Concept
Tranquil Breath
The Tranquil Breath is a shallow belly breath that arises on its own as the freeze settles over the chest, induced by HRV resonance and sitting very still rather than forced. It deepens through three levels: rapid, moderate, then so slow it seems stopped, the great kumbhaka. This low-idle-state of body and mind opens deep meditation.
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3 Levels of the Tranquil Breath in Kriya
Describes each of the three phases, from a rapid belly breath to one so slow it seems absent, so a newcomer can recognize them when they come.
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Transition To the Tranquil Breath - Yogi Explains
Lays out the daily sequence of HRV resonance, sitting very still and enjoying the Four Proofs that lets the Tranquil Breath arise by itself.
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Is "Stopping the Breath" Stopping You? - Kumbhaka
Explains why aiming for breathlessness alarms the unconscious mind, and why Lahiri Mahasaya steered his students toward the Tranquil Breath instead.
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05:45“It goes deeper, and it enters this tranquil breath down in the belly.”06:31“And the tranquil breath, we know, because we've said it before, there are three possible layers of that tranquil breath.”00:51“The tranquil breath comes out of your parasympathetic system, so I have to set that up first.”01:15“And so, there are different levels of the tranquil breath.”03:55“Now number three, as we continue to engage HRV resonance, we're going to enter into this low-idle-state, and eventually we're going to find this magical tranquil breath.”03:56“Out of that freeze response comes the tranquil breath.”07:02“And the tranquil breath, as if you're watching somebody sleep, and you cannot notice their breath.”01:26“So let's talk about the three phases of the tranquil breath.”14:11“And as you're doing that, you're going to enter into the state where it elongates even more, and you're going to say, my breath just wants to pause.”08:50“Now if you have all of that, well then the next step becomes can I get into the tranquil breath?”08:46“By our practice, our CO2 tolerance increases, and the work of the whole body is lowered, and so the heart will actually begin to ask for less breath, less stimulation.”00:52“He emphasizes the tranquil breath, and he talks to them about the tranquil breath over and over and over again.”10:40“Tranquil breath, freeze response, and you are recovering in your sleep because of that.”04:27“Because I want to see if the breath will naturally enter into the tranquil breath.”11:49“It's really really powerful, especially in getting us towards the tranquil breath, and that's the real secret of the Mahamudra, that it is pushing you towards the tranquil breath wonderfully.”09:09“But the overarching picture of winning that war is simply the tranquil breath and the freeze response.”09:55“The tranquil breath shows up.”06:30“Do I notice a really shallow breath deep down in the belly?”08:12“He says all I'm getting is the tranquil breath and the freeze response, and and I'm on the phone, and I'm like, what?”11:18“That's the secret of the tranquil breath of this very very low breath rate.”16:46“The breath goes down in low in the belly, and you have this very shallow breath coming, almost like you're sipping through a straw.”11:08“It's very shallow, it's very quick, and then later, as we get into the heart rate variability resonance and the parasympathetic system and the freeze response, we might notice that the tranquil breath is shallow and a little bit long.”06:28“This is the tranquil breath.”01:43“We have we enter into a very very shallow and slow breath rate, and that's the tranquil breath.”08:04“So go back, try it again, find the rate which is comfortable for you, and eventually your breath will dip way down, and it might want to enter into the tranquil breath, which is a very subtle breath.”03:58“If you do not tranquilize the breath like I teach on the fourth phase of breath training, if you don't tranquilize the breath using the medulla, then you will miss out on the Samadhi.”15:36“And of course, when you enter into the tranquil breath, as your breath rate slows down, this is a very deep state, and that's going to help you go into the non-dual state.”06:18“Enjoy the tranquil breath.”13:31“So now we're really facilitating a very deep yogic state and getting very close to the tranquil breath, which is what Lahiri Mahasaya asked us to get into the tranquil breath.”02:42“And so Lahiri Mahasaya would tell his students over and over again, when the tranquil breath happens, just enjoy the tranquil breath.”27:36“So a lot of times they will they will suddenly shift and fall into a very shallow breath naturally, and in in the meditative world, this is called one of the names for this is called the tranquil breath.”00:40“I give a very extremely comprehensive training on breathwork, and specifically, we're talking about the fourth phase of breath that Patanjali talked about.”05:22“Then beyond that, the freeze and the tranquil breath show up.”08:08“What about the tranquil breath, the freeze response, the roll-up of consciousness?”13:44“No, hold the tranquil breath.”07:09“We are going straight into the tranquil breath.”06:29“So by doing this alternate nostril breathing, we're violating that, and so we know that the HRV resonance will take us to the same exact balancing of the nervous system, and we know that because the tranquil breath and the freeze response are signs that the Ida and the Pingala have become into perfect balance.”03:18“You are that high net worth individual, and if you have, on top of that, the tranquil breath, then oh my goodness, you're a multimillionaire.”03:18“And if we can follow that pathway, HRV resonance, sitting very still, noticing the four proofs, getting into the freeze response eventually, noticing the tranquil breath in the freeze response, doing some Om japa in the chakras, noticing the roll-up of consciousness.”16:24“I want to notice those four proofs, and then beyond that, I want to begin to notice the tranquil breath and the freeze response.”05:26“So you're doing a technique, and you're doing a technique, and you're doing a technique, and then your breath slows down, and you get into this long pause, and you're entering into the tranquil breath, and you just sit there and you soak it in and you enjoy that tranquil breath, and now it's your own.”10:44“So that those three things: the freeze response, the tranquil breath, and the roll-up of consciousness.”13:08“Tranquil breath, freeze response.”02:23“When you start noticing the tranquil breath and the freeze response, it's a huge deal, just so gargantuan.”04:29“Oh, look, I have the tranquil breath and the freeze response a little bit.”18:36“It just wham came over me, and my whole upper chest was completely frozen into place, and it forced my breath all the way down deep in the belly, and I went straight into the freeze response and the tranquil breath.”12:27“It's beautiful, beautiful, just amazing, and I get, I get, I get students, and they're like, yeah, I am encountering the tranquil breath and the freeze response, and they they've been working at this for you know a few months, and I'm like, oh my god, oh my god, so amazing.”15:30“He goes, "Yeah, I'm getting into the tranquil breath and the freeze response," and he described it to me.”12:22“I'm doing this HRV resonance, sitting very still, four proofs, Om Japa in the chakras, roll-up of consciousness, tranquil breath, freeze response.”12:14“The tranquil breath will come over me.”06:26“All of that is very reasonable, and we can figure these things out when we allow ourselves to think reasonably within the realm of Kriya Yoga and the principles that we have: the low-idle-state, the freeze response, the tranquil breath, Om Japa in the chakras.”08:12“Oh my God, I think this is the tranquil breath.”10:54“He comes up and he enters into the tranquil breath, and then he floats through the brain.”05:25“What about the tranquil breath?”12:35“So the tranquil breath and the freeze response, these are the ideal conditions to be in that very, very low-idle-state, so that we can encounter this huge clarity of mind.”01:36“It allows for the tranquil breath, the freeze response, and the roll-up of consciousness, and these are kind of magical things because you can't force them, right?”03:46“I'm in the tranquil breath.”20:57“I was in the very deep, tranquil breath, and I could not find my breath.”12:22“I practice that a little bit, and it helps me to let go, and I start to notice the tranquil breath, the freeze response, and the roll-up of consciousness.”02:30“You might have the tranquil breath, the freeze response, and the roll-up of consciousness.”03:33“The second level is tranquil breath, freeze response, roll-up of consciousness, then expand and let go, inviting in your guest.”11:52“Well, first of all, my breath went into a very deep, tranquil breath, which scared me a little bit, and then second of all, I noticed that the whole room began to feel as if I was spinning.”09:50“That's the tranquil breath, and that's a really big deal, and we want to allow that to happen.”11:55“That's secondary, and all of this is completely secondary to the tranquil breath, the freeze response, and the roll-up of consciousness.”11:06“If you can do all of that and begin to get into the freeze response, the tranquil breath, and the roll-up of consciousness, you have accomplished all of concentration.”13:23“You'll have a more powerful roll-up of consciousness towards the brain, a deeper tranquil breath, a deeper freeze and a deeper roll-up to the brain.”17:37“Now we can concentrate on heart rate variability resonance, the tranquil breath, the freeze response, the roll-up of consciousness.”02:22“What I would suggest instead of concentrating solely on the spiritual eye is concentrate on the low-idle-state, concentrate on the freeze response, concentrate on the tranquil breath, and concentrate on the roll-up of consciousness.”14:08“You're in the tranquil breath.”04:36“Okay, that was the tranquil breath.”09:13“And then eventually we get into a place where we have the freeze response, we have the tranquil breath, we have the roll-up of consciousness, and then we can stop everything and we just sit there and we just play the witness.”21:13“You get the tranquil breath, the freeze response, the roll-up of consciousness, and then you're really cooking, right?”05:48“I recommend that you start with either the Tranquil Breath, fourth phase Tranquil Breath, or the Big Bliss training.”11:51“You might go into the freeze response and the tranquil breath and the roll-up of consciousness into the brain.”13:53“You can look for the tranquil breath, the freeze response, and the roll-up.”12:47“I will stick with my heart rate variability resonance, my four proofs, my tranquil breath, my freeze response, and I will just go into those as much as I possibly can and become skillful at those, and then let the rest fall out where it may.”11:36“So I went into meditation in the habit of it all, and the freeze response it just came on very strong and just went, and the whole chest just froze out, and so the breath became the tranquil breath, just like like that.”11:28“It would include the tranquil breath, and it would include the freeze response.”15:17“Maybe you're sitting there in front of the spiritual eye, and that's your whole world—just the darkness and the spiritual eye—and the body is gone, and the breath is dimmed out because it's in the tranquil breath, right?”08:54“But we sit there, and we sit there, and we sit there with it, and it gets a little bigger, and it gets a little bigger, and then we have a freeze response, and then we enter into the tranquil breath, and wow, this is this is starting to compound, right?”06:55“Well, on this channel, I teach you to build skill, build the skill of heart rate variability, resonant breathing, build the skill of sitting very still, build the skill of entering into the tranquil breath, build the skill of recognizing and entering into the freeze response.”09:01“And now you do not have the conscious mind there to experience the deep state of the freeze and the tranquil breath and the absorption that's taking place.”04:34“If I continue down that road, it will create another consequence of the tranquil breath.”09:01“So he had to relax the chest and get into the tranquil breath, and he had to relax the face and really withdraw backwards from the face towards the medulla, and the medulla is the pinnacle of the dorsal parasympathetic system.”09:15“And so a lot of people see the spiritual eye or they get the tranquil breath and they go, what do I do now and what I get?”07:51“We're looking for the tranquil breath.”07:26“So now fast forward to today, I have explained, I think I explained on a video, and I I know I explained in the Patreon group that that state when you have the freeze response and you have the tranquil breath, and you have the roll-up into the brain”00:31“So the first one is the fourth phase of breath training, which teaches the tranquil breath.”05:00“that's the fourth phase of breath that I talk about in the Meditative Mellows training right Lahiri Mahasaya called it the tranquil breath”00:58“I got your fourth phase of breath training.”