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    Meditation: why loss of memory

    Dear Members,

    I am new to Hindu Dharma and it's beliefs.

    Since 5 months I am learning and meditating on my breath complete concentrating inhale and exhale.

    Sometimes I do pranayama by Puraka(Inhalation), Kumbhaka (Retention of breath) and Rechaka(Exhalation) with ratio 4:12:8.

    Now i feel loss of memory, not drastically but little.
    I am forgetting some issue which happened 10 or 12 hours before.
    I feel little difficult to remember it.

    Is this normal or
    Is there any better way or
    Am I mistaking in this type of Yoga?

    Please advise. I am in Saudi Arabia and difficult to find Guru.

    Regards,
    Charles.

    Aum Nama Shivaya!!!

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    Re: Meditation: why loss of memory

    Dear friend,
    It is very strange to experience loss of memory with meditation
    It could be due to some faulty way of doing pranayama. By the way the ideal ratio is 4 :16:8 .

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    Re: Meditation: why loss of memory

    Thank you very much.

    Sorry to say my pranayama is 4:16:8 only. Mistakenly typed as 4:12:8.

    One thing I should tell you that the individual matra duration of 4:16:8 is not exactly equally same level.
    During (Puraka) inhalation out of 4 matra each matra duration sometimes may different and vary form Bahya Kumbhaka (Suspending after exhalation) single matra duration.

    Example like 1 second duration for Puraka = 1000 milliseconds
    but 1 second duration for Bahya Kumbhaka = 800 milliseconds and sometimes 750 milliseconds, vice verse.

    I hope these unequal level of matra will not create any problem in health concern.

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    charles

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    Re: Meditation: why loss of memory

    Dear charles ji,
    Memory loss or gain are properties of brain [physical] and have nothing to do with your meditation.

    The constant doubt that "I may be forgetting" may have adverse effect.
    Further if you are trying to concentrate on your breath while doing work, then naturally since ur concetration is on breath, you will forget.

    Meditation is more like living in the now.

    Please take it easy and "Feel Good about yourself"... Meditation is directly proportional to how you see yourself. if you are see urself as a dissatisfied, unhappy person, meditation may not be all that easy.

    If you still feel this forgetfullness is really a problem, its good to reach out to a physician.


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    Re: Meditation: why loss of memory

    Quote Originally Posted by charles View Post
    Dear Members,

    I am new to Hindu Dharma and it's beliefs.

    Since 5 months I am learning and meditating on my breath complete concentrating inhale and exhale.

    Sometimes I do pranayama by Puraka(Inhalation), Kumbhaka (Retention of breath) and Rechaka(Exhalation) with ratio 4:12:8.

    Now i feel loss of memory, not drastically but little.
    I am forgetting some issue which happened 10 or 12 hours before.
    I feel little difficult to remember it.

    Is this normal or
    Is there any better way or
    Am I mistaking in this type of Yoga?

    Please advise. I am in Saudi Arabia and difficult to find Guru.

    Regards,
    Charles.

    Aum Nama Shivaya!!!
    Namaste Charles,

    Welcome to HDF!

    Please do not concentrate hard. Just focus. Do not give too much of effort. What I mean is do not use force too much.

    OTOH, the mind becomes blank and breathing in the pattern you have described, all current thoughts go away. So you find it difficult to recall. But this is not memory loss. It is living in presence. This happens if you do breathing exercise for around 20 minutes or more. How many repetitions of one cycle do you make?

    Do you feel calm or feel blank?

    Even I too do not remember that I did before few hours. It is normal You are living in presence.

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    Re: Meditation: why loss of memory

    Vannakkam Charles: I have a different take. Sometimes loss of memory is a great thing. If you have memories that are negative, one of the things worship can do is erase it. There are many facets of life, stuck in our subconscious that aren't useful, and only restrain us from delving within to nicer, more blissful areas.

    Unless it's affecting things like your ability to navigate, or cook, or other things useful like that, I personally see no problem at all.

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