4 Points From Patanjali - Yogi Reaction

Summary

August 23, 2024, 8 min

A reaction to a clip listing Patanjali's four obstacles to samadhi: a moving body, darting eyes, irregular breathing and a preoccupied mind. Each is matched to a practice (Sitting Very Still, Hakalau, HRV resonance into the Tranquil Breath), leading step by step to clarity and absorption.

In this video

Teaches

Sitting Very Still (SVS)HakalauTranquil Breath

Discusses

PatanjaliHRV ResonanceLeft and right brainFreeze ResponseProgress in meditationMind chatter

Mentions

SamadhiLow-Idle-StateDorsal Vagal ComplexLeft hippocampusDual and non-dual

Key moments

00:00A student's clip: a list from Patanjali 00:28The clip: four reasons you can't go into samadhi 01:30Number one: sit very still, helped by HRV resonance 02:42Number two: darting eyes, the left brain, and Hakalau 03:55Number three: HRV resonance into the tranquil breath 04:44Breathlessness: don't think that you are dying 05:10Number four: a progression into clarity and absorption 06:45Clarity and absorption open the way to the non-dual state