Thread: Mindfulness - An Alternative Approach to ADA

Originally Posted by Memm

I know meditation / yoga can do a lot of amazing things but 30 minutes = 3 hours of REM sleep? That seems fishy to me on many different levels, proof requested.

I've heard it discussed as being equivalent to two hours of DEEP sleep, which makes sense, as the object of yoga nidra is to navigate deep sleep. I have never heard that it equates to REM sleep.

Originally Posted by FryingMan

I was in a very severely panicked state of mind in a dream when I was walking through my parent's home becoming more and more convinced that it had been burglarized while I was away (I didn't turn on the alarm as I recalled).

All of a sudden I just stopped -- and realized that I was in a state of panic that was controlling me, and that this was not helping anything. I took a breath, let the panic leave me, and continued on with the dream.
Didn't get lucid though :/. I've been practicing the "Stop!" method in "Wherever You Go, There You Are" where you just stop whatever you're doing and notice your breath.

I think this is really hopeful! I will work on incorporating a notion of "dream" along with these "stop" moments (actually I usually do an RC at the same time). Yay!

FryingMan, this is really good. You can tell your practice is starting to sink in. I also think you were probably very close to lucidity. Congrats, man!