Why does my macbook pro go to sleep when i move it?

I'll be sitting a my desk and decide to slightly move my macbook pro so its facing me a little better and it will go to sleep.
I have a MacBook Pro (retina display) 13-inch, which I bought in February 2014.
It happened both when I had it connected to power and when it was running just off battery.
I was watching youtube videos at the time, and now that I've stopped the problem has gone away.
What would youtube have to do with my macbook going to sleep?
And now I've gone back into youtube and its not doing it anymore, so confused?

Try resetting PRAM and SMC.
  Reset PRAM:   http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222
Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the appropriate method.
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".

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