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Brief structured respiration enhances mood and reduces physiological arousal

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Re: Brief structured respiration enhances mood and reduces physiological arousal

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Post by swayvil »

boppo1 wrote: post #107
akomtu wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not the OP, but some schools of buddhism, e.g. gelungs, describe two types of meditation: static and dynamic (my own terminology). The static one is sitting still and sharpening your focus. The end goal is the state when your mind naturally snaps into this fully attentive state - samadhi. But that's a weak result, and dynamic meditation is ability to retain this state no matter what you're doing or even thinking. Tha…

> decent books Such as?

I recall Ram Dass's Journey of Awakening being nice.

Or if you want a truly esoteric brick, Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali. (The big yellow one)

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Post by reactspa »

rolph wrote: post #3

this sounds alot like pranayama

Regarding the "cyclic sighing" technique (called "Physiological sighing" in the graphic):

I have been doing it for a couple of years without knowing it was a thing. I have studied common Pranayama techniques, and I stumbled upon it via trial and error. I do it because I find it anxiety-reducing. I used to refer to it internally as "double inhale breathing".

After reading the OP article, and noting that they referred to "Yogic breathing", I decided to do a little research and discovered that this technique is called "Dirga Pranayama" or "three part breathing". The authors should have mentioned it in their article.

Re: Brief structured respiration enhances mood and reduces physiological arousal

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Post by akomtu »

swayvil wrote: post #110
akomtu wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not the OP, but some schools of buddhism, e.g. gelungs, describe two types of meditation: static and dynamic (my own terminology). The static one is sitting still and sharpening your focus. The end goal is the state when your mind naturally snaps into this fully attentive state - samadhi. But that's a weak result, and dynamic meditation is ability to retain this state no matter what you're doing or even thinking. Tha…

Another one is "meditation with a seed" and "meditation without a seed". From Raja Yoga. Translated. Samprajnata Dhyana and Asamprajnata Dhyana, respectively.

From what I know, meditation without a seed is "just" observing your own mind, with full attention, to let it release to its natural state (kun-dzi).

Re: Brief structured respiration enhances mood and reduces physiological arousal

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Post by mistrial9 »

people interested in 'breathing' things.. let's recall a few basics.. Many humans are in different stages of life (age), of training (basic fitness), of capacity (the body you are in), and alertness (are you paying attention to things that matter?).

Breathing is a minute-to-minute vital life function. You can hurt yourself, perhaps seriously, with breathing changes. But wait -- holding your breathe is harmless and this is stupid that you warn me about it, one person wrote after a similar comment like this here on YNews. really? I don't know you but I guarantee you are not six years old right now.

Hold the breathe like a babe in arms, gently, with complete awareness... You tri-athletes, you too..

yes, I agree this is annoying to see Western Medicine "discover" this .. but please work with experienced people, not alone, not with a video or PDF from somewhere.. to health!

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