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Control the Breath vs. Letting It Go - Watch the Breath

Summary

, 17 min

Five modern obstacles to meditation: information overload raising cortisol, starch and gluten raising the breath rate, too little fasting, night-time light disrupting melatonin, and less physical activity. Controlling the breath with HRV resonance, then letting it pause, leads into the Tranquil Breath, so watching and controlling the breath work together.

In this video

Discusses
DietFastingBrainwavesWatching the breath
Mentions
Four Proofs of MeditationBuddhaHigher SelfAMOLPatanjali

Key moments

00:00Why meditating is harder today than a hundred years ago01:18Information overload raises cortisol03:42The bread revolution: starch and gluten raise the breath rate06:11Natural fasting and meditating after a sixteen-hour fast08:48Light at night, melatonin and slower brain waves10:55Number five: less mobility and a higher resting heart rate11:59Recap of the modern limitations12:41Watch versus control the breath is both, not either-or13:18Control the breath: longer out-breath, under seven per minute14:11Let the breath pause and follow it into the tranquil breath15:32Control first, then let go