Heart Rate Variability Breathing Interview with Ashley James

Summary

January 19, 2020, 101 min

Heart rate variability resonance in a podcast interview with Ashley James: how the out-breath slows the heart through the dorsal vagal nerve, and how slower breathing restores carbon-oxygen exchange. The Holy Trinity of Breath is taught with a one-minute guided round and the Four Proofs, alongside the Five Breath States and Hakalau.

In this video

Teaches

HRV ResonanceHoly Trinity of BreathAMOLFour Proofs of Meditation

Discusses

Dorsal Vagal ComplexFive Breath StatesTranquil BreathCarbon-oxygen exchangeWim Hof Method80-20 ruleLeft and right brainTwo points methodHakalau

Mentions

BiofeedbackRichard GevirtzHacking the UniverseInteroceptionMettaIain McGilchristBeing the watcherRight hippocampusPratyaharaParasympathetic nervous systemSitting Very Still (SVS)Meditative mellowsDoug GemmellAikidoSamadhi

Key moments

00:00Learn True Health podcast opening and announcements 03:06Ashley James welcomes Forrest back to the show 05:46Getting into HRV resonance at home, at work or before a game 07:43First rule: breathe under seven breaths per minute 09:39What heart rate variability is, starting from sinus arrhythmia 12:56Resonance: heart rate and breath working as one system 13:46A son's heartbeat speeding up and slowing with the breath 15:00The Russian cosmonaut meditating in space 16:43A steady heart rate in illness; nature loves flexibility 18:46Life insurers and HRV as a mortality indicator 20:00The old yogis: a set number of breaths in one life 20:35Aerobic exercise: work then rest 22:23Discovering the Five Breath States as a monastic 24:42Finding Professor Gevirtz's language for HRV 26:12HRV resonance as the reset point for all interoception 27:36Viewers falling into the tranquil breath 31:09Life in stress: revving the engine at the stop sign 33:46The carbon-oxygen marketplace in the body 35:39Lowering the breath rate to kickstart the body's economy 38:49Exhaling fat, and why more breathing isn't the answer 40:40Worries about the Wim Hof method 41:50The basic things you can do with the breath 44:33Could HRV breathing help ADD and ADHD?48:01Using the body to quiet the mind: the 80-20 rule 50:28Left brain as predator, right brain as parent 52:51Iain McGilchrist on how the hemispheres differ 54:20Feeling two points at once to quiet thoughts 55:03Hakalau: holding the peripheral vision 57:39Spatial perception and the right hippocampus 1:00:03Does HRV breathing alone shift you into the right brain?1:01:07Pratyahara, with HRV resonance as its entry point 1:02:33The Holy Trinity of Breath: boxing into the dorsal vagal 1:04:53Second rule: make the out-breath longer 1:05:42Third rule: take out the pauses 1:06:29Breathe in and out through the nose 1:07:21Guided round: four seconds in, five seconds out 1:07:53Hands hot and heavy, then lips, spine and skin 1:11:03The HRV resonant breathing with music videos 1:12:25A naturopath's morning HRV monitor 1:19:26Breathing to recalibrate the parasympathetic system 1:22:25An upcoming training on taking HRV into deep meditation 1:23:44Meditate with Forrest, and the Forrest Gump joke 1:25:01Giving In to Get Your Way: disarming bullies with humor 1:32:18Clarity in meditation and letting go of attachment 1:35:00Course title: the fourth phase of breath, the tranquil breath 1:37:32Podcast closing ads