kriya practice while ill in his lessons.
I find myself agreeing with P.Y. on this as his reasoning on the subject was that since Kriya does work with the life force or Prana that it is best to let the body heal without manipulating this energy when ill.
Recently this body was afflicted with a case of strep throat and possible sinus infection. As part of Kriya yoga I practice Kechari Mudra. Under these conditions this mudra is impossible to practice.
I took two weeks off from any practice whatsoever at all. After this I gradually worked my way back into practicing Kriya starting with the most basic of kriyas and not the full set and allowed the body to dictate the pace.
During Kriya practice the energy flows demand Kechari be performed early on I did so only to encounter soreness in the throat and could literally taste and feel the infection. So this required this mudra not be performed which after one has gained it practicing without it is like walking in a room with the lights off compared to having them on.
So after all that explanation I think resting and letting the body heal is best. When one feels healthy one should then practice but start up in low gear and work there way up to full speed. Anything worth while will not be lost from a break to heal, this might even be part of the process one is going through.
I like yourself have done allot of traveling and do understand what you are writing. Different environments do not help but that is just one more thing to come to terms with.
Remembering that wherever the body moves you will always find yourself helps. If it is too big of an issue then of course ditch the morning session and do it when you can.
I know it seems that Kriya is all I talk about the reason is that talking about anything else would not have the validity of actual experience behind the words.
Here is the thing about Kriya it is not just 1 form of Pranayama it is several different practices or Kriyas if you will that one practices before even getting to Kriya Pranayama proper even after kriya Pranayama proper there are more kriyas and then finally sitting in the after poise of Kriya.
The first Kriya one performs is done because one is coming from the point of first awakening in the morning or going from everyday life into Kriya Practice so each Kriya has a synergistic effect that takes one deeper into the next.
In this manner one does not start off from lets say having a board meeting you just attended on your mind and attempting to slam gears and go directly into Samadhi states.
It is a gradual process and each Kriya has it’s place and performs other desirable actions as well there are tons of books written on this if one wants to look but actual practice is better.
So the point is that since your environment changes and this changing of location is not helpful then perhaps you might consider altering whatever it is you practice to include some form of gradual easing in from one state of awareness into others. Kriya works very well when traveling and changing locations also due to the easing in process and synergistic effect of each Kriya building on the one just performed. Kriya is all I know and it works very good in these regards.
Sorry if this seems choppy I have written this with distractions and have to keep coming back to typing.
