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Yoga and Paradoxical Wakefulness

Dr Auriol proposed the term “of paradoxical wakefulness” rather than “of fourth state of consciousness” in order to mark the symmetry of this state of consciousness in its function of cleaning memory, restoring, purifying, in opposition to imaginary enrichment and to the setting in memory related to the state of paradoxical sleep. Horne (1988, 2000) ensures that the body, at the cellular level, recovers better in this state that during the sleep. The study of relaxation techniques and their effects, allows us to bring them close, on the physiological level, to the states of consciousness modified by various methods of meditation or orison. Read more →