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8 Meditation Hacks in 5 minutes! - shambhavi hack

Summary

, 6 min

Eight quick hacks for settling into deeper meditation. Moving the eyes up to the spiritual eye in Shambhavi Mudra stimulates alpha brainwaves; the others are a longer outbreath, tensing then releasing the body, sitting still for the freeze, a calcium-magnesium supplement, writing out a nagging problem, and a shower and some exercise beforehand.

In this video

Teaches
Shambhavi mudraAMOLSitting Very Still (SVS)Nutritional supplementsWriting therapy

Key moments

00:01Shambhavi hack: look up repeatedly to stimulate an alpha brainwave01:00Hack two: make the outbreath longer to slow the heart01:31Tense the whole body, then breathe out residual tension02:04Don't move: stillness into the dorsal parasympathetic freeze02:32Drink a colloidal calcium magnesium supplement02:50Nagging problem? Write out the solution, then sit again04:03Number seven: take a shower before you meditate04:34Final hack: a little exercise to raise the heart rate