Relax the Face To Go Deep - Yogi Explains

Summary

March 17, 2023, 11 min

A face-relaxation technique for deepening meditation once the table is set: sensing residual ventral vagal energy in the face and stepping it back, one step at a time, into the medulla. It rests on Ashok Singh's principle that every chakra has an origin near the spine and a doorway at the front.

In this video

Teaches

Origin and doorway of the chakraRelaxing the faceStep Back technique

Discusses

Setting the tableDorsal Vagal ComplexVentral Vagal ComplexSpiritual eyeMedulla

Mentions

Ashok SinghSitting Very Still (SVS)Four Proofs of MeditationLet Go and EnjoyHoly PotatoTranquil BreathFreeze ResponseRoll-Up of ConsciousnessVisionsHRV Resonance

Key moments

00:00Relaxing the face to go deep in meditation 01:02First set the table: HRV, sitting very still, the four proofs 01:40Become the potato in the soup and soak in the bliss 02:18Second tier: tranquil breath, freeze response, roll-up 03:26Ashok's principle: every chakra has an origin and a doorway 04:38The spiritual eye's doorway of visions vs its origin at the medulla 06:17Residual ventral vagal energy left in the face 06:59The exercise: step back from the face into the medulla 08:07Practice it anywhere, deepest after setting the table 08:47How focusing on the spiritual eye pulls attention outward