Micro Meditations For the Win! - Yogi Explains

Summary

October 10, 2025, 10 min

Why short, repeated micro meditations build the skill for long, deep sessions: an hour broken into mini rounds of HRV resonance, sitting very still and the four proofs, with breaks. Also covers reaching the freeze response, losing time as meditation leaves left-brain memory behind, and five minutes of cute baby meditation at work.

In this video

Teaches

Micro meditations

Discusses

Small winsShort meditationsFreeze ResponseLeft and right brainMeditation habit

Mentions

HRV ResonanceSitting Very Still (SVS)Four Proofs of MeditationOM Japa in the ChakrasLeft hippocampusTranquil BreathCute Baby MeditationLeft amygdala

Key moments

00:00Six hours a day? A very Western, left-brain view of meditation 00:53Micro meditations and the power of small successes 01:31Meditation is a pile of skills, not a measuring stick 02:58An hour of meditation as a string of mini sessions with breaks 03:57Touch the freeze response before going longer 04:42Time is a memory: losing time in the right brain 05:22Story: two hours that felt like five minutes 06:09Five to fifteen minutes daily builds the habit 06:50The freeze falls over the chest, straight into the tranquil breath 07:22Five minutes of cute baby meditation at work 08:10Listen to the body and stop comparing with other yogis 08:58A martial teacher: it's not a technique until you make it your own