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The Meditation Magic of Sitting Very Still - SVS

Summary

, 6 min

Sitting Very Still (SVS) as the base principle beneath the deeper stages of meditation, and how HRV resonant breathing makes it easy. Stimulating the dorsal vagal complex brings on the freeze response, with guidance on itches, slouching posture, and staying relaxed in the parasympathetic rather than tense.

In this video

Discusses
HRV ResonanceFreeze ResponseMeditation postureParasympathetic nervous system

Key moments

00:00SVS, sitting very still: simple, but it leads somewhere deep00:34Why stillness is hard: the left brain wants to go00:55HRV resonant breathing makes sitting still easy01:53What to do with an itch02:18Dorsal vagal stimulation and the eggshell freeze response03:16The four proofs and the freeze all rest on SVS03:59Slouching: fix the posture or enjoy the freeze?04:40Comfortable, not tense: not the droids we're looking for05:34HRV resonance makes it easy and takes us deep