--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" <bill.hicks.all.a.r...@...> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > It's been known for hundreds, maybe thousands of years, > > that if you do a fast, bastrika pranayama, it causes a > > hopping phenomenon known in Sanskrit "frog-hopping". It's > > not associated with levitation-as-a-spiritual practice. > > > I think it's purely coincidental that some "flyers" go into > very loud, very powerful rapid hyperventilation before > taking off. Happens to me once in a while. It's totally spontaneous--scared me the first time it occurred. Hadn't seen anyone else do it at that point. It's never made me lightheaded or dizzy, though. Only lasts for a few seconds. And I don't hop any differently than when it doesn't happen.
