Making Meditation an Adventure

Summary

January 15, 2021, 17 min

A stage-by-stage map for keeping meditation an adventure: resonant breathing that syncs heart and breath, the Four Proofs, body bliss, Five Breath States biofeedback and the Tranquil Breath. It then covers the Roll-Up of Consciousness and the Three Essentials, and ends with absorption and samadhi through the right hippocampus.

In this video

Teaches

HRV ResonanceFour Proofs of MeditationFive Breath StatesTranquil BreathRoll-Up of Consciousness

Discusses

Progress in meditationSubconsciousKundaliniDorsal Vagal ComplexRescue BreathBlissFreeze ResponseLow-Idle-StateThree EssentialsSamadhiRight hippocampusLeft and right brain

Mentions

Meditation habitBeing at causeBenefits of meditationParasympathetic nervous systemBiofeedbackSitting Very Still (SVS)Diaphragmatic breathingVentral Vagal ComplexLeft amygdalaChakrasExpansion

Key moments

00:01Making meditation an adventure you keep coming back to 00:55It begins with the breath: syncing heart and breath 02:20Kundalini as seeing your subconscious movements 03:26Looking inside with the four proofs 04:13Rescue breathing to feel pressure on the dorsal vagal 05:56Body bliss and why to start there 07:39Five breath states: checking the turbinates in the nose 08:50Getting into the tranquil breath and the freeze response 10:19Layers of the tranquil breath: the low-idle-state 11:25Solving the riddle of breath 11:52The very big bliss, the left amygdala and the heart chakra 12:31The roll-up: consciousness moving back into the brain 13:32The three essentials for extremely deep meditation 14:22Absorption, samadhi and the right hippocampus 15:24Is God your brain? Houses in the brain