Exercise - wet dreams
Question
Hey,
it's been one year and several month of unbroken (outside of wet dreams) practice for me. Best thing I have done to myself ever! However I am over going minor obstacles lately. Several months ago I picked moderate (1-3 times a week) weight lifting. I do enjoy improved health and doing it not for vanity reasons. Unfortunately my wet dream frequency increased to having one a week. It has nothing to do with dirty mental plane as my mental celibacy is on same par as physical. Could it be due to increased testosterone which lifting perhaps creates? I really don't want to give up exercise but next day after hard lifting day and wet dream combination I feel irritable, less spontaneous, more prone to negative emotions, timidity and all these feelings that normally almost non existent.
Answer
Exercise should be moderate and never hard. Hard exercise causes excess fatigue, leading to irritation/aggression followed by stupor and lethargy as an aftermath. Heavy weight training is not conducive to Yoga Sadhana for a multitude of reasons. One will not have energy for Sadhana.
Yogasana-s are the best form of exercise as they do not cause fatigue. The Yogi is bright, positive and cheerful. Other exercises, if taken, should be moderate.
ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)