I have been doing hatha yoga since 1988. About a year ago I began having seizures while doing yoga. This only occurs when I do the warrior pose. This is the third pose I do in my routine and the seizures start about 10 minutes later. I simply wait through shaking and gasping for air (about 2 minutes) and then continue with my routine. After the seizure is over, I feel very very good. I cannot really explain this feeling very well. This feeling makes me feel like everything is perfect and I feel extremely calm.
I realize most people would just say stop doing the warrior. However, I really like doing it and I like the feeling I get after the seizure is over.
I started doing yoga to stop my pain from arthritis. I am 65 years old. This works really well and I cannot stop doing yoga without falling back in to really bad arthritic pain. I have no real problem with going through the seizures each time, but my wife reminded me that I might have some sort of pathology going on.
I feel really well. I don’t want to see my doctor because she will just tell me to stop doing yoga. As I said, I do not have the choice to stop because of my arthritis.
I have never had a yoga teacher. My physician of twenty years ago gave me a little pamphlet on doing yoga when I was diagnosed with arthritis. I lost this pamphlet years ago, but my memory is good enough that I continued my routine.
Does someone know something I could do that would stop the seizures without stopping the good feeling that comes after?
Michael
InnerAthlete already responded to this and reminded me to post this in a more appropriate place. Maybe this is it. I hope someone might read this and have some ideas. I don’t do any violent moves. I do everything in slow motion. BTW I do all my poses with my eyes closed and do each pose during an extended in breath. This means that I have about a 45 minute routine and I do not open my eyes until finished.