Floating in Sensory Silence and Kriya Yoga

Summary

July 12, 2019, 10 min

Sensory deprivation floating as a parallel to Kriya Yoga: John C. Lilly's early tanks, why body-temperature water lets the parietal lobe lose the body's edges, and how salt lifts away gravity. OM in the chakras is described as silencing the limbic brain's projections into the body until the body fades before the spiritual eye.

In this video

Teaches

Sensory deprivation floating

Discusses

Parietal lobeJohn C. LillyKriya YogaChakras

Mentions

Pain reliefLahiri MahasayaOM Japa in the ChakrasSpiritual eye

Key moments

00:00Floating at the Newport Float Therapy Center 00:53Tour of the float room: shower and the dark tomb-like box 01:52John C. Lilly's first upright float tanks 02:33Why the water must match body temperature 03:02Why Lahiri Mahasaya meditated bare-chested 03:38Would the brain shut down without stimulation? Lilly tests it 04:20800 to 1,000 pounds of salt make the body float 05:21Worries about the dark: keeping a light on 05:50The book of floating and the muscle cost of gravity 06:51Parallel with Kriya Yoga: silencing the limbic brain's projections 08:10The body dissipates and you face the spiritual eye 09:03Health benefits and the quiet of the float room